Boostingaz
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Love the weld together kit! If you need some alpha/beta users let me know!
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Or heck just let us know when and where they go live. I've got a buddy down the road that would really dig that!
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Or heck just let us know when and where they go live. I've got a buddy down the road that would really dig that!
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MadeByMiller
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Love the weld together kit! If you need some alpha/beta users let me know!
Thank you guys! I will for sure let you all know when they're up for sale, and hopefully that's not breaking any site rules about advertising.
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Today on my way to town I noticed some signs advertising a yard sale down the highway from my house. I made a mental note to check it out on the way home. The sale ended up being within five minutes of my house in the neighborhood over the hill. My wife and I have driven past the beautiful home a few times, it's a really scenic area being right next to the creek. I browsed the sale with nothing more than a couple of items that caught my attention when I noticed some commotion through the door of the workshop stationed on the property. I asked the nice ladies hosting the sale if there were items in the shop as part of the sale, and I was informed no that there weren't, but that her husband was in there blowing glass. That immediately sparked my interest of course, so I thanked the ladies and headed into the shop.
I was greeted by the heat of the propane fired furnace blasting and a father son duo working together to form beautiful glassware. From a respectful distance, myself and a few others watched as they performed their tasks in unison. It was clear that they had been working together at this for quite a while, and that made me appreciate the operation even more. Over time, the others moved on, leaving me as the only spectator. Jim and Joel were kind and generous in the time they took to explain to me what they were doing and how each move affected the outcome of the piece.
Before I knew it, an hour and a half had gone by and the sale was over - my cue to leave. I couldn't leave without taking a piece home with me, so I chose a beautiful vase and left them a bit more than they were asking as an extra thank you. We exchanged contact information and they mentioned calling me the next time they light the furnace. I sure hope that they do, it would be fun to give it a go!
When I got home I picked some wildflowers growing on our property and presented them in the new vase to my wife - she loved it. I then immediately stole it back for some fancy wannabe photography. Here are the results:
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Not many things make me happier than making connections with people, so it was an excellent afternoon!
I was greeted by the heat of the propane fired furnace blasting and a father son duo working together to form beautiful glassware. From a respectful distance, myself and a few others watched as they performed their tasks in unison. It was clear that they had been working together at this for quite a while, and that made me appreciate the operation even more. Over time, the others moved on, leaving me as the only spectator. Jim and Joel were kind and generous in the time they took to explain to me what they were doing and how each move affected the outcome of the piece.
Before I knew it, an hour and a half had gone by and the sale was over - my cue to leave. I couldn't leave without taking a piece home with me, so I chose a beautiful vase and left them a bit more than they were asking as an extra thank you. We exchanged contact information and they mentioned calling me the next time they light the furnace. I sure hope that they do, it would be fun to give it a go!
When I got home I picked some wildflowers growing on our property and presented them in the new vase to my wife - she loved it. I then immediately stole it back for some fancy wannabe photography. Here are the results:
Extension tube shots:
Not many things make me happier than making connections with people, so it was an excellent afternoon!
Vette60
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Really neat with the glass-blowers. My wife and I were in Sandwich MA a few years back (ok almost 18 now) and stopped a glass blower that operated out of his own home shop. It was really, really neat to watch him and his wife work together. They met at a conference in Corning NY - he of MA and she of Japan. For our anniversary that year, I ordered a set of Martini Glasses and a Pitcher from him for my wife.
Connections with folks are great and the "wow, I didn't know you did that here" factor is always cool too.
Connections with folks are great and the "wow, I didn't know you did that here" factor is always cool too.
nicholam77
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The DIY welded truck is really neat!
Not sure how wide you are wanting, and I have no specific Canon recommendations, but on a crop sensor a 35mm is nice to have. Nikon makes a cheap (well... in the world of photography!) 35mm prime that's fast (f/1.8 I think?), — essentially similar specs and quality to their standard 50mm. I'm sure Canon has an option like that. 35mm is considered a "normal lens" on a crop sensor, and with f/1.8 you can still do portraits, throw out the background, etc. Even shorter focal length primes that would be considered fisheyes like 18mm, 14mm etc are gonna be pricier.
The vase is really cool. I strongly prefer art objects that are local / one-off / actually made by artists vs. a commercial object from a chain store. Sometimes harder to come across, but more meaningful. Like you alluded to, objects gain meaning when they have a story or you know something about who created it, the process it took, etc.
