Fa/tg/uy hobbies that aren't gaming?
I dabbled in blacksmithing for a year or so, I'm doing woodcarving right now.
I customize nerf guns and go to wars with them.
I make dem real killy, wif loads ov dakka.
I like to doodle cartoon monsters and alter MTG cards (relatively poorly) for EDH play
/out/ made me do it
and /cgl/, although that's just political asylum
>>46479371
I have a disassembled and sanded Stryfe waiting for a coat of base, then metallic...
>>46479291
I'd love to blacksmith, just some little shit, a striker, a 'hawk, an Ulu, all high carbon, partial temper.
Carving bone atm. Don't.
>>46479518
I collected some nibs and inks over the last year. Still looking for decent affordable paper, art suppliers are too pricey. Learning some Fraktur variant now.
While at heart I'm a fa/tg/uy, my dominant hobbie other than gaming is fitness. I do about an hour/day at the gym and micromanage my calories. I'm not swole yet, but I can bench my weight and see my top abs, which I'm happy about.
I also do car repairs for beer money. 4 hours on a Saturday morning for untaxed $40 is pretty nice.
I'd say electronics and coding qualifies. I'm not very good at latter, but have managed to built security system for my house with motion sensors and cameras. Also have built some radio stuff.
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>>46479291
I'm a sound engineer and musician when I'm not doing /tg/ stuff.
I'm also dabbling in french polishing, so send me your wood carvings OP and I'll make them look gorgeous as hell
>>46480870
Damn. Hit me up and we'll see. I mainly make rings and such. Though I'm thinking of branching out. All I've got is a Dremel, files, and sandpaper; I live on a boat and don't have much space. My temp email is: [email protected]
I do leather work and wood work.
Made my desk and bed. Planning on a gaming table soonish.
Cosplay people and larpers commission a bunch of my leather stuff. It's pretty fun and pays well but it's super inconsistent.
>>46481326
That's pretty cool. I did a bit of leatherwork when I was in the scouts, but it wasn't anything too complicated.
>>46479291
i lift heavy weights and put them back down
>>46479291
I'm very fond of flintknapping and stonecarving. There's just something about smashing rocks together to make useful tools that tickles my fancy.
>>46481519
That's a useful apocalypse skill, if nothing else.
I do some photography. Nothing too outstanding, yet.
>>46479291
I have made jewelry on an amateur level. It's satisfying, and I could actually see improvement in the skills I have really quickly. Sadly I don't have any tools right now due to extenuating circumstances, but I've got an idea for something I'd like to try. I just need to learn how to carve rocks, and depending on how strong the rock is, get some liquid nitrogen to shrink metal temporarily.
Writing. I've written three novels over the years.
Shitposting, politics, and prehistoric megafauna
>>46481686
Ah yes, the diet of your average internet mastermind.
>>46481519
How do I best split a 2 lbs block of flint so that it gives me some nice arrow or spear tips and fire starters?
>>46481624
Interesting. A dremel can help a lot with carving small things. Oh and a vacuum chamber can help with making weak rock stronger. What you do is you submerge the stone in resin place it in the chamber and pump out all the air. The resin gets forced into the stone and strengthens it significantly. That's what is done with stones like blue john.
>>46481637
Anything published?
>>46479291
I don't produce any material products, if that's what you mean.
When you mention woodcarving, I obviously think of dice: have you carved any?
>>46481702
Meh, I just find that shit entertaining. Prehistoric megafauna are cool af, this year's presidential election is a fucking blast (doesn't help that /pol/ is on a fucking roll with the memes), and shitposting is always fun.
Hiking and history.
Gaming got me into both.
>>46479291
I really enjoy pottery(throwing on the wheel), but I don't have the funds right now to get started again.
>>46481809
Oh wow, that's actually really helpful. I'm curious as to how the resin gets forced in. Is it because whatever air is in there is replaced by the resin as it leaves? Would it be better if I carved the shape and then reinforced it, or reinforced the raw materials?
>>46479291
Writing, programming and 3D modelling I tried to turn into a carreer at some point. Drawing, composing, woodworking, archery, playing piano/guitar and building electronis out of/into trash are all things I tried and sometimes pick up when I'm bored. Been also thinking about picking up HEMA once my job situation is more stable, mostly to get a two for one in writing and fitness. Guess bumming around in the city also counts seeing how frequently I do that.
And for some reason I'm still bored most of the time.
>>46482017
Correct, the resin is forced into the space vacated by air. And it is better to do it to the raw material. It is usually done to stone that is too weak or brittle to carve without reinforcement. It helps to bake the stone at ~125 C or so in order to remove any water as well.
>>46481871
I have not. I may attempt to this weekend. Probably try D6s to start with.
>>46479291
I troll dating sites as a black guy.
I'm an amateur woodworker.
Very amateur. Learning every day.
