Guitar progress?

Lesson learned, guitars are relatively easy to make, but the pay of will be so worth it. Weight reduction is going to be a real butt fungus to deal with, but eventually I will succeed. The really nightmarish part is to actually paint on the Union Jack flag. So far I’ve tried with painters tape, that idea has failed me hard, there is always something bleeding in under the tape, or wobbly lines. I considered painting it on transparent plastic. First thing that happened was that my minion spilled water over my many layers of paint. Which meant that I had to redo it again. Using foam was a at one point suggested. But small foam sheets are expensive as heck around here, or micro sized. So that is a no go. Paper on the other hand crumple up and becomes wonky when moisture is absorbed. Which leaves me to my final experiment this time around. Craft cardboard, primed with the right color. Cut into shape and attracted to a white sheet of paper. Which I will then glue on to the surface and apply a shiny finish, which might just makes it water retardant. It’s usually used for wood. 

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Necronomicon

The grimnoir of mystical tomes, filled to the brim with knowledge men were not meant to know. Its supposedly made from human skin and can bring the dead back to life. So naturally I had to make myself a couple of book covers. It totally does not have anything to do with an upcoming convention called Regncon and the impartial cosplay competition I will hold there. Its a pun on the state of the weather in west Norway during autumn, essentially a lot of rain. Not that the bad weather is anything out of the usual for us up here. The only difference is the blistering wind that bites into the bones. That being said, wearing a cape and posing against the wind is very fun, especially when its so strong that you can lean against the wind. Anyhow I decided to make a couple of note book covers. Since I  had to put the guitar on hold. The current progress includes a lot of paint strokes. basically the solution for my white lines is to glue on a white painted plastic sheet cut to size. I have a brand to build and I will succeed, feel free to help me with that.

The theme of Regncon this year is Cute and Scary, which makes tomes the perfect price. They're kinda low cost, but with the work that goes into them makes the quality and the cost increases. For the face I mixed up a batter of troll dough and brought a wooden tool, in order to mold the face into shape. Once I heat treated it for a bit, with a heat gun I added a layer of liquid latex.  (I should really just put them in the oven or something.)Works wonderful, but smells horrible and adds a bit of skin like quality to the surface. Plus it protects somewhat against humidity. Followed by a coat of brown paint. Now I just need a lot of time for the dough to dry and new brushes.

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Lord Raptor will be proud

Later than the last one I suppose. However I’m back here yet again to to write about my project progress. To regale you about stories never told and several thoughts to behold. A fellow Goonie streamer came to me and requested a prop. The very guitar Lord raptor is holding when posing for pictures. Apparently he killed himself and all of his fans, in order to rise into the after life as an undead sensation.

The guitar is simple and very plain. The head is a copy of Lord Raptors noggin. Complete with his hair and everything. This pasty blue abomination can give Widowmaker a run for her money, at least he has the excuse of being dead and all. Anyhow, the neck is plain and red, while the body seems to be black on the back side, with a Union Jack flag in front. Decorated with two blue pieces. One at the neck and one where the strings will be attached. If I had the skills and was paid for it. I would have considered installing electronics and a microphone, which would then be able to pick up the sound and project it through a speaker.

I’ve also started to play Final fantasy 15 lately, since my immigrant worker brought an xbox 360. There are some perks to having a legal alien at hand.

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Keeping Priorities Straight

I’m not very good at updating this blog at all. Something I clearly should do a lot more often. 

Especially when I have no real topic aside from rambling and anecdotes. Lately I have been making even more Nords in the Fjord videos and great many hours of streaming. Which led me to become affiliated. Which means I can have cheers and that silly little triangles hitting the cup animation. Too bad I cant make a custom one just yet, now that would be awesome. On the other hand I’ve uploaded some snazzy sound effects and experimenter with custom emotes. They work great. Naturally I have not been completely idle on the cosplay front. I made a prototype model of Mercys wings. Not perfect, but a fitting scale to go by. Foam will in all likelihood be used for the wings. Worbla coated craft foam is not a bad solution either. A bit on the expensive side though. After all cardboard has very few positive attributes aside from protecting cargo and prototyping.

Which brings me to my current plan, I’m going to use a lot of cardboard and a bit of creativity to make a prototype larp armor. More specifically a Chinese mountain armor. Its essentially a sort of lamellar/ scale mail. I’m hoping I can somehow coat them in plastic and assemble them properly. Since water will waste the result and making paper look metallic is tricky business. Same holds true for plastic. I can probably at some point cut out a whole bucket load of metal pieces from plate steel. However I have no laser cutter or a way to stamp them out, but hey what is life without a challenge and metal working is fun.

Aside from that I have spent a lot of time playing Star Craft 2 coop, The campaign and Sonic Mania Oh well back to it then.

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Black Monday 28.08.2017

Black Monday 28.08.2017

On the wings of mercy. Mercy is cool, chill sexy and all around nice looking. If you look away for her unnatural posture on the in-game models. Where her butt is pused outwards along with her chest. Causing some odd and painful spine bending. None the less I intend to make her outfit work on a lovely little lady friend of mine...somehow. I all likely hood I’ll have to shrink the wings to make them less shoulder pain inducing and less of an annoying door stopper. It is very likely that you’ll never be able to sit on anything besides an ottoman non the less. Naturally the wings also needs to be removable.

