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Good old intrigue!

And a failed print salvage.

Painting progress tracker:
2017: 50 of 50 planned; 2018: 80 of 60 planned; 2019: 75 of 75 planned

Pledge 2020:
6 to sculpt, 75 to paint (2/57 done) 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Thanks very much for looking in Camkieri and Wirecat- it is much appreciated.

I regret that I don't have any progress to show tonight- I didn't get any work done after coming home Sunday night from the farm. I arrived to find that the kitchen sink in the apartment had backed up again flooding the kitchen with effluent and leaving dirty standing water in the dishwasher (shares the same drain as the sink) and the sink itself. The property management company responded very quickly in getting a plumber out to survey yesterday (Monday) to survey and make an assessment for repairs but nothing has got done as of 1600 today. Water continues to backflow periodically and the water trapped in the dishwasher has been standing since at least Sunday and is getting pretty ripe. This makes five times in eight years in this place that backflow or leaks have resulted in enough damage that just snaking out the lines wasn't enough to put things right- two times required major demolition and repair. Plus other major breakages of systems and other repairs.

So far none of my personal property has been damaged. There is a 2'x2' section of carpet where the kitchenette meets the living area that has been soaked pretty much constantly since Sunday that may need replacing, though. I'm fixin' to bust somebody upside the head with a ball bat if they come in to 'mitigate' water damage and touch one thing of mine.

I truly think I'm going to have to move out, which is a hard thing to contemplate given the horrendous economy and very high cost of everything at the moment. Not to mention the reason I picked this dump in the first place- its excellent location to be easy driving to everywhere I need to be. In an area where 45-75 minute commutes one-way is common, mine are generally 15 minutes.

Sorry to bend all y'alls ears like this, but I needed to vent to somebody, so I can continue to be polite to the property management people and the plumber guys, who in their own ways are just doing their jobs.

Thanks for the forum to bleed off some internal pressure. I'm airing the joint out now and if I can get the smell under control will try to sit myself down and get some work done. The base for the T-rex walker is built up very nicely and is nearly ready for primer and some paint. Ditto the walker itself- the magnets are installed (and they work with the washers I glued down to the base!) and it too is ready for a 'lick of paint' as Cam often says.

More follows soonest.


"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Japan

Some nice miniatures, i have never seen before.
What are those female riders miniatures and that T-rex model? Keep on trucking! Or modeling

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United States

Hi Jehan-reznor, and thanks for looking in- glad I've got some things here you find interesting.

The T-rex walker is from a miniatures wargame from Russia called Robogear- the kits can be found individually and in sets on eBay and other sites- they still tend to run around US$10 each. They have good detail, are made of a fairly hard engineering plastic and take paint well. They are scaled for a 40mm figure game though- but I've seen lots of conversions based on Robogear here on Dakkadakka and some folks have done amazing things with them.

The female motorcycle riders are from PatrickMiniatures on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/listing/1149696716/heavy-guns-motorbike-raider-girl?click_key=5c0fe3a0263c17bbd84103d5f5196ef3acaa1c06%3A1149696716&click_sum=c20f3227&ref=shop_home_active_62). I believe he is based in Germany and he does a lot of great resin print miniatures- I've ordered from him three times and will be picking more. His are 28mm true scale, so they look small if mixed in with heroic scale figures like Games Workshop or Wargames Foundry. They look good as a homogenous unit even on a table top with heroic scale minis, though, in my opinion.

Hope to see you back!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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I think it must be one of our Scottish poets that wrote "the best laid plans of mice and men are oft gang (gone) awry".

Had the dual whammies of new flooding in the apartment and the start of teaching again for the program I support. The teaching includes both platform (classroom) instruction and field and 'on the streets' practica. The property manager for the unit I rent says they can't do anything beyond snake the lines unique to the unit; the condo association says that they can only snake the common lines until they run into the city sewage lines and after that it's on the city. I've already heard ominous gurglings from the kitchen sink (Cthulu, is that you?) and soap suds from somebody's dishwasher have filled the basin twice, so I reckon it's only a matter of time before it all happens again. I'm fixin' to challenge the lease directly; if successful I'm moving. A pity really, the place is very nice otherwise and very well located.

