Archipelago

The Archipelago has been displayed and put to rest. I feel that school has kinda burned me out, so once summer vacation gets here, I may take a rest from the art stuff for a while.

Before that, of course, I have another piece to send up to the Gallery Project in Ann Arbor. I made good progress on it the other day, so I now only have a bit more modeling and painting to do before it's street ready.

Other than the art stuff, I have a couple plans for the summer. I plan to force myself into doing a diet and exercise routine, which will be too much as it is. And while dieting, why not make food? I'm also researching mushroom cultivation and hydroponics so I can start up a drug syndicate. Or maybe I'll just grow some oyster mushrooms and some tomatoes.

I'll keep you posted. Maybe.

Michigan Small Colleges Art Exhibit

Emily made it into a shiny big art show. She also earned me $50! Way to go, girl!

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Archapelago Update

I finally finished painting the little dude who is going to hang out on top of my islands. He has a hoe.

That is all.

Major Update, reporting for duty!

So a few months ago I finished this little guy, but never got around to talking about him. Actually, I finished him, then didn't post any pictures in hopes of surprising my D&D group. This is a Mind Flayer, and they are meeeeeean.

The proces for making him was roughy the same as it was for all of the other minis I have made, so scroll down to the Evil Fred entry if you want to see the how-to.

As a part of my Archipelago project which you may be aware of, I am making a little house for some of my little guys. Here it is as it currently sits. I am putting a roof on it so I can add shingles later on. You can also see the spot that will eventually hold the door. I also intend to put some windows on the outside.

That's all for now, folks!

Please Hold

The school year is getting quickly back into full swing, so I have considerably less time to work on my hobby-type stuff. I am the Vice President of the Gamers Council, the newly founded gaming club on campus. That takes up a chunk of my time, as does all of my readings and projects for class. Quite honestly it's all a real pain.

Anyhoo, once I head home I plan to put the matte coat on my Thrulgül miniature and get a picture of that up. Apart from that all I have to report is that I got some shiny new Winsor & Newton Series 7 Miniature brushes, which are specially made for use with minis. I'm excited to give them a try!

Wax Casting

I've been messing with casting stuff out of wax so that I can later cast stuff in metal. This was the first attempt that even came close to working. As you may or may not be able to see, it lost lots and lots of detail. This is a problem that I'll have to figure out how to fix. I think that perhaps sloshing the wax around inside would help a bit. Perhaps if I use a stick of some kind to prod the wax around the mold...

Anyway, we'll see how it works out.