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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sanding sanding and more sanding. One day I'll get to do the fun bit and paint, but for today, it's back to the sanding

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

But when the primer comes, we see all the lines we missed. Stay in sandland just a bit longer.

Also, a pox on people that make models with lines going through fingers, rope, and hair.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I've been trying dragonboat racing lately and I got to steer at last practice. There's a lot of momentum to those boats and I fell off my path a couple times but no crashes and no one fell out.

[–] JeeBaiChow 5 points 4 months ago

Getting the bits to assemble a watch build from an nh34 movement. Don't expect it to be terribly difficult, so i doubt it'll stick as a hobby. Else also looking to grab the tools for a foray into kumiko woodwork.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I started a new conlang. The idea is to use sounds that require minimal movement of the mouth. It's already quite weird.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Interesting concept!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Not the Bs!

[–] ickplant 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for making this post, it reminded me that I didn’t knit all week, and now I’m motivated to go do that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago
[–] kaklerbitmap 1 points 4 months ago

I've been tending to about 120 baby jumping spiders (P. audax) that emerged from their egg sac this week