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So Much Handwork…
This weekend has been some finishing work on the tail and hat, which has entailed an enormous quantity of handwork. Finishing the tail While the main assembly of the tail was complete, neither end had been stitched up yet. The tip of the tail had been left open to make it possible to insert the…
Finishing Touches
Every equine character on My LIttle Pony has “cutie marks” on their flanks, and Pinky Pie is no exception. Her cutie mark is a trio of party balloons with contrasting strings, two blue and one yellow. When I did Rainbow Dash, I was able to purchase iron-on patches of his cloud-and-thunderbolt cutie mark, but I…
Improving the Tail Rigging
Reinforcing the rigging harness I needed to stiffen the tail support across the shoulder blades because even the heavy hide I used was too flexible. Fortunately I’ve acquired a healthy set of power tools in the course of working on my townhouse and building both Tiki Dalek and Thinbot, so it only took about 20…
New Improved Shorts for Pinky Pie
The one thing I was REALLY unhappy with in my Pinky Pie outfit for the performance was the pink booty shorts. They managed to be a little too baggy in the legs, too tight in the waist, plus the whole malformed zipper fly. This is no doubt why they ended up in the “meh” bin…
Wednesday progress — wiring and caulk
Today’s work was a number of fiddly bits. Magnetic Connectors I bought a half dozen polarized magnetic connectors (only connect one way) that have mating USB-A cables for them, so I can keep battery connections moderately secure but they can break away if the cable snags hard on something. The device-end component, however, has pads…