>>46482215
I want to know is that /tg/ related
>>46482241
Even a master woodworker should be learning every day. Every block of wood has a different grain.
>>46482243
It's certainlyroleplayingright?
>>46482292
One of these days I'm going to bite my fears and take my skillsaw to this headboard/footboard I found (its a king, my wife and I have a queen)
That and...finally getting around to making a dice tower.
>>46482407
>dice tower
That has to be the most useless thing you could make.
>>46482486
Its practice, and something I could use.
>>46482155
Thank you very much friend.
>>46481686
fucking asshole weaseldogs, at least eat the rest of the corpse you fucks
>>46479291
Shooting.
Martial arts.
Translating loli hentai from japanese to english.
History and writing are my most /tg/ hobbies.The Assyrians and shit will be great for any game I run, I've been into dead civilisations since I started reading the fucking awesome Dark Horse Conan comics.
I'm an apprentice at a funeral home. In my spare time I like to write letters to the deceased, and sneak them in the caskets
Blacksmithing here too.
I've found that the whitlox wood forge is actually pretty workable when you get a good bed of charcoal going -- either that or go get some charcoal yourself. None of this electric fan shit though, hand crank that air like it's the olden days and you have understood the riddle of steel.
>>46483034
>no apprentice
Your craft must not be well renown.
>>46479291
plannng to try black smithing this week in a friend garden.
No prior experience.
Any advice-recomednations-tutorials?
>>46479291
I'm a toy collector
Dabbled in nerf modding/painting
Costume designer, prop manufacturing and set design; worked for a film production company, unofficially as 'Art Director.'
Also I chase clouds (and subsequently storms)
These are a few of my prolific hobbies that aren't inherently /tg/
>>46482953
>In my spare time I like to write letters to the deceased, and sneak them in the caskets
I'm morbidly curious. What do they say?
>>46479291
Hooking up.
>>46483088
Do it in the shade.This will allow you to see the color of the materials iridescence.
>>46483088
http://www.hlcollege.ac.uk/Downloads/craftpublications.html
>you will learn the riddle of steel
While obviously you're not going to learn and understand all of it, I seriously suggest giving the blacksmith's craft at least a skim over to ensure you get the basics, and please wear proper safety equipment/take care -- while blacksmithing is great fun, getting burnt isn't.
>>46483097
>Art Director
That's the worst kindSet dresser here
>>46483145
>RAWR RAWR Steel Riddle
>ouchy hot hot!
>>46483111penis penis penis penis penis
>>46483111
what trips just said
>>46483097
I also like to do sticky note art
>>46483189
That's pretty much it, man. It's a lot of fun, but if you're fucking about it's going to make you regret it.
Nobody likes getting a bit of hot metal stuck in a glove, or down in your fucking shoe.
>>46481802
Here's a shitty MS paint diagram I made. I'm nowhere near an expert on the subject, you may have better luck referring to a book or website which explains the process in detail.
>>46482868
You are a good man
>>46483219
Or a scald because you held the tongs wrong when quenching.
I'm a horrible person and do steampunk/cgl/
>>46483155I am necessary evil [/fender]
>>46483344
Do you add cogs, pipes, and or belts for little to no reason to everything? If so then you are indeed a horrible person. If not then you might be one of the ones trying to save the genre.what little there is worth saving.
>>46483386
It's often just strapping a nerf gun to some wood and leather. Painting and distressing things to look better. Adding lights behind odd "aetheric" fixtures of crystals, power lines. Etc.
Fucking cog-fops can all die.
>>46483344
>what am I looking at dot png
Shooting, martial arts and fitness.
Hunting, fishing, HEMA, offroading, and random DIY projects that I take up and then drop later (arduino stuff, homebrew, woodworking, etc).
>>46483307
I'm gladly yet to experience this. Probably because I'm sick and tired of burns on my forearms, so I'm more careful in general now.
>>46483344
You mask real guns as props and then shoot people at conventions?
>>46483133
>>46483145
thanks.
Doing Impro theater but thinking about stopping.
>>46483579
NP. Have fun. Stay safe.
>>46483458
Stage sword strapped to a cheap Chinese toy gun with satisfying pew pew noises. Also a light cable in 3/8ths plumbers tubing. Gonna be a gunsword
>>46482868
>Translating loli hentai from japanese to english.
You are a true friend.
>>46483726
I don't understand how you would hold that without it being entirely cumbersome.
>>46483807
Thanks. Although I've been really lazy past few years, and I can't be arsed with editing and typesetting. So you can't really find anything recent on the panda that I've worked on. But it still counts, right!
>>46483579
NP. Have fun. Stay safe.
>>46483845
>But it still counts, right!
Every bit counts, Anon. Every bit.
>>46483887
T-thanks.
