I made a couple of small errors but dammit I did it. I bought it for my birthday almost a month ago, to see if I had the dexterity in my addled hands and brain, and the answer is, I do!

No art pictures on these, I just built a predesigned wooden model kit, no real creativity, just instructions and endless dexterity rolls.

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[–] 25 points 2 months ago (1 child)

That’s pretty cool. What kit? Why’d you decide on that one?

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  • [–] [S] 29 points 2 months ago

    It’s Haven Zero, and I saw it cause I’m a sucker for that kind of overgrown, peaceful, empty apocalyptic future. The dude down in his bunker there has all kinds of guns, but he doesn’t really need them, cause there’s only some cute deer up top.

    Little did I know, I ended up picking up the most intricate kit that manufacturer made.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Respect, this is quite an achievement!

    I got out of building models because I never figured out what to do with the results afterward... It was fun planning/building/painting stuff (I did warplanes mostly, integrated them into dioramas in the end) but once I was done they just took up space and became dust traps. Tried getting into Warhammer but never had enough interested friends to make it worthwhile...

    So what I'm building up to is: What are you going to do with it now?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I've recently gotten into a war game called gaslands, uses hot wheels scale cars for units. Lots of fun customizing my team! And it's really cheap unlike Warhammer minis.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    These things in particular are meant to serve as book shelf ends/spacers/ organizers to help keep things on your shelf upright. If your bookshelf is already full then I guess it wouldn’t have much use unless you remove objects.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I tried to fix an error and snapped a piece I can replace, but it’d be six hours of work to dismantle the thing and put it back.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Apply a little water to the bendy part to soften it slightly. Add cyanoacrylate glue to the part. Press it to where it needs to go. Apply baking soda. Hold it and wait. Repeat the cyanoacrylate glue and baking soda applications to build up a string joint.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    My wife and I have done two of the book nook kits now. Trust me when I say making it an evening activity for two halves the difficulty.

    The one you have done looks amazing - IMO the mistake work.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Damn, I like that. Got a link?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    It’s Haven Zero by Tonecheer.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Wow they’ve got a lot of options, now I gotta decide which one I like best. X.x

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I’m just bitter I broke one of the most fragile bits in the thing a moment ago, trying to correct a lighting problem.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Super glue? Or even Elmer’s might work.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It’s a bendy fragile piece. I’ve got a replacement, but even to get a missed sticker put in back there took me two chopsticks and a rigging system for them, cause my hands aren’t that accurate.

    I’m gonna have to open the case, dismantle the second floor, swap out the part, and put it back in, and my hands aren’t up to the task, and neither is my mental state.

    Maybe later. My wife has dyspraxia so she prolly won’t be good at this, but maybe a friend?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    I don't know if this is explicitly I Am Legend inspired, but it definitely has a lot of it in here. It's also doing its own thing. I like the style!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Wooow! This is great!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Laser cut, printed wood pieces. Fun.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Don't know if it was intentional, but the way the sky blue really pops in the first photo really makes it seem like the scene is naturally lit by the sun

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    This is superb! I, too, love the postapocalyptic sceneries.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Congratulations on creating this, you did great

    Great job

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Slaps. Great job. I've been thinking about doing one of these for my library, was it a good project?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    That's too cool, man. Too cool. Happy for you! I'm going to have to check these out for myself now!

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