The coneflowers are a nice match, too
Not sure how wide you are wanting, and I have no specific Canon recommendations, but on a crop sensor a 35mm is nice to have. Nikon makes a cheap (well... in the world of photography!) 35mm prime that's fast (f/1.8 I think?), — essentially similar specs and quality to their standard 50mm. I'm sure Canon has an option like that. 35mm is considered a "normal lens" on a crop sensor, and with f/1.8 you can still do portraits, throw out the background, etc. Even shorter focal length primes that would be considered fisheyes like 18mm, 14mm etc are gonna be pricier.
The vase is really cool. I strongly prefer art objects that are local / one-off / actually made by artists vs. a commercial object from a chain store. Sometimes harder to come across, but more meaningful. Like you alluded to, objects gain meaning when they have a story or you know something about who created it, the process it took, etc.
The coneflowers are a nice match, too
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MadeByMiller
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The way they handle the soft glass with such apparent ease was impressive to me. No doubt it's a skill that is acquired slowly and with much repetition. You said it well, really fun to learn about what goes on behind the walls of the workshop we'd driven by in the past.
Thank you!The DIY welded truck is really neat!
Not sure how wide you are wanting, and I have no specific Canon recommendations, but on a crop sensor a 35mm is nice to have. Nikon makes a cheap (well... in the world of photography!) 35mm prime that's fast (f/1.8 I think?), — essentially similar specs and quality to their standard 50mm. I'm sure Canon has an option like that. 35mm is considered a "normal lens" on a crop sensor, and with f/1.8 you can still do portraits, throw out the background, etc. Even shorter focal length primes that would be considered fisheyes like 18mm, 14mm etc are gonna be pricier.
The vase is really cool. I strongly prefer art objects that are local / one-off / actually made by artists vs. a commercial object from a chain store. Sometimes harder to come across, but more meaningful. Like you alluded to, objects gain meaning when they have a story or you know something about who created it, the process it took, etc.
The coneflowers are a nice match, too
I don't know exactly, but I'm thinking pretty wide. I know in the future I will pick up a 35mm, but it just doesn't seem to be different enough to get me excited. I'm kind of looking at something like this 14mm Rokinon but it might be a little extreme. On the up side, it would add a lens capability that I don't currently have covered.
*edit* this local listing is interesting too..
We definitely are in agreement on the subject of art preference. Being able to source a piece directly from the maker and to watch them produce it is about as good as it gets. Thank you for educating me, I had no idea that those were called coneflowers!
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Mowed the swing set pad for the second time today, as well as the rest of the yard. We've been so blessed with rain this year, this has to be the best my yard has looked in years. When I was done, I spread some fertilizer on the pad and gave it a generous watering. Looking forward to seeing the affect of the fertilizer!
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A few days ago I mentioned in a response here to @nicholam77 that there was a wide lens for sale locally on FB Marketplace. Well I ended up purchasing said lens! It is a Tamron 10-24mm f3.5/4.5 wide angle zoom lens. Immediately after purchase I took my family to a local park and took hundreds of photos of the kids as I got to know the lens. I'm really enjoying it! It's really fun to play with wide angle perspectives and I'm quite pleased with the vibrance and clarity. Sure, it would be nice if it was a bit faster, but for the price I paid I'm not complaining. Here are a couple of super wannabe photos I took with my nifty fifty:
nicholam77
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Nice pick up! 10-24mm should give you some creative options with the wide angle stuff.
Back when I was 'in the game', I preferred primes for their speed. And their price. But I started with a Nikon D40x body, which is 16 years old now, and then moved to a D90 which was released 15 years ago. Both crop sensors and at the bottom of the Nikon range at the time. Sensors have gotten exponentially better since then, so I feel like having f/1.8 available on a lens is less critical when it comes to light and exposure. When out and about, it was also a pain to carry a bag and 3 different lenses.
The pics of the new lens look GREAT.
Back when I was 'in the game', I preferred primes for their speed. And their price. But I started with a Nikon D40x body, which is 16 years old now, and then moved to a D90 which was released 15 years ago. Both crop sensors and at the bottom of the Nikon range at the time. Sensors have gotten exponentially better since then, so I feel like having f/1.8 available on a lens is less critical when it comes to light and exposure. When out and about, it was also a pain to carry a bag and 3 different lenses.
The pics of the new lens look GREAT.