But I was able to flog myself to sit down and actually get some painting done tonight. One obstacle to overcome, as Bugs Bunny is wont to say, is that I am a little 'Fat-ee-guu-ed' and I have to overcome my desire to just veg out once I'm back to the apartment. The other is that I prefer to show pictures of finished product before posting anything. The problem there is that I tend to work so slow that I don't get to post much, which means I don't get the boost from all y'alls comments and motivational support. I don't want to overdo things the other way and post such small incremental changes that everyone stops looking in because it's boring.

So here's a couple of WIP shots of what should have been the June 'elevation' project and now is just one more half-finished piece hopefully awaiting completion. It's the Robogear T-Rex walker with some heavy modification and its custom base. The base has steel washers and the walker has magnets set into the feet so that the walker can be played separately in a better scale footprint or mounted on its base for display. The base can be played separately as 'moderately difficult' terrain for infantry and act as a vehicle and line of sight block.





I'm very pleased with how the street bricks are turning out- they are just flat pavement base coat and one somewhat heavy drybrush of flamenco red. I think they need another, lighter shade of red drybrushed lightly and then some black wash, maybe brown. The sand you see is me adding some texture to the other half- I'll brush away the loose grains you see and then start dripping wash into them and then drybrush a highlight color on.

The walker is actually nearly complete, just need to pick out the last of the power cables and then attach the fighting hand and the chain gun and some other doo-dads. I like how I've kept the colors fairly simple for the overall machine so far, but I feel that the carapace of the fighting compartment hull needs something to make it pop. In reality, any military vehicle is as nondescript and bland as possible, to _avoid_ drawing attention. Naturally, that's not how we hobbyists look at the equation, so the thought remains 'what can I do to add a bit of a splash to the cockpit?'.

To end with a John Wayne quote "the good Lord willin' and the river don't rise" I'll get some more done tonight and keep going tomorrow.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Colorado, USA

Sorry to hear about the flooding. It's bad enough to go through that, without your complex going back and forth over who's fault it is.

Hobby progress looks good. Timely is not always an accomplishable goal. I've still got my project from "Crossings", "Biomes", and "Elevation" unfinished. Any time I can work a little bit on something is time well spent.

Good luck teaching, and hopefully the creek don't rise too far.

   
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United States

I appreciate the commiseration D3J! It takes a bit of wind out of my sails to mop every night to try to control the flooding, clean every day and try to rescue what's been damaged whilst the Powers that Be sort things out. At the end of the day there are many who have things much harder than me, and it's good for me to remember that.

As you say, any time at all that can be spent on the hobby is well spent. Hopefully I can get the momentum back I had in early June!

Very much appreciate your looking in and the kind words.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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If the comments boost your motivation for the hobby please post the progress. Many of us love commenting on w.i.p. let alone leaned on them to learn from this web site.
   
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United States

Thanks very much, MeatShield. I do want to have enough progress to post, though, and not bore people. Most of my long and undistinguished painting career I haven't had anyone to show my work off to, so having the review it gets here on Dakka is a treat.

Just like letters (ya gotta write 'em to get 'em) to get critiques of work you have to work. Having the apartment mostly back to rights and getting into the swing of being back on the platform instructing, I need to buckle back down and crank some things out.

It never fails- no matter how dogged out I am at the end of the work day, if I can just get myself to sit in the chair and pick up a brush it never fails but I am energized to paint or model or sculpt or whatever. It's getting to the chair some days that's tough!

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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USA

That really sucks that your apartment is flooding again, I was hoping that was behind you. I hope you are able to make that move if they won't do anything to get stuff working for you.

