Jump to content

Bfahome

Premier Retired Staff
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    9,513

  • Joined

  • Days Won

    28

 Content Type 

Blog Entries posted by Bfahome

  1. Bfahome

    Bfahome

    By Bfahome,

    I chose the name "Bfahome" in a desperate fit of non-creativity as I was signing up for the Kanoka Club on bionicle.com in 2004.  Maybe I should've thought about it a bit more, because in the following 16 years it remained my primary handle on pretty much any site or service that anyone here would find relevant.
    (It stands for "BIONICLE fan at home", loosely inspired by the "Adam@Home" comic strip I remembered seeing in the newspaper.  I was told not to use the @ symbol because it tended to not play well with systems, and "Bfathome" might be interpreted as using the word "fat" derisively.  So I went with "Bfahome".  I don't think I've ever mentioned the handle's full origin story but now seemed as good a time as ever.)
    So if you're wondering what becomes of me, you can find me on Twitter, YouTube, Steam, Twitch, Discord, Battle.net, and a slew of others I've forgotten about because I stopped using them or something.  Follow me if you want; occasionally I share cool things I've made, though most of the time it's just weird thoughts that pop into my head that I used to use this blog as an outlet for.
    With that, I'll be "officially" logging off of BZPower for probably the first time in the twelve and a half years I've been a member.  Right now I consider it a hiatus, however extended it may be, because I still want to believe that there'll be a site for me to come back to that I can feel good about associating with, promoting, and contributing to.  As it stands now, though, there isn't.  And maybe there won't ever be.  Can't tell, and it won't be just my judgement on the matter.
    I've certainly had my own shortcomings and I'm sure there have been things I've done that have contributed to the general climate of negativity that I've been ignorant of, and for those things I am sorry.  I've tried to become a better person over the years, and still have a long way to go in that regard.
    Anyway, it's been fun, mostly.  I definitely got my 35 dollars' worth at least.  But this is it, I guess.
    See you all on the other side.
    - Gabe
  3. Bfahome

    hook

    By Bfahome,

    Prototype #1 of a life-sized articulated Gali hook.  Rough vector design in Inkscape and laser cut on 5 layers of 1/8 inch plywood.  The two pivot points aren't actually connected yet, the idea is to have pvc pipe segments through them so it'll act as a hinge while preserving the hollow nature of the original pin connections.
    At some point I need to figure out a good 2d design program that'll let me do actual measurements and put some m e c h a n i s m s into it.

  6. Bfahome

    On an actual note,

    By Bfahome,

    I've been a busy boy.  Slowly chipping away at making my Mandalorian armor and my Spirit costume.  I want to have Spirit done by Halloween and I might even be able to do it.
    I've also been making a vacuum forming box for the makerspace.  Been mulling over cool BIONICLE stuff to make with it.
     
    Oh and my LEGO Ideas project finally got approved.  You can find it at ideas.bfaho.me.  Check it out if you like Miraculous!  Or even otherwise.
  9. Bfahome

    Fun get

    By Bfahome,

    Recently came into possession of all these. They were all empty, though one had a fun surprise inside. No idea what I'm going to do with them but the possibilities are exciting.
  10. Bfahome

    Dark age

    By Bfahome,

    So I've made my way into the real world and with that comes restrictions, in this case space restrictions. I'm not living in a place where I have enough space for everything, including my LEGO collection. So for the moment it looks like I'm going to be prioritizing other hobbies and creative outlets over my LEGO stuff. Gonna see if I can get back on that Mandalorian armor and some other things I'd abandoned.
     
    Basically I came to this realization when I decided to plan a short trip back home to grab some stuff. I felt like I could either bring the LEGO stuff or the costume stuff, and the fact that it's coming up on summer coupled with the fact that I have a workspace and access to tools again, and on top of that the ability to actually go places now, means that for the short term I'm gonna try with the costume stuff.
     
    I still come here every day and I'm not gonna stop buying new LEGO stuff though. So it may not be the darkest age but still a bit of a step away.
  12. Bfahome

    dragann

    By Bfahome,

    Got the Darth Maul set today and man am I looking forward to using those "cloth" shoulder shells in a bunch of ways.
     
    First time I've actually built something in a while. Feels good.
  13. Bfahome

    Apocalypseburg

    By Bfahome,

    I've mentioned in a couple places that I'm not really a fan of the big Apocalypseburg set, and I just realized what the best comparison to make would be. This is pretty much how it looks to me: too structured to be a properly "chaotic" environment, but with a bunch of stuff on it making it look just kinda messy.
     
    In the words of Annie Hughes, "it seems kind of slapped on".
  16. Bfahome

    Up Goer going up

    By Bfahome,

    I guess one of the few perks of a retail job is that sometimes you can buy things like this for nearly half off.
     
    I'm building it one bag per day and I'm tweeting it out as I do.
  17. Bfahome
    So I went to an event for the Boston Uprising (Boston's Overwatch League team, of which I am a fan) and was one of the raffle winners to be part of the 3v3 mystery hero matches with some of the players. I was on Blasé's team and we won against NotE's team. I got play of the game... as Bastion. It was hard because the controls were not set up the way I was used to and also the game was in a different language.
     
    Anyway hung out with friends got some autographs and had an all around nice time.
     
    (I'm the one on the left. [Hence the shirt lol.])
  18. Bfahome

    Wallet

    By Bfahome,

    I have this wallet and I want to make it a BIONICLE wallet. Should I just put a general BIONICLE design on it or should I match the design to the color and put like Vakama's disk design or something?
  20. Bfahome

    BBCC

    By Bfahome,

    wrote up a whole entry about how I wanted to enter this BBCC but couldn't because my convention circuit returns arrived a day later than they were scheduled to and by that time I had to devote all my time to finishing my Halloween costume for a party that was tonight, but my computer has not been on very good speaking terms with the internet lately and the entry got eaten so here we are
     
    it's a Kylo Ren costume and it's infinitely better than the garbage one I made three years ago
  21. Bfahome

    Been a busy boy

    By Bfahome,

    Just recently got an apartment and now I have a place to put these posters I won a while back.
     
    Also been working a lot and doing a bunch of stuff at a makerspace I'm also volunteering at. Haven't done much that I felt merited a big post so most of my content is little blurbs on Twitter. Lots of stuff done with a laser cutter or vinyl cutter.
     
    Anyway I hope some day to have all my pieces with me again so I can get back to building, it's been far too long.
  25. Bfahome

    legoverwatch

    By Bfahome,

    1. yes
     
    2. they're gonna make me buy the $150 set for the minifigures with the cool skins aren't they
     
    3. collectible minifigure series when
     
    4. just give me junkrat
     
    4.5. and orisa
     
    5. CONSTRACTION WHEN
     
    6. please make a set with the ilios well map, or nepal sanctum, or any of my favorite boop spots please
×
×
  • Create New...