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petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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ethanol slammers
Boyfriend's birthday yesterday. Thanks to a mod-challenge in LP giving me ideas, he walked in to find this:


We play chess variants in style in this house.

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petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Sadly, no, I couldn't source a good hat for it. It's Shuuro, which is basically chess with points-bought armies rather than fixed, and options for 4-player.

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Nah, it looks pretty good from here - the colours are really popping, and the basic framing is interesting. Everything else is detail work which you can add to later. Shrink it to 1"x2" and you can see how well the basic idea works.

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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First attempt at screen printing:


I think I needed to thin the dye before use. Still, dirt-cheap top, and it's not horrible as a prototype.

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Personally, i'm all about keeping it varied - i'm not worried about improvement so much as keeping motivated, so I tend to come up with a "problem" and enjoy puzzling out how to solve it. Eg, how do I print my own t-shirts, how do I cast a resin chess set. My stuff is heavily towards the craft end of things, but I reckon the same would apply to anything - variety in order to keep motivated.

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petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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I'm finding it really hard to parse - is it an oil rig? The palette is good, but otherwise I'm not too keen on it.

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