   
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Not where I should be

Know the feeling, sometimes we go through phases of just not getting it done. But we always come back. It's the nature of the hobby.




 
   
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Thanks Syro, Cam! The worst of it is, based on what they say the pipes look like, they believe there is nothing more they can do- anything next is on the city and they ain't digging up the mains over one affected unit!

Fighting a bit of summer cold or allergy yesterday and today (NOT Covid- I got tested- if the test is accurate) but already feeling better this evening. Tomorrow- painting, unless I'm immobile!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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USA

That's a shame, because yeah the city won't do anything. I hope you feel better.

   
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United States

Thanks very much for your kind thoughts, Syro! All I can do is keep the kitchen area rigged for the next event and deal with it when it happens. The search for a new (affordable) place is tough at the moment: the housing/rental boom is slowing/declining, but prices/rents haven't filtered down to the market level just yet- at least not in my area. Que sera, sera.

Here's the first of what I hope will be two posts tonight: I saw these nail varnish holders on-line and thought they might be the trick towards getting my paints in some sort of order. I've seen several genius solutions implemented by Dakkanauts here ranging from PVC pipe of the right diameter cut to length and glued together in bundles, to drawer organizers to store them upside down. My requirements were that whatever it was had to be out in the open (I need to see them all to pick the right one) and preferably something that wouldn't let them tip over if I got klutzy handed.

Up to now I've done fairly well with a challenge coin holder and an extra 'step' by putting a piece of pink foam insulation under that. I've used stepped kitchen shelving for both paints and figures before and have some here, but the steps are measured for spice jars which doesn't make them the best size for paints. The only drawback to the coin holder is that it wasn't big enough. Here's the 'before':



The nail varnish holders came flat packed and included the end pieces, six acrylic lucite trays, machine screws and nuts and a little screwdriver. They assembled easily- about ten minutes and are surprisingly sturdy. They came with three extra pairs of machine screws and nuts each. These have to rest on something- there is no provision to hang them directly from the wall (something I am hesitant to do in a rented apartment anyway).



And here they are loaded up. They managed everything from the three levels of shelving in the first picture with the exception of half a dozen 'chalk' flat color paints, but all the rest of the two ounce craft paint bottles fit: regular colors, color shifts, metallics, neons, all of 'em (including the extra space in front of the racks, like with the former coin holder). If the shelf top was even slightly wider, I could raise a rear rack on something and have 12 steps worth of paints. I could always cut a board and lay on top of the shelves to accommodate the width I need and use a box or something to raise the back rack.



What there wasn't room for were the odds and sods of other paints (old Citadel, etc) nor any of my 'dropper bottle' paints, mostly Model Color. I'm debating getting another of these racks and moving most of the finished models onto lower shelves or starting selling them to make room, we'll see.

I hope more follows soonest tonight, this time some painting.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

That's looking good Meer, I'm happy with my acrylic nail polish/paint holder too. I hope yours works very nicely for you.

   
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United States

Got a really good painting session in tonight- been awhile and a welcome change. If I can get some good time in the rest of this week, even an evening or two, I think this project will be finished.

A WIP shot each of the terrain/base and the T-rex walker. The base is drying from a second solution of ballast fixing agent (thinned white glue) and I've started adding some earth wash, because I'm impatient. Some more wash tomorrow, a lot of black wash on all the metal bits, some doodads glued on and the base is nearly complete. The walker has some of its electrical cabling harness picked out in blue to complement the red wiring and has three weapons systems plus its muzzle flash special effect to be added.





(Fingers crossed) More follows soonest.




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Syro: I thought I remembered you mentioning using a rack like this. The problem is that as fast as I put paints in order on the racks, more materialize from some unknown dimension! And out fo 50 some paints stashed, so far I've only found six 'back up' spare bottles of the same hue. Go figure!

