.@glennf I’m a little late to the party, but just backed “Six Centuries of Type & Printing: New Edition” on Kickstarter 
#Type #Typography #Printing #History #Books #Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/six-centuries-of-type-and-printing
Have you backed the latest Kickstarter from @glennf?
Rewards for 'Six Centuries of Type & Printing: New Edition' are only available until Friday this week.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/six-centuries-of-type-and-printing
long post 1/2
Oh well!Damn! I was super ambitious and didn't forsee modularity would lead to such big combinatorics, but I'm going through with it and finishing it!
This is rougly how many combinations EACH pose will have for 1 gun and 1 chestplate version.
So, 3 chestplates for this gun makes it, another 2 rounds of this + for each gun compatible pose.
@3dprinting #3d #blender3d #printing #blender #blender3d #art #wip #art_wip #workinprogress #artistic #miniature #wargaming #tabletop
I don't understand why some print shops ask for sRGB source documents *without* providing a gamut limiting icc profile so you can see what the hell you are doing.
I get taking in sRGB files for non-vector printing. But without that gamut limiter you're guessing what kind of gamut narrowing will happen so you should still have access to an icc profile.
At least, in my opinion as a self-made expert 
Computer printing history question: Why is imposition such a pain? At what level is “a page” so different from “this graphic” that imposition is still handled by different software than the rest of page layout?
Historical quirks and links to explanations, vague memories of subtle bugs, all welcome.
#printing #layout #typesetting (not using imposition as a hashtag because it's a lively one with a different meaning)
The Ghillie Spotter without mask. I think it came out good.
Hopefully this will give a more "easy to paint" approach without needing to finesse anything else to the end user, and end up having an "acceptable" compromise.
However that's something I will end up seeing with the model once it's released and I get feedback from miniature painters and those who are gonna play with it!
@3dprinting #resin #wargaming #miniature #blender #art #wip #artistic #tabletop #printing #cult3d #myminifactory
I’m new to 3D printing.
Should I get the Creality Hi as my first 3D printer?
It's coming along nicely. It's been a tad harder working without ADHD Meds but I'm managing.
Every person will have these 3 options, for all their poses. Rebreather, gasmask and just the balaclava.
Fun part? Whicever body you want. They all take the same parts. :)
Next it's the sniper guy! Exciting!
(Apologizes for the dirty balaclava one! Just made a homemade drier, used for the other two pre-curing)
@3dprinting #resin #wargaming #miniature #blender #art #wip #artistic #tabletop #printing
Love the niche-ness of Mastodon. Thanks to the wonderful people I follow from completely different walks of life, I now know about a #Print / #Printing and #Typography book on kickstarter that sounds right up my street https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/six-centuries-of-type-and-printing?ref=thanks-copy
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Custom Art Framing, a 
Since I'm fully retiring from my semi-retired part-time job (2 - 6hr days/wk) at the end of the month I thought I'd frame several items for myself while I can still get an employee discount.
I invite you to join me for the ride!
This is the chop room where we chop the molding legs to size. I'm chopping in-stock molding. Black looks best with B&W photos & is also inexpensive. 1/12
Fun type design and labor facts:
1. The first US design patent was a typeface patent.
https://typographica.org/on-typography/copyright-protection-of-typefaces/#comment-1418735
The US denies copyright protection for typefaces, but not font software (for now… https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/65603/#Comment_65603).
Foundries may be able to protect a type design with a patent, and a typeface name with a trademark.
https://www.commarts.com/columns/fonts-and-the-law
Printed it out now! : P
This is the first pose, took a while to get it configured properly, then print it, then edit, then print again haha. last one was a success, gladly. Gonna check again and see if I can possibly get a better result from supporting it better, possibly.
BUT! This is the pose 1!
It's for a 25mm base,
Pose 2 incoming eventually.
Now, I'm working on the spotter!
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Print of The Month: Red Remnants
https://dariosoleraphotography.it/2025/03/potm-red-remnants/
TIL that HP 304 and HP 305 ink cartridges are 100% identical in all respects (electrical connections, mechanical dimensions, ink content etc. etc.) - except the model number.
And of course, that means that some printers only accept the 304 type, and some only the 305 type. Guess who bought the wrong kind? 
Fuck HP. I am very tempted to trace out the I2C connection between printer and cartridge, and patch in an uC to overwrite the model number. 
Some behind the scenes, showing some of the more "cut to each object" separately. Currently I have to yet prepare and adjust several things untill it's printable, and of course lower the file size haha. Right now it's 1.5GB.
Gonna cut certain parts, fill other parts too to make sure it prints flawlesly and it's strong and tough once printed.
@3dprinting #3d #blender3d #printing #blender #blender3d #art #wip #art_wip #workinprogress #artistic #miniature #wargaming #tabletop
Test-render and test-pose and test-cloak of one of the upcoming sniper-team members.
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I’ve been in the #printing business my entire life. Thankfully I never worked for HP (I have worked for two of their biggest competitors, and neither did shit like this)
@pluralistic points out that HP charges 10k/gal or so for ink. I’m in a position where I know the actual cost of that ink - and holy f is this just basically larceny. Profit margin WELL over 90%.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/22/ink-spattered-pitchforks/