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I don't know for sure when my sister got my camera, but it must have been around 12 years ago. Some day I will probably upgrade my camera body, but that's a long ways from now. It was really convenient to just carry around the new zoom lens and have the ability to change focal length on the fly while at the park.
Thank you! It's always fun to play with the camera and lighting, no matter the subject.
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I mowed Saturday and when I was finished I sprinkled a few handfuls of seed into the bare spots that have yet to fill in on the swing set pad. Overall, I'm really happy with how it's developing, and it appears that the fertilizer I spread last week is having a great affect! This week is supposed to be the hottest yet, with highs in the 90's every day. I'll continue to water every evening. Tentatively planning on swing set assembly the first weekend in August!
Boostingaz
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Looking great 
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MadeByMiller
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I've got the cover page wrapped up for the square body truck instructions. Hopefully you can see the inspiration based heavily on plastic model kit instructions. I am creating the instructions using Inkscape.
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Looking great
Thank you for the positivity! Lots of good things happening in life, I'm very grateful.
Boostingaz
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Looking great
I did say looking great secretly not knowing what all that green stuff is
. At 113dg for 20 days straight or close to it we don't know what green is.
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MadeByMiller
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Can't say that I miss the gorgeous views of rocks, concrete, and cactus. The temperatures never bothered me too much, but one of my favorite parts about moving back to SD is the cool, moist mornings of spring and fall.I did say looking great secretly not knowing what all that green stuff is
I've got the first instructional page finished *I think*. I'm having so much fun with these! They don't quite have the charm of hand inked plastic model kit instructions, but the feeling is similar if I do say so myself.
Boostingaz
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That's super cool. Looking good so far 
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Last but not least - page 3!
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Austin, you're going to love the 10-24 if you don't already! Primes are great, and offer amazing picture quality, but for everyday life, a zoom really adds convenience.
For years I used an 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 as my goto lens and it worked great for candid stuff with my kids in most settings. Indoors I'd add a flash.
The Weld it Yourself project looks very cool!
@nicholam77 I had a D90 which was a great camera. I upgraded to a D7000 more than ten years ago, which I still use today, although I too am largely 'out of the game.' My next change will be to go mirrorless.
For years I used an 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 as my goto lens and it worked great for candid stuff with my kids in most settings. Indoors I'd add a flash.
The Weld it Yourself project looks very cool!
@nicholam77 I had a D90 which was a great camera. I upgraded to a D7000 more than ten years ago, which I still use today, although I too am largely 'out of the game.' My next change will be to go mirrorless.
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MadeByMiller
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Yeah Mark, I almost instantly took a liking to the new Tamron lens. There's something liberating about a prime lens in that it removes a variable from the shot setup allowing you to focus on other aspects, but the versatility of a zoom lens is in the same realm of usefulness - just in a different way.
Thank you for stopping by and for the nice comments!
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With the instructions finished, the only thing left to do before release is make some product renderings for Joel's website. Yesterday I got started on that, but pretty quickly got sidetracked playing around with materials and just having fun with it. I thought it looked cool, so here is the result of that:
A couple of cropped shots to show the details (I couldn't decide which crop I liked more)
On a somewhat related note, I realized this morning that I've been using Blender (the cg software I used for these renderings) for a year now. The artistic part of my brain celebrates every time I open it up, and while the learning curve is steep, I'm getting traction in the program.
Thanks for looking! Looking like we will be releasing the Square Body model kit next week!
A couple of cropped shots to show the details (I couldn't decide which crop I liked more)
On a somewhat related note, I realized this morning that I've been using Blender (the cg software I used for these renderings) for a year now. The artistic part of my brain celebrates every time I open it up, and while the learning curve is steep, I'm getting traction in the program.
Thanks for looking! Looking like we will be releasing the Square Body model kit next week!
Nolift911
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So will this come with Mig settings...? I think with my welding skills I would melt this to the ground...very cool though.
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MadeByMiller
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Back in my "prime" I MIG welded an awful lot of 11ga open corner joints. Certainly not as simple as thicker material, but perhaps not as difficult as you might think.
Exhibit A:
To answer your question, I'd be glad to help with settings! The exact settings I used here (for the open corner joint) I documented in this Instagram post, there are more posts and plenty more photos on my page of 11ga MIG welds.
