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Posted: 9/2/2023 12:55:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: brass]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: guns, have you considered painting the floor? In the Army, we would take entire classrooms and turn them into walkable sand tables, a 2-D map of the space we would occupy, but large enough to walk on. It made a great briefing tool, in this case you could perhaps show England & Scotland in relation to Norway and the Dutch province of Denmark. You could let the History & Geography classes get really nerdy w/ it and use different colors for different eras, such as orange for the Viking raids and Red for the Nazi occupation of Norway & the Netherlands, and the British raids on Norway and Holland. That's a cool idea! Touching up after a couple years would be a nightmare but maybe some sort of clearcoat over it would make it less of a pain? Clearcoat would also let him get away with cut vinyl for nation names and place names to look all "Ye Old Map Font" uniformly. This one is called "Antiquarian Scribe", obviously and has the look I was thinking of and I think it's free on top of that. --ETA: Nope, this one is $39 Adobe.  Free fonts: Maybe Aquifer Or Mayflower Antique but needs to be italic... Possibly Treasure Map Hand Font? Here's a pretty good one, really hard to find a font among the millions out there that even come close; JMH Legajo has italic Another close match: TeX Gyre |
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Posted: 9/5/2023 12:24:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Update 9/5
A BIG THANK YOU! to @Cargo   Friday morning, we were surprised with a package. Students always enjoy opening them. They thought I was lying to them when I said I had no idea what it was.    They were already coming up with ideas on how to use it in the display. Should be fun to incorporate.  I was down before classes getting a picture of the tower progress, when this young lady photobombed my shot. She is a former student from a long time ago, and has been working for the district as an advocate for homeless students. It's fun to see former students come back and work for the district, even if it does make one feel a bit old.   |
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Posted: 9/5/2023 1:51:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: guns, have you considered painting the floor? In the Army, we would take entire classrooms and turn them into walkable sand tables, a 2-D map of the space we would occupy, but large enough to walk on. It made a great briefing tool, in this case you could perhaps show England & Scotland in relation to Norway and the Dutch province of Denmark. You could let the History & Geography classes get really nerdy w/ it and use different colors for different eras, such as orange for the Viking raids and Red for the Nazi occupation of Norway & the Netherlands, and the British raids on Norway and Holland. Would be cool to do, but with the waxing and such every year, I just don't think they would let me get away with that. The entire finish would have to be removed, then the painting, then finish reapplied. ......and murals....... my students hate them.
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Posted: 9/5/2023 2:40:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 9/5 A BIG THANK YOU! to @Cargo https://i.imgur.com/aSCIBj6.jpg Friday morning, we were surprised with a package. Students always enjoy opening them. They thought I was lying to them when I said I had no idea what it was. https://i.imgur.com/6vBzDsH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GXsw8cD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Go7knw1.jpg They were already coming up with ideas on how to use it in the display. Should be fun to incorporate. https://i.imgur.com/FuME1SW.jpg I was down before classes getting a picture of the tower progress, when this young lady photobombed my shot. She is a former student from a long time ago, and has been working for the district as an advocate for homeless students. It's fun to see former students come back and work for the district, even if it does make one feel a bit old. https://i.imgur.com/wymtswi.jpg Homeless? In Wyoming? I thought homeless up north only lasted til the 1st frost except in Noo Yark City. That's why they all come to Texas, fer the free saunas. |
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Posted: 9/5/2023 8:42:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Homeless? In Wyoming? I thought homeless up north only lasted til the 1st frost except in Noo Yark City. That's why they all come to Texas, fer the free saunas. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 9/5 A BIG THANK YOU! to @Cargo https://i.imgur.com/aSCIBj6.jpg Friday morning, we were surprised with a package. Students always enjoy opening them. They thought I was lying to them when I said I had no idea what it was. https://i.imgur.com/6vBzDsH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GXsw8cD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Go7knw1.jpg They were already coming up with ideas on how to use it in the display. Should be fun to incorporate. https://i.imgur.com/FuME1SW.jpg I was down before classes getting a picture of the tower progress, when this young lady photobombed my shot. She is a former student from a long time ago, and has been working for the district as an advocate for homeless students. It's fun to see former students come back and work for the district, even if it does make one feel a bit old. https://i.imgur.com/wymtswi.jpg Homeless? In Wyoming? I thought homeless up north only lasted til the 1st frost except in Noo Yark City. That's why they all come to Texas, fer the free saunas. Couch surfing, living in a portable trailer, no water, no electric, or no sewer can qualify a student for help. Lots of kids get kicked out of their home by parents for various reasons. I've had several star students, recently, who had this happen. Parents were drug addicts, abusive...... It's shocking how bad many students have it, even in a small northern town. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 6:04:38 AM EDT
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That indeed was a cool gift.
