If you've been waiting for a juicy slay of MLB DFS tonight is your night because we have got star pitchers Pretty much across the board It has the feel of an opening day type slate because there are so many good names available For tonight, it's not just like your typical good names, but like there are some sneaky ones under the radar as well I think it sets up for a pretty fun night We're gonna break down my top picture for tonight some other guys I think that our contention for the top spot of value play I like and the top stacks to get you said for Friday's action welcome on into the solo shot That's right here on the fan dual podcast network in number fire calm. My name is Jim Sonnis I am a senior writer and analyst for a number fire calm here to break down Friday night's 13 game main slate with lock set for 705 p.m. Eastern for tonight and despite there being 13 games for today I've got no weather notes the temperatures higher Then they have been previously in a lot of places. There isn't a lot of rain to note either so Fingers crossed. I kind of think we're good to go to set it forget it have some fun on your Friday Hopefully win some cash for tonight will break down my top options on the slate in just bit But first a quick reminder to make sure you are subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed Especially on Fridays because it's not just the MLB podcast each weekday We have our UFC podcast during Friday with Austin Swain I've got NASCAR as well breaking down Kansas for this weekend That should be posted probably closer to around 11 o'clock or so this morning to get you set for all of that so Fridays are fun here on the number fire daily fantasy podcast see but also we have the PGA championship next week Brandon and I recording the PGA podcast Monday instead of Tuesday to give you more time to fill out your line To get all those right as they are posted just hit the scribe wherever you listen to your podcast on the number fire Daily fantasy podcast feed and if you like what you hear leave us a rating and review as well Hey soccer fans this season fan duel and captain Morgan are teaming up to give you a one-of-a-kind soccer contest to spice up game day Introducing captain Morgan soccer pick them a weekly fantasy contest that is entirely free to play the contest is simple All you have to do is answer 10 questions about captain Morgan and that week's soccer matchup People with the most correct answers will earn their share of cash prizes head over to fan duel calm slash free games slash captain Morgan in spice up game day with a free shot at cash prizes every Saturday No purchase necessary must be 21 plus to enter location restrictions apply void where prohibited see terms at fan duel Calm pitching preview for this Friday main slate despite the fact we got a lot of studs They don't come with super super high salaries because Max Scherzer is the highest salary guy in the slate He's just 10-7. I think that's very reasonable max read is 10-3 Clayton Kershaw 10-2 Garrett Cole is $10,000. We have Kevin Gauzman at $9,800 you Darvish in 94 Logan Webb at 9000 and then Josiah Gray Sonny Gray Fromber Valdez and Dane Dunning are the others at $8,000 are higher and this is a great flavor pitching I still feel Very firm despite the fact we have a lot of guys here that Max Scherzer is the top guy for tonight He just does the best job of checking every single box The first thing is that Scherzer has the highest strikeout right on the slate. It's at 34 percent Nobody else's above 31.5 percent that 31.5 percent mark is by Kevin Gauzman Who is on the road? Scherzer is at home. He's facing the Mariners here who have hit well so far this year They have a 109 WRC plus against righties on their current active roster, but they're not a low strikeout team And some other guys on the slate do run into that issue for tonight the Mariners 21 percent strikeout rate It's a bit below league average, but it's not bad It's also the best part for pitching on this late because it's 66 degrees That's better than Smotherspots and Cityfield in general skews towards pitchers I've got Scherzer projected for a hundred pitches for tonight, which puts a strikeout projection at 8.4 Which is a very high number regardless of what that salary may be plus Scherzers had a tough stretch this year because three of his six darts have come against the Phillies which leads to a lot of familiarity But he's still a double-digit strikeouts twice. So I don't have a lot of reservations with him I think that he's the top guy for today and I feel good about putting him there So max Scherzer to me by himself at the top and I think you can battle it out for second place But to me Scherzer does belong at the top So the question is if Scherzer is a no-brainer top option the battle for second comes down to Garrett Cole Kevin Gossman and Clayton Kershaw. So let's touch on all three here quickly. Cole is on the road facing the White Sox They are a low strikeout team this year 18 strikeout rate against righties Cole is on the road. Those are two negatives. They're low strikeout rate match up on the road Gossman is also on the road, but he's facing the race with a 25 strikeout rate against righties Gossman is pitching really well right now as mentioned a 31 strikeout rate now that he's throwing more sliders So Gossman gets a high strikeout matchup Kershaw Obviously is throwing well too 29 strikeout rate across five starts with a 2.39 skill interactive era, which is Among the best marks on this slate He's also at home facing a Philly's team that has in a small sample a 29 strikeout rate against lefties this year The big issue for Kershaw is pitch count I've got him projected to 85 Whereas I have both Cole and Gossman and Scherzer projected at 100 That's a pretty big gap Which is why I have Gossman projected for more strikeouts than Kershaw The matchup for Cole means I actually do have a higher projection on Kershaw than him So I'm going to rank them in order of the strikeout projections, which is Gossman number two behind Scherzer I will go Kershaw third then Cole fourth, but all three to me Are in their own tier for tonight Scherzer 1a all three of those guys fighting for 1b And then everyone else fighting for the next spots after that Among the value plays the one I like the most by a decent margin is Eduardo Rodriguez I consider Dane Dunning here because Dunning finally getting a more full leash from a pitch count perspective They're letting him go deeper in games. I've got him for 95 for tonight, which puts his strikeout projection at 5.7 That's pretty good. So I don't mind Dunning He's 8000 though whereas Rodriguez is 72 and He's down there for a reason. He's not pitching great right now But Rodriguez is at home in a good matchup, which means I'm okay taking a swipe here I do want to emphasize though that things are not great for Rodriguez right now He has a 6.3 swinging strike rate So his 23 strikeout rate could come down based on that number I think part of that though is due to the schedule Rodriguez has faced He's gone up against in order the white socks red socks yankies twins dodgers and asterisks There is not an easy matchup in any of those and it's especially true when you're a lefty facing The white socks facing the yankies facing the asterisks the lefty That's tough and it actually makes it a bit more impressive that Rodriguez Hasn't had the bottom fallout yet Orioles are a much better spot for him They have an 84 w RC plus against lefties with a 27 strikeout rate And they're not generating a lot of power Which could help the issues that Rodriguez has had with bad at balls He's had some issues there which haven't cropped up for him previously. Again the salary 72 I don't need the salary savings necessarily because The other races are I think lower salary than they should be but I'm not opposed to it. It would allow me to go nuts at course field with the Rockies I could stack some other teams early like so all of the bitter Rodriguez in parts Due to the match up in part through the salary, but I think for me The majority of the slate will revolve around those eighth tier guys first And I want that upside that they bring and with so many of them here The odds you need one of them to you know, really blow the lid off probably pretty high for today So with that in mind, let's turn to our stacks and We do have a course field game for today. I'm not super into the Royals But I will be into the Rockies and I think that they are the top option Of this slate they're facing zack cranky and cranky has a 2.67 era this year Part of that is skill You know, he's he's a crafty guy But there is an element of luck to it too and that luck could run out at course field In the past cranky has outperformed his peripherals by having very good bad at ball data He doesn't have that as much this year. His hard hit rate is up to 42 It was 35 last year the fly ball rate 41 versus 32 last year And those are big big deviations and it comes with just an eight percent strikeout rate May two percent walk rate his strikeout profit fan dual sportsbook is two and a half I believe it's shaded towards the under that's where we're at right now with zack cranky So what he's doing right now is letting up the ball and play on about 90 percent of plate appearances And 42 percent of those balls in play are being hard hit That's probably not going to work out at course field That doesn't pick ranky so far this year, but he's faced some pretty weak offenses and Just that formula is tough in a park this good for often So it makes sense to me to be super high on the rockies here cranky both last year and early this year has had Some pretty extreme reverse platoon splits where he's let up a lot of hard contact righty's Versus not as much to lefties which puts I think cj cron in a good spot same thing for connor joe Randall gritching has missed a couple games, but it sounds like it's just a stomach thing So I bet he's in there I would actively prioritize the righties over the lefties I'm fine with ryan mcman and charlie blackman But I would say the righties get a boost here and are slightly the preferred side of the platoon against cranky So bump up the righties and be high on them, especially if we get like a lower salary gallic rogers or Anyone else in there? I think that would be Advantages to say some salary and make that stack easier to get to alongside max shares Now yesterday, uh, I was pretty into dillon sees against the yankees You know the strikeouts were