Nolift911
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I now hate you and your welds. Those are fantastic!! The kit is cool something I can do with the kids. I'm in - and will def take you up on the settings. Have a Millermatic 130.
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MadeByMiller
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Oh goodness, one of those machines that doesn't use real numbers for settings... Reach out to me through Instagram DM's next time you have the welder fired up and I'll do my best to tune your machine from afar. Of course I would recommend buying multiple truck kits in the unlikely case you accidentally destroy one... plus you said "kids" - plural means you need at least one per kid!
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They will be on Joel's website - https://overkillracingandchassis.com/
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We've had some exciting activity lately - we finally got our shingles replaced from a storm that happened almost two years ago! Nothing but respect for the crew of hard workers that scaled my 16/12 roof with ropes and ladders. They had the house, shop, and shed roof done in about 20 hours spread over 1.5 days. We were outside with the kids watching almost the whole time as inside of the house was akin to being inside of a drum. They did a great job. We decided to change from the brown shingles to charcoal gray.
Here is the old roof:
And now:
There was some damaged sheathing by the ridge on the north side of the house, perhaps penetrating from a failed ridge cap? They replaced 3 sheets of waterlogged plywood.
This is only the third roof that our home has ever had. It was originally (1975) cedar shakes which were replaced with the old brown asphalt shingles in 2018. A hail storm in August of 2021 led to their replacement today.
We're planning to paint the house and do some siding repair. Yesterday we picked out a color at Sherwin-Williams and I made an edit to see how it would look. We plan on using a solid body stain on the shakes to match the siding color.
We want something dark, but not trendy black. We like the dark teal-ish color as it looks like it belongs on a forest cabin. It will be mostly monochromatic aside from the black fascia, soffits, doors/windows and their trim.
On Saturday I spent the entire afternoon (1-6pm) hand washing our pig of an Expedition. I'm not one to complain about rain, but I can't say that I was pleased to be driving through a downpour the very next day, so much for a clean vehicle...
It takes a long time to wash this thing, but it really needed it. Hand washed exterior and engine bay, dried, jambs cleaned, wheels and tires shined, and windshield cleaned. Since I have to wash in direct sunlight and it was a breezy day, I had to scrub it one panel at a time to try to keep the soap from drying. No complaints though as it was a beautiful day to be outside. It still cleans up nicely for a 15 year old vehicle, it helps that it only has 85,*** miles.
Here is the old roof:
And now:
There was some damaged sheathing by the ridge on the north side of the house, perhaps penetrating from a failed ridge cap? They replaced 3 sheets of waterlogged plywood.
This is only the third roof that our home has ever had. It was originally (1975) cedar shakes which were replaced with the old brown asphalt shingles in 2018. A hail storm in August of 2021 led to their replacement today.
We're planning to paint the house and do some siding repair. Yesterday we picked out a color at Sherwin-Williams and I made an edit to see how it would look. We plan on using a solid body stain on the shakes to match the siding color.
We want something dark, but not trendy black. We like the dark teal-ish color as it looks like it belongs on a forest cabin. It will be mostly monochromatic aside from the black fascia, soffits, doors/windows and their trim.
On Saturday I spent the entire afternoon (1-6pm) hand washing our pig of an Expedition. I'm not one to complain about rain, but I can't say that I was pleased to be driving through a downpour the very next day, so much for a clean vehicle...
It takes a long time to wash this thing, but it really needed it. Hand washed exterior and engine bay, dried, jambs cleaned, wheels and tires shined, and windshield cleaned. Since I have to wash in direct sunlight and it was a breezy day, I had to scrub it one panel at a time to try to keep the soap from drying. No complaints though as it was a beautiful day to be outside. It still cleans up nicely for a 15 year old vehicle, it helps that it only has 85,*** miles.
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Looking good. I prefer the grey shingles, too.We're planning to paint the house and do some siding repair. Yesterday we picked out a color at Sherwin-Williams and I made an edit to see how it would look. We plan on using a solid body stain on the shakes to match the siding color.
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The house looks great, Austin! Go easy on the Pig. We had one years ago and it was great for family trips and towing. I get it, it is big. And its thirsty. But it also gets the job done, usually with room and power to spare.
nicholam77
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The new shingles look great! I could probably use a new roof, but I'm waiting on my own hailstorm
I know you're a designer and it's your house, but here's an outside perspective on the colors and materials that you didn't ask for
...I like the the original two tone of the green + natural cedar shakes. It looks rustic and charming. I assume that maybe you're wanting to get away from that, but IMO the monochrome look would be more effective if you got rid of the shakes and continued the vertical siding all the way up. So it's one color, one material, one texture, nice and simple.