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Posted: 9/6/2023 6:10:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:07:01 PM EDT
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Update 9/6
Another surprise yesterday afternoon!  @DK-Prof generously sent us 2 copies of The Long Ships by, Frans G. Bengtsson. THANK YOU, SIR!  I had one student already request to take a copy home to read. You will recognize her as working on the last two big projects.  The dragon head is making progress. Students are a little skittish about diving into making big changes. They are getting better and understanding the reduction sculpting process.   We had to take the top two levels of our tower off to reface the edges, as they just ended up too different from each other. This has set us back a bit, and getting them back on there, square to the rest of the tower has shown to be challenging.  Yesterday was a bit frustrating and mentally challenging for our longship crew. We have to figure out how to get the ribs the correct size and shape, not having more than a couple example drawings to work from. We think we have a process now for reducing them, and still retaining the correct shape and height from the keel. We also think we worked out where the changes in shape need to take place along the keel. We may be wrong and have to do these again. Hopefully not. One of my lead students was a little exhausted by the end of the day working on this problem. She usually spends a couple extra hours a day on her own time, down working on the ship. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:23:08 PM EDT
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That is one of my all-time favorite books, and I love to be able to share it!
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:49:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Couch surfing, living in a portable trailer, no water, no electric, or no sewer can qualify a student for help. Lots of kids get kicked out of their home by parents for various reasons. I've had several star students, recently, who had this happen. Parents were drug addicts, abusive...... It's shocking how bad many students have it, even in a small northern town. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 9/5 A BIG THANK YOU! to @Cargo https://i.imgur.com/aSCIBj6.jpg Friday morning, we were surprised with a package. Students always enjoy opening them. They thought I was lying to them when I said I had no idea what it was. https://i.imgur.com/6vBzDsH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GXsw8cD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Go7knw1.jpg They were already coming up with ideas on how to use it in the display. Should be fun to incorporate. https://i.imgur.com/FuME1SW.jpg I was down before classes getting a picture of the tower progress, when this young lady photobombed my shot. She is a former student from a long time ago, and has been working for the district as an advocate for homeless students. It's fun to see former students come back and work for the district, even if it does make one feel a bit old. https://i.imgur.com/wymtswi.jpg Homeless? In Wyoming? I thought homeless up north only lasted til the 1st frost except in Noo Yark City. That's why they all come to Texas, fer the free saunas. Couch surfing, living in a portable trailer, no water, no electric, or no sewer can qualify a student for help. Lots of kids get kicked out of their home by parents for various reasons. I've had several star students, recently, who had this happen. Parents were drug addicts, abusive...... It's shocking how bad many students have it, even in a small northern town. Damn, that's surprising. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 2:37:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Damn, that's surprising. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 9/5 A BIG THANK YOU! to @Cargo https://i.imgur.com/aSCIBj6.jpg Friday morning, we were surprised with a package. Students always enjoy opening them. They thought I was lying to them when I said I had no idea what it was. https://i.imgur.com/6vBzDsH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GXsw8cD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Go7knw1.jpg They were already coming up with ideas on how to use it in the display. Should be fun to incorporate. https://i.imgur.com/FuME1SW.jpg I was down before classes getting a picture of the tower progress, when this young lady photobombed my shot. She is a former student from a long time ago, and has been working for the district as an advocate for homeless students. It's fun to see former students come back and work for the district, even if it does make one feel a bit old. https://i.imgur.com/wymtswi.jpg Homeless? In Wyoming? I thought homeless up north only lasted til the 1st frost except in Noo Yark City. That's why they all come to Texas, fer the free saunas. Couch surfing, living in a portable trailer, no water, no electric, or no sewer can qualify a student for help. Lots of kids get kicked out of their home by parents for various reasons. I've had several star students, recently, who had this happen. Parents were drug addicts, abusive...... It's shocking how bad many students have it, even in a small northern town. Damn, that's surprising. It definitely can be if you aren’t directly involved in care or education of people in that age group, but it isn’t at all uncommon. I see things from the medical side as well as through my involvement in foster care, and I also have several friends who are educators, so I get some insight that way. Lots of them have already had encounters with the foster care/child welfare system and aren’t interested in returning to that hell, so they leave home and find other ways to survive. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 3:55:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Damn, that's surprising. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 9/5 A BIG THANK YOU! to @Cargo https://i.imgur.com/aSCIBj6.jpg Friday morning, we were surprised with a package. Students always enjoy opening them. They thought I was lying to them when I said I had no idea what it was. https://i.imgur.com/6vBzDsH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GXsw8cD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Go7knw1.jpg They were already coming up with ideas on how to use it in the display. Should be fun to incorporate. https://i.imgur.com/FuME1SW.jpg I was down before classes getting a picture of the tower progress, when this young lady photobombed my shot. She is a former student from a long time ago, and has been working for the district as an advocate for homeless students. It's fun to see former students come back and work for the district, even if it does make one feel a bit old. https://i.imgur.com/wymtswi.jpg Homeless? In Wyoming? I thought homeless up north only lasted til the 1st frost except in Noo Yark City. That's why they all come to Texas, fer the free saunas. Couch surfing, living in a portable trailer, no water, no electric, or no sewer can qualify a student for help. Lots of kids get kicked out of their home by parents for various reasons. I've had several star students, recently, who had this happen. Parents were drug addicts, abusive...... It's shocking how bad many students have it, even in a small northern town. Damn, that's surprising. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 8:02:51 PM EDT
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Finally managed to tag this thread - the AMR covert link I use at work won't let me tag anything. I was gonna ask if you could slide a tiny Hagar The Horrible in there somewhere...
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Posted: 9/6/2023 8:09:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: Finally managed to tag this thread - the AMR covert link I use at work won't let me tag anything. I was gonna ask if you could slide a tiny Hagar The Horrible in there somewhere... I'm going to have e to look him up. I don't know who that is. 
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Posted: 9/6/2023 8:13:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2023 8:50:24 PM EDT
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@guns762
how is your supply of staples, tacks, brads, glue sticks, screwdriver bits etc. Let me know if you need any and sizes. Should be able to hook the students up with any of that stuff. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 9:32:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHe could be riding the dragon.😂 |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 10:16:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOk, yup, now I remember. 