there the rest was not today though. It's very different the yankees blew up yesterday It's not point choosing. I think this is a situation where it does make sense to go at them facing vince. Velasquez I think the yankees very good number two stack for today. Velasquez Does have some more velocity this year and his results have been good. You got a 3.9 70 array But he's still struggling in the same areas that he used to Specifically, velasquez is letting up hard contact He's letting up a 46 hard hit rate this year with a 48 fly ball And those numbers are actually worse than his marks last year and velasquez really struggled there last year Plus on top of that his strikeout rate is down. It's 21 percent versus 24 percent It hasn't hurt him thus far. He's allowed just three home runs across five starts But and just one earned run is past two starts But it's tough to see him Skirting his way around danger for too long especially Against an offense like this. They got a 115 wrc plus against righties low strikeout rates high walk rates It's a rough match up for velasquez. So i'll be on the yankees offense for sure for today Now within the yankees stack it kind of feels like anthony rizzo has been A bit underappreciated this year and I'm basing this mostly on the home run prop market Whereas odds tend to be I would say longer than they should be but He's got a 50 fly ball right against righties great plate discipline Actions a couple stolen bases as well. So he's not a value play at 36, but I think he's under souring I think that I want to like if i'm Deeming or you know doling out building block type uh monikers these guys I would say you put judge you put stan there for sure I think rizzo is is in there as well, especially because he's a little bit lower salary than those guys So I do think to me rizzo at 36 despite being not low salary is worthwhile stan's actually 36 as well judge 43 but I do think that that is a fair number both for rizzo and for stanton for today The final stack is More of a volatile one which could bite us, but you know kind of fun That's the astros Uh, it could be great or it could be terrible And I think that the upside in the great is worth a sniff for today The astros are facing jeziah gray who has some The last cas ish qualities. He does get strikeouts. He's got a 26 strikeout rate this year versus 25 last year I think that's gonna stick. I don't expect that to go away But it's the non strikeout plate appearances that bother you with jeziah gray his walk rate is 12 He's letting up a 50 fly ball rate and a 43 heart rate He had similar issues last year too, which is why his era was 5.48 and it's why He has some rough outings He had a four runs to the mets and the marlins at home But if a couple home runs the angels last time out So yeah, he cannot shut down outings He held the giants in the braves two very good offenses scoreless for a combined 11 innings Which is why this stack is volatile But there is upside within it, especially when he's facing an offense as good as the astros So I don't mind stacking the astros here, even if it is a high risk situation. I think that they are worth that Given the upside presented in the profile that gray has One guy I do think worth discussing here is michael brantley I have always been low on him and if i'm stacking the astros typically i'm doing so Just skipping over brantley entirely. I just teased into the upside that I wanted But his isos 134 and in 2022 That's not nearly as bad as it was in 2021. Etc. Etc. The fly ball right from brantley against right. He's 37 percent.  Obviously at 38 both those guys to me Are pretty under salaryed. I don't mind, you know, the the fill in guys who get in there guys like uh chas mccormick and stuff like that, but I think if you're looking at value plays on this team outside of mccormick I'm okay with going brantley and I prefer a much over julie gouriel If you're looking at the the value plays i think that brantley's upside's better than gouriel. So Changing my tune a bit on him. I'm still not again like Super itchy to get there, but if I've got a using to make an astro stack work with scherzer I'm okay with that and that is a Change from how I viewed him previously. Let's move now to things to watch three more stacks I think are worth discussing for today. I'm not opposed to some rangers stacks They're facing nick pavetta that has led up a 51 hard hit rate this year with a 40 percent fly ball rate It's led to some really poor results He has faced a tough schedule and the rangers are not tough But uh, and that's why they're lower on this list, but I would still be okay with some exposure here Getting guys like core seager and stuff like that in there for this or this situation where the rangers actually are In a good matchup. I think the twins are pretty similar to the rangers They're facing erin savalli and savalli has gotten more strikeouts recently But still tons of fly balls tons of hard contact allowed The twins offense right now is not I wouldn't think great doesn't feel great outside of baron buxton Which is why they're lower on this list, but some individuals here could be worth a look for some one-off So okay with the rangers. Okay with the twins Similar vibe on the mets facing marco glanzales is not getting a lot of strikeouts this year letting up enough hard contact and fly balls It's mostly pita lanza and then the the lower end lefty bangers. They have out there I think they work for one-offs, but And I think these three to me at least pretty clearly below the other ones If you got to go there for some value totally okay with that and I would be fine go in there, but um Preference for me for the top three stacks for today Let's go into the weekend here with some dinger calls for this friday slate The boring one is cj crone mentioned that is that cranky specifically struggles letting up hard contact righties crone is a righty He's that coarse field It's as boring as can be cj crone to me the top dinger call for today the fun one We're gonna do it. I'm gonna go michael brantley. He only has two of them run so far this year Probably have like three all of last year. That's an exaggeration, but you know Um either way, it's not a guy who goes to be very often but I just think again, this is a good situation for him um He's in a better park for offense for tonight So although it doesn't make you feel great. I am okay with michael brantley Eight home runs for brantley last year. I don't want to shortchange him too much, but um, I would say If he's gonna do it tonight might be a good night So the home run calls cj crone michael brantley brantley definitely a different one than usual But I think that uh for this setup it works for sure That is all that we have here for today on the solo shop But as mentioned a lot of good stuff You're coming up on this friday on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed USC NASCAR all in the same place in the same feed and the pga championship podcast coming up on monday hit subscribe If you like what you hear leave us a rating and review if you've got questions for me I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n n e s You can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcast big Thank you to everyone for tuning in for today. 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On a dirt road 30 kilometers north of Saigon, men of the 1st Infantry Division search for mines as they approach Chan Lu Village. In a battalion-sized operation, the village is surrounded on the morning of December 8th. At 0800 hours, psychological warfare teams enter the Viet Cong-controlled village. They take food and Sai war posters and leaflets with them. There is no resistance, and the troopers prepare to feed the people. Later, the children of the village crowd around the soldiers as the Americans hand out candy. Meanwhile, work begins to eliminate all Viet Cong signs and propaganda material in the village. A pro-government slogan is painted on the wall of a centrally located building. One Sai war team hands out specially designed calendars and anti-Viet Cong leaflets as they make the rounds of all village shops and public places. The Communist doctrine must be defeated in the minds of the people. This literature helps to do the job. Posters show how well off other villagers are under government protection. They tell of medical aid, food, and a peaceful productive life. The men of the village are assembled for intelligence interviews. It is known there are many V.C. among them. Some of the hardcore communists, however, hide and open fire on the Americans when the troopers go to round them up. The rest of the village men are kept in order. The situation is soon under control. Nine V.C. are dead and several wounded. American casualties are negligible. At the battalion's CP, prisoner interrogation begins. An easy piece comes to Shan Lu. Activities of the six psychological operations battalion are varied. In Saigon, a small team of advisors to the Vietnamese on television operations works with station WTVN, which operates on Channel 9 and reaches about 1,100 TV sets. Broadcasts are accomplished in modern, well-equipped studios. Under the supervision of Lieutenant Robert J. Sari, the three-man advisory team prepares one 90-minute program per week, film and live, as well as the production of numerous special programs. On another front, a loudspeaker team from the 245th SCIOP's company is assigned to the 2-slash-7 First Air Cav, where they accompany troops in the field on search and clear missions. Along with them, the SCIOP's team carries loudspeakers and amplifiers on their backs. When Viet Cong are killed, members of the team place leaflets on the bodies as a grim reminder to the others. Other SCIOP's men, through the interpreter, interrogate a suspected V.C. Yet another team from the 245th SCIOP's company is deployed with a First Air Cav U-10 on a leaflet-dropping mission. The leaflets have influenced large numbers of Viet Cong to surrender. Along with leaflets, the teams broadcast pre-taped messages to the inhabitants of the target area. The planes fly four or five missions a day, urging the Viet Cong to surrender. In special situations, the arven interpreter talks directly over the loudspeaker set, as in the case of two Vietnamese who are hiding in fish traps. These two men have been talked out of hiding and are being held at bay by the choppers until ground troops take over. Loudspeaker teams have also been employed to assist med-cap