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From Morbid Angel's track Lord Of All Fevers And Plague:

Ia iak sakkakh ia sakkakth

Ia shaxul

Ia kingu ia cthulu ia azbul

Ia azabua

Is this an actual quote from Lovecraft or just something they made up? I find they seem to mix Lovecraft and actual Babylonian deities quite a bit. The above song mentions Pazuzu and Ninnghizhidda (both Babylonian) in the verses but the chorus has the cries of Ia and Cthulu (both Lovecraft) and then there's also the names Shaxul, Azbua and Azabul which I'm not finding any info on other than Azabul may be Arabic in origin.

Not to be taken seriously, of course. However if the chorus is taken from Lovecraft can someone point me to a source? Cheers.

Picture added because why not.

I wanted a small shelf to fill in a space next to my aquarium but there were switches for the blinds that were quite low on the wall and I couldn't find anything that fit into the space so... Plasticity and 3D printing to the rescue.

The design work itself was pretty straightforward. I used Bumpmesh on the shelf board to create the wood grain texture.

This was printed on my H2Ds with Bambu PLA black and black walnut. It took a while, the wood grain texture in particular is quite time consuming but once that was done everything was glued together and that's it, finished.

A fun and easy project.

I wanted a small shelf to fill in a space next to my aquarium but there were switches for the blinds that were quite low on the wall and I couldn't find anything that fit into the space so... Plasticity and 3D printing to the rescue.

The design work itself was pretty straightforward. I used Bumpmesh on the shelf board to create the wood grain texture. The printing took a while, the wood grain texture in particular is quite time consuming but once that was done everything was glued together and that's it, finished.

A fun and easy project.

TL;DR: Wow, Just wow. Absolutely loved it.

This film went in a direction I wasn't expecting. And that kept me watching. Overall it was well put together and despite the intentional goofiness it came across as a quality product that a lot people people put a lot dedication into. In fact, the goofiness really helps to set it apart from other superhero movies that take themselves very seriously despite being completely unrealistic.

Things I liked:

- Idris Elba was a fantastic Man-At-Arms.

- Trapjaw was an absolute unhinged psychopath, as in the original comics. It's good they stuck with that. Previously he was often portrayed as a bumbling idiot.

- The sets were very detailed. Brings a whole new view on Eternia. Yes, I know they're CG, they gave us so much more than the comics though.

- The soundtrack... good God. The end credit song is gold. GOLD!! Getting Brian May onboard is unreal.

- The fact that this doesn't take itself too seriously works in it's favour. Makes the film a lot more fun.

- I loved seeing characters that were - at least in the past - usually unimportant side characters, like Ram Man, Fisto, Spikor, Mekanek, Karg... Karg? He wasn't even part of the vintage line. And yet, there he was.

- Randor. A strong character and very well portrayed. 10/10 for Randor.

Things I didn't like:

- A lot of the conversation had a strong millenial vibe. Thought that was odd considering the original viewership and as a GenXer it felt a little off. I wouldn't score the film lower because of it though. It is what it is, I guess.

- Way too little Tri-klops. One of my favourite characters as a kid and as Skeletor's lead engineer and weapons expert I didn't like him come and go almost in passing.

- A fair number of characters that did not appear at all, especially from the first and second wave: Man-E-Faces, Merman, Stratos, Zodac. Even some third wave characters like Jitsu would have slayed.

Overall though this was brilliant. I assume Skeletor is out of the question for a sequel so it'll probably be Hordak up next. I'm all for that. Seeing the slime pit and fright zone in movie format would be awesome. But then there was the She-Ra hint at the end, so there's that too. Time will tell. Until then I will watch it a few more times. I will mostly likely get all the new figures too... Tri-klops and Trapjaw are already on the way. I would never have thought that this franchise would hit so hard over forty years later. Well done to all involved.

Lastly, a small request to the director: if no new MOTU film is on the cards, please consider a Thundercats movie instead.

I have a Rio 350 with (currently) 17 fish: 10x congo tetras, 4x petricolas, 1x bichir and 2x kribensis. As you can see from the photo it looks kinda empty. So I'm open to suggestions.

