This happened at Christmas. Although it was the youngest's present, he seemed to have barely played it. Suprisingly my oldest is enjoying this so much that he's abandoned Zelda that he was playing. Despite trying to stay away from the game, I also have got addicted. The endless "Milage" quests keeps coming so there's alway that just one easy quest to complete for those extra milage points... My wife is also playing, albiet much casually than the both of me and my oldest. So nothing have progressed and although the new paint brush is out, I haven't started painting the last Ghaz that I was planning. Worse yet, the latest HQ room has gone into storage :( |
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I'll have second thoughts next time I decide to use designs with curves. It was a lot of sanding to get these curved side pieces to fit against the pipe at the back. As I had a limited space due to lack of planning, these had to sit flush with the end of the pipe rather than extend further like the original model. Making this removeable also makes things worse as I had to add the same detail for the middle thiner TPRs. It's unlikely I would remove these or use them as individual pieces, but having that option is better than regretting not being able to.
Not much difference, but it feels better. I removed everything from my table top and gave it a clean, wiping away years of dust and little bits of plastic. The first Citadel Metalic Paint, potentially purchased when they were first released, went into storage as I've not used them. Two bottles of solidfied paint thrown in the bin and I didn't even attempt to salvage the droplet bottles. I don't have anything planned for the New Year other than breaking out a new paint brush, but it feels good to have a clean area to paint and make stuff.
Not sure if this is a step up or down from my Bulldog Clips. These were less tight in comparison so they didn't flattened the tube as much. Although a bit more difficult to keep in place as they tend to slip off. Did it's job, but I don't think I will making this a common feature in my HQ.
I was using left over pre-cut strips at certain widths and by the time I reached the fourth, I had run out and had to cut more. I didn't even bother making notes of the width of the different strips I had used. As each one took just under an hour to make, I stopped trying to perfect the curve of each layer and quality dropped when I made the fourth. Worse yet, when I completed the fourth, the height was considerably shorter. What I didn't realise was the three layers that made up the base and the two layers that make up the top were different thickness to the stacked layers. The third and fourth's base was also 1mm (just noticable) wider than others. The length of each are also all eye-balled so they all vary in length, but that can be easily aligned once I plan the next step. I just need to decide if I'm going to make each of these removable from the overall completed design...
I wasn't sure about the size of the the TPR, maybe I should have made it thicker. At least it turned out not too bad. Almost taking up the full height of the room and with the remaining base detail to add, it probably would end up a little thicker. Unfortunately I need to make five more of these and glad I didn't do all four corners rounded.
The Thermic Plasma Regulator doesn't seem to be starting up very quicky. Despite the amount of potential material to use, it was just a little too big. So I decided to build one from scratch. However the photo that inspired this meant I had to scratch build multiple TPR's and after cutting and sanding a few layers, I started to think this was a bad idea.
I was planning to make my own Gamesworkshop Thermic Plasma Regulator when I remembered about the bottles of Super Glue may be perfect. Digging through my box of scrap, I dug this lot out and was suprised how many I had. In total, 14 bottles! Although I'm sure a few of these dried out before I could use the whole content.
So I need something to fill the gap between now and New Year that doesn't require a new paint brush. This B1 level still missing a room that I wanted to have a three room length power station of some sort. However I also realised it would be situated next to a small armoury on the left. So do I make the wall at the end of the room thicker? Or would that be too much detail? It's bad enough I'm holding out filling the gap on either side of the middle corridor as I don't want to put pipes that end randomly at a wall. The current unpainted pipe will start from the power station connects down to the Toxic Disposal Chamber in B2!
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