Yog is probably the scariest of gods out of the ones released at the moment. He is also the one that is best for destruction. His tentacles allow him to destroy structures where others cannot and up until making him I didn't really think you could make a scary amigurumi, but I was wrong seeing as he is a pretty intimidating fellow! I did some pretty unique things to bring him to life, and am pretty proud of myself for figuring out how to make the shape of his head, it couldn't just be a normal circle because that just isn't how Yog's head is, through increasing in the correct spots I managed to make that unique shape. He has razor sharp teeth, a crazy tongue, tusks that are ready for a fight, and menacing tentacles, most of all I feel like I captured his essence. Normally I do cute and cheery things and making him was out of my wheel house. I am glad that I stepped out of it to know that I can make something scary and ominous as well. All of his different parts add up to a pretty unique process and experience. Before putting the tongue, teeth, and eyes on he was pretty cute! He is not up on my Etsy at the moment but the button does take you to the Amigurumis section. I do custom orders though and would definitely be willing to make him again!
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While I make the gamer gloves mainly for computer use I have found that they are good for other activities as well. I've had a lot of people get them because they are cold/get cold easily. I've had various artist get them from digital art, to tradition art, to making jewelry ect... They are great for a lot of different things, I even wear mine while crocheting because I get cold very easily. I've also had people get some of the longer ones for winter, then use them as a keyboard pad during the spring. I know a lot of offices can get cold as well, I actually did a special pair a long time ago for that reason (it extended further towards the fingers). For working on tables that dig into the wrist or forearm the longer gloves are nice, I actually made some for my mom because her little table was digging into her arm when making her jewelry. I would have made one for my boyfriend too but I did something a little different (he gets hot very easily) where I made a desk edge protector, basically it covers the edge of his desk for he doesn't get a bruise from the desk, it is the same idea though. I've had some people even get them for part of a costume which is pretty cool! Then they can also have the duel use of being part of the costume then after the party they can be for gaming! I'm sure I will find out more and more other uses for the gamer gloves as people get them for alternative uses. I am excited to see that kind of out of the box thinking because I think they could have a lot more uses than just the ones I normally think of and am glad to have helped so many people already!
4/16/2017 2 Comments Mother of Dragons in Conan ExilesI spawned the dragons on passive in Conan Exiles and they just kept following me around. It was weird because when my boyfriend spawned mobs (including dragons) they didn't follow him around & I haven't seen that happen before. I had to take a bunch of screenshots because I thought it was so cute, and they just kept watching me after I had logged off (sleepers are turned on, on our server (I looked at them on my boyfriend's computer XD)). I know they are video game mobs but I just thought it was so cute (and I swear it felt like they kept smiling at me XD). No matter where I went as long as I didn't get too far away they would just follow behind me like loyal dogs. As a side note the skin texture on my character is really amazing, and this is on low/medium settings. These are my dragons! The poor bone dragon got stuck in the floor. So they were just sitting there watching the whole time, but my other dragons were around. I think I want to make a little house and just keep some dragons in there... We are friends! I'm still not sure what their names should be but they definitely need to be something adorable! I should have had blond hair on my character, it would be even more fitting! Dragons, dragons everywhere!
4/14/2017 0 Comments Castle in Conan ExilesThis is the castle that my boyfriend and I built. We used the admin powers to do this because well farming this many materials would be crazy. Pretty sure it has been making the server lag because of all the condensed materials too (it is seriously massive). At first we actually had a tier 3 Mitra shrine in here but it kept being bugged and even though it was placed in the center it looked like it was off to the side with the fire in the correct spots but floating with no shrine below it (it was very strange). In the end we replaced it with the Yog tier 3 shrine because it fit better than the Set one. Along the pillars there are a bunch of candles (like prayer candles) and along the back wall too. The way it looks at night is very ominous with a creepy glow cast over the whole room. We even built a little village in the inner walls, it has its own church, tanner and trophies, armorer, blacksmith, carpenter, homes, and I may have made a strip club because I thought it was funny (Nips and Tips is its name, from what I understand Conan is a pretty brutal and sexual world so it only made sense...). Also in the back behind the church there is a tiny little house, where an assassin once was... leaving a bed roll and his daggers, no one knows where he went or who he was after. I had a really fun time making up a little story for this place and each buildings decorations are different. The dragon stables, we had an issue where passive mobs would despawn after awhile so this is where they are supposed to be but when the picture was taken they had despawned. Chompers, Spot, Snoopy, and Hercules are their names, the first 3 are hatchlings and the last one is a full grown red dragon. We wanted to name Snoopy, Chad but the sign freaked out with that name and it kept vibrating back and forth, it was very strange, the sign was just not okay with Chad lol. My boyfriend decided to make a secret bedroom for us and when he did the thralls were bugged (kept saying "bad entry") so he was testing them out hence the three dancers. We had dancers everywhere for a bit trying to spawn ones that I could pick up and move to the strip club. It may as well have been a dancer city for a bit there! And of course the castle defenses, there is actually a jumping puzzle under this as well but the lag was too much for a lot of people so doing it was not working it very well. Because of the scale of this castle it took a very long time to make and so many materials, I don't even want to know how many foundations we actually went through. In the end it turned out pretty cool though, and making it was definitely a unique experience!