teams. Working hand-in-hand, the SCIOP's men are used to tell the people that the medics have arrived in town. This spirit of cooperation between SCIOPs and other units goes a long way toward their common goal of pacification. On 4 December, at approximately 5 a.m., an explosion and fire totally gutted the SCIOP's Battalion Administration Headquarters building in Saigon. It is estimated that up to 1,000 pounds of plastic explosives were used by the Viet Cong terrorists to destroy the building, which was formerly the capital Kendo Movie Theater. The lower auditorium has been used as a storage area. The upper balcony has a temporary transit billet for men on reassignment. Fortunately, of the 12 men in the building at the time of the explosion, none were killed, although at least nine received severe burns. This was the second attempt to destroy the theater building. Once before, it was bombed while American personnel were watching a film. An innocent-looking Vietnamese hut. But if an unwary man were to step inside, look out. Underneath the bamboo rug lies instant death, a 90-millimeter tank round set to explode when a pressure trap is stepped on. The Viet Cong rely heavily on such mines and booby traps to slow the advance of the allied troops on search and clear emissions. These mines can be set off with pressure fuses or can be detonated electrically by a Viet Cong hiding some distance away. A discarded sea ration can may be used to make a deadly booby trap, merely by filling it with TNT and attaching a fuse. Anti-personnel mines and booby traps have been found at helicopter landing zones, on roads and trails, at fence gates or rice paddy dikes. A bamboo basket beside a road might contain enough TNT to blow up a truck. A canteen may be filled with TNT and rigged to detonate when the cap is removed. Anti-vehicular mines can disable a tank or destroy a truck. With such displays, schools at the first and third marine divisions in Vietnam keep marines current on the latest Viet Cong trends in the use of hidden explosives. At the land mine warfare schools, marines are trained to avoid being caught by mines or traps. Classroom instruction is given on the various types of hidden explosive devices, followed by practical work in mock-up villages and the terrain. The explosive booby trap can be found anywhere in Vietnam. A jungle tree with gnarled branches may be picturesque enough to photograph, but it may also be rigged to a foot trap which will explode a shell above your head. The Viet Cong use all their knowledge and ingenuity in fashioning these devices.  Another crude weapon is the steel bear trap which can fracture a man's leg in one quick snap. A section of bamboo containing a 30 caliber shell attached to a firing pin can be set off with pressure from a man's foot. A man entering this village hut would be met by a melee and whip, a heavy swinging bamboo pole with sharp stakes implanted in the crossbar. A tripwire usually hidden in high grass triggers this variation of the melee and whip, the dead ball, a spiked weight rigged to drop on a man's head. When found, each tripwire must be carefully checked to determine the location of the explosive. An engineer demolition man places a charge alongside the device, clears the area, and blasts the booby trap. As Christmas rapidly approaches, preparations for it are evident everywhere in Vietnam. Along the sidewalk stalls inside Gaon, servicemen shop for last-minute gifts, searching for that something special to send home. All the military exchanges are jammed and expect to be busy right up to the last moment. The well-stocked shells of the Cholam Exchange, largest in Vietnam, are being rapidly empty and sales for December will exceed one and a half million dollars. At Saigon Airport, cargo facilities are beginning to feel the strain as thousands upon thousands of packages pour in from home. Personnel at the APOs are kept working around the clock but expect to meet their goal of having all packages and mail delivered by Christmas morning. Elsewhere, the business of fighting a war goes on, but with some special differences. As they conduct their Sam Pan search operations, the crew of this river patrol vessel has begun distributing Christmas gifts to many of the Vietnamese families they meet. Though many of the people have never seen Christmas presents before, they welcome the gifts of food and clothing. For the children, there are toys and candy, but so used to secrecy has this boy become that after receiving his gift, he immediately hides it. Amidst the Yuletide spirit, the crew knows it must remain on the alert. The river operation continues despite the holiday season. At the Da Min Orphanage and school in Saigon, the war seems far away as men of the 79th Maintenance Battalion sponsor a Christmas party. No Christmas is complete without Santa Claus and sure enough, he shows up complete with combat boots in the person of Lieutenant Kenneth Burnett. The kids don't know what to think when one by one they are invited to Santa's knees. But after the usual discussion concerning behavior, they quickly relax as each receives a gift directly from St. Nicholas's bag. Then, all together, everyone struggles to open their presents. When it's all over, no one is sure who had more fun, the kids or the GIs. As December 25th draws near, troops at Long Bin, as those in camps all over Vietnam, gather for religious services. Within a well-guarded defense perimeter, chaplain John Sargent begins his service. Let us have our invocation. Almighty God, our everlasting Father, we thank thee for thy divine grace, which has shed abroad in this Christmas season into the hearts of all those thy people and all those who believe and trust in thee. Then the men join him in prayer, expressing the long hope for wish of peace on earth, goodwill toward men. In the spectacular mountains of Bavaria, Germany, in the general area of Oberammergau, seen here in December 1966, a number of U.S. Army schools are located. At Kimbrough-Cassarne, Murnau, students learn to disassemble the transmission of tank recovery vehicles. Guard dog training is another subject taught in U.S. Army schools, Europe. These dogs make an important contribution to the security of vital installations and to the effective patrolling of borders. They learn how to negotiate the types of terrain and the obstacles they may encounter while on duty. Discipline is of paramount importance. So that the dogs may learn to attack an enemy, they are agitated by members of the training staff.  At the demolition and mine training area, a warning flag is raised as a signal for all to stand clear, as the training team prepares to set off explosives behind a protective shield. A demonstration charge is ignited. There are many other subjects taught by U.S. Army schools, Europe, both in the classroom and the field. The Christmas 1966 season in Berlin, Germany is celebrated by U.S. and Allied troops stationed in the city. Major General John F. Franklin Jr., U.S. Commander Berlin, speaks to those assembled for the tree lighting ceremony. Heinrich Albert, the governing mayor of Berlin, also addresses the guests. Then the moment arrives for the lighting of the tree, with the mayor of this sector, Hans Schnitzer, and Brigadier General James L. Baldwin, commanding General Berlin Brigade, doing the honors. The following day, 16 December, the traditional Christmas tree lighting ceremony at checkpoint Charlie is scheduled to take place. Although many aspects of the area offer grim reminders of the harsh separation, the checkpoint will witness a joint United States, British, and French celebration. At 1700 hours, all is ready. Taking part in the ceremony is Deputy Mayor Erwin Beck of the American Sector District of Kreuzberg, in which checkpoint Charlie is located. As onlookers watch, the tree on the roof is lighted. The Deputy Mayor gives presents to the personnel of the checkpoint. U.S. soldiers join British and French personnel, who share in the operation of checkpoint Charlie. In the field fleck and training area, Germany, photographed in early December 1966, a very complete and well-equipped crafts shop is available to both U.S. and German soldiers. It gives the men an opportunity to spend their spare time usefully and constructively. One of the crafts most popular with the men is leatherworking. Other men enjoy working with wood, utilizing the modern power tools. A hobby which has wide acceptance in both Europe and the U.S. is photo finishing. Soldiers stationed in the area have fine equipment to bring out the best results in their photography. With experienced advisors, the soldier is able to perform every step through the final print. Automotive maintenance is a practical and money-saving hobby for the individual, while the Army benefits from increased skills. 7 December, graduation day at Columbia's Military Academy in Bogota. In a colorful ceremony held on the grounds of the Academy, 75 cadets are receiving their commissions as second lieutenants. Through the U.S. Army mission, the Academy receives training aids, vehicles and radios. The mission also provides guest instructors and an exchange of cadet officers between West Point and the Colombian Academy. Three classes of cadets are involved in the traditional ceremony. Those who have completed their secondary school subjects, those who are entering the senior class and the current graduates. The event is attended by ambassadors and military attachés from several countries, including the United States. A highlight is the presentation of a West Point sabre to the cadet with the highest grade in military tactics. The island of Guam strategically located 1,100 miles east of the Philippines, today shows few scars of the bitter fighting that began 25 years ago, just a few days after Pearl Harbor. On December 10, 1941, the Japanese launched their invasion on Tamuning Beach, opposed by a poorly armed force of only a few hundred men. In two and a half years of occupation, the Japanese spared no effort in preparing fortifications for the attack they knew would one day come. Though most were destroyed in the fighting, several concrete pill boxes and bunkers still stand silent and deserted. The Japanese also hollowed out hundreds of caves, building extensive connecting tunnels deep into the mountainside. One which served as a bomb shelter during the war finds a similar use today. Japanese guns overgrown and rusted still point skyward against the plains, which pounded the island prior to the