My thinking is to get 10 more congos and 2 or 3 more petricolas. My theme here is recreating an African river so I looking primarily at fish that are native to central and west Africa. A shoal of 20 or so congos would be pretty cool. I'm wary with cichlids, most are either too aggro or just act like tank bulldozers. Something in the mid or upper swim range would be interesting though.

Thoughts?

FWIW: once the Vallis at the back left is long enough I'm looking at butterflyfish. That'll take a while though.

A colleague has an old (15 year old) Makita drill where the teeth in the bushing that engage the 1st gear have completely worn down. Since a replacement part couldn't be found the request was to reverse engineer the part and print it. All CAD was done with Plasticity.

Measuring the existing part is simple enough, we had to guess with regard to the teeth on the inside though. We have no way of measuring the original height of the teeth as they are worn away so it was a case of looking at the gearing itself and making an educated guess. Then the entire thing was printed out on my H2D's. I printed two versions: the grey one is Sunlu PA-GF25, the beige one is Bavaria Filaments PETG.

This was my first time printing with glass-filled nylon. Not a bad material at all, although no quite as clean finish-wise as the PETG. In the last photo you see the lugs that were printed using ABS as support material. Looks a bit messy but is dimensionally spot-on. For the PETG I used PLA as support material.

Both parts fit and work. I reckon the PA-GF25 part will last longer but only time will tell.

A colleague has an old (15 year old) Makita drill where the teeth in the bushing that engage the 1st gear have completely worn down. Since a replacement part couldn't be found the request was to reverse engineer the part and print it. All CAD was done with Plasticity.

Measuring the existing part is simple enough, we had to guess with regard to the teeth on the inside though. We have no way of measuring the original height of the teeth as they are worn away so it was a case of looking at the gearing itself and making an educated guess. Then the entire thing was printed out on my H2D's. I printed two versions: the grey one is Sunlu PA-GF25, the beige one is Bavaria Filaments PETG.

This was my first time printing with glass-filled nylon. Not a bad material at all, although no quite as clean finish-wise as the PETG. In the last photo you see the lugs that were printed using ABS as support material. Looks a bit messy but is dimensionally spot-on. For the PETG I used PLA as support material.

Both parts fit and work. I reckon the PA-GF25 part will last longer but only time will tell.

Ordered a second H2D and two more AMS's. Now I just gotta wait for first printer to finish the purge bucket before I can put it on the table and start it up... 1,5 hours to go. 😬

Fwiw I ordered it yesterday morning at 9:17 and it got delivered today at just after 11. That's less than 26 hours. Great service from Bambu.

The filament pierced the ptfe tube just after the ams. Never seen that before. Easy fix, just thought I'd share...

A 3D printed mausoleum that functions as an urn for cremated remains. A mausole-urn. Before my sister passed away last year she discussed the various types of urns, etc none of which really appealed to her. She suggested I make her a mausoleum. This is the result of that.

JUST TO BE CLEAR: I am not handling raw ashes. They are already in a receptacle which is being placed in the printed mausoleum. Everything is safe, properly contained and respectfully handled. The two compartments on the side are for dessicant pouches because why not.

Printed on my H2D with BL PLA black, BL PLA wood and Winkle PLA marble. 0,4mm nozzle, 0,1mm layer height, 3 walls and 8% infill. I modelled it in Plasticity. The grid-like parts that create the two side compartments are print with BL white PLA, 0,2 layer height with a 0,6mm nozzle.

She would've have loved this. RIP.

A 3D printed mausoleum that functions as an urn for cremated remains. A mausole-urn. Before my sister passed away last year she discussed the various types of urns, etc none of which really appealed to her. She suggested I make her a mausoleum. This is the result of that.

JUST TO BE CLEAR: I am not handling raw ashes. They are already in a receptacle which is being placed in the printed mausoleum. Everything is safe, properly contained and respectfully handled. The two compartments on the side are for dessicant pouches because why not.

She would've have loved this. RIP.