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"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

 Meer_Cat wrote:

Syro: I thought I remembered you mentioning using a rack like this. The problem is that as fast as I put paints in order on the racks, more materialize from some unknown dimension! And out fo 50 some paints stashed, so far I've only found six 'back up' spare bottles of the same hue. Go figure!

I know the feeling, I bought two racks because I have a lot, but figured I would have space to spare. My paints are standing in a zig-zag because they are so crowded, and this is after all my craft paints were kicked out and now live in two boxes and a crowd on the floor

That terrain base is looking really nice

   
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The T-rex walker is finished- unless I go back and try to do plasma glow better on the lascannon. For tonight, just these couple of pictures to show the overall finished look; I've put a fair amount of effort into this project and will take the time to dig out the folding light box tomorrow and try to photo properly.

I picked up an inexpensive cake server turntable for use with the airbrush, but it should be good for camera work too.

The walker is essentially a Robogear T-Rex kit with some extra pieces from a couple of BronoCorps tank kits.

The walker itself is magnetized (feet) so that it can be played separately from the display terrain base to meet rules requirements. The base itself can be played as 'difficult terrain'.

The fighting hand is magnetized so that it can be adjusted between being in the display terrain base or used independently.

The chain gun muzzle flash is attached to a short length of plastic tubing so it can be slid and out. The muzzle flash piece is a cannon shot from ArmorCast with the cannonball clipped off.





From the photos so far, everything needs more weathering, not sure how I'm going to accomplish that. And I noticed that I still have a couple of doodads to glue on.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Wow, Meer, you've been moving fast on that.

   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Thanks, Syro! It was similar to the endings for several of the projects I've shown here- it seems like there is everything to do and it will never get done and then you look around and there is nothing left. The weapon attachments were being worked concurrently with the walker and base, but it really seemed like it would never be finished. And then it was.

Drugged (Drigged?) the light box out and tried to get better pictures than I'm usually able and I think the results are keep-able. Funny though, to my old eyes when the light was set 'right' in the box there was 'way too much glare. Dimmed down to only about 30%, it came out much better. Thank goodness I'm not using a light meter, gauging by eye, shooting wet film, sending it off and seeing the results weeks later, only to (maybe) shoot some more and try again. I could develop and print my own B&W photos, but not color.

A bunch of photos next, some with captions:









The spent 'casings' are some of those nubs that come on the parts on sprues in model kits; these are from the Artic variant BA-64 armoered car that is up for painting once I sort my airbrush out.


Seeing this angle, I almost wish I had cut the weapon arm shorter and brought the GAU-7 in closer to the body. Not bad as is though, for me.


Off-cut tabs from 3D print buildings (that didn't fit into their assigned holes) as building blocks.






The muzzle flash effect is not magnetized.






Yup, gotta watch the vid on how to do plasma glow again.




I will probably add another magnetic joint at the 'wrist' so the hand can be adjusted in two positions (elbow and wrist) to better present when separate from the base or in it.


So, A couple touch ups, one addition and one redo and on to the next.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





Leicester, UK

That looks great, love the pose on the base and the muzzle flash is a nice touch.

My painting and modeling blog:

PaddyMick's Chopshop: Converted 40K Vehicles

 
   
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United States

Thanks very much for looking in, PaddyMick- and for the kind words! Took longer than I expected, but had some fun, tried some new things, all good. Must admit, the base got more elaborate as it got worked on- one of the blessings and perils of not planning a project out 'all the way through'.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth





Not where I should be

TRex looking awesome.

Wishing you luck with your pipes. Been there on a commercial level. Not pleasant.

Motivation is all about that chair! Sit in the chair.




 
   
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Thanks very much for looking in Cam! Too true, if I can just make it to the painting chair and desk I'm set for the evening. I've actually made some progress getting old projects finished, paints straightened up, odd plastic bits stowed away properly in their collection boxes and random junk cleared away from the working surface; the place was really starting to look like a fellmonger's parlor, needed some work.