Americans return. On July 29, 1944, the 3rd Marine Division led American forces ashore at Asan Point and Agat Bay. The wreckage of a Japanese two-man sub is the only reminder of the landing. The liberating forces quickly pushed inland as the Japanese pulled back to make their stand near Mount Santa Rosa. These quiet hills are strewn with a wreckage of Japanese two-man tanks. The battle broke enemy resistance and many fled into the mountains, whereas late as 1960, two were captured. Not all the wreckage is Japanese. This American tank was destroyed in an attack by enemy aircraft. In many parts of the island, both American and Japanese unexploded shells are still being recovered. Here, a demolition specialist affixes a C-4 plastic charge to detonate them. Almost 25 years after they were fired. Nearly leveled during the war, the capital of Aganya has today been rebuilt into a modern city of 5,000. Here, especially, there is little evidence of the devastation that once took place, but the people have not forgotten. In the center of town stands a Statue of Liberty, where each year, on the day and hour when the American troops landed, a ceremony is held commemorating the liberation of Guam. This national memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, marks the final resting place of the battleship Arizona and the 1,100 members of her crew, sunk by the Japanese during their attack on the American naval base on December 7, 1941. Launched from carriers, planes of the Japanese naval air arm flew in from the sea on that fateful Sunday morning. Approaching from the windward side of Oahu Island, the deadly war planes were shielded from view until the last minute as they hugged the passes and valleys of the Ko'olau mountain range. Retracing their flight path today, 25 years later, Hawaii looks much as it did in 1941. Squadron after squadron of the Japanese aircraft came over the mountains and winged down these verdant valleys on their way to Pearl Harbor to destroy the Pacific Fleet. In a matter of moments, the heavily populated areas were under their bomb-laden wings. It was 07.30 hours. Then Pearl Harbor stretched before them. Most of the U.S. Pacific Fleet lay at anchor here. The attack began and Americans died. Next, they headed for Schofield Barracks. The spot where the first Japanese shell struck is still there. The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific was established following World War II and many victims of the Japanese attack lie at rest here. Now on the 25th anniversary of the surprise attack which took the lives of thousands of Americans, many veterans of that day at Pearl Harbor are among those who hear an opening address by the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Roy L. Johnson. Key speaker of the day is the Secretary of the United States Navy, the Honorable Paul H. Knitze. Thousands listen to the speakers and the prayers and the hymns. A memorial flyby is performed by Navy and Marine jets. 25 years later, Pearl Harbor is remembered well.


So JJ one of the fun things of watching Alabama this year was not just Devontae Smith But also Najee Harris just ripping off these disgusting runs especially in the receiving game What does that do for him as a prospect coming out here in the NFL draft? Yeah, you know He's an older prospect. He just turned 23 years old, but he really can do it all You know you mentioned that he's a great receiver And I think a lot of people view him a certain way because of his strength and because of his size that he just A bruiser but he had the sixth best reception share in this class when looking at best season numbers So he's a do-it-all workforce and given that size profile or he weighs around that 230 pound mark I think an appropriate comparison for Najee Harris is Steven Jackson and by the way Steven Jackson finishes NFL career with eight 1,000 yard rushing seasons So I think the Najee Harris is the RB one in this class


What's up everybody? Welcome to HotMakes, right? HotMakes live, all of the HotMakes things. I'm Jim from the Edge of Tech, also known as Nerdy J. This is Lindsay, this is my wife Lindsay. How are you? Hi guys, how are you? How are you? What's going on with the comments, right? I think Giri's already drunk. Oh, sorry. Yeah, I clicked the wrong button, we're good. Well, welcome to HotMakes. We are here live from the studio and we have an awesome show for you guys tonight. Don't forget, we are live here on Facebook, on Twitch, I think all the things. Again, this is my wife Lindsay. If you've never met her, say hi in the chat. We would love to see all the highs. And we have an amazing guest tonight. But before we get to that, just a heads up. All of the HotMakes we show tonight will be in a link in the description below. And all you have to do is jump down there, find that Google link and find episode 128, that's right. Almost 130 episodes of HotMakes we've done. 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Yeah. No, it's fine. You're just not used to it. All right. My CPU is a neural net processor. Okay, sorry. I was just entering a chat AI. We should talk about chat. We're not here to talk about chat AI, but I love it. Chat GDP, amazing. I said chat AI, I think. Anyways, yeah, we have a great show. I don't care. We're just gonna jump right into it. Do you wanna say anything? Yeah. You wanna introduce me? Well, whatever. Yeah, go ahead. So, yeah, hi. So, this was kind of my idea when I started down my little new hobby road trip. This next guest was highly influential in my journey and she's super awesome. And she was like my dream ask to bring on the show. So I'm super, super excited for you guys all to meet Anna, AKA little house of lights and see all the cool things that she makes. Awesome.  Hello, there she is. Hi. Hi, Anna, how are you? I'm good, how are you? I am doing great. So before we go too far, I have a ton of stuff to talk to you about. But first, because we're gonna begin the episode, people are just tuning in. Who are you? What do you do? And where can we find you? And then we'll do that again in the end, but just a quick synopsis of who you are and what you do. My name is Anna Wright and I make miniatures. I mainly work in 112 scale, which means that one foot in real life equals one inch in miniature. Recently, I have gotten really into 3D printing. It's become my passion. So I actually just got sent the Solvol printer, which you can see back here from the edge of tech. And I also print in resin. You can find me on little.house.lights on Instagram or a little house of lights on Etsy or little house of lights all one word on TikTok. Awesome. Well, that is just kind of a testament. So everybody out there who said my video on the Solvol SV06 was clickbait, you're right. It was clickbait, but you clicked on it and I didn't lie. I love that printer and I did pack it up and I did send it out. And Anna is the one that got it. And she's been killing it with her prints lately. Like the first night she had it, she already had stuff printed out. And that she designed, by the way, I wanna throw that out there. So that kind of brings us into a segue. We're talking about miniatures and minis and we kind of showed this in Hot Makes Before that Lindsay's remodeling her childhood dollhouse. And you know, you do a lot of resin design already and you do resin printing already, right? Yes. Awesome. Well, thank you, the dad cave. So, thinking, hey, Geary. Yeah, what's up? All this miniature talk makes me think of Mitch. No. No. Oh, hang on. Sorry. I had to. If he's watching, Mitch, if you're watching me, if you're watching Mitch, you know, I'm sorry, I had to. It was, Mitch is a good friend of a, What the? Look at this guy. Speak and he shall show up. I see what you're doing here. Yeah, I have a chair. I just appeared. Yeah, see that? It's like Jeannie. I speak of Mitch and he just pops in my door. Same idea three times. I show up without a backpack for her. Sorry, that was a curve ball. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So this is Mitch, everybody. But so you're designing, you're printing with resin if I can get back into my train of thought here.  Can you talk about like, basically the process of that?  Can you talk about a little bit about that?   Here's one. Oh, it's so cool. Yeah, phenomenal, by the way. So, I don't even need a tiny Elmer's glue and I want it. Tiny things. That's what I'm talking about. Like one of my favorite things that I've made is this miniature tape dispenser. Oh, that's amazing. That's so cool. Oh my gosh. And it's so unnecessary, but I mean. I love it. You gotta have it. Tell me, is the center there actual tape? No, it's resin printed and clear. So it looks like tape. So I just wanna address the chat real quick. Everybody's saying, Mitch, where's your printer? Hey, it's Mitch, a backpack printer. Yes. And by the way, I did run Mitch by that joke before I made it. You just didn't make the joke and throw them into the left. That was my cue. But that's pretty awesome. Let us know in the chat if you have any questions for Anna. And also Lindsey, she's been remodeling her house and we're gonna talk about it. Take over, ask her some questions, have some fun. So yeah, I just admire everything that you do. When I first started like deciding I was gonna remodel my house, I was saving other people's ideas and stuff. And so you were like my first person, I idolized as far as what you made. But I haven't gone all the way back to like the beginning of your Instagram or anything. And I was just curious like what got you into making miniatures and how did you get started? So I come from a family of makers and builders. My dad is an architect, a builder, a contractor. So I come from a family that is really creative. But also my mom is the one that is into doll houses. And she grew up with an amazing doll house. And for Christmas one year, my dad and I decided to wire it so that it would light up. And I was I think 10 years old.  