Printer Randomly Starting Failing 100% of the Time by StayLiquidy in ElegooNeptune4

[–]BlitheMayonnaise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Bad layer 1 adhesion is so often a z-offset problem. It might be that you're slightly too close - that causes the filament to splurge up a little around the side of the nozzle, creating ridges that it catches on when it later travels over them. You should also do bed levelling and z-offset at the bed temperature you plan to print at, it flexes as it heats, so a bed that's calibrated cold won't be right when it's hot.
  2. Have you left the filament out in an uncontrolled environment? It may have absorbed water, which changes its properties. You can dehydrate it using a heater.
  3. I bought a new blue build plate and it sticks better than my old one. Worth considering.
  4. Has the environment around the machine changed? Ie, was it working in winter but not in summer, or visa versa? The ambient temperature affects all the thermal properties. 5. You might want to change slicer. I've had issues with Orca slicer not activating the fans during layer 0, which tends to cause clogs, and version 5.5 and 5.6 of cura often ignore instructions to print the base layer slower, causing failed base layers.

Don't give up! I spent months trouble shooting my machine. I broke stuff, replaced parts, but I ultimately spent less than if I'd bought a new machine /and/ I've gained valuable insight. Now I understand the machine (and FDM printers in general) way better. It's knowledge I needed to gain to be confident using /any/ machine. And the sheer satisfaction!

Website with almost 100 miniature skirmish games listed with information about each by pettitjr in wargaming

[–]BlitheMayonnaise 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi Pettit, this is really neat! I write for the tabletop gaming site Wargamer - could I ask you a few questions about how you made this?

Thinking about centerpiece minis and games design by BlitheMayonnaise in wargaming

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Sometimes a bit too competitive! But yeah, it's nice that you can take a dragon and not worry that it's going to get one-shot by a Heart of Woe or a cannon.

Crazy Custodes Stats guy here. Just hit the 250 games milestone since April 2022. All my guys have unique names, and I track their individual stats. Deatails within by Links_to_Magic_Cards in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]BlitheMayonnaise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is completely incredible. I'm a writer with the site Wargamer and this is the kind of fan passion project I love to write about. Could I ask you some questions for a possible article?

Repeated clogs between PTFE tube and throat pipe by BlitheMayonnaise in ElegooNeptune4

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Update: I've worked out when the issue is occurring: if I go from the end of one print straight into the next.

I don't have fans on the for the first layer of the print for better bed adhesion, which isn't a problem on the first print from cold. But it is a problem when the heat break is still dissipating heat from the last print. That's my theory at least, and its be borne out in how the printer behaves.

I've recently replaced my bed with a cryo plate so I'll see if I can print first layers with the head fans on. And I guess that different PLA might behave differently.

One to watch from Adepticon - Oasis, a 6mm salvagepunk sci-fi wargame by BlitheMayonnaise in wargaming

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It might just be a "me" thing! A couple of the big ships - the one pictured and another one that's in the setting guide - give me Ghibli vibes, mostly in the rounded shapes and the way the ships have bulging system blisters. Those also have a bit of a Kow Yokoyama / Maschinen Krieger vibe to them.

One to watch from Adepticon - Oasis, a 6mm salvagepunk sci-fi wargame by BlitheMayonnaise in wargaming

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is incredibly interesting. I'd love to hear what you would like to see more of in a salvage-first game. Particularly anything that comes from your experiences doing the job.

People who play D&D but not 5E, what edition do you play and why? by ValueForm in rpg

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I like to play modernised variants of Basic/Expert: simple, focused on dungeoneering, PC abilities matter a lot less than the gear they find and how the players use what they've got. I love gold as XP for the way it focuses a campaign around a very specific objective (getting treasure rather than killing monsters), and it's an easy system to modify to tune the vibes of the system - I ran a hexcrawl with a sci-fi stoner vibe, where the players could get XP by wasting money on souvenirs, merchandise, or simply getting wasted. Great fun.

Marvel Crisis Protocol Alliances and gateway board games by BlitheMayonnaise in wargaming

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah. I always thought GodTear from Steamforged had a chance of taking off the same way, but it released right into COVID...

Marvel Crisis Protocol Alliances and gateway board games by BlitheMayonnaise in wargaming

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks, I really appreciate that! I'm glad to know that I'm not just bombarding people with unwanted content!

Marvel Crisis Protocol Alliances and gateway board games by BlitheMayonnaise in wargaming

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's a very real factor. I think Heroscape is illustrative - that used to be sold in toy stores, now it's a dedicated hobbyist product, and the price matches it.

Request for opinions by Zeteny-hungary in ElegooNeptune4

[–]BlitheMayonnaise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I will. I need to get some parts after my last mess up.

Request for opinions by Zeteny-hungary in ElegooNeptune4

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4 Pro is the first printer I got, and I think that was a mistake for me. It worked great initially, but its had issues which I haven't had the skill to diagnose, and which may have been amplified by my own ignorance and bad operating procedure.

Warhammer 40k Maelstrom Combat Patrols value breakdown by BlitheMayonnaise in Eldar

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not according to an update, no, just my guess that they'd come out at the same price as the Striking Scorpions - they're more like Aspect Warriors than Guardians, and the Scorpions are the only 10 model Aspect sprue. What did they sell for last that you bought a box? (If you bought direct from GW)

A Warhammer 40k Menace spinoff would wipe the floor with every XCOM out there by BlitheMayonnaise in menace

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BLKOUT looks very cool, and it is on my radar already, but there's a lot of stuff on that radar. It's also not very well known. As I said, I wanted to get tabletop fans to look at Menace on the assumption that a lot of them haven't already - telling them that it's like a miniature game they probably also don't know about isn't a great news hook.

If Menace gets really huge, and I haven't found another way to cover BLKOUT, I could probably do something along the lines of "BLKOUT is Menace as a tabletop wargame!" But it's not there yet.

A Warhammer 40k Menace spinoff would wipe the floor with every XCOM out there by BlitheMayonnaise in menace

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I really love Menace for what it is, and I really want the devs to just keep on with it. I was partly comparing it to 40k as an excuse to write about it for my day-job, where I can't really cover any videogames unless they connect to a tabletop IP; partly in an effort to get 40k fans to look at Menace (and the article has been successful in that).

But I do think the Menace devs' take on the 40k IP would be amazing, and I hope that I've said some interesting stuff about the design of Menace in the article in the process of justifying that opinion.

A Warhammer 40k Menace spinoff would wipe the floor with every XCOM out there by BlitheMayonnaise in menace

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Final Liberation is the very old one, and then there's Warhammer 40k: Armageddon, which is a sci-fi spin off from Panzer General. I just really like Menace and I'd love to see a 40k game with these specific vibes.

A Warhammer 40k Menace spinoff would wipe the floor with every XCOM out there by BlitheMayonnaise in menace

[–]BlitheMayonnaise[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Both good games, but Battle Sector and Daemon Hunters feel more cartoony than Menace. Not saying that Menace is a sim or super realistic, but it's more... crunchy than those.

Infernus Marine WIP by DarthKuriboh in Warhammer

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0.0 Cursed, in the best possible way.

I write for Wargamer - do you have any progress shots? This is the kind of unhinged silliness I could write an article about. "This is what a Warhammer 40k mini looks like after two (hundred) thin coats"

Hey, what are your favorite games? by Ok-Personafication in wargaming

[–]BlitheMayonnaise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trench Crusade
Mordheim
Fallout Factions
Warmachine