Eldros Report post Posted January 8, 2008 Hi everyone, I am brand spankin' new to Leatherworking. I found your board searching the net and have already gotten a lot of good information from it before the "incident" I have heard rumors of. I am looking to start completely from scratch, I have not even bought the tools yet. I have two goals in picking up this skill as a hobby. The first goal is to create a piece of SCA armor for my(and my fiance's) Ren Festival costume, and the second is to be able to assist with some small alterations of my parent's leather horse equipment. The primary objective I am looking for is to have fun though! Background... I am a computer nerd. I will assist where I can in your tech section here since I cannot help it(darn the addictions). I am a programmer for employment, but fix/build/pimp out computers for fun. I am a hard core computer gamer, with most of my gaming being spent with RL friends in World of Warcraft right now(I hear the laughter and see the eyes roll...). Other than that, I play soccer every chance I get and love to learn new things(why I am here). Thanks for the great info and be warned I am starting from ground level!! El Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Go2Tex Report post Posted January 8, 2008 hey, no eye rolling here. I was fairly well adicted to Combat Flight Sim for a while, then I got into leatherwork and it's been down hill ever since. But, welcome aboard and enjoy the ride. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Report post Posted January 8, 2008 Welcome E! Lots of peeps here to answer any questions you may have. don't be afraid to ask Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorsehairBraider Report post Posted January 8, 2008 Nice to have you here! And you live in Columbus? That's where I was born. You have a lot of fun ahead of you with this new hobby! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ericluther Report post Posted January 8, 2008 welcome Eldros!!! what WoW server are you on lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don101 Report post Posted January 8, 2008 Hi EL welcome to the forum glad you are a nerd and found us, lol , no eye rolling here as up untill a year a go i was a pro gamer and belonged to two clans mainly all the BF and CSS so i know how serious it is and involves a lot of time and tackticks, Don Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaverslayer Report post Posted January 9, 2008 Welcome to the forum, glad to have you here. You will find there are lots of people ready and willing to help you along, enjoy yourself. Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Hello and welcome Firerose! And also welcome to an addiction that can easily top hours per week compaired to computer gaming, well almost anyways. That is if you would be picking up orders in the future. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eldros Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Thanks for all the responses... lets see if I can get them all. I am actually from Canal Winchester, but work in downtown Columbus and travel the city for soccer leagues. I am currently active on the Stormrage server in the Ruin battlegroup for WoW. We have a small guild called the Frequent Flyers(you will understand why I am sure), that is just made up of real life friends. I am mainly focused on my 70 Alliance Hunter and getting him pimped out with PvP gear. I have been having a ball over these crappy weather months. As far as FPS games, I was HUGE into Quake 2 LMCTF where I also did tons of online competition. I also played a lot in HL Counterstrike 1.5(which I still run a server for my lan parties). Other than that...most of the gaming is now just LAN parties and some MMOPRGs. BF is still heavily popular even though we are moving into the BF2 LAN arena finally. Hehe. Ok, I guess I should actually being doing my real work now. Thanks for the advice and I plan to steal computer hours for this now. I did get into making some wood items last year, but think that Leather will be much more fun for my style and abilities. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maeshin Report post Posted January 18, 2008 Pleased to meet you! Computer nerdiness is nothing to be ashamed of ^_^ my brother is the biggest computer nerd I've ever met, and he's a totally awesome and socially ept person : ) As to World of Warcraft, that's all well and good (my brother, again, went through a phase wherein he played it quite a bit). I hear that it's quite a fun (and addictive) game, though I prefer Dungeons & Dragons myself ^_^ Welcome to the board, and I hope that all of us here can help you out with your work in one way or another ^_^ P.S.: If you're in the Michigan area, you should really consider going to Mayfaire--totally sweet renaissance festival ^__^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
