Slow going on the armor lately.
We did get around to making the pauldrons,
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| From 2011 buildup |
And casting the arms and legs for assorted pieces.
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| From 2011 buildup |
In fact all those pieces have been made and covered in Das clay to make them smooth. In fact, the later pieces are skipping the celluclay all together, just using Das over the monster mud. The left side of the armor is now complete aside from paint and assembly.
I got to spend Friday with my daughter, needing to head into SLC to purchase our yearly supply of latex. Mostly so Alec can get going on his next project for school. After a week of her being terribly sick, it was good to get out of the house, and as long as we had to head out, we decided to have a little fun.
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| From 2011 buildup |
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| From 2011 buildup |
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| From 2011 buildup |
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| From 2011 buildup |
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| From 2011 buildup |
Of course, her favorite part was touching the rays. “It’s one of the ones we touched!”
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| From 2011 buildup |
Getting home, I was starting on a unicorn pinata for her birthday party. (Something of a tradition around here.)
So, I set up, grab the news paper, and start tearing, for as we all know, torn is much better than cut when it comes to paper mache. “What are you doing?”
“Tearing paper so I can make you a unicorn.”
“I don’t want it torn, I want it to be perfect!”