Enstaved

The Pythonic Staff of Enlightenment: PyCon AU 2018 Special Edition!

The Pythonic Staff of Enlightenment was first wielded in public at PyCon AU 2016. So we thought it would be fun to use the shop.enstaved.com staff designer to create something a bit special for PyCon AU 2018.

etsy

The Great Etsy Swindle

There's an old saying – if you want to make money in a gold rush – be the one selling shovels and pans. In the resurgence of hand crafted goods in online sales, the makers of these goods are in the middle of a gold rush, and Etsy are the ones selling shovels

Guide

A beginners guide to painting Baby Groot

I wanted to make my nephew a present you can't find in the shops. He loves baby Groot, so I decided to make one.

conventions

Kickstarter and the rise of tabletop games

Newcon was our first tabletop gaming convention, and the game geek in me really wished I wasn't manning our stall all weekend so I could get my hands on a few of the boardgames and rpgs floating around the tables.

conventions

Lessons learned from working at a comic convention

The Tech Monkey and myself are veterans of various music festivals. But neither of us had made it to a comic convention before. So it was pretty cool for both of us when we realised that the best place to meet our audience would be behind a table at a convention.

engineering

Lessons in Engineering - Assembling the Prusa i3 Mk2s and Multi Material upgrade (Part 2)

Introduction: This was originally going to be a blog about the multi material upgrade build for my Prusa i3Mk2s, but it got a bit lengthy, so I split it into 2 parts. This

engineering

Lessons in Engineering - Assembling the Prusa i3 Mk2s and Multi Material upgrade (Part 1)

Introduction: This was originally going to be a blog about the multi material upgrade build for my Prusa i3 Mk2s, but it got a bit lengthy, so I split it into 2 parts.

python

The Pythonic Staff of Enlightenment is Now on Sale and 10% Goes to the PSF!

We're pleased to announce that the Python Software Foundation has bestowed upon us their blessing to make The Pythonic Staff of Enlightenment available for sale as part of our ever-growing range of staves!

staves

Roll for Intitiative! or How D&D Didn't Ruin My Life

For all the PCs like me who want to thank their GMs for all the good times with a personalised gift, you could do a lot worse than Enstaved's DM Staff of Natural 20.

Enstaved Origins

Enstaved is the brainchild of 2 guys – one with an idea, and one with the technical ability to make it work.