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Posted: 9/6/2023 10:17:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By blackx-runner: @guns762 how is your supply of staples, tacks, brads, glue sticks, screwdriver bits etc. Let me know if you need any and sizes. Should be able to hook the students up with any of that stuff. I'll do a.check tomorrow. Thank you! |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 12:12:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By blackx-runner: @guns762 how is your supply of staples, tacks, brads, glue sticks, screwdriver bits etc. Let me know if you need any and sizes. Should be able to hook the students up with any of that stuff. Please don't feel obligated for anything! These are currently what we are running low on.   #11 size blades   These are the common screws that we use, and we are low on all of them.  |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 1:00:31 PM EDT
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Guns,
I don't recall if this has been discussed before or not, but would it be possible for you to create an amazon account and create a sharable "wish list"? We could ensure to get the right thing and if a need arose, you could just add an item. |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 1:16:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SgtKiwi: Guns, I don't recall if this has been discussed before or not, but would it be possible for you to create an amazon account and create a sharable "wish list"? We could ensure to get the right thing and if a need arose, you could just add an item. Great idea. |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 1:20:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SgtKiwi: Guns, I don't recall if this has been discussed before or not, but would it be possible for you to create an amazon account and create a sharable "wish list"? We could ensure to get the right thing and if a need arose, you could just add an item. I will see if I can do that. |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 1:49:31 PM EDT
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Update 9/7
The Viking zombies are going well. Students were experimenting with bondo yesterday to fill the ribs with muscle. I bought some fabric a couple days ago for them to use to start dressing them appropriately.  Our Dragon rider showed up yesterday.  Our Dragon head continues to get more refined.  The bottom of the Viking village will have caves under the sea.  The tower now has all it's sides on it, and students are working to draw out where the windows and arrow slits will go.  This young lady, you will will recognize from last year's project, does not have an art class this year, as she has too many college classes. She wants to graduate #1 in her class this year. She signed up for our remediation hour so she could work on the project.   Our ship............. We are continuing to work on getting a cut out of what we would like to see on the sides of the bow keel.  Students built a stand to get the ship upright, so it was easier to work on.   This is where we are probably going to have to do some rework. My team leader here, is working to get the base of the ribs on the keel. The problem is, I think our pattern for the base rib is too aggressive, and not flat enough. This does not really show till today.    As cool as it looks, I think they are too high on the keel, and to aggressive upwards.   I think we will have to rework all of them. I was hoping we might just create new "middle" ribs and move these to the outer ends, but I think they are just too high and need to attach further down on the keel.  |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 1:54:28 PM EDT
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So two
 will NOT be fighting on top of the tower.....
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Posted: 9/7/2023 3:34:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GiggleSmith: So two will NOT be fighting on top of the tower.....Down the line, my friend. Lets get a tower up there first....then Vikings fighting at the top. |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 3:41:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Down the line, my friend. Lets get a tower up there first....then Vikings fighting at the top. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: So two will NOT be fighting on top of the tower.....Down the line, my friend. Lets get a tower up there first....then Vikings fighting at the top. |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 3:46:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redoubt: Totally not correct to the theme, but still inspirational. https://www.planetfigure.com/attachments/2017-01-14-14-14-48-jpg.266585/ Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redoubt: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: So two will NOT be fighting on top of the tower.....Down the line, my friend. Lets get a tower up there first....then Vikings fighting at the top. https://www.planetfigure.com/attachments/2017-01-14-14-14-48-jpg.266585/ |
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Posted: 9/7/2023 3:52:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: backbencher]
[#29]
Will you have mermaids in the caves under the sea?
Will the Dragon Rider have some Zerk fittings added to his joints?
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Posted: 9/7/2023 5:19:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: Will you have mermaids in the caves under the sea? Will the Dragon Rider have some Zerk fittings added to his joints? Only the latest model hip joints have Zerk fittings. New this year. |
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Posted: 9/8/2023 12:11:40 PM EDT
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Update 9/8
Frantic Friday! More dragon work progress. We talked about how we would try to make the eyes yesterday. We think we might try epoxy resin. Could be pretty fun.     Cutting new ribs for our ship.  Moving the ribs lower on the keel. We need to adjust where they attach.  Tunnels being shaped and cut  The beginning of the Castle tier.  |
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Posted: 9/8/2023 4:30:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: shack357]
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How big are the dragon eyes compared to an egg(maybe a goose egg)?