The dark green does blend into the landscape and I like that, but if you're not already married to it you could also consider a darker shade of brown. It would still be earthy, blend in, give you the darkness, and in that case maybe leave the cedar shakes natural and they'd be in the same color zone. I guess this would have a cabin-y A-frame feel, but I like cabin-y.
If you are committed to the double green, I would also consider making the trim the same green, instead of black, for a true monochromatic scheme. I could be wrong and you'd have to mock that up / visualize it in your head, but in my opinion dark green and black are quite similar. Kinda like navy and black. Usually casing and trims are contrasting, or in the case of most 'Modern' houses, the same color. I would however in this scenario set the door apart, like a medium-toned natural wood door would look nice. I couldn't find a dark green pic, but this is kind of what I'm getting at with the same color trim and contrasting door:
Please know I am not criticizing your plans at all and it will turn out great whatever you do, I just like the design of your house and can't help myself! And I know some of the things I mentioned involve additional alterations beyond paint and stain. So merely food for thought.
P.S. The DIY-weld-it instructions are very neat
I know you're a designer and it's your house, but here's an outside perspective on the colors and materials that you didn't ask for
...I like the the original two tone of the green + natural cedar shakes. It looks rustic and charming. I assume that maybe you're wanting to get away from that, but IMO the monochrome look would be more effective if you got rid of the shakes and continued the vertical siding all the way up. So it's one color, one material, one texture, nice and simple.
The dark green does blend into the landscape and I like that, but if you're not already married to it you could also consider a darker shade of brown. It would still be earthy, blend in, give you the darkness, and in that case maybe leave the cedar shakes natural and they'd be in the same color zone. I guess this would have a cabin-y A-frame feel, but I like cabin-y.
If you are committed to the double green, I would also consider making the trim the same green, instead of black, for a true monochromatic scheme. I could be wrong and you'd have to mock that up / visualize it in your head, but in my opinion dark green and black are quite similar. Kinda like navy and black. Usually casing and trims are contrasting, or in the case of most 'Modern' houses, the same color. I would however in this scenario set the door apart, like a medium-toned natural wood door would look nice. I couldn't find a dark green pic, but this is kind of what I'm getting at with the same color trim and contrasting door:
Please know I am not criticizing your plans at all and it will turn out great whatever you do, I just like the design of your house and can't help myself! And I know some of the things I mentioned involve additional alterations beyond paint and stain. So merely food for thought.
P.S. The DIY-weld-it instructions are very neat
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MadeByMiller
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Thanks Mark! Don't get it twisted, we love the Pig! If it weren't for the rust issues bubbling beneath the surface I'd have nothing but pride in that machine. I'll reserve the right to complain about how much real estate there is to detail on/in it though!
Nick, your analysis and criticism is always welcome here on my thread! That's a neat looking home that you found there too, and I have to say right off the bat that it's making me consider stained tongue and groove for the soffits. I've been trying to think of ways to tie in the lighter stained deck with the house, and I think that would be a great way to do so.The new shingles look great! I could probably use a new roof, but I'm waiting on my own hailstorm
I know you're a designer and it's your house, but here's an outside perspective on the colors and materials that you didn't ask for
...I like the the original two tone of the green + natural cedar shakes. It looks rustic and charming. I assume that maybe you're wanting to get away from that, but IMO the monochrome look would be more effective if you got rid of the shakes and continued the vertical siding all the way up. So it's one color, one material, one texture, nice and simple.
The dark green does blend into the landscape and I like that, but if you're not already married to it you could also consider a darker shade of brown. It would still be earthy, blend in, give you the darkness, and in that case maybe leave the cedar shakes natural and they'd be in the same color zone. I guess this would have a cabin-y A-frame feel, but I like cabin-y.
If you are committed to the double green, I would also consider making the trim the same green, instead of black, for a true monochromatic scheme. I could be wrong and you'd have to mock that up / visualize it in your head, but in my opinion dark green and black are quite similar. Kinda like navy and black. Usually casing and trims are contrasting, or in the case of most 'Modern' houses, the same color. I would however in this scenario set the door apart, like a medium-toned natural wood door would look nice. I couldn't find a dark green pic, but this is kind of what I'm getting at with the same color trim and contrasting door:
Please know I am not criticizing your plans at all and it will turn out great whatever you do, I just like the design of your house and can't help myself! And I know some of the things I mentioned involve additional alterations beyond paint and stain. So merely food for thought.
