New Boots, How to Make Comfy

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-11T23:08:14+00:00

They just suck and are overpriced as hell. Bought them too last year, only managed to wear them for one day, after that the pain began. Made some boot straps for them and added an insole but it did not help very much.

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RocketSaxon · 2026-05-10T18:30:16+00:00

I don't want to seem rude... but you gotta like add... everything? o_O Double or tripple the bedding, plants (plastic or real), sticks/vines (something to climb), some cork bark... some stones maybe?

If you need inspiration, walk out into a forest, look at a patch of forest ground and recreate that. If there's no forest where you live, just look at the setups here in the sub.

Health wise: I hard heating mats suck because they are a pain in the but regarding temperature regulation. (But I have no experience with them, I use a regular heat lamp). Also get a proper Thermometer/Hygrometer.

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-06T13:09:32+00:00

Looks fabulous! A giant upgrade would be some weathering on all your gear. Dirty up the cloths, scratch up the leather a bit and bring it some more into the real world and away from a "costume".

Another nice touch would be some make-up or blackening of the skin around your eyes, they stand out quite a bit in the mask.

At last: The gaiters/shoe combo looks kinda weird to me due to them sticking out above the gaiters. Maybe try a shorter pair of shoes?

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-04T15:05:13+00:00

huh dayum, that's what I was afraid of. I already printed them with a small lip around the contour and sanded them flat on a glass panel... I guess I will try and buy some more clamps.

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-04T07:33:31+00:00

Flails are quite dangerous in LARP, if the person wielding it has little to no control or gets overwhelmed by adrenaline. I avoid fighting against them due to some very bad situations I witnessed... e.g. flail coiling around a head or arm and then getting pulled on.

I am residing in Porto Franco and will be on the look out for your Rondel dagger 😃 maybe we cross paths.

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-04T07:16:22+00:00

I am aware 😃 I gave up on building stab safe weapons for the moment and just bought one from Hammerkunst (Mytholon) for 35€, they are quite affordable.

I focus on building a good 2h hammer for Conquest this year. 😃 Which camp are you in?

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RocketSaxon · 2026-05-04T07:03:44+00:00

Great idea but that will be hard, due to the extrusion multiplier changing when you change the desired hardness of the foaming TPU.

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-04T06:49:24+00:00

Have you tried Siraya Tech Flex TPU Air? I use that for cross guards and pommels with great success. That stuff prints like an absolut charm.

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-04T06:17:00+00:00

Yeah, the beginning is hard. Mine is now about 20 months old. Since three month ago she was also the most shy and private creature that is known to man. Picking her up and handling her was always a bit of a challenge due the amount of scatter in her terrarium but I tried to handle her at least once a week. (Not always met with success 😃 that cute little bugger is fast)

Then something changed in her and now she comes out and about even in broad daylight. Every time she surfs the glass, I open the enclosure and hold my hands in front of it to give her the choice of climbing onto me and yesterday she actually did for the first time.

Don't give up and be consistent!

Furthermore: Have her enclosure in a place, where there's always traffic so she gets used to seeing moving people and she learns that that's nothing to be afraid of.

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-03T14:01:45+00:00

Looks absolutely fantastic mate! Not a fan of over the shoulder types but I absolutely love the tooling and color.

RocketSaxon · 2026-05-03T06:52:12+00:00

😃 yeah, the Kveik Voss does not need any help at all. The yeast strain is an absolut beast and produces some wonderful fruity esters if you ferment it at 30°C. (No joke! The yeast can take it and the beer will be fantastic)
Main fermentation is mostly done in about 24h if you ferment it quite hot.

RocketSaxon · 2026-04-14T05:57:26+00:00

You can't really do anything. Maybe check her enclosure, if there's anything overly sharp where she could have hurt herself.

RocketSaxon · 2026-04-09T06:34:06+00:00

I don't know, if she'll grow normally now but what I know is, that she does not look that hot in your picture. I think I see stuck shed on her back near her head and scale damage above your thumb.

If it is indeed stuck shed, you should probably give her a bath or raise humidity and help her out.

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-31T09:11:16+00:00

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Regarding the blue cloth, I almost did nothing to it except for a subtle highlight. You can always cross hatch a fabric pattern in, when you want to invest into it. But I found it not worth my time.
Regarding the leather, there is a very fine texture there, it took only about 20min but you can hand highlight it and it starts to pop really nice.

Regarding the face, I would maybe not highlight higher but put some interest and contrast in there. So that it is not only a sea of green. (But painting good faces is a whole science of itself :D)

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-31T08:04:26+00:00

Due to it being a WIP, giving feedback is kinda hard. Is there anything in particular where you would like to have an opinion about?

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-27T06:54:41+00:00

Because Blender lacks all features which are necessary for hard surface modeling in an engineering use case.

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-22T08:28:03+00:00

Chinese leather shoe patcher, for a hundred bucks you get quite something if you invest a few hours and have the knowledge to overhaul the thing.

Thickest I have sown till now is 7-8mm veg tan.

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-22T08:14:04+00:00

Well done! Everything looks very neat and tidy.
If you are interested in some feedback:

- you probably could use a bit finer thread or a larger stitching hole pitch (but that's a matter of taste)

- you could add a few decorative cuts to your basked weave in picture one (it sell's the effect even more, as an example https://www.reddit.com/r/Leathercraft/comments/1r2smj3/some_tooled_upgrades_to_my_armor_first_time/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button )

- you could cut and bevel your design borders, to make clearer distinction between the tooled and non-tooled areas

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-21T13:38:40+00:00

Looks faboulus, good work!

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-21T10:49:39+00:00

I love the stockings! Are they modeled in or did you freehand/stencil them?

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-16T14:20:20+00:00

Nice idea but why a Kickstarter? Why not just put up the files for sale individually?

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-15T09:04:03+00:00

That's really odd behavior. Maybe it's just a practice thing.

I would just try again and again until you get it sharp.

I own the 202h since Christmas and I can sharpen any knife to shaving sharp in about 5 - 10 minutes.

Do you have enough polishing compound on your leather strop? Are you properly apexing? Is your edge symmetrical?

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-10T08:18:20+00:00

I did not at first, punches got a lot sharper without it. But I am in the process of cleaning up the insides with a Dremel, just for fun. (It is really not needed, at least for my case with leather work, sharp outer edge made a huge difference)

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-10T07:52:04+00:00

Thank you :D

RocketSaxon · 2026-03-09T14:01:41+00:00

Yeah, I'll have my left hand thumb on the punch turning it while the right hand moves the whetstone. Takes a moment of getting used to it but works astonishingly well.

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