And I've always loved miniature things, things that light up. And so I like dabbled in making miniatures here and there throughout the years. I love Harry Potter. I've made a bunch of Harry Potter miniatures in the past. But really when I had my daughter, Kelsey, I decided I'm gonna make her a doll house. And I made the doll house and I loved it so much. And I loved how it came out so much that I wanted to keep it, but it was already promised. So I bought myself a doll house kit for me. And I started it and then I didn't finish it. And then COVID hit and I was like, well, I guess I'm gonna be home for who knows how long. I should start my doll house kit again. So I built it and then I started making stuff for it. And then I saw a couple makers who had 3D printers. And they were making amazing things with these 3D printers that you just can't make by hand. And I was like, that's it. I gotta get a 3D printer. And that's how the 3D printing journey began. And I got completely obsessed. And I just love 3D printing, especially for miniatures. Awesome. Well, you do such an awesome job with, like I've been watching your resin stuff ever since Lindsay said, like literally when she found you, she's like, you have to get this girl on your show. Like you have to find her, we're gonna ask her. And then she started showing me stuff and she started making stuff as well.  So someone had a good question. Let's see, do you 2D print the label for the glue? Yes, that's on a printer. Printception, 2D and 3D in one project. You're awesome for being here, man. Uh-oh. Oh, dun, dun, dun. And we have another guest. Hi. You're welcome. Can you show us any of these photos? Okay. Hi. That's my son, Cole. Hi. Here. He's got an awesome dinosaur birthday party. Yes, he does. So. Here, buddy, take this and go. I love it. Here. Can you please shut the door? Sorry, mom life. Oh, no, we definitely understand. Luckily, my sister was watching our little guy at home. Otherwise, if you were someone who didn't know. So that's how you got started. Why did you start with resin to get started? That's a question I've been wanting to ask, because you do some really cool resin stuff, but why resin to start with and not regular FDM? I think that is the main question that many of tourists ask me is, should I get a resin printer or an FDM printer? And of course there's benefits to both, but I really wanted the resin printer to print really tiny things. And you're going to get the most detail with a resin printer. So that's why I went the resin route. And now that I have an FDM printer though, I freaking love it. And there are things you can do on the FDM printer that you really can't do as well in resin. And like I have... Yeah, like I printed this trash can in resin. That is awesome, by the way. With it's got a bag in it? Yeah. Oh my God. What? It just makes me so happy and it's a trash can. It's a trash can. But this is an example of something that would have been better off printed in FDM. And I could have printed the hinge as like a one part instead of having to hinge it with a pin and blah, blah, blah. And it would have been more sturdy. Like you can tell the top of this is a little warped because resin does that. And also if you drop this, it's going to break. I could throw this across the room if it was... I was dying.  You're just smashing it on the floor. And I thought that was phenomenal. I might have to pull that up or maybe Geary can pull it up because it's on her Instagram stories. Yeah, it's just so satisfying because resin, it's like you drop it and that, that's it. So, you know, we had this plan. We reached out and said, hey, do you want this printer? I said, I need to finish making videos on it and then I can send it to you. So I make this video that's clickbait. We'll call it what it is. I mean, that is what people called it. It's not about the desk. No, it's the one, she's not the desk videos. I bring them here and he's talking about desks. No, anyways, it's the video. I basically said I had to give my printer away and it's true, that printer's a really nice printer. The best printer you can start with right now in my head by far, in my opinion. And so I packed it up and I sent it over and we talked for about a half an hour while you were setting it up. And then next thing I know we did some pictures and stuff that day. And all of a sudden you're throwing stories out there. I'm printing on it already. I'm like, what the? So I'm glad that you're gonna use it and I can't wait to see what comes. It looks like Geary has or is working on getting that pulled up for us. So do you have any, shoot your questions. Jump in there. Oh no. I should have made a list. The last time I saw her act like this was when she met the Highlander for the first time. Oh stop. No. But what do you got to show? Let's show some stuff. No, I don't have anything I printed. Well you have. I brought the things I've been making out of it. She's brought some stuff to show too. So what's next? Like you're doing so much crazy stuff. Do you have a store on Etsy too that you sell? Yeah, I have a store on Etsy, a little house of lights. I've actually been like totally swamped trying to get these advent calendars out for Christmas. This is a FDM print. The body is FDM, but the little people and the animals are resin and it lights up. And then all the little drawers come out. Oh, there they go. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Luckily. At least he's a city fallout program. No, luckily they fell on my computer, not the floor. How often do you lose stuff when you print it? Cause it's not hard at all. All the time. Like pretty much I'm to a point where my craft room is so messy that if I drop something small, like I don't even bother to look for it anymore because it has been eaten into the abyss. You go treasure hunting. Yeah, here's another one of my, this is the Elugu resin printer. That's cool. So that's a little Elugu printer there, huh? We need to make that. So, and again, if you guys have questions, shoot them in the chat. We'll definitely get the questions out there. And let's see here. So here's a question for you. I saw some stuff. What is that? A school for ants. I love that. Anyways, I saw some stuff on your chat that you've done some stuff for like Microsoft, right? For I think the Xbox. Yes, I did stuff for. Samsung, right? Can you talk about it or is that allowed? Yeah, my two most recent jobs were for Samsung and Xbox. Samsung was building a container living room box, which is basically shrinking down a little apartment that they live in, mostly Asia. It's called compartment living because it's basically a tiny little studio apartment with two living spaces. And I shrunk down their appliances, Samsung's appliances to 112 scale, so really small. And we each got assigned a theme of decorative style. Mine was neon maximalist. And so I decorated the whole room in a neon maximalist style, which is very bright and fun, a lot of LED lights. My room was a gamer's room, a tech gamer. And then five miniatures were hired for the project. And then they stacked the boxes up to make a high rise building. And they used it in an ad campaign. And it was really fun. And then my Xbox project was for this new game that Xbox released in September called Grounded, where it's kind of like Honey I Shrunk the Kids, where you're shrunk down into a little teeny character and you have to make it through the backyard, back to safety and you build little houses and you fight bugs. And I made a small light up, I would call it like a little night light, but of the scene of the game. Nice. With all the little characters and stuff. And everything in there, pretty much everything in there was resin printed. That's awesome. Here's a closer picture. And if I do this, I might even be able to, there we go. Now we can zoom in on this a little better for everybody. So you did all this. You put this all together and then they stacked them together and showed it as rooms is what you're saying. Right. So everyone made a box like this and everyone's box had a different style. And then they stacked up all the boxes on top of each other to make a high rise building. That's cool. That's super cool. And the TV spins. The TV spins? Yeah. Oh, because it's a Samsung. Yeah. Oh, look. It's a Samsung Saro. It spins around. And there's a little robot vacuum. There's an axolotl in the tank. Yes. I'm printing one right now. I'll put it back there. That's a part of my for rent. Yes. So, let's see. Gary, did you find that video yet? Let me, or chat us when you're ready. I can't figure out which one it is. Oh, I think it's from like last week. Without audio. Saturday? I think it's Saturday. It just says a week ago. It doesn't say what day it was posted. Oh, yeah. It's one of the first ones. Like, she literally smashes everything. I don't know if you can go back that far, though. Can you? I thought you would have done the whatever it's called on the main thing. Go back after we did. If you highlighted it in the civil, highlight, if not the new. Oh, yeah, I did. I think I did highlight it in the civil. All right, let's go see. Oh, it's not this one. We're looking real quick. So, there was a quick question too while we're looking for this. I believe it was David Wilson said, how do you design for, or how do you design the miniatures? I design the miniatures mostly using Tinkercad, Blender and Mesh Mixer. I need to learn Fusion 360 though. So, I mostly use Tinkercad, though. Yeah, Tinkercad's really useful. I designed this in Tinkercad. This is a little Dyson vacuum. That is awesome, by the way. Yes, that literally, I'll do this. Hang on, there you go. So, you design that, you just use Tinkercad? Yeah, and this is the old version. So, I had an old version of a Dyson and the new version. Man, that is so good. David Wilson says, impressive for Tinkercad. Absolutely. Yeah. $100 a square millimeter for renting out for Mitch. Someone says it's a Mitch-sized apartment. Oh, here we go.  I think you were talking about needing the different supports there in this video. And then, I think in a second here, you just like throw it at the floor.  I love that. So, the reason why I was bringing that up, because were you surprised of the difference between like how tough something would be in resin or, you know, in FDM? Extremely. I was extremely impressed with how tough it was. Well, that's awesome. Let's see, what else do we have? Like my stuff? Well, yeah, I didn't really print anything yet though. That's okay, I don't like where you're going. Yeah, I have these little tiny things. Like, this is a little Dremel. That is amazing. It even says Dremel on it? Yeah, and this is a little... Makita, oh, come on. Crayoby drill. I said Makita, I had one sitting right there. That is super awesome. And a little cord on it too, even. Yeah, and then... It's hard to see the scale like without... Okay, here's my toilet. That's phenomenal. That's so good. And again, this is something I want to try printing in FDM because I want to print the integrated hinge. So there's like so many things that I printed in resin that I now want to print in FDM.  