I have a love hate relationships with server wipes. I dislike them because I have to start all over again but that is also why I like them. Sometimes life isn't easy, and you have to remake yourself, you essentially have to be your own tabula rasa (blank slate), but in the end it is worth it, and and you don't always have to lose everything to start fresh. Every time you start over you learn something from the previous time, and I feel you can actually learn more from starting over than fixing things along the way. For example I started a crocheting pattern for the big poro but decided to relearn it instead of going off of the original pattern and I feel like I learned more starting over than just fixing things along the way. There are a lots of times that I do this with my patterns, sometimes it just isn't working so I dismantle the whole thing and start again, learning from my previous mistakes.
It may not always be fun and can definitely be time consuming but each time we have to rebuild these bases we learn a lot. The first time we made this we didn't go off of one central point so everything was the wrong way. The walls weren't parallel with each other which caused the floor to be atrocious, with cracks everywhere and all sorts of unevenness it made my chest hurt because it looked so awful. But the second time we made a T shape going out so that way the walls and floors would all be even (a pretty good idea on my part if I do say so myself). This time we learned about making a great crafting room for things to run efficiently and how to change the path up so that it would be even harder for invaders to enter our base. Having to start over from the beginning can really be annoying but in the end it is worth it, and when you get to start fresh you are able to apply those things that you learned the last time more easily, because your previous mistakes are not getting in the way. It can be a tough lesson but starting over is okay, and in the end it can definitely be worth it. In Conan Exiles you can have a lot of different building materials, and because of this sometimes they can get scattered and hard to find. That's where organization really helps (especially if you have as many people in your guild as we do). With twelve people running around gathering, and making things it can get really easy for things to end up everywhere. This is where someone with good organization skill came in and made everything nice and neat. With all these people we have so much stuff that we needed giant boxes for everything, and labels so that everything could be easily found. The rest of the base could be a mess but the crafting areas definitely have to be in order. And I'm sure this will be even more important in the future as they add more stuff (when I took these screenshots the building snapping was super buggy which is why everything is tier one). It maybe a lot of effort but it is well worth setting up the right way (and this goes for a lot of things in life as well, having things be a mess just take extra time away from the project at hand every time you have to find something).
4/1/2017 0 Comments Megabase in Conan ExilesIt may not be that pretty since we didn't have a lot of time to work on it but it is huge. It actually extends behind me and to the sides of me as well. It is pretty cool that you can build such a giant base but at the same time you need a lot of people to do so. A couple of very dedicated people could but they would have to put a ton of time into it.
The only other thing is it getting destroyed so much work goes into making it that it getting destroyed is pretty heart breaking. I get very conflicted about this because I don't like starting all over again but at the same time I do like building (and I started liking thieving other peoples stuff... only if they started it though by attack me, my guild, or my base though). I still feel bad about destroying stuff but if I am basically taking back my stuff (sometimes with a tax) I feel no remorse for it. Which is kind of funny because I'm usually a pretty peaceful person. We spent pretty much all weekend to build this with just two and a half people (3rd person wasn't there the whole time). And that feels like a pretty big achievement seeing as how much we actually got done but at the same time, I'm not interested in doing that over and over again. This base is up on a plateau so it is harder to get into but to secure it we had to take the whole plateau and it is a pretty big one. The conflict I feel about this game is what gets me and my poor megabase. If it couldn't be destroyed, I would work hard on making it really nice but since it can be, there isn't much of a point. Part of me has been wanting to get the sims 4 and just build with that but it isn't really a game that my family would play with me. Until I get too frustrated and get sick of rebuilding this megabase, it is mine! |
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