Ok, this new entry won't be very long.  But I just have to say... holy hell, Lucasfilm has been bought by Disney?  I can't decide if I should cheer, cry, or just... just... I don't know what ( Read more... )

...in the thought that I'd be trying to use Live Journal some again.  But in spite of the fact that I have renewed, my photos area says I have not.  Hmmmm.

Anyway... first post in a few years.  Wow.

What I have learned:

1.  Cast it WITH the shaping wires in it already.  Do not add them later by hot-gluing them--things get too messy and bulky.
2.  Hair holder thingie needs to be less tall.
3.  Making a ponytail with a wig, even following wig-ponytail-making instructions, is damned freaking hard and involves way too much glue and still comes out ( Read more... )

Moral - sandwiching two layers of Craft Foam together to double thickness of initial "sculpt" only works if you perfectly mate those two layers together. Duh. Now I know. Still, not altogether displeased.


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...or a bubbly mess. Judging by the surface bubbles still rising after ten solid minutes of tapping the unset Silicone, I am guessing s bubbly mess. I will know in 8 hours or so. Learning curves...gotta love 'em...


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First silicone mold making attempt = fairly decisive failure. Fancy Silicone Platinum from Tap Plastics is too liquid for this project. Craft foam density is less than Silicone. Hence, it floats rather than sits at bottom of poured Silicone mixture. Not useful. Have flipped sculpt upside down to float on surface and attempt mold that way. Suspect ( Read more... )

Very happy with how the craft foam draft is going... we shall see...


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So, Pippa has been working on the Most Expensive Pet Ever award.  About a month ago, she came down with a UTI.  No big deal, right?  We take her to the vet, they take a urine sample--lots of little bacteria in there and blood in the urine.  They send it off to the lab to figure out just which bacteria they are.  In the meantime, she gets Baytril--a ( Read more... )

...just before the rain.


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This weekend I have a semi-presentation to do that includes the concept of "taboo." No idea what I want to say. I am pondering. Yes, I had a long time to think about it and yes, I have delaaaaaayed. Taboo. That's the key word. Hmmm ( Read more... )