Airbrush painting is next, I think. Want to see how the ski-equipped BA-64 comes out.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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United States

This is what I have been up to the last few weeks, as time permitted. I'm going to divide the post into two parts: the first being the 'hobby' aspect of the project, and the second being the 'why' of the project, as it will be obvious that it isn't directly related to tabletop wargaming but does fit squarely in the wheelhouse of improvisation and alternative use of materials to make interesting things that I like to believe has informed most or all of what I have posted in this blog.

Pictures first:





This is a 12" x 16" shadowbox that required some new techniques to put together.

* I had to plan which elements would be glued to the back panel and which to the inside bottom and sides of the box frame- it fitted together like a puzzle when completed.

* I had to trim the back side of the Christmas tree off so it would fit and saved some of the trimmings to piece in at the front to hide some of the wires.

* I had to play with paints, stains and washes to get the color of the horse shelter the way I wanted. The 'canvas tarp' is a piece of tshirt that was fortuitously the right color blue to match the real world prototype.

* I had to relearn how to solder. I had messed about with soldering some in my teens when I was crazy about model trains. My father taught me (he had been an interior communications electrician in the Navy) but I hadn't tried to solder anything since around 1977. I'm including the video I watched to get going again below, it was very useful.

* I had to relearn how to wire LED bulbs in two parallel circuits. Turned out not to be as hard as I remembered.

In conclusion, I think that there is a lot of potential for me to use shadowboxes in future for some of the wargaming diorama projects I have in mind. I remember a picture of an early Warhammer 40k diorama of Orks using a Gretchin to sniff out the entrance to an underground, multi-level Squat stronghold, and all the Squats were busy aiming weapons at the point of entry. A shadowbox would have been perfect for that.

This is the end of the strictly modeling part of this entry. Thank you for looking in.

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So, the 'why' behind the 'what'. I may have mentioned in this blog- or alluded to- the fact that my wife and I rescue ponies and more recently full-sized horses. We both work fulltime at 'paying' jobs and most of our money after living expenses goes to equines (with a fair allowance for miniatures and hobby-related expenses. Selling off what I make- especially vehicles and terrain- helps with the self-sustaining nuclear reaction that is modeling for me). We'll generally have one or two that are undergoing rehabilitation with end goal of putting them up for fostering/adoption via the various horse rescue agencies that we are members of. Some though, have such a terrible list of problems both physical and mental to try to balance, that they are unlikely to ever be adopted or fostered out. They can't ride or drive and require more work than most people can or will put into a 'recreational' animal- so they become part of the 'permanent home herd'. We have three Shetland Ponies and two Standardbred ex-harness racers/ex-Amish farm horses that currently form the Home Herd. Ginger was our fourth Shetland and last winter her conditions got to the point where she had no quality of life any longer. She was in too much pain to walk, her digestion was so bad that she couldn't eat. After extensive efforts by our veterinarian plus other specialists by consultation, she had to be put to sleep and released from all her pain.

Ginger had her own paddock and shelter from which she could see across the road to the neighbors' yard and every Christmas season they strung blue colored lights on this one little evergreen tree. She would stand at her fence and stare at that tree for hours. We believe that it gave her great comfort to be able to see it. Just like in the shadowbox, she would stand sometimes on the stoop of her shelter with the tarp half on her back and just look at her little Christmas tree. So that's the way we want to remember her.

Thank you for looking in. If you've read this far, thank you for your patience in letting me express all this.

More follows soonest.


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Hyderabad, India

Beautiful story, thanks for sharing.

 
   
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Thanks for looking in Kid, it's nice to have this project completed.

I guess I should mention that the lights on the tree illuminate- it's not really that clear from the (admittedly poor) pictures. I used one picture as the face of an open-backed box by gluing it to 3/16" foam board and then gluing edges to that- the whole thing got glued into the shadow box and forms the base that the Christmas tree sits on. It also forms a place to stash the 9V battery, which is accessed through a hole I cut in the back panel of the shadow box. I drilled a hole through the frame of the shadow box to accommodate the on/off switch, which is merely slid in and then fastened in place with greenstuff. I had a paint- burnt umber- that almost perfectly matches the stain of the frame to hide the greenstuff.

