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A Very Impressive Train

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As you can see, I 3D printed the locomotive piece from monopoly. I’ve always loved monopoly, and when I was looking through the linked game pieces I picked the train because I found it to be the most intricate. In a way, I wanted to test the 3d printing center and see how accurate their printing of such a small train would be. I didn’t have much trouble getting it printed; I just gave them the file and let them work their magic. Quite frankly, I find 3D printing really interesting and wish I was more involved in the process. The only issue I ran into was being too low on Eagle Dollars when they asked me to pay. I spent 5 embarrassing minutes of silence at the woman’s register before I finally figured out how to replenish my balance. They printed the piece with more detail than I had expected, so this side quest was a success.

SQ7: The puns with “Knight” should be post-pawn-ed

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REFLECTION

I chose a chess peice because my dog, Banjo, wanted to send me off to college with a reminder of home. That is, I don’t have a full chess set, as I am missing a chewed up white-pawn. Consequentially, when this assignment came around, I had no option but to utilize it for my own benefit and sanity. Thus, I tried to find the best pawn piece I could, and one that would be structurally sound enough for a dog’s teeth; should it come to that.

I found the file through TinkerCad. A bunch of the pawns and other designs were fairly cool; however, I don’t think they would be a succesful print. I’ve had some experience with 3D printing and AutoCad during high school, and I’m aware about how finicky printers can be regarding plate temperature, plastic melting, or mistakes while printing. I tried to choose the easiest piece to print that would be of the correct size and shape to fit into my board set.

Here’s a photo of my dog I took (I miss him):

#sq7

Fucktopus

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I had been searching Thingiverse for what seemed an eternity, I was beginning to lose hope. ‘Maybe I’ll have to settle for something boring like a chess piece or die’, I dispaired. It was then that I was struck by this masterpiece, designed by the man, myth and legend that is MasterFX a.k.a. Timmo. It’s difficult to articulate why this 3D model appeals to me so much, I just knew it was the one the second I laid eyes on it. My fucktopus will forever be a feature on my desk.

On a slight side note, the TechLab was incredible. I feel so lucky to be at a college with such amazing facilities. I will definitely be taking advantage of it in the future.

Sidequest 7: “You’ll never catch me, I’m the gingerbread man”

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My printed game piece
Actual Candyland game pieces

The game piece I chose to make using the 3D printer at the TechLab was the gingerbread man from the board game Candy Land. I brought in my .stl file Tuesday evening and picked up my piece on Friday afternoon. The process was very straightforward for me. I went into the lab with my file saved to my computer and they put it on a flash drive and asked me details of how I wanted it to come out.

I chose to print a game piece from Candy Land because that was me and my sister’s go-to game when we were bored at home. I was talking to my younger sister earlier that day and that’s when the idea came to my head. The piece came out exactly as I imagined it would with every detail mimicking the actual game pieces. In the actual game set, the gingerbread men are colored and this one wasn’t, but I will definitely bring it home to add to the set.

The process was very straightforward and I was in-and-out of the TechLab within 10 minutes. I had no idea one of my friends worked there, so I asked about other programs and machines they have for students to use which was very interesting. For example, I learned they have workshops a couple times a month relating to technology and engineering. I had never utilized this resource on campus, but it is definitely helpful to have if I ever need to construct something complex.

Links: https://flic.kr/p/dujTtt, https://eng101s20.davidmorgen.org/quests/side-quests/side-quest-7-3d-print-a-game-piece/

Unnamed Goose Miniature

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Since I'm making all of you do some 3d printing, I decided to do some too. I brought a group of .stl files to the TechLab on Tuesday afternoon, then picked up my completed prints on Thursday. The image at the top of this post shows my Unnamed Goose along with a one-eyed raven (the wizard in my D&D campaign has a raven familiar). Die included in photo for scale.

I also printed a giant elk and a couple of other miniatures for my D&D game. Note that these are straight off the printer, so there are still supports attached. The TechLab can help you clean up the supports or provide cutters to do so yourself. I'll bring mine home and do that this weekend, then paint them hopefully sometime soon.

 

 

When all is said and done, the unnamed goose will look something like this.

I also printed pieces which I will assemble into a dice tower. I downloaded the .stl files from Lau85 on Thingiverse then did a PLA print of the 6 pieces of the tower. I need to cut out some extra supports between the balusters on the gate at the bottom and I'll probably paint it because they printed one piece in white and the rest in black. Then I'll use the empty bottle from a 1.5L soda to make the transparent cylinder of the tower.

 

When it's all done it should look something like this.

 

Side Quest 7: 3d Print a Game Piece

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Due: Game piece submitted to Techlab to print by 3/1

Due: Post with photo and reflection by 3/6

Tag: sq7

Archeologist have recently uncovered a tiny piece of worked glass from the period of Viking raids on Northumbrian island from around AD793, a small blue and white crown that would have been a game piece for Viking board game hnefatafl (“king’s table”), "a strategic board game simulating a Viking raid. The king and 12 defenders have to escape 24 attackers arranged in groups of six surrounding the weaker side. The attackers try to capture the king, while the defenders aim to thwart them and guide him safely to one of the corners, known as 'king’s squares.'"

And not only can you see a picture of the piece, like the one up above, but you can explore a 3d interactive model of the piece. It doesn't look like they've made this model available for download, but if they had, you could download the .stl file and bring it over to the Maker Space in Cox Computing to print your own plastic reproduction of the piece.

The Metropolitan Museum currently has on display in the Egyptian room an ancient Egyptian icosahedron, a twenty-sided die like those made popular in the 20th century for Dungeons and Dragons. If the Met made all its objects available for digital download like the Smithsonian Museum does, you could download the ancient Egyptian 20-sided die and print it one to play with in your own D&D campaign.

Assignment

For this assignment, I want you to 3d print a game piece of some kind using the TechLab in Student Digital Life. (Here's a link with more information about 3d printing services at Emory.)

You can simply find the .stl file for an existing game piece, for example:

Feel free to search yourself for other small 3d printable figures that would be fun. Thingiverse has lots of items and there are plenty of other sites out there.

You can also, if you choose modify or create your own item using Tinkercad (one of the early tutorials for learning Tinkercad is to create your own 6-sided die).

Reflection

Once you've got your printed object back from the TechLab, take a picture of your model and post it to your site. Write a paragraph in which you explain why you chose the game piece that you did; how you went about finding, editing, or creating the .stl file you printed; and what challenges you faced in order to print your game piece.

Don't forget to tag your post "sq7."

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