If you blow the contents out of an egg, then enlarge the hole in one end to allow refilling, you've got a cheap, single use resin mold, and an egg would be somewhat close to an eye shape. Fill the egg with resin, dye and let dry. I'm sure they don't make taxidermy eyes big enough. |
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Posted: 9/8/2023 5:06:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: How big are the dragon eyes compared to an egg(maybe a goose egg)? If you blow the contents out of an egg, then enlarge the hole in one end to allow refilling, you've got a cheap, single use resin mold, and an egg would be somewhat close to an eye shape. Fill the egg with resin, dye and let dry. I'm sure they don't make taxidermy eyes big enough. |
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Posted: 9/8/2023 11:49:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Please don't feel obligated for anything! These are currently what we are running low on. Didn't have the exact lengths you pictured available on the company store, but you have staples incoming. |
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Posted: 9/9/2023 12:30:20 AM EDT
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The world, especially this country needs more people like you and your students.
Tagged Thank you |
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Posted: 9/9/2023 11:56:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/9/2023 2:57:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: brass]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DoverGunner: The world, especially this country needs more people like you and your students. Tagged Thank you This can NOT be expressed often enough. Amazing how he manages to find latent talents to pull out of students who didn't think they could at the start. Excellent leader and broad topic task educator! |
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Posted: 9/9/2023 10:08:52 PM EDT
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And before he comes in refusing to take credit... what are the odds that year after year the students at this one school in rural Wyoming produce this kind of artistic and engineering talent?
Yes, the kids are doing the work. They are being managed, encouraged, and rewarded. Getting the best out of a group is what talented people do. |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 12:05:03 AM EDT
[Last Edit: brass]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 9/8 Frantic Friday! More dragon work progress. We talked about how we would try to make the eyes yesterday. We think we might try epoxy resin. Could be pretty fun. https://i.imgur.com/ekLS2eD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/32lkA8U.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UtYpdin.jpg https://i.imgur.com/fCupvAi.jpg Cutting new ribs for our ship. https://i.imgur.com/Z7OIkk0.jpg Moving the ribs lower on the keel. We need to adjust where they attach. https://i.imgur.com/O9vORNJ.jpg Tunnels being shaped and cut https://i.imgur.com/VBJReqL.jpg The beginning of the Castle tier. https://i.imgur.com/esZ0x0n.jpg Find a ball this size of the eye you are looking to create. Drop it in the middle of the DIY Mold soft silicone stuff, excellent for copies when working with polyester/epoxy resins.  
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07XZCQ5FL Once you have the mold, cut around it at the widest part of the object. Then fill halfway or maybe 2/3 of the way with resin and then put down your vertical black slit eye and could get all 3D artsy and pull resin dye colors out from the black in a new wet layer to give depth to the iris in a couple shades of brown leading coming out of the black like rays. Or, just draw a super realistic eye like drawing and transfer it to the resin somehow (depending on media used to create it). Not quite sure if paper in the middle would hold shape with new layer of resin for rear of eye ball/mounting and gluing surface which could, should, sold have a black background I guess around the rear of the eye shell, or red if you wanted to be able to see the firey pits of hell if you look into the eye. Sky is the limit and doing several thin resin layers with colors coming out could really give true depth and be realistic if the lack clipped oval vertical slit was put in first to block the points where you pull colors out into the resin. Of course, I mention all the time - Vacuum pump to save you bubbles headaches. 
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08HN2XCDS For your painting in rays of the iris: 
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07NQ4Y85H And one of these is always handy for never having bubbles in your resin, to also use for other tricks as well once you see the range of things you can do with a vacuum both artistic and structural preparations. 
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0C5M1WVVS |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 2:56:33 PM EDT
[#40]
@guns762
I made this Viking boat from a kit about 45 years ago. The dragon head and tail are metal as the oars, shields and benches. I had to carve the boat hull myself. I didn’t paint the shields because these guys were recon and needed to be covert! 🤣  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 3:03:42 PM EDT
[#41]
Not sure if we talked about this yet or not.