I play a number of instruments, I box, I do a bit of carpentry, I volunteer at the local youth center. I also homebrew sometimes.
>>46484151
How difficult is boxing in regards to its impact on your work-life?
>>46483834
It's half cumbersome. But luckily sawing put the handle for the trigger didn't totally destroy the structural integrity. It's meant to be bulky and a bit inelegant. Might end up with a tangential carry handle for lulz
>>46479291
When you say woodcarving, do you do mostly do artistic stuff, like statues or reliefs?
>>46479291
soccer, video-games, cats.
>>46484290
to be honest I couldn't tell you, since I've taken it up in august, couldn't really do it from september to february since I was teaching in china and boxing gyms were hard to find. Before that I wasn't working when I took it up, I was mostly preparing to go. Now that I'm back I'm doing it as well, but I haven't been working since I got back.
Honestly though, I've realized that mentioning that I box 3 times a week at a gym, but am willing to work around it, hasn't been helping my search. So I think I'm just going to stop mentioning it in interviews.
In a nutshell, I honestly don't think it'd get in the way too much if you're already working and are just starting out and can work around it. Basically, if you already have a job I'd say you'd be fine doing it, especially if you're already decently fit and it's not a physical job. If it IS a physical job, you're probably decently fit anyways, but just take it light. The part where it affects things, right now at least, is that it might affect how competitive I am in the job market - since I'm looking for work and all employers where I am want you to suck their cock just to maybe get part-time at minimum wage, with no hope for advancement or a raise.
>>46481809
Let's say you're super primitive. Can you get the some of the same effect by normally coating it in resin?
>>46484778
Not really. If you need a cheap vacuum chamber a penis pump can work.
>>46484478
Rings, amulets, talismans mostly.
>>46485120
>amulets and talisman
How do you go around with those? I've been wanting to understand how to make talismans for a while, since I know someone who could use one.
Videogames.
Shooting and gunsmithing.
>>46485136
I use elder futhark runes to write out what I want them to do. Use a wood associated with protection or healing. You can make paper ones as well. The language isn't that important. It's the intent while carving. I use EF because each rune can mean something in addition to what I spell out.
http://www.universeofsymbolism.com/tree-symbolism.html
And
http://badalijewelry.com/Elder-Futhark-Rune-Meanings.html
I play a number of instruments and collect toys.
I play drums in a shitty post-metal band sometimes, crochet when I can't sleep, and use a wood-lathe to make stuff when I have nice wood for it.
>>46487401
I've got some nice wood for it ;)
>>46481619
Same. I get a lot of nature shots because of where I live.
I'm a programmer otherwise, though. But my area of interest for that isn't too /tg/ because I can't bring myself to make games (even sprite games) so I tend towards mathy stuff, compilers, etc. Gonna get into machine learning but I don't really know what I'm gonna do with it. Maybe make a slightly different horse_ebooks.
Lots of hiking mostly. Me and my fiance love to get outside, plus we need stuff to do with our dogs (pictured). Other than that I work as a QA tester at a major game studio, worked on the new Doom most recently. It's nice to have a job I can actually enjoy myself with, if only occasionally.
>>46482868
Porn is just not the same to me without it's plot. Half assed, pointless and cliche as it may be, the story holds the porn together in my opinion.
You are a good man anon.Any links to material you have done? I might have already enjoyed the fruits of your labor.
>>46488298
>Any links to material you have done? I might have already enjoyed the fruits of your labor.
You can find them by searching for nekoanon on the panda.
>>46479291
I make musichttps://soundcloud.com/smokazzi/echoes-in-september
>>46488327
I know some of those smug loli.
>>46488462
You should read a meal for two, it's one of the best I've read, and definitely the best I've done.
Applied mathematics, nothing impressive though. Just some basic shit cause most people are too lazy to find out how games, business, economics, probability, etc actually works.
> Ctrl + F "brewing"
Son, I am disappoint. Surely there's other alcoholic nerds?
>>46488488
I am right now in fact. I just tabbed over from it when I saw I got a (You)
>>46488491
Are there some nice patterns like this?
I don't want to put the Fibonacci Spiral everywhere.
I like DYI projects. Not the stuff like "DIY Picture frame!" or tiny pen launchers.
I mean like Minecraft, start from the ground up make your own stuff type DYI. Have a solar water purifier, which I feed into a water electrolyser that I power with some solar cells. I am also tinkering with trying to get some a small engine run on the hydrogen I collect. I also want to see if I can make a air compressor to keep all the oxygen I am getting. Stupid yes but something satisfying about doing things like that yourself just for fun.
>>46488498
I'm making mead. 25kg of pure honey, clove cinnamon and cardamom
I play cello in orchestra each week. I put in about an hour of practice a week so I'm not totally cancerous.
>>46488498
Not brewing but doing drugs and alcohol in general. Also I make up stand-up jokes and never perform.
