Yahoo!! My new tredwell came in by courier today! Turns out, I also have a container sitting at the freight station that was too big for the courier to deliver. I'll make a trip in-system tomorrow with one of the system freighters to pick it up. I'm trying to NOT wonder what it could be, but the only thing I am expecting which would be *that* large is a salvage-lot of antique mini-rigs!! I'm absolutely shaking in anticipation. I have restoration projects in mind for several of them already and I can't wait to get started!
The Tredwell checked out fine and I've already put him to work around the 'Station.
I put the final touch-up of primer - I think - on the ASP and set the body aside to dry for ~72 hours. The face got its first shot of paint - I used the metallic blue. The sniper cloak has been first-shotted, inside and out, with ultra-flat OD. Wow! It is seriously impressive. I saw a Leia fig on the 'Net, and it confirmed my suspicions that the cloak is indeed from one of the first Leia releases. I need to get another one so I can try Clint's cloak-making approach on it.
One of yesterday's wins was a Zutton fig. He's so small-looking! So now I have to fish out a young Annikin and see if a repaint will change his looks enough to let me create a generic preteen/young teen fig in something *other* than Jedi or Tatooine clothing. Sheesh.
I had a refinement/extension of my contest idea for the 'Yards. I hate to commit it to photons, because I'm afraid the 'Station's system may be compromised. I'll just say it involves an existing figure of mine, one - preferably two - cantina bar sections, a dio wall and floor, a standard door (as opposed to a blast- or pressure-door), and a custom-cut stencil. And paint. Lots of paint.
I had an idea for a mini-rig conversion/custom. I'm just going to throw this out as a place-holder type entry. Start with an MLC-3, preferably one with damaged/missing cannons and canopy. Separate the hull sections to access the guns-mount and in their place install a pair of arms from a Probot. There are two arms that are fairly matched for length/proportion, but are in different poses. Ideal for the project. I'd love to work out a way to allow the arms a ball-socket mount, like they have on the Probot, so as to grant a degree of articulation/poseability. And repaint it, of course. Something like Tractor Green, maybe. John Deere in space! I'd love to use some ultra-fine-grit sandpaper to make little anti-skid pads on parts of it, like on a trackhoe.
Maintenance should have the Assembly Platform ready to be moved very soon. I went down and helped today. Amazing how much junk a flat surface will attract. In fact, I managed to find some important paperwork - that has been missing for several weeks - buried on it. We're making noticeable progress with it. Once it gets moved, I'll be able to work on the more delicate parts of my own projects.
Met has informed me we are heading into a fairly severe solar storm sometime in the next 12-24 hours and it should last some 72+ hours. This may prevent the relocation of the Assembly Platform. Doesn't that just figure?
Put together a door mockup to check visual dimensions against a human fig. Looks like a doorway 4.5"x2" is the point to start from. If only I had a straight section of bar-top! Two curved sections might work, but 2 curved plus a straight would be excellent.
Threw a party for the minions after shift this evening. Grilled nerf patties and veggies and bread - good stuff! They loved the attention and "special time." I think we're going to kick that spewkworm infestation. One minion seems to have kicked it on her own already and the other one is slowly pulling thru. I think she was allergic to the meds we used, so I ordered her meds changed. So after the feast, we all piled up in the rec-center for an impromptu concert and then some Battlefront action.
Gotta go shut down what minor production we've got going in Workshop-2 and then I'm off-shift myself.
