A project I am working on

Things on this blog have been very slow for a long time (little over half a year now) so I though it time to do a few more posts, mainly about this project i am working on for SwanCon 2012. The project is for a full scale wearable Space Marine costume from Warhammer 40,000. The Only true liitation is that I have until April 5th to get it done, so not exactly short on time.

A model space marine

I started out by using a papercraft program called Pepakura to print out foldable designs for the various parts of the costume, starting with the head. Cutting and folding went well, but to give the final product some strength, what would normally be done in costume making comunities would be to apply a coating of resin and make use of fiberglass. That was a bit out of my budget so I went with a paper mache instead.

The helmet before adding the pipes or paper mache

This would leave it strong enough, relatively light and easily paintable. Sadly, I made the mistake of applying the mache to the top first instead of working my way up. Because of this, the paper collapsed on itself and ruined the helmet, oh well, a learning experience.

My next attempt was of a shoulder piece. For this I used a light card instead of paper, so far, so good. I have just today added the edges around the shoulder piece and started to apply the paper mache, it is holding up so far but I will have to wait until tomorow until to say whether it worked or not.

Shoulder piece with first sections of paper mache

If alll goes well, tomorrow I will also start on the arm pieces, lower arm, upper arm and elbow plates. Fun...

Exams

Sorry I havn't been updating, I am currently in the middle of semester one exams. If anyone ever tells you that you do not need to study for an exam, ignore them. You always need to study. I have made that mistake many times. I thought I knew what I was doing, but I didn't.

Anyway, as exams are on, and I still have a few weeks of school before the holidays, I might not be able to update for a while.

year 12

Hey, it's me again.

Lately I have been up to my neck in the work and stress that comes from being in year 12. I have had some of my teachers and my parents breathing down my neck constantly over the past week and a half, constantly telling me to manage my time and to get work done. they are right of course, I need to manage my time more, and not hand stuff in late.

Although it doesn't help when you have one assignment due, one assighnment a day late and another few on the near horizon, not to mention the homework that some teachers pile up and expect to be done.
oh well. After all, what did I think i was getting when I continued into year 12.

In other things, this blog will be dedicated to my thoughts on life, recent events\issues and myself. Next post I will be talking about my stand on the R18+ classification rating for games in Australia, as it will likely affect me within the next year.