P.S. The DIY-weld-it instructions are very neat
We are not big fans of the shakes, the color fading to gray especially. Rustic is not an aesthetic that we're going for (although it would probably be a kind classification of our current neglect) and the look I'm shooting for is quite similar to the house you attached. With that being said, I think that house with it's vertical siding running up into a horizontal siding illustrates what I'm trying to achieve with the shakes being stained to match the siding. We remove the "rustic" faded gray shake appearance and gain a uniform siding color with the visual intrigue of the shake texture. I should also add, we do hope some day to re side the house, it's just not in the cards financially at the moment.
I definitely see what you're saying on the topic of a true monochromatic scheme. I chose in my edit to keep the fascia, soffits, windows/door and accompanying trim black due to the items around them that are black and can't be changed. My gutters are black, roof is dark gray, and the new storm door will be black. I will paint the wood windows black to match the new storm door, but I have thought about painting the back door a contrasting color to break up the moodiness of the dark tones. I'm definitely not married to the black trim though, and I've considered exactly what you suggest and nixing the black entirely. I must admit that my edit is a bit misleading I think when it comes to color. It's pretty hard to stain the shakes a nice uniform color in my software when they were nowhere near uniform in color to begin with, so they ended up looking too dark I think. For reference, here is the color we chose next to a true black:
I'm actually not so sure that it's even green (kind of like my logo, I call it green but some insist that it's blue) but we wanted a dark teal-ish color that would be a nod towards the color of my logo as well as blend in with the forest and pine trees that surround us.
I really appreciate and respect your opinions, you've given me pause and consideration towards a number of things there. Thank you!
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@fouckhest reminded me that I haven't posted the most recent weekly grass update from the swing set pad. It's looking great! The bald spots are continuing to fill in. Weather permitting, swing set assembly is set to begin Sunday!
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I mentioned earlier that the last step prior to releasing the Square Body model kit is product renderings for Joel's website. Well, I've been steadily working away at that and I'm just a few scenes away from being finished. The most time consuming portion by far is creating the materials for each component, the lighting and camera setup is pretty quick in comparison. This was my preliminary materials setup:
Of course I wasn't satisfied with this though, it needed more realism. Eight hours of obsessive materials tweaking later I came up with the final version of the materials. I have to admit, there's hardly a difference between the two, but I know that difference and I'm much happier with it now.
The fine details that most will never notice on their own are what really make the rendering in my opinion. So here are the details up a bit closer:
There's room for improvement, but I'm pretty happy with it!
Of course I wasn't satisfied with this though, it needed more realism. Eight hours of obsessive materials tweaking later I came up with the final version of the materials. I have to admit, there's hardly a difference between the two, but I know that difference and I'm much happier with it now.
The fine details that most will never notice on their own are what really make the rendering in my opinion. So here are the details up a bit closer:
There's room for improvement, but I'm pretty happy with it!
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I can tell a big difference, but you forgot something....
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I was given permission by a customer to post publicly about a project I worked on a bit over a year ago. There are more details (and a fun animation I made in Blender) here on this Instagram post if you care to read a little more about it, but the short of it is that I was hired to re model a mesh file as a solid so it could be machined. The part is an intake runner for a stack injection setup that sits on a 440 Mopar. Anyways, here's a rendering of my setup in Blender, what I intended to look like a hologram to reality transition:
In other news, here's the latest weekly grass update, and I suppose it's the last one...
Because the project that's more than two months in the making is now complete - swing set assembled!
It took 12 hours yesterday to put together. Aside from snapping a couple of bolts by overtightening, everything went really smooth. I needed an extra set of hands a couple of times from my wife, but otherwise it was no problem to assemble alone. We're really happy with it and the kids are too!
In other news, here's the latest weekly grass update, and I suppose it's the last one...
Because the project that's more than two months in the making is now complete - swing set assembled!
It took 12 hours yesterday to put together. Aside from snapping a couple of bolts by overtightening, everything went really smooth. I needed an extra set of hands a couple of times from my wife, but otherwise it was no problem to assemble alone. We're really happy with it and the kids are too!