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Starting on Rocky’s Feet
Edit: I’ve updated the gallery with the images it was lacking. Rocky’s hind feet are always drawn as long and plain grey, with only two toes suggested by a midline, and no paw pads on the underside) My costume version of Rocky’s feet are being built on a pair of simple grey deck shoes with…
Incremental Progress
Had a board meeting, so only got a tiny bit more done — upper big teeth and building out the lower jaw a little.
Monday Madness — BOOTS!
Monday, still no power, so I took a large bag of parts to work so I could use my soldering bench there. I got leads attached to all but one of the remaining pieces of LED strip for the costume, and finished the wiring harnesses to connect to the power distribution from the upper back….
Building a Jacket for Pinky Pie
Part of the Pinky Pie street wardrobe is this wonderful fringed short jacket. It’s based on the Simplicity 8441 Men’s Cowboy Shirt pattern, which I’d altered and fit last summer for a pair of rainbow shirts. I could use my already altered (and transferred to quilters grid) pattern pieces so I knew it would fit.I…
The Paws That Refreshes
While waiting for the zippers to arrive for the body, I started working on Rocky’s paws. I used as a reference Matrices’ excellent tutorial and pattern for basic paws. Of course, Rocky has only 3 fingers, so I had to modify the pattern for my purposes. After some dexterity tests I decided to group my…
First layers of color… unbleached titanium
The first of four rounds of painting on the skulls was with liquitex Unbleached Titanium paint. First a wash with a fair amount of water plus the paint, which left the dark red skulls looking like they’d been dug out of a dusty pit. Then after that dried, drybrushing with scant amounts of the same…