PolygotCrafts

debating uploading the stls for my ffxiv clickers... anybody interested in those? They require multimaterial units though... 🤔

Ah yeah I get that! But you'll get used to it rather quick. lots of the stuff boils down to having good light (sunlight is your friend) keeping iso low-ish, zooming, and having a kinda low number at the f-stops set in the settings. after that it's mostly framing and arranging your picture + subject

tbh if you can I would still use the 50mm or anything above 24mm cause standing close to a large object will make it distort kinda ugly the larger it gets. Like those meme pics where people hold the wide lenses of their phones to their heads. Also higher focal length = more bokeh

yeah with bigger stuff you need to go down at least to a 35mm. much lower than that will get wideangle soon anyways and starts distorting the features less favourable in some cases. I like the zooming cause I use the lens also for quick snaps at cons/ simple shoots with cosplayers.

I use either a 50mm for smaller stuff cause you can't beat the neat amount of bokeh you gettin or a Canon EF 17-40 mm F/4 L ... it's got a neat mix of zooming while having an above average amount of bokeh, it doesn't get close to a 50 or 35 fixed but L lenses are good stuff

A banner featuring the Final Fantasy 14 Online Fan Festival Anaheim 2026 logo. Text in the middle reads register for the player-exclusive ticket sales. At the bottom, three screenshots depict from left to right depicting player characters waving colorful glowsticks, player characters on a beach jumping and cheering, the Wandering Minstrel gazing towards a cyan meteor shaped firework.

The FFXIV Fan Festival 2026 in Anaheim website is now live with ticket details! 📣 sqex.to/taBFf

Also, FFXIV players with an active subscription who possess a North American Square Enix account may now register for a chance to buy tickets ahead of general sales through Sunday, November 2, 2025. 🎟️

Quick update: for personal reasons my shop will stay closed for an specified amount of time until all the stuff that has piled up on me has been resolved. Could be in 2 weeks could be next year, don't know tbh. Strongly limited personal commissions stay available on request. 🎃

Photo of my hand pointing at the Amaurot projection

HEHEHEHE I DID THAT

Yeah we looking into it, luckily I can work from home for a while until that is done. But man that is seriously something I didn't want to deal with on top of everything that has been happening haha

It is very scary, yeah. Barely slept this night haha.

...yeah

Funniest thing though. While they pulled, searched and tipped stuff even damaging some prints...when they excited they used my painting table on the balcony as a stepstool, I had some drying vessels on there and instead of throwing them out the way they gently placed them into an old flowerbasket???

In additon some of my 3D prints got damaged, some stuff I have to 3D print again for orders that were supposed to go out today... but yeah that's about it. Such a weird feeling though.
Guess at least we're okay except for emotional damage.

So uh... can I request a refund on the current reality?

Yesterday I went to the movies, came back and someone had broken into our flat. Nothing really was stolen, we might have just interrupted them in time. But yeah fuck that why is shit always piling up so much.

Hippety hoppety 🐸🎃

The fantastic @polygotcrafts.bsky.social designed a frog tomestone & sent it me on my birthday. I had to print a few once I got back from my parents. I present, the Tomestone of Hopmetics:
#3dprinting #ffxiv

This is the LAST CLICKERS YALL! If you want to come say hi to me and @mcstronghuge.bsky.social we will be walking around the vendor hall! As of local time 3:49pm we are finishing up at the fishing panel!!

Free me of the shiny rocks!! @gatewayfate.bsky.social

Also come trade me sticker .....o^o

✨ HOW TO support artists for a lil money ✨

- ko-fi tip jar - buy a coffee!
- patreon - a lot of artists have $1-5 tier ranges!
- become a twitch sub (payout min)
- sticker shops can have a lower price point!

a couple bucks can go a LONG way for artists! u don't have to drop hundreds to support ✨💫

We will be offering prizing from amazing artists at the @xivfanmerch.network for first solo achievement clear and first team Q40!

Please sign up before the event starts to be eligible!

BRU HAHAHAHA

An art party banner superimposed in a screenshot of an easel from FFXIV, with a Spriggan standing in front of it holding a rock! The banner reads: "#GATEwayFATEAP hosted by XIVFMN. DC: Materia (Oceania). World: Sephirot. Empyrium Ward 4, Plot 56. Sat October 18, 3PM CDT / 10PM CEST / 5AM JST"

Are you a #FFXIV player who wishes they could attend #GATEwayFATE ?

Join the #XIVFMN for an Art Party Watch Party on Oct 18th at 3PM CDT!

Chill in our discord while we stream the GATEway FATE stream and doodle everyone's WoLs together! No talent required! (We love stick WoLs!)

Just wanted to update you all:

Deadline has passed and the hammers are.... A GO! ✔️

we missed a lil bit on the minimum amount but with help of @gatewayfate.bsky.social 🧡, covering a few hammers ourselves and some mathing around they're now in production with @regulationblues.bsky.social !

whoops tht was the wrong post I replied to haha. But yeah I get that and luckily we managed to find a way to make them happen anyways and make 3 extra to keep for later :) So if you want 1 there is a chance at a later point + Dee might make brass ones for GatewayFate, too!

There is reaaaly affordable raffle tickets made especially for people wanting to help but not being able to afford the big slots! Just incase you haven't seen them, no pressure :)

If you never heard of this, now is the time to check it out: the charity art auction with raffle!

Basically it's a giant amount of super talented artists auctioning off commissions and the likes and all the profits go to charity!

Also there are fixed price raffle tickets as well! It's so cool tbh🎃

Introducing 2025's Guest!

✨ Vincent Fallow! ✨
@vincentfallow.com

Vincent voices many fan favourites in German, including Clive from XVI, Jonathan Joestar from JJBA, and Illario from Dragon Age. (and many more!)

Join us for a Q&A on the night, 8pm BST, where we'll dive in and find out more!

Last few days (under 48hrs) on those are running! Once the month is over they are gone forever.

As of now it looks like we might have to cancel the whole thing which would be sad for the people who wanted them but it is what it is.

Anyways, thanks for your time! 🎃

Thank you so much in any case! Really appreciated :)