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No rush Ex, just wondering if there had been any progress...or if the replacement had not come in yet.
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I did get the replacement piece, but had to temporarily put this project on the back burner as my free weekend time has been mostly occupied with a construction project on the macro scale as opposed to the micro (I'm converting a spare bedroom into a "meditation room" for the hippy-dippy Mrs. Nihil. )
I am moving into the phase of that construction project that will have more downtime, though - staining wood and painting walls and such - so I should be able to do some more work on this in fairly short order.
Thanks for your patience.
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Oh... all right, Dev... you guilted me in to starting up again.
Just kidding, man... I was actually pretty worn out from home improvement stuff yesterday, so I figured it might be a bit relaxing to work on this today, instead.
So...
"Dev of Two Worlds"
Part 6: Back Where We Started, Here We Go Round Again...
So. as I mentioned above, I did get a replacement tunic after accidentally melting the last one. Looks exactly the same, of course:
I dremeled it down to size to match the length of the one in Dean's drawing:
...then shaped it a bit with the Xacto knife, the pick, and a light grain sandpaper, adding some folds and better defining the beltline where I had removed the original pouches:
I then busted out the clay to connect the front to the sides, and also added the belt loops (there are five altogether, I just used the spacing of those on my jeans as a pattern-guide for the back):
Once bitten, twice shy on using the oven for this piece (it's made out of a very rubbery type of plastic, so I didn't want to risk another mishap. Instead, I just used a hair-dryer:
...which gave me much more control over the heat direction and temperature. It worked like a charm... no melting this time.
Then I primed the piece, and reattached it to the legs to make sure that there was no warping. Yep looks good.
As it's black on black, it's very difficult to get a photo which shows the detail. I adjusted the one below, increasing the brightness and lowering the contrast, so you can kind of see what's going on:
...but trust me, it looks a lot better in person.
Thanks, Dev, for spurring me on to work on this today... I'm glad I got this particular bit of it done.
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You've got a fine career as a lobbyist ahead you, Dev.
I know I've been a bum about this project, but it will get off the ground again soon, I promise.
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Ex, everything looks great as always and it's fun seeing the progress. Don't feel too ashamed to take a breather now and then. Creatives need it and you've definitely put in time already.
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Anything that makes Tempest happy makes LW happy.
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