The YouTube "Blender3D to Unity UMA" tutorials blow through all the steps in a half hour or so. It's taking me a bit longer to tweak "Captain Gearheart," the character I usually role-played in the #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my kids. #blender3d #blender3dart

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It's probably safe to throw these out.

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Added a splash of color to this section of a #neovictorian #steampunk control panel (for my personal #blender3d art project). #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Paradise (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 15) Anti-technology colony welcomes Sisko and O’Brien a bit too enthusiastically

Rewatching ST:DS9 In a runabout on a survey of star systems near the wormhole, Sisko asks O’Brien to take Jake on as an apprentice.  They find a planet giving off low-level plot contrivance particles. When they beam down, none of their technology works. They also find a thriving agrarian human colony, built around the empty…

Another #neovictorian control panel for a personal #steampunk project. #design #aesthetics #blender3d #blender3dart

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Another 10sq cm section of a #neovictorian control panel for a personal #blender3D #steampunk project. #Design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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On my fantasy #steampunk capital ship, every uniform is a full dress uniform. #blender3d #blender3dart #waistcoat #tailcoat #cravat #spats

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Another delightful section of #neovictorian #steampunk control panel, intended for background eye candy in a #steampunk personal project. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

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Another section of a #neovictorian control panel for a #steampunk #blender3d project. I have enough buttons and switches, so I’m shifting towards more display boards. #eyecandy #aesthetics #design #blender3dart

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Armageddon Game (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 13) Bashir and O’Brien become targets after helping warring factions eliminate their bioweapons

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I had some unexpected downtime today, so I filled out another span of my #blender3d #steampunk control panel. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Many things in the world are awful right now but my latest section of a #neovictorian themed #steampunk control panel is a thing of beauty. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

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I did not know how much I would appreciate this detailed exploration of Star Trek: TOS prop computers.

I’m amazed at the level of detail that went into analyzing the prop computers created over 50 years ago for the original Star Trek. Not only has this website collected screen shots of the various props, but some include diagrams indicating which practical buttons on the props activated which lights. (The same website has sections…

The Alternate (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 12) Odo helps a Bajoran scientist investigate a shape-shifty clue to his own origins

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Carolyn performed as Ariel yesterday in the New Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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New Renaissance Theatre Company's The Merry Wives of Windsor (in rep with The Tempest, at Pittsburgh area parks for the next few weekends)

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Another delightful section of a #steampunk #neovictorian control panel. #design #aesthetics #blender3d #blender3dart

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Cat-sitting. Hello, Blue.

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