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needs more rivets Looking good.

Thanks Graven! Wedding is in T-Minus 5 days. I hope everything is taken care of. We've busted our asses preparing. The kitchen still needs cleaned before company arrives. I'm a bit nerved if I'm honest.

In the meantime, I wait/ I think.

I have all this currently multi-colored area, how should the workspaces be arranged? How would a dream terrain-builders' workshop be set up?

Lots of display shelves deep enough for your work. Possibly theme the shelves. Walls painted a nice mid tone as backdrop for pics. Table to set up and play test your amazing work. Only has to be 4x4 max now, lots of games being played on 2x2 boards. Possibly storage under the table for battle boards. And multiple lighting so it all looks amazing.

Just a thought.

Put wheels on everything so that you can move it all around to suit your needs.

Good luck with the wedding if I don't remember before then.

Shelves are definitely a must. I'll build an 8x4 game table, one a bit fancier than the old one which I left at the rental house. like the old one, the new one will have reversable boards, to quickly allow for a 4x4 game with wood/felt for drinks, dice-rolling, and books.

Lighting...that's something I'm just not sure of yet. I'll start with a plug-in temporary-type 4 tube shop light, see how it looks with daylight tubes, and expand. I've thought of recessed lighting, cans, so many options...

Storage..storage is so key. I have the extra storage room down here, but yeah, I'll want it to do double duty as display as well...again, many options

I'm focusing on the work area immediately now though.

The most important feature will be the stereo system placement. I need Stereo (or mono) sound wherever I am.

Upstairs, that same far wall:


And thanks Doc! I appreciate it!

Yeah, first thing I unpack and set up when I move in somewhere is the sound-system. Gotta have dem chooons

As soon as that paint was dry..This was the first thing I set up! LOL

I have some ideas about actual work station styles, but depends on how mad you are. Given it's you......

Spray booth with extraction.
A specific are for flocking etc. With a tray under for catching materials. I will link the general principle later, but think a holey surface with a tray under and a vacuum cleaner providing suction. You could try looking it up. I am on my phone, Izzy Swan on youtube. Look up his sanding table.and for that matter his shop vac and disc sander.
Get a large flat piece of steel for a cutting area, then you can use magnets to assist with gluing and cutting.
Peg board or that slotted stuff from shops so you can have a very flexible wall shelving system for paints etc.
And I have an amateur set up drying area. Bit of foam insulation and a heat lamp and a fan. Cuts drying time dramatically especially on those big projects.
Last sound proofing for airbrush and shop vac.

Congratulations on the nuptuals, Dave!!!! Been married myself for over 20 years. Never looked back, best decision of my life....

Ah, the Sonarium is set up and rocking good!

again, congrats on cinching the knot with the other half!

@ Cam I've actually thought about an airbrush booth, that white rectangle you see at the back of the room is just a peice of foamcore covering the crawl-hole to the crawlspace under the other part of the house. I need to get some thick foam and make a proper seal for that hole, but it could easily be converted with some HVAC duct to exhaust outide. I only ever use acrylics, so ventillation isnt really that important. Now if I get into oil weathering and using stinky thinners..that's a different story.

For flocking and sand, I just use a little metal tray, that always lets you recover the excess and re-use it. But this gadget sounds interesting. I do love gadgets.

I don't like the wear proper cutting mats put on X-Acto blades, metal would be even worse, but the magnet idea has merits

Oh Yeah, Peg Board or Slat board would be ideal. Thing is, that back wall is poured concrete, so anything attached will need either really strong liquid nails or I'll have to drill anchors into the concrete, and I don' t know about that, I don't even have a hammer-drill, and you need one for that type of work, unless you have access to those nail guns powered by .22 shells for that purpose.

As for a drying area, I had a fan and a wooden lazy-susan thing at the old workshop, I'll definitely have something a bit more permanent. As for sound, I have a quiet Badger Compressor, not a problem really. Shop Vacs make noise, not much I can do about that really.

@Max- thanks bud!

@Shas- oh yeah- gotta have that

You got it Dave!

I was thinking of flat space- you NEVER have enough. I know I need separate areas for modeling, painting, stock/sheet/strip storage, and I'd also like a large island-type, seat-height workbench for large project work. Whatever I estimate I need for flat surface, I should double it.


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Keep in mind, shuffle will be on

OK! Ladies and Gentlemen! We are Married!


Ladygeek and I want to thank everyone for their blessings they have given! It was a small affair, we rented a small chapel, She walked out to the Throne Room Music from Star Wars, the ceremony was a silly, 9 minute simplicity. There was an over-abundance of food, everyone ate and drank their fill, and danced to great music. Everyone seemed very, genuinely happy. Everything was cleaned up and we did it all debt-free! Our Lush life truly is beginning!

An actual tear of joy is rests on my cheek. I wholeheartedly congratulate you two for this brave step! On my wedding with Mrs domm only my sister and her partner and our kids were present...there is a thing to quiet wedding...although...our lil Oskar fell off a small cliff...

Back on topic...May your future days be full of joy! Also...both in white(read cream) looks nice!

Cheers, vik

Thanks Vik! That really does mean a lot my friend! I am feeling so absolutely happy today.

Plenty of time later on to feel miserable joking^^

Also a Lego cake is a very appropriate way to celebrate a nerd wedding did you order that?

Also, a wedding without headaches is something that goes down in the books of history...usually that so called happiest day of the life is a day full of torture...well to most peeps...so congrats on avoiding that one too

Yep! That cake is us! - We had a very talented lady custom-build the pergola cake-topper in our likeness in Minifig (better pics later on) and then the bakery built the cake around it. Indeed Vik...It was the RIGHT choice.

Congratulations and heart sent best wishes to you both, may you have many happy years of joy.

Distinct lack of rivets on that cake!

Does that cake conform to any known STC??? Think not, I smell heresy!!!

All jokes aside, congratulations, only recently returned to the site and enjoyed reading your thread,

Wish you both all the best in the future,

Congrats Dave, all the best

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I hope.the absolute best to you two. May your life together be full and long!!!

Many congrats Dave, on reaching 200 pages on your thread... wait, on getting married. Yeah.

Congrats! Love the cake.

CONGRATULATIONS! you finally did it!

Damn fine looking cake for a nerdy wedding!

So many RL things happening.

Thanks Everyone! It is really appreciated!

Whoooo Hoooooo congrats Dave! now you can relax! love the wedding pic, i'd rock those shoes myself! (yours not ladygeek's) the cake is brilliant! I want to wish you two the happiest of lives together! :-)

Thanks Damo buddy! Much appreciated my friend!
I think tomorrow, I'll go light-fixture shopping!

Ah man, black shoelaces and white shoes...
Congrat on the nuptuals. May you and the Mrs. have a very happy, and long, life together.

And I do want to see those better photos of the figures on the top of the wedding cake. It's a really cool looking cake too.

Congrats on the wedding.

On the topic of workspace:

I have my construction and painting areas separate. Keeps the bits, dust, filings, etc. away from the paint. If I had your space, I’d put a paint setup on one side, build/craft bench on the other side, and storage/display/game space in the middle. Shelves wherever I could cram more in. More light then needed. Beer fridge if possible.

They make workbenches with built in pegboard. (mine when it was new and clean) Helps a lot for keeping things vaguely organized.

I agree on never having enough flat space. My painting table was formally used to mat/frame pictures, and is vast. Plenty of space to clutter up. Seeing how often I get games in at home (once every 5-6 years) my 4x8 does time as a base for my photos and served as a spot for my terrain work.