Denziens Den
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About the Project
After moving house I have obtained a new hobby space in the garage but aren't sure what to do to it. So in looking for any ideas and help before I wreck the place
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A year of projects
As its the end of the year I thought I'd have a look at what I've done this year and what to plan for next year. The spring clean project this year was my terminator collection where I worked on some new scenery and used a selection of minis for resistance fighters to replace the ones in the game to remove the taint of those later movies.
My American colonial wars is nearing to an end. I have two new buildings to add to this collection and that will bring this to an end. 
The Battle of Dorking sees the Prussian invasion of 19th century England. I still have a couple of units to pick up for this with the idea of using the Men who would be Kings as a mini campaign for the push towards London.
The follow up to my cheese riot game I called Thieftakers. Blending the original Judge Dredd game with Georgian crime and punishment.
This year I completed my Alamo project but I still need to complete a couple of battle reports but the collection is complete.
Victorian sciencefiction continues and isnt ending any time soon. Next year I plan to complete my Martian Empires range of 18m armies.
Over the Top WW1 project has moved to the middle east thanks to wargames atlantics range including the ottoman 3D printed heads. Maybe Arabs for new year. 
My exploration into 3D printing led me into a Fallout Vault which I might expand a bit more
The Victorian Empire continues to expand with more troops for Afghanistan but next year I want to add Maoris
I continue to add to my Ghost archipelago range which isnt ending anytime soon. I'm still working through the monster encounter lists. 
Terrain fest runner up prize for my cabin in the woods for evil dead. Still need to complete the interior but a highlight of the year. For Dungeonalia I completed a project for Aliens as a side project to my ever growing Alen range.
New storage
I don't want any more storage boxes but wanted something I can display items on and move some of my books onto. This stuff is cheap and cheerful and my gaming tables can be folded away when not in use for more space. The printer isn't working at the moment. Not sure if I've worked it to death.
Getting on with it
My first stl purchase was this fallout truck and it worked with no problems although somebparts like the wing mirrors are so tiny I dlmost mistook them for supports 
I also tried this cloud piece fro lv4-27 designs. I paused the print to refill the resin bath and when it started up again hhe scaffolding failed making some print issues
The resin version gives a much smoother finish vompared to a filament printed tile Failing and wins
Trying another fallout free print I tried some fridges but thus was the result. They come ore supported but despite that I'm thinking I should still add more if the slicer recommends it. I might use one if these failed prints as a fidge sinking in toxic waste pool.
I added more supports to this tool rack and it worked ok
For some reason this predator has no head. Don't know why it stopped working. Might turn it into a ruined statueAn idiot tries 3D printing
So I bit the bullet and got myself a resin printer. Now I sm not a tech guy and have no experience with this sort of thing. The mono 4k seems easy to use and I watched a few videos on the subject. I got water washable resin thinking that might be easier to deal with.
The test print worked OK but I hit a snag. The slicer program wouldn't work on the laptop I have at home because its too old. I tried to download it on a friend's but hit a similar problem. I feel the slicer tech side isn't mentioned much when it comes to 3D printing. After a few weeks of the printer sitting in the den my brother came to the rescue with a laptop. He had no problems getting slicer working after calling me an aging luddite with no skills.
My first go at a print was a fallout generator that you can download for free from modiphius. As you can see it didn't work and I was left scratching my head wondering why 
So I had a go at another free download this time a mini and it worked. I gave it a water bath and popped it on the windowsill to soke up some rays. I then went back to the fallout generator and for dome reason it decided to work 
New/old storage
A neighbour was chucking out a chest of draws which fits perfectly under my work bench so I rescued it. I've replaced my plastic draws
All my flocks and spare sprues and bits have a place to live 
Had a day tidying. Yesterday I went shopping at Hammerhead in Newark which should keep me busy for a bitFinal tidy
Work on the Den was put on hold as it was being used as a dumping ground but I finally got some gym flooring so any dropped models will hopefully bounce
Room for the redcoat
Keeping the fridge for beer storage. I had a huge pile of spare foam board so it now lives under my fold out table 
Hound of Lucifer
For some reason I have in my possession a mask worn by some villains in an episode of Robin of Sherwood back in the 80s. I found it discarded after a visitor attraction in Nottingham closed down. The Hirn the Hunter costume was given to another local attraction and put on display but I kept hold of this mask which is built around a horse riders cap. It was falling apart and the feathers fell off so I repaired it as best I could to stick on the wall.
Paint Station
Half of the space is still storing junk but I've got some gym style mating down. I went for grey because I kept loosing things on the black floor 
I've moved the old board game collection from the dresser to this old shelf unit
I have placed some terrain tiles into the dresser and used it as a paint Station so I can put minus I work on up on the shelfs. I need a better seat. 
New window
I came back from work today and found that the hobby fairy had replaced that rotten old window 
The old wooden doors are also gone so it no longer looks like a garage
Still got some tidying up to do and get my hobby desk in Pictures up
All the pictures I'm not allowed to put up in the house have moved into the den. For some reason my wife doesn't want a map of the empire on the wall. How else can I plan where my little men are going to go off fighting. Most of my pics are Zulu war related
Including movie related 
Cigarette card collection of people of the empire. Worth smoking yourself to death to collect the whole set. Again my wife finds it a bit un PC for the house. 
Genuine WW1 imageEvery hobby space needs a saber
I just googled light saber mounts and was relived something none dirty came up. My brother got me the saber years ago for my birthday. Now it has a home. He has a green one the looser
We all know this is the only colour that counts The dresser
This project stalled because we are working on the kitchen at the moment so the garage conversion has been used for storing old cookers and random building materials. As the build is coming to a close I've started to organise the den a bit more
The wife wanted to chuck out the old dresser but I thought it would be handy for displaying minis instead of the usual cups and sources
It's also good for housing my games 
My chest of pirate minis sit on the top
Work top
Once my desk was back in I moved the central support to one side to give me 4 foot of space so I can fit my terrain boards underneath 
I then hit it with some wood paint. The space is being used for storage at the moment as my kitchen is being done at the same time so I can't get as settled as I'd like. 
Insulation begins
I've cleared out the garage ready for work to start. I want the work bench to stay but remove the draws so I have room to store terrain boards. 
I've had to find an alternative home for the minis while work begins 
The rest is dumped in the conservatory 
Ceiling and walls insulated today Potential projects
While sorting things out I found some collections I could do some more work on that I never published a project on. Here's my 2000AD judge Dress collection
My gangster collection
My Napoleonic skirmish collectionRoom for a table?
As it's a nice day I thought I'd set up in my den in the garden my gaming table. I play games in the house but I wanted to see what room I have in this space. It's not much but I can store a lot under it. As it's the Rorkes Drift anniversary I got out my boards and found some damage from moving house since done a few repairs
Been awhile since this has been set up
I think the room looks better with something set up
I'll leave the armies in their boxes for now. Let there be light
So my den has power apart from the lighting system. No light at all so at some point I need an electrician to have a look. 
In the meantime I picked up an LED strip for £15 which does s good enough job for now so at least I can see what I'm looking at
