Hobbies

[PussEKatt]

I used to make plastic model aircraft and tanks,mostly 1/72 nd scale and I used to like wethering them and making them look as real life as possable.Sadly since we moved into a different house I have had to give it up.Not enough room now.

[Xann]

A friend is in the UK Garrison, he's 3D printing a set of Shoretrooper armour currently.

This'll be his gun if he decides to print that too? One of his mates on FB makes little aircon units to install in the helmets

Were I kid now? I'd definitely want a 3D printer.

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A community for people who like to make things

Instructables has some great templates.

[Wezbid]

I like this thread and reading about what people get up to for fun, enjoyment, to focus their mind, relax, push themselves or just escape.

Until the latter half of last year, I didn't really have much in terms of a hobby. I'd love to binge watch series, watch films, binge listen to true crime/Kermode & Mayo film podcasts but it didn't feel like much more than filling time, although I was actually very satisfied with this routine in all honesty. 

Through the BBC (Kermode/Mayo) film podcast I randomly discovered a musical artist called Perturbator via a listener's tip-off after Kermode commented/praised the music in film. It turns out that the group SURVIVE did some of the songs on the film who, a year or 2 later really came to prominence for creating the soundtrack for and intro theme to Stranger Things. I downloaded some Perturbator which is actually a good leap away from the 80's synthwave sound but instantly got hooked on his music. From there I delved more into modern artists doing that retro/nostalgic/80's-esque synthwave/vaporwave/outrun sort of sound and was hooked. 

I was listening to plenty of stuff via youtube (before realising the glory of Spotify) and somehow ended up on a tutorial on how to make a synthwave song. It turned out to be one video in a big playlist of tutorials on the subject, and explained in a way that was understandable and satisfying at the same time. At this time, around late summer 2019, I didn't know what DAW meant and had zero thought that I could ever have an interest in music other than listening to it. A week or so later I was on ebay bidding a mini MIDI keyboard which I won. I then hit up torrents for a shamefully free version of FL Studio, aka the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). 

From here, I had a dinky keyboard plugged into my laptop and couldn't believe how much fun I was having just messing around, pressing random crap on the keyboard and grinning when I hit something nice. My fiancee saw it more than me how happy it was making me and insisted that she get me a full-sized keyboard for my Christmas present. I asked my family to club together for a computer desk as a Christmas present so me and the future Mrs could turn the spare/junk room into somewhere useful and a chilled place. 

Now, a few months later, I've added LED's, small monitor speakers and built a monitor/speaker riser on the cheap for a really satisfying place to relax and hopefully create. I feel like a clearing in the woods though as I spend more time watching other people make music on youtube than actually trying to create stuff myself. That said, this is really something I'm investing my time and focus on for the long term and I can't tell you how satisfying it is to sit down at a desk and typing on here instead of hunched over a laptop/phone screen.

I am not taking this up to try and make it in the music business or make some cash off streams/clicks etc. It's just for my own mind and to try and get a little creative, whatever speed that may end up being. All I'm trying to say eventually is try and find that something that perks your interest and go with it. It could be anything. I am completely abysmal at the moment but I have something to work on and something to enjoy, as frustrating as it can also be. It's helped my mental health so much having something to 'do'/work towards.

If you'd have seen this room last year you'd be cringing but I feel really proud to have turned it into a place to try and create or relax. I can't believe how lucky I am to have such a wonderful partner who's helped support make it happen. She couldn't care less if I didn't ever complete a song. She's just happy that I'm happy plodding away, doing my thing, badly. Sorry for waffling on but this thread really struck a chord with me (no pun intended). 

This is the area we've created for ourselves (she watches her shows on the TV whilst I have the headphones on). Our cats love the LED's in here too, it seems to really chill them out. 

 

Edited February 27, 2020 by Wezbid

[rjw63]

@Wezbid...I await your interpretation of "In AGadda Da Vida" by Iron Butterfly with bated breath

Looks good though, I'd like a proper piano but think I'd be Shit at playing it. 

Also, cats rule

[Phil Silvers]

On 27/02/2020 at 02:32, Wezbid said:

Our cats love the LED's in here too, it seems to really chill them out. 

 

 

I thought something bad was going to happen to the cat going into the green light, then he appeared fine in a later picture, phew!

Edited April 1, 2020 by blandy
snipped for brevity

[Stevo985]

1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said:

I thought something bad was going to happen to the cat going into the green light, then he appeared fine in a later picture, phew!

The later picture was taken 25 years later... but the cat is exactly the same age.

[Chindie]

Tinkering

Getting towards something, slowly.

[Amsterdam_Neil_D]

This is Finished 

Colour Options :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chindie]

Just starting decalling on this. It's been a complete word removed so far.

Edited April 12, 2020 by Chindie

[Chindie]

Getting towards something 

[Wezbid]

On 27/02/2020 at 06:22, rjw63 said:

@Wezbid...I await your interpretation of "In AGadda Da Vida" by Iron Butterfly with bated breath

I just came back to this to see what you wanted me to have a go at and didn't realise what it was until I searched it! I only really knew it from The Simpsons when Bart gives out the hymn sheets. Maybe a condensed version! 

"In the Garden of Eden......by I. Ron Butterfly"

 

Edited May 12, 2020 by Wezbid

[Dom_Wren]

On 28/02/2019 at 18:16, Dom_Wren said:

Football coaching takes up nearly all my free time. But I’m blessed to get paid for my passion, let alone my hobby. 

If I have time I like to, in no particular order:

target shooting

walk the dog

lift weights

travel

take the mustang out for a spirited drive

Shot once this year, if that!

Cant remember the last time i walked the dog

not been in the gym for 9 months

baby on the way so thats kiboshed the travel

sold the mustang

Thank McGrath im getting out of coaching!!

[Amsterdam_Neil_D]

3 hours ago, Dom_Wren said:

Thank McGrath im getting out of coaching!!

Why is that ?

[Dom_Wren]

7 hours ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said:

Why is that ?

Promised the missus with the nipper on the way id give it up. The schedule was brutal. 5 nights a week on the fields, and then traveling all over the gaff (Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, DC, Orlando, Raleigh, Atlanta etc..) on the weekends. Not saying i wont get back into it, just the right time to step away.

[Dom_Wren]

 

Finally made it out to my father in laws land!! was so hot we had to keep the guns and magazines in the truck with the AC on just to hold them!

[Chindie]

Paging @GarethRDR...

[GarethRDR]

[Chindie]

Creative efforts all over the shop at the moment...

Got bored at lunch, decided to tinker away on another half baked project idea.

Working through some of the Gundam backlog. These are just out of the box snapped together. They'll get painted before I'm dead hopefully.

[Chindie]

Ultimately this shouldn't look like Ed Harris on an ill fated excursion into Lucha Libre.

[hogso]

Looks like Femto