Does HALO 3: ODST count as physical therapy? That's what I've been claiming, as I work my way through this injured-hand episode.
My trigger finger is still not fully functional, but given the fact that I have three pair of puncture wounds - one in the lower joint, one in the middle knuckle, and one in the middle joint - and a single puncture in the fingertip, it isn't really surprising. Overall, the hand is greatly improved - I've been taking very good care of it and keeping a CLOSE eye on everything.
You'll notice I've done some posting and such - I figure pushing a little to use the hand normally is a good way to speed the healing process, if it isn't overdone. So to that end, I have been painting and photo-shooting as much as I could stand. Resulted in more of my own projects being shown-off than I've managed in ...
...a long time. Haven't done any casting since the cat-fight, but I'm about to.
Me and this casting stuff are about to get serious. Psyclone contacted me about making some cantina tables for his dio. Naturally, I jumped at the chance. It was my second two-piece mold (the first being the R2 domes that I need to get back to! I haven't forgotten you, Jay!) attempt and the first one, well, I screwed it up. Ouch. The tables it turns out are functional, but through my own ham-handedness, I caused the mold to cast an ugly spot. I'll use those myself, but there's no way I'd send those out to someone! So I made a second mold and it turned out GREAT! The two table molds taught me a bit and have encouraged me to attempt more subjects I've previously stayed away from. I think Psyclone liked them, too.
Looking forward to see this week's progress on the cantina!!
So in short order, I'll be opening me up a parts thread in the Parts Bin forum like Clint has. I want to get out there in the shop and cast up a table to take pics of, to show what a buyer will be getting. After that, well, I'll be making a tutorial showing how I go about making a 2-piece mold and I'll be molding up quite a few pieces out of the "Gee, I wish I could make extra ___s..." piles.
Plus, there's at least one secret project on the drawing-board! Times are exciting, for sure!
Oh, and on the action-figure-scale paper-model set. Glenn named it after me! It is "Action: Outlands" - matching the naming style of his other sets. It should be available later this week, based on Glenn's figuring. Naturally, I'll be reviewing it here.
Also, as I'm going through my storage trailers and sorting stuff out, I'm uncovering relics I'd forgotten I had. That means they need new homes. So watch Farzel's shop threads for some goodies you might be interested in... *cough*Action Fleet*cough*
