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Cake day: August 9th, 2023

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  • Much of that stuff looks collected, not crafted. The only things that clearly looked crafted were some of the stands that looked like castles and some of the wall panels, and they all looked like XPS foam cut with a hot wire then painted. Except maybe the whale. That would have used a hot knife, instead, and a bit more skill.

    Cutting XPS foam with a hot wire is easy to learn, and relatively inexpensive. Spray painting and dry brushing are also easy to learn. What I’m saying is, get started, if you want.

    (Do you have reason to believe those figurines were hand crafted? They didn’t look so to me. Of course, if they were, that would certainly justify your sentiment!)








  • it made no sense to me

    That’s all CAD software. You can’t just jump in and intuitively learn it by just doing it. It’s like trying to learn a programming language. You need a solid tutorial to explain the basics, at a minimum. Even with something simple like TinkerCAD.

    FreeCAD was probably the worst choice. Give TinkerCAD a try. I know the FOSS community will hate me for saying this, but I like Autodesk Fusion for a full featured CAD package. It has a very steep learning curve, like all CAD software, and you need to watch some videos first. You will make a ton of mistakes and do even simple things wrong at first, but once you get going, it’s great to use.