Shownotes for Episode 66

Theme                       Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU

Welcome                   148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/

Previously On   Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uIYYEM45b4

Part 2                        Darren Curtis – She’s Watching Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGguA2HUUr4 

Dramatis   RPG SOUNDS “Realization”

Some  FX:                 https://www.zapsplat.com

Cross Promo Partners: Resting Glitch Face & Billowing Hilltop

Shownotes for Episode 65

Theme                             Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU

Welcome                         148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/

Previously On         Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uIYYEM45b4

Dramatis         RPG SOUNDS “Realization”

Some  FX:                       https://www.zapsplat.com

Cross Promo Partners: Resting Glitch Face & Rollbound

Adventures in Acetone - part 2

 I've been continuing with some experiments in making Sprue Goo without actually having any sprues, and using acetone instead of plastic cement.  

At first, the only thing I successfully melted was styrofoam, and it worked OK, but I knew that I was not truly getting the best results, so I started experimenting.  Eventually, by trial and error, I found three kinds of plastics that worked correctly (most trial plastics just sat in the acetone and did nothing).  

These were: plastic bread tags, CD jewel cases and plastic push pins.  All three melted into a squishy liquid plastic-putty that could be put in an Oyumaru mold and - after letting cure for 1-2 days - became a hard plastic figuring or 'bit'.

Here's a goblin I cast with Oyumaru and then re-created with bread tabs.  Some detail is lost, but overall, it's not too bad (I still need to cut off all the flashing, or course).

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Shownotes for Episode 64

Theme                     Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU

Welcome                 148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/

Previously On Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uIYYEM45b4

Dramatis         RPG SOUNDS “Realization”

Some  FX:               https://www.zapsplat.com

Cross Promo Partners: The Sprouting & Rollbound

Adventures in Acetone

 Last Year, around Xmas, I got into kit bashing and scratch building figurines. My goal was really just to keep everything super cheap... if I was buying green stuff for 20 bucks, it just wasn't worth it.  Eventually I stumbled on some potential game changers: oyumaru and sprue goo.  With these, in theory, I could recast figurines infinitely for pennies.  As usual, I gave myself a deep dive into Youtube for an education and started to experiment.  The first experiment was an utter failure.  I bought dollar store nail polish remover and used spare plastic minis (because I didn't have any actual sprues).

I soaked them for days and nothing happened.  Eventually I figured out that the dollar store nail polish remover was more water than acetone and wasn't strong enough, so I bought this...

Success was just around the corner ... except it wasn't. This didn't do anything, either.  I was frustrated and considered giving up, having spent ten bucks on useless acetone.  Then I thought I'd try another experiment and put Styrofoam into the acetone  ... and it worked! The resultant goop was not very easy to work with, but it had a couple of good points.  It didn't stick to my fingers and it didn't stick to the oyumaru.

I found a few immediate uses for it, including as a medium for basing.  

It is also possible to recast this stuff if you are patient and let it dry for about 2 days. In the photo below, the legs and one arm are done with melted Styrofoam goop, and the rest is with thermoplastic (which is much easier to use, but still limited in other ways).

Shownotes for Episode 63

Theme                              Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU

Welcome                          148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/

Previously On                 Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uIYYEM45b4

Part 1                 Just One Fix “Red Dawn” https://justonefixnz.bandcamp.com/track/red-dawn

Dramatis          RPG SOUNDS “Realization”

Part 1b                 Just One Fix “Hades Rising”

Part 2 final section         Darren Curtis – She’s Watching Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGguA2HUUr4 

Some  FX:                               https://www.zapsplat.com

Cross Promo Partners: The Sprouting & Dread Maps

Toronto Comicon!

 Thanks to CanPodAwards for inviting me to promote my show at their booth last Friday at Comicon.  It was my first big con and I was suitably overwhelmed :)

I ran a "Guess-How-Many-Dice-Are-In-The-Jar" game and gave away a few sets of fancy dice to the winners.