This post is the beginning of a vehicle database of the Nine Empires. It will constantly be subject to change, and a shortcut will be under the "Nine Empires" tab at the top of my site. Please note that there are more than nine factions listed - spoiler alert, other factions spring up over the…
Oh Shapeways, I Love You, But You Vex Me
Remember my alto clef coffee mug? Well, you can't have it anymore, or at least not until I find another porcelain or ceramic 3D printing vendor, seeing as Shapeways isn't doing it anymore. At least for now. When I first started on the site, they offered several types of distinctly non-porcelain ceramic, but after problems…
How to Dye Models from Shapeways, Part 1
Shapeways offers a number of different colours for their laser-sintered nylon ("strong and flexible") models. However, I sometimes want a model in a solid colour that they don't offer. I first played around with dying my own models a few years ago, and recently visited it again today. I am going to document this method…
The New Batch
After a few tweaks to some of my latest tank models, I got the updated models and took pictures. From top to bottom, the Tiger II, T-10, and Object 279. They all had to be fixed: the T-10's machine gun was falling off and the A model main gun (with the fume extractor) was completely…
Picture Day, Part 4: Jewellery and Decorative Items
Rounding out this photo shoot are some of my jewellery and decorative items. This is going to be the shortest section by far. My Solhanna pendant in polished bronze and laser-sintered white nylon. Apparently, the lighting adjustment in the camera provides the best picture only when both materials are in focus. When I tried to…
Picture Day, Part 3: Weapons of the Future
As I mentioned in part 1, I am showing the photos in the order that I took them, for the most part. This next batch begins with the only starships in my shop that I've actually sold: the Shark-Paradigm chuyinka dreadnoughts. This is the carrier dreadnought, a ship designed to carry advanced fighter jets, flying…
Picture Day, Part 2: Ships
This next batch of pictures includes a whole bunch of ships that span a fair amount of my time on Shapeways. I will start by sharing the earliest of my surface ships. This is my 1/1000 scale model of a Russian Pallada-class protected cruiser. Three were built, one of which, the Avrora, survives today. I took several…
Picture Day, Part 1: Purpose and Tanks
Until I decided to actually take pictures of all the models I had made successfully, I never realised just how many things I had in my collection, and this isn't even all of them. I estimated that I took 150 photos this afternoon; that estimate was bloody close, as I took a total of 153! …
Mix-and-Match Tank Turrets, or “Playing with Tank Mods”
I live in an area that has been gripped by two consecutive winter storms. This is nothing to me, of course, since I don't have anywhere to go for the time being, but so many people are "suffering," whatever that means. After the first day, a lot of people in my immediate area had lost…
Update on the Tank Collection
I've had a few things that I've wanted to talk about for a while now, but I've been a bit busy. My latest round of tank building is currently underway, but I've decided to take a short break and breathe following one of the most frustrating models I've ever made (and also one of the most…
Kaja's Kreations 