Yeah, one is writing too, which is super cool.  And while I'm doing that, do you want to show them something like so? So Lindsay's been playing and she's been making doing some awesome stuff of her dollhouse as well. So while she's grabbing something, if you're getting started, like say Lindsay's getting started in what she's doing, what would your advice be for someone who's getting started in, you know, in designing, modeling the whole, in the miniature community, you know, for anyone out there watching? So I think that you should definitely start with Tinkercad. It's really easy to learn. They have tutorials on their day, on their page. Like they're teaching kids Tinkercad in school now and 3D printing is the future. I think everyone should learn it. I think there will be a 3D printer in everyone's home one day, just like we all have a microwave now. So I get... It is getting so close. Yeah. So I would definitely start with Tinkercad and go from there. There's also a lot of good YouTubers who do tutorials on 3D printing and designing. But it just starts simple. Like once you can make a box, it's really just combining shapes to make a bigger shape of combined shapes. Nice. Bigger shape of shapes. Real quick, for my first resin printer, I want to get an Enicubic Photon D2, but the build plate is small. Can I make big things with a small plate or anything you would let a newbie know when you're getting started with, I'm assuming resin printing? Well, I think that the Enicubic plate is what like six inches by four inches, which is the same as a Mars 2 Pro, which is what I have. So you can build taller, obviously, but the base of your item is going to have to be contained on the plate unless you want to print it in two pieces and glue it, but I don't personally feel like that looks really good. If you want to build or print bigger things, I'd go with the filament printer because it can handle a much bigger surface area.  And that's what filament does. Got it. So you can put it together. You can print it in many pieces and piece it together.  You could get a Saturn. Yeah, well, I tell you, I have a Jupiter. I ordered the Jupiter and it's sitting, I've never used it yet. I got it in August, finally. It took a year from the Kickstarter. But, but- And it'll take you another year to open it? It's open. How much money and resin to fill it with? Yeah, I know, right? Well, you're looking at two liters. I think it's two or two and a half liters to fill the vat. And then, and that's just to fill the vat. And then it holds another one in the back to feed. And then washing it too, you're gonna wash it hard. Can you imagine washing something that bad? So what do you got? So I had 3D printing. I've started more with, so I've been building furniture with wood craft sticks. So this is one of my little coffee tables I made. And I'm really bad at camera stuff here. You gotta block faces. Okay, there we go. Little coffee table there. And that's just coffee stir sticks on the top here. Really cool. That is.  You bought me that really cool thing, your jobber. Yeah, that really, it's a really cool thing in my job. It's a miter snips. They make something called a miter snipper, a miter cutter or something like that. It literally looks like a scissors, but it's a miter. It like has all the angles of, oh, she has one. There you go. Oh, nice. Very similar to that. I did not use this saw. And then you can do different angles on it. And yeah, and it just cuts right through whatever. That's genius when we saw that. I was like, we need this. Cause she was, she bought a tiny little miter box and a tiny little saw and she was like. And it was still coming out like not square. And it was already done. Yeah, you need the clipboards or a saw, a mini saw, which I also have. And a upper fray has a little miter saw in the way. Yeah, it's miter shears. I think that's what they're called too. They're so, it's so good. What else you got? This is my, here I'll do this. It still, you know what cracks me up when Anna, when I was chatting, literally I just turned my, pushing a drawer from the back and I could literally do that cause I never finished. You got to show, bring it closer. Oh, look at that. Here we go. This is my little bathroom cabinet. No things are gonna fall out. Put it up close to the table. There you go. I marbled the top and built all the things and the drawers open and, yeah. So you buy the sink and. Yeah, the sink I purchased. The towel actually cut out of some of this and built for crossings. And I made the little toilet papers in here. Let's see that. Like pull that out once. So she literally cut and rolled little pieces of toilet paper to put in there. Let's see if you can put it in. I don't have hands. Let me see. Oh, look at that. You got a toilet toilet paper. They're literally little baby toilet paper rolls. And that's a 3D printed basket that I purchased from Bush Baby. I can't make them either. I always thought he had 3D printers. Brian said that's a sinking feeling. Huh? Brian, did you see Mitch's here too? Hey Brian. I love how it's funny cause the camera is focusing on your face. Oh, I know, I know. It's fine. So where would we be without Brian? So Brian, just so you know, he's our resident dad joke guy. Like Punter extorted an error. So is there anything you wish you could design and you haven't yet or vice versa? Is there anything you wish that you like I shouldn't ever design this? It's really difficult for me to design anything with organic shapes like a human, an animal, a tree because you just can't really do that in Tinkercad and I'm not well versed enough in the other programs to be able to do that. So those are things that I want to learn how to do. Nice. But everything else that I design is like really just easy shapes. Like I'm really proud of this wolf range I made. Wow, that's crazy. And it lights up in here. Of course it does. Of course it lights up.  I know it lights up. Well, the door is magnetic. So it hooks on, but like as you can tell it's just shapes.  It's so cool how you can take stuff and to see it in real life too is like something different than seeing it on camera. All the stuff Lindsey's making. It's a little, you have to do it. Some little things from Anna, let's see what it is. So this is a mascara. Oh my God. I don't know if I'm going to be able to show this. Let's see, we've got to get everybody's faces out. See this? Apparently this is a little mask. Oh, it opens? Oh my gosh. Hang on. Oh my gosh. I don't even know if I can show this. It's too, can you, I don't even know how to show this because it's so small.  Hang on, hang on. All right, you got to put it back in there. I'm going to mess that up and fix my glasses. Just don't drop it. Yeah, just don't drop it. That is crazy, by the way. What else is in there, did you have? Oh, a little lip, is that open? Is there lipstick in it? You might want to try this one. Did you see what I just did to your mascara? I know, but I can't hold it back. Oh yeah, here, just put it up, like right up into the camera up here. That's awkward. And then we'll look at your face. Look at our faces, they're so cute. This is the craziest thing of, there it is, there it is. Yeah. You actually need a macro camera. Yeah, we do. It's so small. They're so small. Yeah. Yeah, thank you, thank you, Geary, for that. I appreciate that. Like this pencil is one of the smallest things I've ever seen. She's not a genius. She uses a tweezers. Yeah, that's a good one. Tazor, it's not. She's done it before. That is, that's like a pencil, just a little pencil. That's a little pencil. Do you product photography? I mean, how do you do your product photography? Just done an iPhone. Oh, really? With just a macro camera? Camera? Yeah. That's awesome. That's really cool. Today on MicroMakes, there you go. Oops, sorry about that, Geary. So it's funny that you say that. I got the Pixel 7 Pro now. And if you get it close to something like that, it automatically goes into macro mode. And I was like, I hate it. What, I thought it was amazing because you don't know how much I shake. So I'm like, what's going on? And everything's like, but I'm like, oh, it's so close. It looks so nice. Yeah, today on MicroMakes. So, do you have any questions, Mitch? Jump in. I know you asked about the camera. I'm just fascinated by all of this. So I have another question, more for my own personal gain. Because why not? I ordered one of your cameras. It's totally unfinished. And I'm just to paint it. And you paint things that are so tiny. And I'm a very detailed person, but I'm like, I don't even know how to even paint that tiny. What are your tips for finishing things that you print and then paint them? So for the camera, I just spray painted it black. And then when you're painting things that are super small, my best advice is to hold your breath, don't blink, and then go. And don't blink and don't breathe while you're painting it. When you need to take a breath, like set it aside. And then start using like a single, like crystal paint brush or like. A single brush brush. Yeah. She pulls one of the little fibers. Like I need one of these. No. She gets that mascara out and she. I use a nail artist brush like for what they nail artists use to paint. And then, but I have painted things with a single one of my own hairs. Like I pulled out a piece of my hair and dipped it in the paint and was painting with it. That is phenomenal, by the way. You're more funny if you listen to it. Yeah.  Was that a number two pencil? Yeah. That was a .2 pencil. Actually, is it .2 millimeter?  Yes. Breathe and then hold your breath. For me, it would be like this. I feel like you need one of those a vinchy surgery robots. Yes. I need one of those. You need to like, you know. There you go. No, it's seriously like meditating. You have to like freeze your whole body. Don't breathe. Don't blink. And then just do as much as you can in that one breath. And then. And then pull up through the door. And you're like, no. No. Right. I'm like. Don't touch my brain. I'm going to give you a heads up. I'm going to jump. What is happening in my life right now? That's okay. I'm going to pop your Instagram up because you have some really fun pictures. And then I want to show some people that we're talking about your painting. And it is seriously, it's amazing. And also, Stephen Poole says you need a one or two millimeter nozzle. 