The Things that are getting Done Ursula Sadiq 4/18 '26

April 23 - 6 days from now! I am bringing human sized Tsuro to Alpha. And apparently dragon crafting, because I told the coordinator that I would have crafting. I have a minimum viable version 90% complete! Minimum viable means:

  1. rules (done. Printed and laminated)

  2. 36 handheld tiles - done. Wood with lines burnt into each. Past Ursula made these on the laser cutter years ago for no particular reason. Yay past me!

  3. 36 matching 2'x2' tiles - done. Cloroplast with vinyl lines

  4. Mark the sets to match up the handheld & the large tiles -done as of tonight! 

  5. Capes of various colors to mark the players - aquired from Amazon

  6. Frame with start points marked - not started. Will be made from furring strips. I'm shooting for getting that done Sunday. 

Oh yeah, I also made a paper mache dragon head, but that's not really part of minimum viable. Still needs painting. I'll probably make that, and decorating the back of the tiles as the craft.

Photos:

Large and small tiles, rules, and a package of "capes"
Back of large tiles, showing colored dots as markers. Matching dots are on the small tiles. There are about 6 tiles of each color, so should be quick to pull the correct one.
Paper mache dragon head, and mache supplies.
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4/18 8 Comments
I like that dragon a whole lot.
Lindsay Harris Friel
Thank you. I'm currently struggling (slightly) to upscale the pattern. BECAUSE BIGGER DRAGON HEADS ARE NEEDED. MRRROARRW. The print drivers these days are too smart to "poster print" pdf files if I put in a scale factor. Solvable, but man, just another hoop.
Ursula Sadiq
In an age where we can send SEVERAL PEOPLE to the moon at once, WTF?
Lindsay Harris Friel
Speaking of scale, you’re the only person I know who could tell me where to go and what to ask for to get this done, and explain it to me in a way I can understand.

I have a PDF of a sewing pattern to make a puppet. I want to enlarge the pattern so it will fit a large man’s hand instead of an average to small woman’s hand. I think it needs to be increased by 125% but I don’t know for sure.

What kind of print shop should I use? The same kind that anyone would use for basic office printing, or is there a specific kind of print shop? Is this something that requires special terminology?
Lindsay Harris Friel
Hey, sorry - just seeing this question. Scaling up 125% is a pain. This works, but it is a lot of wasted paper. https://www.ultimatepapermache.com/changing-the-pattern-size The other thing you could do is open it in GIMP or PHOTOSHOP and scale it there. But then printing it sometimes unscales it to fit the paper.
Ursula Sadiq
WOW, thank you for that link. Now I want to make all of those masks, too!

Yeah, I've tried doing it in GIMP and got really confused. I think I can cut the image into quarters and scale each to fit on separate sheets of paper, then scale each. I'll try it, though. Thanks again!
Lindsay Harris Friel
Today I learned that furring strips are not at all what they sound like. “You used up all the glue on purpose!”
nerdsholmferret
Hah, those are called waxing strips. I think.
Ursula Sadiq