Well, new equipment has been tuned and working just fine. Heres a "little" view into some of the things going on. Below, is a partial finish, I still have the wood texture and aging to add, but it's there. Packaging for Historic Origins offerings is going to be, I'm hoping, collectible as much as the artifacts I make. I'm pulling all stops and doing things the way I want- over the top. And of course theres Lego mods I'm doing (Yes, can you say Greek, Roman, and Egyptian Legos?), Dremel mount(s) for a friend's pantograph project, and even some guilty pleasure stuff for myself in between. I wish I could show you the jewelry prototypes but those aren't public until I have them finished. I'm picky as hell about first impressions, and that will of course always be the star attraction to my little sideshow.     Below is a...

Just some quick testing here, layers and overall smoothness of them. This item is about 4mm (1/8" roughly) so yes, thats small. This is on a modified (hardware and software) 3D printer Ive been using for testing prototype work. This is a semi-transparent filament so I can better scrutinize detail up close. I'm pretty happy with the results, cant wait for the precision equipment. Excited.  

Chasing my love, my queen (or princess) for hours around long corridors, up hundreds of stairs, and through rooms of gold, polished stone and all manner of frivolous whimsy in what I would assume, ancient Egypt. Hopping over a wall to cut off my prey I land in the street below. Dancing past, over and under people going about their daily routines, knowing almost all of them, their names, and even their loved ones.   Stopping along the way to help a worker carry his load on my own shoulder and carrying him the rest of the way, to receive a smile and pat on my cheek; telling him "Go home to your family Mah-hu, and tell them I say hello!" Being given a plum by kindly old Ipwet, taking two, kissing her forehead and catching up to Mah-hu, giving him one and dropping the other in his pocket "For...