100%. I think we were talking about a point to nozzle, right? And I think you can easily get that for your soul.   Like I still, every single day I'm getting comments that I, that I, it was a little quick baby. But I'm over it. So here's some idea of painting, right? This one right here kind of shows. So it's kind of little, how you're kind of positioning things. And- I love that there's a cow and a bunny rabbit in your nativity. Aw. There's a cow and a bunny rabbit in her nativity. Yes, yes it is. I think that's a bunny rabbit. It's supposed to be a donkey. Oh, sorry. So, oh yeah, donkey. Oh, okay. I like that the people are like simple shapes. Yeah. To make them look like, you know, little- Well, that and nativities are like that. Okay. Yeah. Not that size. We could make this happen, Ed. So, something to note is that you, you FDM printed the outside of this, right? And then you resin printed the drawers and the people. Right. And I think if I remember right, there you go. In the back of this, you actually made a channel for the lighting to run, which I'm trying to remember which video that was in. Oh look, she does make a miniature of herself. No, I didn't make that one. Oh, that was the one else. I didn't even make that, yeah. Mini Misha, shout out. I love it. Can we get Eddie Murphy on this show? Maybe. So, you got a little, little crispy, donkey. I know. Not only did she have to like print those trees, but she decided to like them. There you go. Yeah, lighting them.  Yeah, so I have, this is the battery. It is teeny. And then the lights are literally like hairs. These are. Oh my God, they're smaller than I thought they were. These are. Oh my gosh. The lights. Yeah, that's crazy. That is tiny. And then they fit, I designed it so that this. Oh, it fits in the model. That's good. Yeah, the battery fits in. It snaps in. Right there. And then these wind around and. The switch is so big. Yeah, the switch is so big compared to like the rest of it. Yeah, the switch goes in there and then I just wire it up. That's so cool. Yeah. Oh my God. But this is something I couldn't do really in resin because it just, it wouldn't work as well. Well, and it's cool that you, you did that so fast.  And here's the, I think this is a picture. Oh, I thought that was a real size. She made that. Let me pop this open. A baby carrier. That was real.  And if you notice, that's it. That's a snow globe, right? That Lindsay sent you. Yeah, Lindsay sent me the snow globe. So Lindsay's been making these little, little obviously baby snow globes like this out of UV curable resin. Can you talk about that? Like, how do you do it? I just found a mold that was on that first I tried putting all the glitter like in there. Like a snow globe would be and it just blocked it too much. And I like glitter. So I was probably putting too much glitter in, but then I decided to use the glitter as the backdrop. Like a mica powder, but that would probably dissolve too much, right? Yeah. Yeah, mica powder. Well, and what's cool is that she has these little tiny ball molds and you do it in layers, right? Yeah, I do the glitter layer and I lay a little object in and then I put the clear on. It's very cool. What's up, Dan? What's up? And I made that light. And I made that light? Oh, no one's looking at it because I'm not sharing it. I know I'm showing you. Hang on, there we go. So if you walk through this, so this is your kitchen at your house, right? No. Yeah, Christmas is hot. Oh my God. What the heck? It's so cool. I sent you one. And they're magnetic too. That is super cool. I love looking like, you kind of just want to live there. I know. That's what I said. I'm going to ask you how much for rent. $100 a milliliter. I like Lindsay's house the same thing. It's going to be way nicer than our house is when she's done with it. One of my favorite things to do is just sit and stare at it. So I guess that's a good question. Are you ever done? Is that something that is the thing? Are you ever done with a house? So you get it, is there ever a point where you're like, I think I'm done now? Probably not. No? It's always something to do or change or add or make. Yeah. So those are just like your real house. Right? Yeah. Oh, here you go. This is the TV, right? Yeah, that's for Samsung. That's cool. That's, you're working with resin. Isn't it so nice not to have put gloves on and do all the things? You take it off the printer and it's almost ready. Yes. Yeah.  I've always struggled with that. Yeah. And Ed is really, I gotta pause this. Ed is really stuck on, how do you see straight when you're like looking at stuff so little all the time? It's like, you know. It's always glasses. Oh, Rihanna. So then there you go. So this is the TV you made it, it spins around. And this is the house you put it. We showed this a little bit ago, right? A little bit. A little Roomba vacuum. What the heck? Did you design that too? Yeah. Oh, I like the Hex lights too. Yes. Those animate too. Oh yeah. There you go. Up here. Yeah. Did you do that too? Yeah, I designed those. What the heck? That's so cool. Oh, my studio to look like that. So good. Any other questions? I know we're gonna jump into some hot makes. We get to check out some cool stuff that the community is doing too. And we do that every show. Any questions you have? Oh, look at that. I know. A little baby car seat. Like where do you come up with the ideas to make stuff?  Like, I lie awake at night. Like you're working off of or? I literally lie awake at night thinking of like, what do I wanna make next? And then putting it in the notes in my phone. And the list now is like hundreds of items long. And then I think of something else and I probably will never get to them all. I can relate. I get really excited about random things that come to me in the middle of the night. I cannot, I can't. I would never be able to see the actual work, the walk around the street and like, oh, I can make that miniature. I can make that miniature. It starts to happen though. You're like, how could I make that tiny? Is this a little glue stick? Yeah, it's the Elmer's glue stick. What? That's like two millimeters. Just like you can put that on your baby printer on the build plate. But it's funny because like I have fumble fingers. It's definitely, if you watched any of my streams, anyone out there knows this. So what's interesting is that we have an end scale train table, a full diorama train table thing. And they're, they're like tiny. The engines are like this big, right? And we have, I have a problem with those getting them on the tracks and stuff. I cannot imagine trying to deal with Lindsay's laughing because any time I do a project, if there's screws, they're on the ground. Like there's something on the ground. I can only imagine how much you drop like of the little mascaras and Elmer's glues and like- I was just gonna say you could vacuum up your floor and then like reuse everything. Yes. Well, I have played violin since I was four. So I feel like maybe I have nimble fingers from that. That's my excuse. There you go. We play violin. Yes. Oh, you do. You do. There you go. Yeah. Lindsay. That actually was the first thing I did in Resin was I wanted to do the joke of the world's smallest violin. So I printed one. I think it was called millimeters long. And I found a model on Thingiverse and I printed it and then promptly lost it. But there was somebody at the makerspace that had a full-size violin that he made on the CNC router. And so I have a picture of the smallest violin in the F-all of the biggest violin.  Mitch here was also on Team Sub-Zero for Battlebots. Yeah. And we actually, we made a miniature Battlebot. Oh, nice. I read the front of that one with like a thin scale or something. Yeah. And he also has a literally a backpack printer. He puts it on his back and he walks around and it 3D prints on his back. Right at the... It's phenomenal. I gotta ask, let's see. I saw some funny games here. Oh, ask her about her Vegas mini show. We need to know about this. Okay, so there is a miniature show in Vegas the weekend of February 24th, 2023 at the Gold, I think it's called Gold Coast Hotel. And there's tons of different vendors that are going. It's mostly modern miniatures, but it's all scales. Barbie 112, Barbie's bigger. I'll be there and I will have a table and I'll be selling. It's my first show that I'm going to be a vendor at. So I'm super excited and it's in Vegas. So let's party. Let's go to Vegas. I'm in. Let's go. I've never been. Oh, let's do it. I'm in. It's a miniature show. Is that mean it's pretty fast if it's a miniature show? No, the whole is actually a miniature and you have to duck it to get into it. I'm screwed. I'm going to be a giant. Like, all right. Well, I tell you what, we got about 10 minutes left. Let's jump into some hot makes and see what some people are doing around in the community. Ladies and gentlemen, here's some hot makes. Well, first we got, yeah, I did. My sister was hopefully a little guy's doing OK with you. If you're if you're first, we got Matt. And he is doing some lithophane. We need some miniature lithophane. Someone mentioned that in the chat earlier. That would be. Can you imagine trying to print a lithophane that small, though? I don't know if it's possible. We'll have to try. Or you could do it. You get the 8K on those frozen 8Ks. That'd be cool. So I don't know if you've seen a lithophane yet. Anna, but literally, you can take pictures. You make it a positive picture. And then when you print it mostly in white, but people do different colors, you print it the thicker part. You put a light behind it, thicker parts and thinner parts show through different. In this case, this is a globe, right? Yeah, I've seen them. Oh, nice. I thought you said no, see that. I'm explaining. And you said yes. Lithophanes are awesome. They're so cool. This is really good, Matt. Matt is like a lithophane guy. So he does some awesome stuff. This is a 400 millimeter tall and a lithophane is 200 millimeters. So that's awesome. Does moon lithophane look really cool? Yeah, for sure. They're difficult to print without support. Oh, now I need to try it. All right, next we've got local maker, Michigan. I do enjoy the painting process, and it looks awesome. As long as you're squinting through a dark sunglasses at 15 feet away. Good thing I printed three more for practice. I got to tell you, yeah, Rat Pink, I got to tell you, this is way better than I will do at 100 feet. So you've seen my