Marble Track 3 Construction on Marble Track 3

Today I created a quick livestream to give this episode a video overview.

This time I focused on GIMP to overlay GC on background images.

After buying thread at Pandora House near 新百合ヶ丘駅, I retired some lengths of the previous thread which is thicker (and slightly darker (than the background)), but hanging G Choppy from it proved to be so fiddly that I decided to try using an armature for i…

Zero frames per hour, a new low!

Today is the day I forgot to take a photo of the Caret Splitter Feeder Extension Reflection Stanchion before ripping it out so I could re-place it about 1mm from where it had been blocking medium marbles from flowing down the Lowest Small-Medium Splitter…

Mr Greene has nearly put Small Marble Saver into place; just a few more steps to go!

G Choppy has certainly perfected his talents as a swordsman!

This livestream stopped before too long because I needed to let glue dry on G Choppy’s support so he can fly smoothly to Mr Greene to trim the Small Marble Saver.

History: 2025 Jun 05: CM brought 19poss and Twentieth Placed Outer Spiral support up the first ramp

History: 2025 Jun 04 : G Choppy curved the top portion

History: 2025 Jun 04 : Realized it would be needed right here: 2025 Jun 04 : Mr Greene scooped up the piece with his foot, walked off the track, and instantly had the piece in his hand as he arrived on the second bridge.

Today in 2.5 hours: Candy Mama removed debris from Sixteenth Placed Outer Spiral Support Seventeenth Placed Outer Spiral Support Mr McGlue glued Zog Rails Support while Doctor Sugar held it in place Reversible Guy tried to help Squarehead get off Paul Sup…

The episode image is a top view of Marble Track 3 Studio.

Today, I spent most of my time trying to get the characters in place and then making sure I knew what their motivations were in the movie so that I could begin moving them properly.

In Real Life, I moved, changed jobs, started a book, and more, all while Marble Track 3 waited patiently!

Because there are many Outer Spiral Supports, the demonstration Outer Spiral isn’t able to sit on the stage, so I’m making a new demo Outer Spiral which will not have legs holding it up in place, but an upper structure that holds it intact as it rests on…

History: 2025 Jun 05: CM brought 19poss and Twentieth Placed Outer Spiral support up the first ramp 2025 Jun 02: Still DNE 2022 May 03: Mistakenly identified as Zog Rails Support

written 09:09 Tuesday 03 May 2022 JST Pinky started jumping up.

Today G Choppy began curving Triple Splitter Small Feeder Inner Guider while Pinky prepares to pull herself up to help install the pieces.

Candy Mama got Zog Rails Support into place after the stage rotated sufficiently far for her to step onto it.

Today was basically a continuation of last week.

This small bamboo bar will extend from the Lower Zig Zag 3F Net Affector toward the lower end of the Triple Splitter Small Feeder Inner Bar History: 2025 Jun 02: forceps hold the piece together while glue dries 2022 Apr 05: G Choppy begins to curve the pi…

Zog Rails are two thin bamboo bars which will extend from Lower Zig Zag 3F Rails to guide small marbles from beyond Zog, over Zog and onto the Lower Zig Zag 3F.

This vertical piece will support Zog Rails.

The Eighteenth Placed Outer Spiral Support will be the second shortest support, installed quite close to the edge of the stage, near the top of the Triple Splitter.

Lower Zig Zag 3F Rails will connect to Zog Rails to help small marbles transition from Zog to Lower Zig Zag 3F.

I didn’t create a summary video for today, and I haven’t finished the summary video for two weeks ago, so for now I’ll post the latest snippet (ID -jDKzYRmhkE) and maybe finish the summary from last time and add it here or maybe create a whole separate en…

Zog touched down today (but will keep clattering for a bit next time) as Candy Mama walks down the ramp, not even watching the success of her perfect throw.

(written 11:04 Tuesday 08 February 2022 JST) I bumped Candy Mama while having Zog fly so I decided to have her walk away without watching her toss land perfectly.

It’s been three weeks or maybe 4??

I got the book of movements up to date and took a single frame, which got deleted once I more carefully looked at how Zog needs to move.

On this day, I prepared Candy Mama to toss Zog.

Today, Candy Mama’s cookies bounced!

As Reversible Guy walked down the first ramp, Candy Mama waited a bit for the stage to rotate.

On the high end, Zog will rest on el Lifty Lever Guider On its low end, Zog will feed small marbles into Lower Zig Zag 3F.

My livestream didn’t work today, but I worked for 100 minutes basically getting Zog moved most of the way up the ramp.

In today’s session, I basically just rotated the stage as Candy Mama put her hands on her hips and Reversible Guy walked down the second ramp.

I’m getting closer to having an (interim) replacement for livestreaming..

I was super happy with the visual gag having Doctor Sugar, Reversible Guy, Squarehead and Candy Mama go off the stage on the left and then immediately come up the first ramp on the right, this time with Paul.

Today I didn’t do a livestream, but I think I will go back to Youtube for that simply because they keep track of the duration of videos.

Today I nearly got The Third Arch installed.

Paul is a 10x10mm square length of hardwood, 192mm in length.

Today G Choppy cut the Sixteenth Placed Outer Spiral Support while the stage continued rotating.

One of the shortest Outer Spiral supports, glued to the Lowest Largest U-turn Berm History: 2021 Sep 24: Cut by G Choppy 2021 Jul 27: Glued by Mr McGlue 2021 Jul 6: Placed by Reversible Guy

Today I had Reversible Guy bring the chopstick in place and then decided to call in DC 48 because today is DC’s 48th birthday.

DC 48 stands proudly in its field, carrying the weight of future track on its proverbial shoulders.

I am writing this the day after doing a short livestream, but got a lot of photos taken as just a few characters were moving.

Writing this a week after the fact.

Today G Choppy started to float downward as he curved a few more joints on the The Third Arch and Doctor Sugar has backed away from the switch to watch.

One of the shortest of the Outer Spiral supports, standing next to the Triple Splitter.