Flashy
Casting Flashy got...interesting...
We started with a box and a lot of clay. Next time I do this, I'm going to remember to fill in the clay more, and smooth it out better.
We thought that one container/package of mold mix would be enough per side, and we had a third kit in reserve. I grossly underestimated the amount of volume this box could hold, and ended up using all three kits just to make one half of the mold. Not just that, but I had to tilt the box and stick one of the empty bottles into the mixture to force the volume of the mix to shift so there would be enough over all of the gun.
She hardened up nice, and left me with half a mold. My buddy Erich is heading to Reynold's Advanced Materials later this week, and picking up another 3 mix-kits for me. Hopefully late next Sunday I'll be able to pour the last half of the mold, and maybe pull a blaster the following Monday.
Darth Malgus
My work on Darth Malgus is interesting and entertaining. I'm having fun experimenting with building his armored parts from Pepakura files and EVA Foam mats.
The don't look too bad, if you ask me...
There are slightly thnner mats out there, so I may make yet another pair of gauntlets soon. I guess I'll just have to use these for LARPing or something.
Jedi Consular
The Jedi Consular is coming along, dammit. I wish there was more to show, but Sarah has been working on a lot of aspects of it at once, and it's sometimes dizzying to try and keep track of it all. We're actually pretty well along. I'd say it's about 60% done. All the pieces are cut out, and are starting to come together. We're just finishing up on a lot of the detail work that needs to be done when it's in it's component pieces. I can show what I'm going to be doing for the glowing runes that run up the seams of the leather over-robe.
For the large runes on the bottom of the Skirt, sarah's basically embroidering them with mylar "mint green" thread over a white shimmery gauze, and then running an iron over them to fuse them together.
What she's done so far (not pictured here) LOOKS great, but it takes so damn long to do. Sarah is giving herself a recurring back ache working on this part. Each rune takes about an hour to do, because the machine needs to chug along at it's slowest possible speed or the mylar thread snaps. And it snaps a lot.
501st Clone Trooper
My 501s Clone Trooper has actually been down for a while now. To get into this helmet, I actually cut away the faceplate and have it secured with a series of Rare Earth Magnets and metal brackets. Well, it wasn't really holding too well that way, so I replaced the Rare Earth Magnets with Even Stronger Rare Earth Magnets. This seems to work well. I also trimmed out the visor a little more so it wasn't completely crushing my nose (which was contributing to the old magnets not being able to hold the face on properly). The suit is wearable again, even if I do still need to upgrade my ab plate.
Going Forward
Got a bunch of projects to finish up, a few more I want to start, and eventually to start gathering pieces for the lightsaber I want to built. (Boy, is that going to be inexpensive...NOT...) Most of it will need to wait, tho. I really need to kick my packing into high gear and get my house packed up.
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