painting on the channel. And I usually. And that's full scale, too. Nice. So nice work. What do you think? Can we make this miniature, Anna? For sure. She's like, yes, we can. Nice work. What else we got? Oh, Ellie, Ellie is killing it. So so there's a maker in her community. Her name is Ellie. She has a cheek to develop developed cocoa press. It's a chocolate printer, a chocolate printer. And in this case, she was challenged in the in the community to print a flexible. And she printed an articulating chocolate. That is dope. That's so cool. I. And then she ate it. And then she ate it. Yeah, yeah. What else did you want to name it first? I remember it was so good. So that is probably the world's first articulating chocolate print. Nice work, Ellie. Or Ellie. And I think she did. I think she said she wanted to name it. And I don't remember if she got a name, but we'll have to find out. But that is, it's so cool. All right. I told her, asked her at IRF we saw her in October, if I could lay under it and just like pour the chocolate in my mouth, she said no. This is Shannon Lee Maker, finished a custom commission of handmade domestic steel pendant with. Was this Alges? Sure. Yeah, yeah. So there you go. It's a Damascus steel pendant. Yeah. Do you ever do any metal stuff? Yeah. I haven't yet, but I want to. This is cool. I think it's so cool seeing all these women makers, especially printers, since I feel like printing is such a male dominated. Absolutely. There you go. Now we can kind of see that. Oh, it's so good. I love Damascus anyway. Nice work, Shannon Lee Maker. Well, Liz, we got you next. Say it again. Yeah, she said hi earlier too. Yeah. She's with us. So many roses for gifts. This is Colleen Milliker, silk green, and these are bases in Christmas gold and polytera lava and a whole bunch of other colors. But anyways, roses are from printables.com. I love these. We've seen them a few times lately and every time they're so. Are those printed upside down, right? Flat side down? That looks like it would be. Yeah, it looks like that's how it looks down here. No, this way. Oh. Yeah, there are. I print them on a base. That's cool. That's a good quote. Liz, let us know. I think you're probably right.  That's a smart way to do it. Nice. I love that. There you go. Another mini flower vase and roses idea. She says she have about 45 of those. Nice. Probably all I'm going to use my V zero for now. Stephen Poole built with a Polymaker 3D filament steel gray. It's a charcoal black and silk bronze. This is a Toymaker 3D 150 plus parts. I believe it's two weeks. Where do you say two weeks in printing? And there's a banana. Wait a minute. An official hot makes banana for scale. There it is. This is the official hot makes banana. We're going to have to make a small banana for Anna. I was just going to say, I need a banana. I know Lama's with us. I saw him chatting already. I'm pretty sure I saw him chatting. We need like a millimeter size banana for scale for Anna in the miniature community. Wouldn't that be 12th scale? It will be 12th scale. So what is that? One inch for every 12, right? Yes. And then I can put it on my miniature stove all when I print and design my miniature stove. Nice. I love this. But this Toymaker makes some really cool designs. And I absolutely love it. Yeah. I love all the pieces that go into this and put together by 3D Gloop, by the way. That's similar to the Godzilla that they had at IRF. Yeah, that was cool. Yep, same maker, too. Nice work there.  I just wanted to bring this one. I know we showed something from him already. But we need to start making some cars for Tristan, I think. That would be so cool. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Hey, you got printers. Another idea for a banana meter. Yes. There you go. King Kong, not Godzilla. Yes, thank you. Oh, a nanometer for scale. There you go. Yeah. I bet if he's watching, if Lam was watching, we'll have a miniature banana for scale by the end of the episode. I bet you. He's so fast with that. So anyways, these things are sweet. The lights up, or is it reflected? I think that's reflected. Oh, it's just a great idea. Oh, yeah, yeah. I think they could light up. I don't know if it looks like they're reflected. It's such a cool idea. I love printing stuff like this. I printed some rockets that I did some shorts on last week. I brought them home, and Tristan loves them. He's just like, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. Yeah. All right, what else have we got here? We're almost ready. Oh, the open source 3D-printed RC snowmobile V2 will be available soon. Oh, we'll see if we can get one. We'll check this out. There you go. You can make a mini snowmobile. It is already mini, but. We're going to have to battle those. Yes. Sam, if you're watching, deathracer's in the snow. That'd be good for the Rocky Mountain Rap Prop Festival. There you go. If it's snow, it's fun. If it's still snowing. Oh, it will be. In April? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's pretty awesome. Have you ever seen our printed RC stuff? Yeah, when I was watching videos of how to first print stuff. We did deathracer's recently, which is a lot of fun. And I really have a thing for making some airplanes. That's my next thing. I'm going to print some airplanes. Actually, right behind me over here is a bunch of pieces, one of which might be broken in half because the little guy was here. He's like, what's this? I was like, well, there's that. No, not anymore. All right, last but not least, Grafite, this is amazing. This is one-tenth by the Prey... I can't even talk. Prey Collection on Patreon. And I got to pop this open, maybe. There we go. Yes. Oh, from, yeah, teenage movie. Oh, I like the glowing slide. It glows, yeah. That's cool. That's a lot of details. It glows. I'd say that was Rezunner. Yeah, let's see. He doesn't say. It is Rezunprint. Yep, this is Hesham. So it is definitely awesome. He, the painting he does, is just outstanding anyway. Here's a little spinaruni, let's see. Hopefully we're muted. We are, okay, good. I love this. So theoretically, this is a miniature too. Yeah, that's probably close to one-twelfth scale. Awesome. So those are hotmakes for the episode and some pretty fun stuff. It's always cool seeing stuff that you guys do.  Hashtag hotmakes on the Twitters. We'll work, we got to start just searching Instagram manually because there's a bunch of stuff out there. We just can't do it automatically. So I just need to get on that. She's been getting on me on Facebook. So I know we're close to the end here. One more time. Who are you? Where are you from? Where can we find your stuff? Hi, I am Anna Wright and I live in Los Angeles. I make miniature things, mostly in one-twelfth scale. You can find me on my Instagram, which is little.house.lights. Or on TikTok, Little House of Lights, all one word. And I also have an Etsy called A Little House of Lights where I sell some of my miniature things. Nice. And where can we find you? That's not a place. Go put me on the spot. Surprise. I can't even think of the name of my thing now. Little, making. Making my little house a home. Yeah, but underscores in between all the fours. Everything's in the description below. Mitch, where can we find you? In Wisconsin right now, that's where he is. I am here. Now I'm on Twitter and the Mitch 22 on pretty much everything, or Mitch 3D. Yes, reruns of Battle Boss. Yeah, and not this year. The coming up season, I think in January, we won't be in it, but our fellow Dallas people are gonna be there. So you'll see them online. I really want to see the backpack printer. Oh, I'm gonna pull it up right now. Yeah, pull it up. Where it's on the Twitter. So I don't understand, how does it stay level? So it's a Delta design. So because everything's rigid, it doesn't matter its orientation. It just, it'll print regardless of orientation. So it will just print level to the bed? Yeah, so it's all relative to the bed and it auto-calibrates the bed just like auto-leveling. And so that's level square. I don't have anything recently, unfortunately. I think didn't you post other people watching? Yeah, I think Justin has something too. Justin almost there. Justin Brick, where he was, I kind of had him be my backpack person. And so, yeah, unfortunately, so I've been actually live streaming recently, but that's something else.  Oh, TikTok. Yeah. Oh boy. Oh, here we go. Is that the Halloween costume? Just show that. That's funny enough. Hang on. This is, I mean, So my boyfriend made that, but yeah. But basically, yeah, so it's an Amazon backpack frame, but I actually made the steel frame that mounts it to the printer. And the printer is a Delta designed by CME CNC. And I modified all the parts on it. So, but the biggest part is that it just, it runs off of like lithium batteries. So I get about two hours of print time. There we go. There we go. Don't you get hot wearing it? It's about 35 pounds. But like, if you're not running on it, I mean, it's not something I'd wanna run with, but you can run with it. I've actually had Joel telling a pretty friend that last time he wore it, he was able to run with it as it was printing. And it doesn't skip a beat. It doesn't skip layers in. That is amazing. That is so cool. It might make an appearance someday. I have other plans for my next project. Awesome. That's the backpack printer. And I know we're a little bit late, but I appreciate it. And thank you so much for being here. I know we got a full house with everybody. Lindsey, thank you for coming too. And Mitch, I know you're up here. He chatted me and he's like, I'm gonna be in Wisconsin. Yeah, they sent me here for work. And I was like, hey, I know somebody. So, but yeah, hang out right there. We'll be right back with you, Anna. And everybody else, thank you guys so much for being here. Thank you for watching. Every Monday vote, though, don't forget to vote if we may or may not move hotmakes for the next year. And we're not, yeah, we're not moving into the weekend. But don't forget to vote. There's a link in the description and there's a link being broadcast right now in the chats. Geary, anything else we have? Next week we're gonna have a fun stream, right? Always. It's always a fun stream. Yeah. What was that? I just said we always do. We definitely always do. All right, well, everybody else, thank you guys so much for being here. Anna, hang out. We'll be right back with you, everybody. Have a great week. We'll see you next week. Bye. Bye.