u/BlitheMayonnaise

Dave Lewis is one of the few games designers who's also a miniature designer, having created the entirety of the first edition of Dropzone Commander, from rules to miniatures. Though he sold his original studio, Hawk Wargames, to TTCombat in 2017, he's remained active working on the games. And for third edition he's back at it again, working on a revamped plastic miniature range as well as the revised third edition rules. I had a chance to interview him at Adepticon at the end of March - lovely guy!

I received a whole bunch of sample stamping plates from Goblin Hobbies, and I've started to incorporate them into my painting regime. My top level takeaways are:

• This is a tool that needs to be mastered, and I'm not there yet.
• It definitely has some very good applications, and for certain purposes I think it's going to be better than waterslide transfers.
• It's incredibly satisfying to get right, and I'd recommend giving it (or an equivalent nail art stamping system) a try just for that reason.

Further thoughts in the linked article.

Or maybe another way to put it, does each faction have its own celebrity player?
I can think of some YouTubers who are known as tournament diehards with specific factions (for example, Lawrence from Tabletop Tactics with Drukhari, Hellstorm Mikey with Blood Ravens) - but I'm wondering about players who are famous as the most skilled and experienced players within a faction community.

I'm using a Neptune 4 Pro. I'm having issues with persistent clogging in my extruder, and they all seem to be forming above the throat pipe, squeezing in under the PTFE tube. I'm using genetic PLA that I've dehydrated, and slicing with Orca.

Is this something that other people have experienced? Is it something that can be fixed by replacing the PTFE tube? Or are my print settings also likely to be a cause?

I've noticed the problem occur between prints a couple of times - a print goes fine, then it's followed up immediately by a clog.

One other thing - these problems have all started since I started using the machine in much more suitable surroundings. I used to keep it in a cold outbuilding, but since moving house I have it in my office. I'm wondering if it's possible that it being much more accessible is an issue. Previously I'd only get to remove a finished print when I was finished with my day job, usually hours after the print had finished. So the head fans got left on until well after all heat had dissipated. Now I'm able to peel a print and set up a new one immediately, but that means there's an interval where there's still heat in the heating element and heat block, but no active fans.