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NCR Veteran Ranger pt. 2
the next step was to saturate the paper model with resin and lay it up from the inside with strips of resin-saturated fiberglass mat.
after that was dry i sanded it down and shaped it with several coats of body filler and glaze putty.
as you can see i ended up scrapping the 2nd and 3rd tier in favor of shaping the lip on the first one.
to fill in the minor details inside the mask i finely shredded glass in a cup and mixed in some resin to make a glass reinforced filler… it worked really well.
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this year’s halloween costume: NCR Veteran Ranger
started with Hugh Holder’s pep file
i bought a ‘Craft-Robo Silhouette SD’ because i HATE cutting out pieces
Craft-Robo arrived…puppy chewed through power cord
soldered cord… ready for action
‘pepakura’ is a window’s-only papercraft program
so i boot up bootcamp on my iMac
my windows partition crashes… and it will not come back on
so i need to find a PC… i call my mom
she’s got an extra one. it powers up… but the screen doesn’t come on.
NBD i’ll just blug it into my TV….
NOPE… still no image
so i do a little reading
conclude that the GPU has peeled away from the motherboard
so i take that puppy apart…not one piece is attached to another
i opt for the quick fix and just Reflow the chip (i know, shame on me)
plug a few ribbons in, touch the battery to the terminal….
SCREEN ON! Woo Hoo!
put it back together… install my ‘Silhouette SD’
open up ‘pepakura’ and… no luck
so to wrap things up i went on craft-robo’s website and downloaded 5 drivers before i got one to work… so, yes, i didnt have to cut those pieces out. but i’m not sure i came out ahead.
anyway more pics to come soon…k.bye
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my wife and i got a new puppy. her name is leia. she’s wonderful.
and here is a picture of my princesses (zelda and leia) together.
they get along marvelously. and zelda seems really happy to have a new playmate.
Sooo… three months, no posts… that’s, uh….that’s pretty sad. I’m gonna try and work on that… starting now.
so this is my back yard
i fenced it with the help of my friends and family
we planted a garden but there are so many trees that it doesnt get enough sunlight so the yield is minimal.
i built that hutch for pancakes out of leftover fence wood, an old sandbox, some chicken wire, and some extra shingles i had in my garage…the roof is on hinges so we can get in to feed her, pet her, whatever.
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i’ve been working on illustrating a children’s book for a friend of my mom. its a really sweet story about a young walrus named wiley learning to love himself.
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This is what Zelda is looking like these days.
as always, photo courtesy of my wife: carissa-xy.tumblr.com
so… i know i suck…
…but i’ve been working on illustrating a book for someone and didn’t feel like i could post my work without the author’s consent. but i’m gonna give her a holler and see if she’d be down with me throwing my pieces up on here… also my boba fett helmet got completely wrecked in the move. so that project is on hiatus until i buy a new one. this time i’ll invest in a good bucket so i dont have to do all that body work on it. ( …not that the one you got me wasn’t “good” , honey… i really loved it before i wrecked it! )
… the link suit however is still a go… it managed in the move quite well. just need the time to devote to it. between home improvement and Zelda (puppy) i’ve been kinda strapped for time… i’ll toss some before and afters up to show what we did to the house.
and thank you for not un-following me… it just warms my heart.
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so… i havent posted in quite a while….that is because i’ve been quite busy. since my last post i bought a house, painted some rooms, replaced the trim, began refinishing the cabinetry, and moved into that house. i also bought a puppy! and she’s been a handful. her name is Zelda. she’s 1/2 german shepherd, 1/4 aussie, and 1/4 border collie. and shes the first dog my wife or i have ever owned and i love her.
as a result of buying a house i have some new projects to add to the queue. so i hope to be posting alot more soon. thanks for following! k.bye.
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