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"Build Something" Contest / Re: BSC2024 Daeothar's Frostgrave Warband Camp
« Last post by Lost Egg on April 19, 2024, 10:19:35 PM »
Ooo that's posh and well worth the effort!
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"Build Something" Contest / Re: BSC2024 Mr Tough Guy Wizard’s Workshop
« Last post by Lost Egg on April 19, 2024, 10:12:42 PM »
That's come on quite a way and looks good.
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Cool, thanks.
NASA is a user of the Caiman.

Well they are, at least partially, based in Florida.  In breaking news a Florida man......... ;)

Fuck knows why the average sheriff's department/ PD would want something like that. Such things were barely justifiable on the morros of Rio de Janeiro  a decade ago and then they were of marginal use there. Even if it's a freebie from the US Army, they must absorb a fair bit of police budget in running costs for almost zero usefulness. The cuzins have some very strange notions of policing.
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I didn’t try filing but I’d guess it feathers
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Medieval Adventures / Re: Koyote's SAGA Moors & Mutatawwi'a
« Last post by Koyote on April 19, 2024, 09:32:09 PM »
The model pictured below and to the left was originally posed as the model pictured below and to the right. Whereas the mode's original, twisted pose looks cool, once I replaced the model's original head with a Perry Afghan head, I couldn't reproduce the dynamism of the original model. No matter how I adjusted the Perry head, the pose no longer looked quite right.

My solution was to reposition the model's upper torso, so it is no longer twisted to far to the left. The model's torso is too thick to cut through using a hobby knife. And based upon my experience working with 3D printed models, I knew that the brittle resin material combined with the width of the torso and the positioning of the arms and sword hilt meant that cutting the model in two with my hobby saw would be a chore and likely cause damage to other parts of the model. Sawing through small sections of brittle resin, even with a very small hobby saw, can cause parts of the model to shatter and chip off. Plus, holding the model tight enough to allow one to cut through it with a saw can also cause damage to the model.

After experimentally placing the saw blade against the side of the model a couple of time trying to find just the right angle, on impulse I said "F*ck it." I put down the saw, picked up my hobby snips, quickly positioned snip's blades just above the belt (see red arrow below), and gave the handles a strong squeeze. The bottom half of the model stayed in my hands, but the upper torso shot up like a rocket, and sharply ricocheted off the ceiling.  The top torso landed on my hobby table, right in front of me, and the Perry head landed on the floor, beside my left foot.

Miraculously, not only did the model cleanly break apart exactly where I wanted it to, despite the ricochet and my strong grip on the bottom half of the model, both halves survived the experience, perfectly intact. The Perry head separated from the model when it hit the ceiling, but fragile arms and skinny little sword hilt were completely undamaged.

When on occasion, my hobby snips cause bits of a model to go flying, I generally spend the next 10-15 minutes searching through my cluttered office, trying to find the ejected part. This time, one piece landed on my desk, right in front of me, and the other literally landed at me feet. The whole thing made me laugh.


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Medieval Adventures / Re: Here's the Ruckus
« Last post by Rickf on April 19, 2024, 09:26:01 PM »
That is my evil plan mwa hahahahahahahaahaahaaaahhaaaa! (etc)
lol lol
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Cool, thanks.
NASA is a user of the Caiman.
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Fantasy Adventures / Re: The Last Hurrah Project: 04/19/24 I see The Moon
« Last post by DeafNala on April 19, 2024, 09:17:54 PM »
Some of your best painting on that moon. Well done!

Thanks, Fram. I am delighted you like the moon. It actually prove to be a fun paint job...I'm pleased with the results also.
You surprised me. I thought you would comment on the foliage.
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Interwar / Re: Mark's Little Soldiers
« Last post by Ultravanillasmurf on April 19, 2024, 09:08:09 PM »
Nice.
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Gothic Horror / Re: Il Carnevale di Scattocaso
« Last post by Ultravanillasmurf on April 19, 2024, 09:04:02 PM »
Very nice work.
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