Here's the video I used to get back into practice soldering and figuring out circuits:





"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Not where I should be

You are amazing bud, on many levels. Wonderful example to us all.

The shadowbox looks brilliant. Love the whole idea, and look forward to seeing more. Like the sound of the squat one. But many options available, I can see it being very useful. Might have a go myself.

Thanks for the link. Soldering is one of those things we're as much info as possible helps.

Beautiful story sir, you are an amazing human being, wish more of the world were like you.




 
   
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USA

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of Ginger, but I agree it was her time. What you have made in her honor is touching (and skillful). I remember the rescue ponies and horses mentioned in the past, but I think these are the first pictures I have seen of any of them. That was nice for me. The recreation of the blue lighted evergreen is especially touching.

   
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Thank you, Cam, and Syro for your kind words.

As is so often the case my wife is the civilizing influence on me and for certain the brains behind our little operation. She began riding at 3 and driving at 5; I started at considerably greater age and while I have learned to be fairly competent at driving (I don't bounce so well as I used to, so avoid riding for the most part nowadays) my chief contributions are building things, grooming critters (the art of transferring all the dirt from your horse and carefully applying it to yourself) and maintaining things. I'm quite happy to continue along for the ride.

I get to slip my hobby things in occasionally: she very much enjoys the Chibi Ponies from awhile back in this blog, who also now have their own tree fort and Chibi Shetland-scaled stables (both also covered here).

I wish I had better pictures of the build and the final result, but my style is kind of 'fly by the seat of my pants' which means you almost never know what the next step will look like, which makes it hard to know when to take pictures!

Ginger had six good years with us that she wouldn't have had otherwise. The Shadowbox helps us remember the important things.



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(Cross posted from my entry over on Painting & Modeling)

The principle structural component is a new toilet tank float (I needed the flapper valve cover from the repair kit, the float has been lying around begging to be used for something for months) and a wooden block base. I used a Forstner drill bit to carve a recess that the plastic locking nut on the float stand could fit into (had to shave the locking nut down a bit to fit) and Bob's your uncle:





Here are some of the bits I'll try to use to fill out the design including the ballast from an old fluorescent light, the push button from a bug bomb aerosol can, a AAA battery holder, a burned out GFCI receptacle and a washer/connector from a sink:



Also, having enjoyed working with LEDs in the Shadowbox project, I want to include some for this one too. If I can figure out what I want (in time to actually sumbit the project) I'll stash the battery and switch in this 3d printed sci-fi bunker, that will act as the control room for the automated mining apparatus:





I'm hoping to strictly adhere to both a strong regimen of actually working on the project and also of sticking to the KISS principles of construction (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) so as to make the deadline- which was always more than reasonable, I'm just late wrapping up the Shadowbox and getting in to this one.

I figure, glue everything down, spray paint it all grey, dump some home-made Nuln Oil on everything and throw some sand at it for basing and I'm done.

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The entry above is from the League of Extraordinary Riveters competition thread over on Painting & Modeling and is from yesterday when I decided I might just have time to get an entry in for the current theme ('Elements').

Tonight, so far, I've gotten the aircraft hazard light soldered onto the wire that will run down through its aerial and primered everything and made some customizations (ie: hacking with a hobby knife) to the control building/bunker. I wrapped blue tape around the LED to keep paint off it. Might get some things glued down later if the primer/basecoat dries in time:



Trying to get the structural part done and the wiring so I can focus on the weathering: in addition to being an Unobtainium Extraction Facility (that being an 'element') a definition of the competition rules for this go-round can be to show weathering (as a result of the 'elements'). So a desert world type mining rig is a natural for both aspects.

Hopefully more follows soonest. Thank you for looking in.

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