trying my best to make an artsy/elegant pen holder and dear lord I am feeling the fact that I approach art primarily with an engineering brain Like whaddaya mean I gotta come up with "details" and make it "aesthetically pleasing"?!

VERY close to finishing up Binding Blade and I'm planning on doing an actual streaming series where I do a hard mode challenge run and post updates and stuff! Streaming Friday nights Eastern time #fireemblem #twitch Twitch.tv/carlthepumpkinman

Does anyone else hate the automatic gifs discord lets people reply with whenever someone enters a server Like it feels so empty and just serves to clutter up notifications if you're trying to keep an eye on a server for updates

Currently in the interesting predicament of trying to figure out how (if at all) I should let the organizer of the Japan RepRap Festival that selling $200 jackets with AI art on them is a rather silly thing to do He seems to have good intentions but cmon man

Hehehehe #3dprinting

Oh yeah, ten pack again and this is the sole new full art I got #pokemontcgpocket

Dang what I wouldn't give for a cheap, consumer-friendly grinder/filament recycler Now that I've been getting more access to "free" filament, I've taken to test printing out my more complicated models in all white. But like... if I could recycle them into my next one... #3dprinting

1.7k in 09:35! Ngl, finding out that my route is shorter and therefore I'm slower than I thought has been pretty demotivating, but... At least I'm faster than the vast majority of people my age that don't run at all

Very frustrating issue with my H2D where it seems to forget what Z level it's at and ripped up its first layer, but only on this specific print

So Urvan is looking nice; printed out a test version and I gotta say it looks great! (1/2)

My route's like only 1.7k oh my GOD That would make some sense as to why I was slower today but....

Ok so one of my coworkers told me that 2k is ten laps around the field but I think at 9 laps (kinda lost count) I was at 10:35 so either I a)ran slower than usual b)the teacher was mistaken, or c)my current morning route is less than 2k, which would be devastating

Was all but promised a volunteer ticket to #JRRF this year! ...I'll definitely need to study up on some of the more technical Japanese terms...

Yeah so it turns out I had a projected point that it was attached to and also not visible at all that was ever so slightly too far to the left

welp found out why things weren't lining up properly in Fusion. Now just to find out how the heck this happened and how to fix it

OH MY GOD IT'S FINALLY DONE I made Durandal from #FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade, and I feel like it's a pretty darn faithful 1:1 recreation of the original thing. Here's the assembly vid with links to the files and a bit of behind-the-scenes in the description! #3dprinting youtu.be/ov9AVCiqK9Q

2k in 09:26! PB! Felt like there was less fatigue in the final incline of the run. Also... Wonder how this is gonna go when the weather actually starts heating up

I've finished with the main modeling of my next project but I am NOT looking forward to the inevitable slew of errors that come from trying to put in tolerances in Fusion

ugh. Currently experienceing the dilemma of trying to figure out how big to make this axe; do I stay faithful to the game or the concept art? #fireemblem #3dprinting

2k in 9:32 again! Kinda funny how before this I watched a Hank Green video where he mentioned he's much more likely to feel motivated if what he's doing is for someone else. Absolutely applies to me rn; living with my gf gives me way more motivation lol youtu.be/kYMgTSUQrR4?...

Login reward #pokemontcgpocket

2k in 09:32! Question is: what part of this progress is potential I had the whole time but didn't know to push myself to, and what part of this is my body remembering that I used to play soccer

So ngl I'm getting a little worried that Japan RepRap Festival is now less than 3 months out, and their website still lists the ticket sales as pending... Man I gotta request the time off before they make the schedule for next semester!

Ten banger #pokemontcgpocket

Made another extremely obscure Gacha display youtube.com/shorts/QveAv...

2k in 09:45! Screw that PB ig; apparently being out in the rain is a great motivator to run faster

Hey folks, it's That Time Of The Month! I've released my roadmap for March; take a look if you wanna know what I did in February and what I plan to get done this month! carlthepumpkinman.blogspot.com/2026/02/carl...

Makes it easier not having to worry about if I shoulda picked another one if I always know which one I'm gonna pick before they're announced #pokemon

Found this in my system messages on MakerWorld, but none of my models appear to actually have been taken down and it doesn't list which it was/how to appeal

Forgot this one from before, and also I have two now #pokemontcgpocket

Ten pack! #pokemontcgpocket

#pokemon winds and waves announced! It looks very pretty, but nothing much of substance to comment on yet from just the trailer

I haven't looked up any announcements if they've happened but please for pokemon day let them announce a game that's creative and stylistic and most of all focuses on being a good game above all else

Wonder pick #pokemontcgpocket

ok genuinely concerned for my 66-year-old mother's safety because she has decided to walk the Appalachian trail and has decided to consult AI to make her itinerary. But apparently I shouldn't worry because she "told the AI it was a Park ranger and the info is much better"

ok I'm aware that I may just be acting like a brat who's not getting his way but all the #pokemon anniversary stuff has kinda got me sad. As someone who was originally just a fan of the games, it kinda sucks to see Pokemon leaning into the Sanrio route of just making characters and selling merch.

flew too close to the sun and raised the chamber temp a bit too high, and the PLA deformed and clogged the nozzle. Thought I fixed it, but I guess it's still partially blocked... Might just buy new 0.2 nozzles with my points lol

Ended up getting to sit down with the new CEO of #Thingiverse to talk about the future of the company, and he was kind enough to let me record the conversation and upload it to YouTube! Feel free to have a look. youtu.be/yS7EaX2FnNM

2k in 10:13--new PB! Tried to keep the same pace but do longer strides, and I guess that helped!

Just chatted with the new #thingiverse CEO, and it went pretty well! Also we're mutuals now lol

2k in 10:26! To push myself, or to keep the pace... That is the question...

Ooh #pokemontcgpocket

2k in 10:34! Finally feeling better and spring has sprung so I got to enjoy my first short sleeves and shorts run of the year

Oh yeah ten pack #pokemontcgpocket

Just found out that BambuLab Japan is discontinuing a lot of their refills for basic and matte PLA colors, which is extremely disappointing as I'll just be paying 600 yen more for roll only to essentially trash the spool immediately jp.store.bambulab.com/pages/notice...

Something very satisfying about seeing this all come together #pokemon #3dprinting

I wrote up a summary of the AMA they did for MyMiniFactory's acquisition of Thingiverse, if you wanna give it a read! carlthepumpkinman.blogspot.com/2026/02/thin... #3dprinting

taking notes for an article on the Thingiverse/MyMiniFactory acquisition Q&A, and the CEO just said something along the lines of "The next rocket to Mars will be developed on Thingiverse" Dang, that came outta left field!

Yo btw, I'm searching for ideas for another future thing to make, and have done a little poll on the #fireemblem subreddit if anyone wants to make suggestions or vote! www.reddit.com/r/fireemblem...

So in light of my model getting stolen, I made it even better lol youtu.be/VlvRiwuXZhw