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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Emerald City Comic Con 2019 Cosplay Music Video!

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Skeletor 3D Print Timelapse!

Here's a quick 3D print timelapse of Skeletor!

I initially saw this print on WildRose Build's channel and wanted one for myself because I was totally impressed at how this prints without supports!

This is printed on my Prusa I3 MK2.5 with Proto-Pasta Galactic Empire Metallic purple HTPLA at .15mm layer height.

Here's a link to the model on MyMiniFactory.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

LEGO D.Va Build

LEGO D.Va is pretty awesome! Here's a build video I made where I also tried some stop-motion. Spoiler alert, it's hard to do!

And here are some pics!

LEGO D.Va and Reinhardt are available at Walmart & Target for the cheapest price I can find!

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

LEGO Reinhardt Build

Trying out a new style of video for building LEGO. Here's my LEGO Reinhardt build!

Available now!
https://shop.lego.com/en-US/product/D-Va-Reinhardt-75973

Friday, January 4, 2019

Lithophanes!

Lithophanes basically look like topographical maps but when they are backlit, a picture appears. They have been around for hundreds of years, but I've only recently discovered them and that they can be 3D printed. So I took a couple of photos, one of the Ghostbusters, and one of myself with Michael J Fox and converted them to lithophanes.

I learned how to do these from YouTube channel RCLifeOn.

The basic process is picking a photo and going to http://3dp.rocks/lithophane/ to have a printable lithophane file created. Make sure your Model Settings Thinnest Layer is set to 0.4mm.

And make sure your Image Settings are set to Positive Image.

I then upload my picture, choose Outer Curve as my model, run the program and download my STL file which I then send to my Slicer program.

I printed these at 0.1mm layer height with no support, 100% rectilinear infill, 1 top, 1 bottom and 1 perimeter layer, and a 5mm brim to help it stay attached to the build plate. Obviously, you can play around with these settings, but that's a good place to start. These prints took about 4-5 hours at those settings.

Monday, December 31, 2018

2018 nerdy views in Review

2018 was another fun year of going to conventions and making stuff! Here's a look at some of the things I did this past year!

My second year at Emerald City Comic Con was so much fun! I got to see so many amazing cosplayers and makers there!

Anime NYC 2018 Cosplay Music Video

This was my first time at Anime NYC and I will freely admit I didn't know 80-90% of the characters being cosplayed there. In fact I had to contact a friend to help me identify the characters in this video. Regardless, there was still some awesome cosplay there, and here are some of the cool ones I saw!

Many thanks to these amazing cosplayers! And if you can help identify any of them, please let me know!

Voltron and Paladin
https://www.instagram.com/outlaw2lk/
https://www.instagram.com/cjpropstudio/

Astolfo from Fate/Apocrypha

Nergigante from Monster Hunter World
https://www.instagram.com/mjcosplay_/

Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh
https://www.instagram.com/enitan_cosplay/

Giovanni from Pokemon
https://www.instagram.com/ghostbusterman1984/

Newt Scamander
https://www.instagram.com/mysticartscosplay/

Cloud from Final Fantasy VII
https://www.instagram.com/foreverkuraudo/

Priss from Bubblegum Crisis
https://www.instagram.com/_vertruecreations_/

Nero from Devil May Cry

Fullmetal Alchemist
Roy Mustang
https://www.instagram.com/enyen_/
Alphonse Elric
https://www.instagram.com/savage83/
Edward Elric
https://www.instagram.com/vantasticosplay/

All Might from My Hero Academia
https://www.instagram.com/its_just_koch/

Saber from Fate / stay night
https://www.instagram.com/artoriagrey/

Genos from One Punch Man
https://www.instagram.com/fullhealthcosplay/

Maid 4 U Cafe
https://www.instagram.com/maid4ucafe/

And here's some of the cool things I saw on display at Anime NYC!

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