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Into the deep end...

Testing, testing, is this thing on?

Right, I have literally(*figuratively) no idea what I'm doing here. Where to start? What to talk about?
Maybe a quick introduction would help get the creative juices flowing...
I live in the UK near London with my fiancée, our two cats and two rabbits.  I currently look after visualisation at a well known construction contractor having worked my way up over the last seven years from my starting role as a trainee CAD technician.  The road has not always been smooth, the construction industry being notoriously stuck in the past and slow to adopt new technologies and processes.  Recently however I feel like I have really been making progress with the help of my younger brother who joined my team a couple of years ago (I say 'team' but it really is just the two of us).  In the four years since I started the company down this path we have managed to introduce the capability to produce mid-level quality renders and animations, virtual reality (both PC and mobile based) and most recently in-house FDM 3D printing.

Printing a calibration square on the Prusa i3 MK2S at work

I do enjoy video games, although not as much as I used to and I fear I'm getting old (midlife crisis soon).  I've got my own 3D printer at home and if that sort of thing interests you it may be worth your while checking out my Instagram for pretty pictures of prints and such.  I enjoy a bit of tabletop RPGing with my mates and currently we're in the midst of both a Dungeons and Dragons and a Star Trek Adventures Campaign concurrently.

The Necromancer from my current DnD campaign
Designed on Heroforge and printed on my Cetus3D
Whew, now that is out of the way and you all know a little bit about me, I'd like to talk a little bit about what I have planned for this blog.  It's not going to be one of those "OMG I love to post every day about what I ate for dinner lol" types of blogs but more along the lines of a weekly update talking about;

  • Technology I've been using or like the look of.
  • 3D prints I've done over the previous week (successes and failures and reflections on both).
  • What I'm planning on printing next.
  • Video games I may have played or am looking forward to playing.
  • Updates on any tabletop RPGs I may be involved with.
  • Tutorials on CAD software or 3D printing.
  • Technology reviews of anything I've recently purchased or may be using at work.
Obviously this list will change as we go, but I think that's a decent amount to start with.

I really doubt anyone will ever see this blog and it remains to be seen whether I have the willpower to carry on with it.  But hey, lets wait and see yeah?


Troez. 


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