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So many layers of paint!
After the first painting with unbleached titanium, next came a wash with a mixture of watered-down burnt sienna, raw sienna, and Mars black. This involves applying a fair amount of the watered paint and then blotting with a damp paper towel. In the SKS video, this looked sort of snotty green, but for us it…
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.
Adding a Neck Cowl (plus gluing in the eyes)
Today I cut and made a simple fur cowl to attach to the head and give Rocky a neck without having to attach the head to the fursuit itself. The cowl itself is pretty simple: two identical gores that joined match the inside diameter of the bottom of the head, stitched together for about 2″…
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…
Castor/Zuse at Gallifrey!
I got all the final bits finished in time, and here are some fabulous photos from Gallifrey One!(Most of these are courtesy of Linda Wenzelburger… Thanks!)