All things have to start somewhere. As you can see here I started to cut into a chest plate, from this odd white plastic figurine. Which incidentally is also a very nice thing to attach to the wall and cover in concrete. I’m sure new tenants and unknowing guest will like the addition to the wall and totally not call the police. Then again, people are weird enough as it is. Yes, I am not entirely sure I can be considered normal no more, not that I have ever been in the first place. Since I grew up with a serious lack of self esteem and spent a lot of time avoiding female company. Mostly because I tried to avoid giving people picking on me fuel and most girls only have love, marriage and kids on their mind. Unlike me who is way too fond of games. When and where I grew up,. No one girls cared for games, costumes. Quite frankly I have no idea what they did for fun, but it was not through electronic devices. But hey, that’s just me rambling

So let’s crack on then shall we? I came to the conclusion that the top piece is a solid chest plate, going over the breasts, which then is tied into some sort of white cloth or such that is clearly flexible. That is held in place by strops, much like a corset. With the wings working as a backpack, which is connected to the chest plate, where the strops to distribute the weight are hidden under the surface and over the black cloth.

My first attempt at the wings will be in cardboard, since its cheap and I have a metric ton of it laying about, after ordering a new kitchen bench from Ikea.

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Many Plans

Lately I’ve been streaming a lot and the goal at the moment is to become Twitch affiliated and make streaming much more like a full time job. At the moment I switch between several games and new releases, cosplay related projects and a lot of drawing. There is a surprisingly big amount of people who want my artistic services. Which I’m happy about and if anyone throw a good idea my way, I might just do it. Adult or otherwise. That being said, I will stream a lot of safe for work stuff. Such as my quite lovely and growing collection of Poros, those cute fuzzballs from the game League of Legends. It is a ball of fur, with two round black eyes and a huge red tongue. The perfect recipe for a mascot and a fluffy plushie. A fellow streamer sometime around Christmas last year put up a challenge, draw me Sailormoon Poros. Everyone said it was too hard! Let me tell you this, it’s the most easy thing in the world to do. Because I’m a professional. Behold the very cute Neptune juggling a jar full of sweet loot. 

I also felt like it was time to make myself some emoticons. Therefor I decided to make a quite fantastic poro animation, that still require some work. Stay tuned for that. It is a work in progress.

For the cosplay section I have a freind that is also a quite beautiful girl, whom love Overwatch. Which wants to dress up as Mercy, naturally I will help with this edavor. There are several challanges involved. Such as the backback with the wings. The overly long staff and her pea shooter. Yet that’s the easy part. Her chest plate that covers her breasts is clearly flexible, yet it is not fabric. Now that is the hard part and her halo like headgear.

Some time in October I will participate in an event called Regncon in Bergen, where I plan to hold a cosplay workshop. I’m not entierly sure about what I will have the participants make. Since I have to provide the materials myself. I suppose the whole «cult» theme is something to capitalize on and the fact that the convention is built around tabletop gaming. I can and I will in all likelyhood teach the folk whom attend, how to make larp sacrifice daggers. Since those are cheap to produce and require almost no resources.

Eventually I will also complete my game design document so I can start making my vision come to life. 

Write a book that takes place in the game universe and do a very valid effort at updating my comics. I'm lagging behind on those. Trust me they are harder to make than you'd think. 

In other words, stay awesome and stay tuned for more.

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Nords in the Fjord Road Trip

Norway is a big and magnificent country. Long and hilly is more like it really. Though that does not take away from the natural beauty of the land itself. Despite the miserable west-coast weather. Which for the most part is composed of rain, hail and slush. For the lack of a better word. The reason I have not been updating this blog was due to me going on a fabulous road trip into eastern Norway. A decidedly much more flat and fertile farmland, with the biggest lake in the land. If one make good speed the trip is only about six hours long, but that is a very hard thing for a tourist to pull off and hardly recommended. The scenic route is totally worth it, especially the road that goes through the Hardanger fjord. A place surrounded by steep mountains and dramatic peaks, with a breath taking view that goes on for miles. At some point I plan to paint a picture of the scenery, like many famous artist in times past. There is a reason why it is a very sought after place for cruise ships to stop by. Which they do by the way. Some argue that this is a bad thing, then again people are very good at complaining. A tourist trap is a tourist trap for a good reason. The road itself crawls along the mountain side, next to the mountain. After crossing an expensive toll bridge built to alleviate the ferry traffic. Later we drove across several fertile farms. Which is the reason Hardanger is also well known for apples, plums and other fresh produce.  

One of the most fantastic stops on the way was a farmers market, selling foodstuff straight from the field, some tasty candy and other products that makes for a perfect gift. Especially the cherries sold there was very delicious. Eventually the road starts to curl up the hillside like a snake. Where a massive waterfall resides. Once you reach the mountain crossing, sparse vegetation and patches of snow dominate the landscape. Which is soon followed by many cottages and a quite nice bathing place. A bit on the cold side but, when the sun is burning hot and the journey drags on it’s a welcome relief. That is only first half of the journey.

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