Will there be smoke and fire coming out of the dragon's mouth? |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 4:10:38 PM EDT
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Got the Music CD in
But I don't have any envelopes that will Properly fit the CD.  To be continued.
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Posted: 9/10/2023 4:20:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By raffi383: Not sure if we talked about this yet or not. Will there be smoke and fire coming out of the dragon's mouth? I don't think they'd want to have to refill the reservoir. It could be done so that it puts out one puff from a smoke/fog machine on IR activation but getting up to the tank that feeds it would be a task along with keeping it on hand to refill when needed. Big enough tank could make it last a year or maybe just not smoke when tank is run dry if it can do that without detrimental effects.. I think it's too much hassle for a very tiny part of effect. Lighting for fire would work, a frosted piece of Plexiglas edge lit with randomly varying intensity red and orange LEDs feeding ot the edge so the frost in shape of fire lights up. That works just with a plain piece of plexiglas then masking it and sandblasting off the surface where you want the light feed from the edges to light up the glass. could just cut the plexiglass to fit but the edges would need torch melt polishing so the light from the LEDs would bounce properly instead of just seeing a beam from where the LEDs emit to the first curve in the cut. It gets really finicky when you're trying to use Plexiglas as a planar fiber optic to get all the internal light reflections correct so mostly just the frosted areas light up. |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 4:26:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: I don't think they'd want to have to refill the reservoir. It could be done so that it puts out one puff from a smoke/fog machine on IR activation but getting up to the tank that feeds it would be a task along with keeping it on hand to refill when needed. Big enough tank could make it last a year or maybe just not smoke when tank is run dry if it can do that without detrimental effects.. I think it's too much hassle for a very tiny part of effect. Lighting for fire would work, a frosted piece of Plexiglas edge lit with randomly varying intensity red and orange LEDs feeding ot the edge so the frost in shape of fire lights up. That works just with a plain piece of plexiglas then masking it and sandblasting off the surface where you want the light feed from the edges to light up the glass. could just cut the plexiglass to fit but the edges would need torch melt polishing so the light from the LEDs would bounce properly instead of just seeing a beam from where the LEDs emit to the first curve in the cut. It gets really finicky when you're trying to use Plexiglas as a planar fiber optic to get all the internal light reflections correct so mostly just the frosted areas light up. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: Originally Posted By raffi383: Not sure if we talked about this yet or not. Will there be smoke and fire coming out of the dragon's mouth? I don't think they'd want to have to refill the reservoir. It could be done so that it puts out one puff from a smoke/fog machine on IR activation but getting up to the tank that feeds it would be a task along with keeping it on hand to refill when needed. Big enough tank could make it last a year or maybe just not smoke when tank is run dry if it can do that without detrimental effects.. I think it's too much hassle for a very tiny part of effect. Lighting for fire would work, a frosted piece of Plexiglas edge lit with randomly varying intensity red and orange LEDs feeding ot the edge so the frost in shape of fire lights up. That works just with a plain piece of plexiglas then masking it and sandblasting off the surface where you want the light feed from the edges to light up the glass. could just cut the plexiglass to fit but the edges would need torch melt polishing so the light from the LEDs would bounce properly instead of just seeing a beam from where the LEDs emit to the first curve in the cut. It gets really finicky when you're trying to use Plexiglas as a planar fiber optic to get all the internal light reflections correct so mostly just the frosted areas light up. I was thinking fake smoke and fire like the smoke jumpers project. Having fire in the school would probably be as bad as having it on a plane. |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 7:54:38 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZNetEng: And before he comes in refusing to take credit... what are the odds that year after year the students at this one school in rural Wyoming produce this kind of artistic and engineering talent? Yes, the kids are doing the work. They are being managed, encouraged, and rewarded. Getting the best out of a group is what talented people do.  I appreciate the kind words, but I really do have great kids, extremely supportive admin, and fellow teachers. And, of course, the power of ARFCOM!!!  That can't be overstated.
