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by Nick Strait
Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:59 pm
Forum: Materials
Topic: need help with making ink sticks
Replies: 15
Views: 32316

Re: need help with making ink sticks

ah i didnt know that... does that mean all the images i posted in this thread will have the same problem(since i have posted 4 or 5..)
by Nick Strait
Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:41 pm
Forum: Materials
Topic: need help with making ink sticks
Replies: 15
Views: 32316

Re: need help with making ink sticks

huh thats odd i see the image of the bleed. maybe you browser blocks image links toa certain size(no idea, random guess)
by Nick Strait
Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:58 pm
Forum: Materials
Topic: need help with making ink sticks
Replies: 15
Views: 32316

Re: need help with making ink sticks

i dont know, i have a pretty vague idea of what a "artist" is, you all are likely more professional artists than i am, my art is just more of the emotional less useful at the moment type of art.

eitherway ill check back in a few weeks see if theres anything new here( the usual forum im part of is ...
by Nick Strait
Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:51 pm
Forum: Materials
Topic: need help with making ink sticks
Replies: 15
Views: 32316

Re: need help with making ink sticks

ive posted pretty much everything i as a english speaker can possibly find on the subject. hope its useful, if it beyond the capabilities to come up with more or less a recipe and materials/tools list here let me know(or if you know someplace that might be more likely to be able to make them feel ...
by Nick Strait
Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:18 pm
Forum: The water cooler -- disscusions about anything
Topic: Machinists are programmers, but...
Replies: 5
Views: 17597

Re: Machinists are programmers, but...

jean-joseph merlin ^_^ that guy was one of the original oddballs. he also invented the roller skates so he could roll around the gallerys dressed as a bar maid. he also built a motor of some kind that was powered by the shrinking and growing of mercury..
by Nick Strait
Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:33 am
Forum: The water cooler -- disscusions about anything
Topic: Machinists are programmers, but...
Replies: 5
Views: 17597

Re: Machinists are programmers, but...

if your into oldschool mechanics id recommend looking into the Linotype machine while at it


also maybe the most epic automaton ive ever seen
by Nick Strait
Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:16 pm
Forum: Announce yourself
Topic: Greetings from a Jacksonville Florida, SE!
Replies: 2
Views: 3294

Re: Greetings from a Jacksonville Florida, SE!

hey, your only like a half hour from me(saint augustine here(you know the large tourist trap between jax and daytona)
by Nick Strait
Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: Skill Swapping
Topic: Joe's skills for trade
Replies: 24
Views: 46627

Re: Joe's skills for trade

ah okay, definitely not titanium then ^^.. what would a block that size of aluminum be?

those muppet costumes are pretty epic!! really like how the proportions actually fit like perfectly ^^
heres a pic of the current costume(have a few tiny tweeks left but its more or less finished(about as ...
by Nick Strait
Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:58 am
Forum: Skill Swapping
Topic: Joe's skills for trade
Replies: 24
Views: 46627

Re: Joe's skills for trade

actually both.. but ive found a way of making better straps(for a period of time i used coaxial cord....(cosplay is painful ,has nearly passed out twice from em.. but they looked good)

what would be the price difference between aluminum and titanium? id imagine the block needed would be around ...
by Nick Strait
Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:38 am
Forum: Skill Swapping
Topic: Joe's skills for trade
Replies: 24
Views: 46627

Re: Joe's skills for trade

didnt know that, well any aluminum or silver colored metal that is light enough for what i need and safe enough to basically be in contact with skin for long periods of time(especially since previous wooden pairs have left my feet bleeding...)