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    T Tuesday: WIP edition

    WIP catan pieces

    I’ve working on painting all of the Settlers of Catan pieces in between playing nursemaid. Mini-me has influenza. I’m beginning to think that Typhoid Mary is camped out in our house.

    WIP catan pieces

    See those little tiny bits of white in the green hex tiles. Those are teeny tiny sheep..complete with black faces. I have to take off my glasses and hold the tile a couple inches from my face to see to paint them.  BAH!!! Getting older isn’t for the faint of heart.

    catan pieces

    The attention to detail is worth it in the end though.  Once I get all the pieces completed, we’ll decide in the border color for all the tiles. It must be consistent throughout the tiles. I’m leaning towards a cream to taupe tone so that the paint job on each will really pop.

    I also have to share this Model T Mr. G printed. He had to modify the original CAD file as it wasn’t going to print correctly. He designed the wheels, axle pieces and the mounts for the axles.

    3D printed Model T

    The penny is for scale. This is for a history presentation J is doing today. He and his partner thought a 3D model would add some punch to their project.

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    Time for a bit of tea before some errands and more nursemaid duty.  I’ll do my best to get around to visit my T stands for Tuesday friends as soon as I can.

    What are you doing today?

  • Art - Blog - Crafts

    T Tuesday: stacking and painting edition

    Today’s version of T stands for Tuesday will be short and sweet…hopefully.

    healthy bfast

    I’m continuing my effort to eat a good healthy breakfast in hopes of making better choices throughout the day. Especially now that I’m finally. *knock on wood* better…with the exception of a little cough.

    I made a few more of my button pendants…

    button pendants

    Now if I’d only get around to listing some in my etsy store. As much as I love creating, I hate the time and effort the listing process takes.

    I’ve also been working on painting a set of tiles for Settlers of Catan. Here’s a sneak at the work in progress.

    catan tile peek

    I’m trying really hard to remember to take photos as I go with my phone…there will definitely be more to come.

    I haven’t forgotten about art journalling either…

    Never doubt your instinct | Halle's Hobbies

    You can see the entire post here.

    That’s it for today! Time to go shovel. This time I’m determined not to fall. Yikes! My knee is still slightly off colored and that was 2 weeks ago. At least my brain didn’t get scrabbled as well…although I did see stars. ? ? ?

    What are you doing today?

  • 3D printing - Blog - Crafts

    T Tuesday: no name edition

    T stands for TuesdayIt’s Tuesday again…time for T stands for Tuesday hosted by Elizabeth. Grab a cup and stay awhile.

    hot tea

    The past week is one of those I’d like to forget ever happened. Instead I’m going to talk about some pleasant things like what I’ve been doing with the 3D printed items Mr. G has been creating. There is a fantastic resource out there called Thingiverse. It has CAD files for 3D printing for an ever growing number of things anyone can imagine.

    Anyone familiar with Game of Thrones??

    Hand of the King

    Hand of the King…just after I started the sanding process.

    Hand of the King

    a little more smooth…nearly ready to paint.

    Hand of the King

    Did you know that a red base layer makes gold deeper and richer?

    Hand of the King | Halle's Hobbies

    What do you think? I think it looks pretty awesome…aw crud… except….

    Hand of the King | Halle's Hobbies

    that the photo should have been taken in this orientation. Such as this. DUH!

    Oh well…no one is perfect. I blame my everlasting cold virus for my lapse of clear thought.

    That’s it for today…more projects to come.

    What are you doing today?