Parts Arrival

Lots of parts arrived the other day.

Black parts in the photo above are ABS printed gemstone via MakerBot. Really crude. and was done using the highest res they had on their machine. White is Shapeways printed gemstone and microphone.
ABS Needs some work, and I don't plan to rig up a acetone mist bath for it just yet... for now I plan to most likely stick with Shapeways.

Painting experiments with the failed printed pieces. This gave me a lot of room to experiment with, without fear of fail. I think I've made some really nice progress in smoothing it down a lot with primer and sanding. I did this a little differently this time, and definitely plan to use on the final microphone.

Armor Update

Phew, this weeks been madness. Lots of real work, busy stuff, and trying to find time to craft. Wish I could cut out the first one and do productive stuff rather then other bs. Anyway, before this goes on to a rant rave... :P

Lots of experimenting, I've been working on that new shapeways refining process, seems to be procuring better results, can't even remember if I've mentioned I was working on that in prior posts. But it's looking very promising.
Also been trying to find time to model, model, model! Hrist's armor's going to be so neat when I get it finished. So excited about this I don't even care how much it might cost to print haha.
Also thinking about re-printing that blade for her sword I made a while back so I can use my new refinishing process on that. and make it a bit more durable.
Loads of work to do still! It may look almost done... but it's not even 50% done yet for pre-print prep work, still need the hip guards too, and those have to be functional so she can sit, and stuff, once I scale out the rest of the armor to proper size, I can develop the necessary working devices for her lower armor as well as clips for the dress support holder thingy's.

Hrist is one step closer to shak'n off her gowns for good! :P

Still waiting on Lidia's new collar gem to arrive from Shapeways, I managed to sew up a workable version of her collar that I deemed 'worthy' only took 8 or 9 attempts >_> got lots of Lidia collars around here though :D
Sheesh I haven't even had the time to take photos of stuff lately X_X Hopefully soon! D:

Lidia Meets Homura

Photo Story of Lidia and Homura is 'finnaly' up and live on Figure.fm! Yup, it sure took a while for the script editing... finding time sucks, but I blame Poofie on this one! :P This photo story is a collaboration between Poofiemus and myself. Looking really forward to producing some more photo stories down the road! This one was my biggest one yet that I've done. 48 photos in all!

http://www.figure.fm/en/post/53780/Lidia+Meets+Homura.html

Hope you all enjoy! :)

Just the usual work on modeling for Hrists armor, and hopefully wrapping up loose ends on her outfit. Been heavily side tracked in my free time watching the Dota 2 Internationals this year. Real exciting stuff, for me anyway.

Hrist's Gown Part VII

Working a bit lately on finishing up Hrist's armor bits. few painting issues. I needed to address. I will soon be experimenting a bit on those broken pieces with some new finishing ideas I have in mind.

Some update photos on the gown, well older ones that I promised to post after the doll meet, and a week later getting around to doing that >_>;;;; where does time go? D:

Yeah, these photos are a bit sub average >_> Taken with my phones camera.... it's bad. but sometimes it serves its purpose...

Still working on the two rear drape belts. Only managed to finish one so far X_X And am currently deciding if it's a style I'll use or the other one I had in mind which seems to not be working right now...

Till next time...

Hrist's Gown Part VI

Hrist's outfit's 90% completed! All that's left is the making of her 2 rear belt drapes which will require some intensive embroidery, if I stick to the plan >_> Also at the last minute I've pondered the idea of a hip flap panel thingy... no idea what it's real name would be, if it has any, but I'll call it the hip flap panel thingy for now.

Hrist flaunted her new outfit at the June - Arizona Dollfie Meet.

Which sure turned a lot of heads for an uncompleted gown. Needless to say Hrist was quite happy.
Lots of dolls at the meet this month. Hrist did keep her distance from most social situations, aside from stepping in to save Agatha from a dragon cuddle attack.

Hrist: We're friends now! Dragons are just misunderstood Toothless?

Agatha being smothered by dragon cuddles.

Hrist saving Agatha from certain peril.

Lidia's dragon subjugation training has come in handy for Hrist.

Creamy Mami!

Now that the fun is over, it's back to work on finishing up her gown! Hopefully which, it will be completed before I see Poofies Toothless completed. ;) The race is on!