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Posted: 9/10/2023 7:58:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: Find a ball this size of the eye you are looking to create. Drop it in the middle of the DIY Mold soft silicone stuff, excellent for copies when working with polyester/epoxy resins. www.amazon.com/dp/B07XZCQ5FL https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07XZCQ5FL Once you have the mold, cut around it at the widest part of the object. Then fill halfway or maybe 2/3 of the way with resin and then put down your vertical black slit eye and could get all 3D artsy and pull resin dye colors out from the black in a new wet layer to give depth to the iris in a couple shades of brown leading coming out of the black like rays. Or, just draw a super realistic eye like drawing and transfer it to the resin somehow (depending on media used to create it). Not quite sure if paper in the middle would hold shape with new layer of resin for rear of eye ball/mounting and gluing surface which could, should, sold have a black background I guess around the rear of the eye shell, or red if you wanted to be able to see the firey pits of hell if you look into the eye. Sky is the limit and doing several thin resin layers with colors coming out could really give true depth and be realistic if the lack clipped oval vertical slit was put in first to block the points where you pull colors out into the resin. Of course, I mention all the time - Vacuum pump to save you bubbles headaches. www.amazon.com/dp/B08HN2XCDS https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08HN2XCDS For your painting in rays of the iris: www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQ4Y85H https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07NQ4Y85H And one of these is always handy for never having bubbles in your resin, to also use for other tricks as well once you see the range of things you can do with a vacuum both artistic and structural preparations. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5M1WVVS https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0C5M1WVVS Thanks for the links! We are thinking something similar. I'll expand on that a bit later. Also need to add, our Team Leader from last year, who graduated has been following along here.  He's also go similar ideas for the eyes and emailed me this weekend.
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Posted: 9/10/2023 7:59:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jarhead13: @guns762 I made this Viking boat from a kit about 45 years ago. The dragon head and tail are metal as the oars, shields and benches. I had to carve the boat hull myself. I didn’t paint the shields because these guys were recon and needed to be covert! 🤣https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/175733/IMG_0889_jpeg-2949068.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/175733/IMG_0891_jpeg-2949070.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/175733/IMG_0892_jpeg-2949072.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/175733/IMG_0893_jpeg-2949073.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/175733/IMG_0890_jpeg-2949076.JPG Really cool!!! Thanks for sharing! |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 8:09:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By raffi383: I was thinking fake smoke and fire like the smoke jumpers project. Having fire in the school would probably be as bad as having it on a plane. This is what we are thinking. No fire on a plane..... holds true. |
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Posted: 9/10/2023 8:21:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I appreciate the kind words, but I really do have great kids, extremely supportive admin, and fellow teachers. And, of course, the power of ARFCOM!!! That can't be overstated.Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: And before he comes in refusing to take credit... what are the odds that year after year the students at this one school in rural Wyoming produce this kind of artistic and engineering talent? Yes, the kids are doing the work. They are being managed, encouraged, and rewarded. Getting the best out of a group is what talented people do. I appreciate the kind words, but I really do have great kids, extremely supportive admin, and fellow teachers. And, of course, the power of ARFCOM!!! That can't be overstated.History differs on who said this... it remains true no matter who noted it originally. "An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep." |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 12:09:19 PM EDT
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Update 9/11
Our hull rework is going pretty well. We have a system that seems to be getting the shape we need, adjusting the angle slightly for each set of ribs.    So happy.   Checking ARFCOM to make sure the pictures of herself are acceptable.  Our Viking Woodshop teacher taking measurements for the dragon head that his class is going to work on.  What he has come up with for a dragon head.  Burlap going on over the village landscape tier. We are using Sherwin & Williams Pro-880 paste and it works really well giving us a hard shell once dry.  |
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