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Former video game programmer, now prop maker. Enjoys anime, taking care of the chickens here, and teaching kids at the library. Have my work listed over at https://mkprops.storenvy.com/ and https://cults3d.com/en/users/MKProps/3d-models
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New year, new #promosky intro post. I go by Makoto, He/Him, 45 years around on this rock as a geek and a nerd. Programmer, cancer survivor, and prop maker. Some things I enjoy: Movies: Star Wars Marvel Games: Soul Calibur Magicka Anime: My Hero Academia Slayers Gundam Let's say hi!

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

I order a small army of robots around to get arms and armor to those in need

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Looking over some of my orders from the year.. feels like a good mix of anime and games. And a whole lot of fun 😁

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Test print.. still debating if I should modify the scale pattern, or leave it regular. Maybe I'll do both in the end, since I'm designing this #lightsaber to allow me to swap parts

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Back when I worked at Lucas, my first business card had a neat embossed logo on it. I've always thought those cards were cool, so I figured I'd make some 3D printed plates to emboss my own cards now. Did a test, and it definitely works. .. now I just have to figure out a design to suit such cards 🤣

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

While I do try for general, ongoing printer maintenance, I also try for end of year overhauls. Put on a several hour playlist and check that all the bolts and belts are tight, make sure the bowden tubes are all clean and trimmed, deep clean and lightly sand the printing plates, check extruders..

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

It's kind of interesting to see how the plastic filament going into my printers can, over time, act like a saw and cut through the printer's extruder. Reminds me of the old stories of someone using dental floss to cut through jail bars...

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

Come on, Fusion, I know this is one of my larger models, but it shouldn't take an hour to exit for saving a 300 MB file...

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Hey, neat, a request for a Zelos sword. I assume from Tales of Symphonia, in which case I made one like a decade ago for a good friend.. but that was from my CNC in foam and I think I can do better now, even though that was a really fun build. And a fun game since they wandered and I fought 😁

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

I.. think I broke this bluesky wrapped thingy..

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Put the leftovers away, started the dishwasher (for almost all the dishes), now time.. for sleep. I don't mind all the cooking, but I am not cut out for the whole socializing thing...

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Little bit of a late start getting the turkey in the oven and the rutabaga side started in the pressure pot, but I think I'm more or less on schedule for friends & family dinner today. Gift exchange had to happen before the cookery could begin. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Still not sure why Fusion wants me to save my projects to my account just to do local renders.. so I'll just start saving everything I've been working on this year as the same temp and doing a render 👍 #KindomHearts keyblades are fun, and I tried out a new chain design for printing with this one

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Time for Christmas molasses crisp cookies.. again. This is my third 24 dozen batch this year since *somehow* they keep disappearing, and I still laugh every time I see this picture that normally hangs on the fridge of me back in when I was 20 doing the same thing... ah, I was so young and pale...

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

WIP, testing out some prints and paints for my silly lightsaber build. Color isn't quite what I want yet, but I'm pretty happy with the quality level my Ender 3 can give for such tiny parts given I didn't sand them at all, or even remove them from the raft yet

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Much as I love finding this Render mode in Fusion.. now I feel like I'll never make my props up to the level of the render. And I already worried about that! Still.. pretty...

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Now I'm just being silly.. well, on top of how this was just a silly fun project for myself anyway. But I'm also learning new stuff, which makes it even more fun 👍

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

If you're reading this, post a gif from a video game you love.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Between crashing Fusion using its time manipulation powers and several power outages, I lost a ton of work yesterday. But, I finally learned about Fusion's Render mode, which I probably would've learned about years ago if I'd taken a simple class rather than learning by trial and error...

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment