Bleagh

So. Those of you who couldn't make Confurence can consider themselves the lucky ones.

The parking lot-- usually filled when a conventions at the hotel-- was so empty that I got a close spot right next to the entrance to the con at noon on the "busy" Saturday at the con. So few people came out that locals were coordinating when they'd be there, so that there would be -someone- to talk to. Think, "Omega Man", with fewer explosions (but the same zombies). And just when one thought it couldn't get worse, the Chairman invites "The Man Show" and it's skanky spinoff to the con and gives them free reign to film anywhere. Check out  harpyfeathers journal (entry on either the 26 or 27 of April) for a better summation. What a nice way to send out the last Confurence (but is right on par with this chairman's previous actions).

This is sure a long cry from the cons where costuming was so much fun!

        

Bleagh

So. Those of you who couldn't make Confurence can consider themselves the lucky ones.

The parking lot-- usually filled when a conventions at the hotel-- was so empty that I got a close spot right next to the entrance to the con at noon on the "busy" Saturday at the con. So few people came out that locals were coordinating when they'd be there, so that there would be -someone- to talk to. Think, "Omega Man", with fewer explosions (but the same zombies). And just when one thought it couldn't get worse, the Chairman invites "The Man Show" and it's skanky spinoff to the con and gives them free reign to film anywhere. Check out  harpyfeathers journal (entry on either the 26 or 27 of April) for a better summation. What a nice way to send out the last Confurence (but is right on par with this chairman's previous actions).

This is sure a long cry from the cons where costuming was so much fun!

        

Bleagh

So. Those of you who couldn't make Confurence can consider themselves the lucky ones.

The parking lot-- usually filled when a conventions at the hotel-- was so empty that I got a close spot right next to the entrance to the con at noon on the "busy" Saturday at the con. So few people came out that locals were coordinating when they'd be there, so that there would be -someone- to talk to. Think, "Omega Man", with fewer explosions (but the same zombies). And just when one thought it couldn't get worse, the Chairman invites "The Man Show" and it's skanky spinoff to the con and gives them free reign to film anywhere. Check out  harpyfeathers journal (entry on either the 26 or 27 of April) for a better summation. What a nice way to send out the last Confurence (but is right on par with this chairman's previous actions).

This is sure a long cry from the cons where costuming was so much fun!

        

Foamy

One upside of the state of CF was that I went in to the shop and got a huge amount of work done. Weekends and evenings are great for getting stuff accomplished: no phones, no distractions.

I needed to run some more heads for the quickie masks I'm making for a test project. Unfortunately, I found out why I hadn't used two of these molds for nearly ten years: they were casualties of the Northridge Earthquake and had fallen and cracked. I started this on Friday, but didn't get far (though the problems led to me not even getting to CF that day). Lots of reconstruction and duct tape.

Today I finally got to run new masters for those molds (to have fibre glass molds made to replace the broken stone molds). Patched some of the cracks with bee's wax. I also tested three other molds and ended up running nearly a dozen heads, ranging from relatively small to huge (upper chest and head), as well as some more teeth and claws. I was on a roll! This would normally take a day or two, but I got most of it done in about 5 hours-- I was a blur! I was good and used my respirator and wore crappy clothes, but still managed to get foam all over me. And in my hair. This last made me think again about going back to my "nancy" cut (*bzzzzz*!). Long hair can be a pain in the shop!

One dogwalk and a long, -hot- shower later and I'm feeling MUCH better.

Foamy

One upside of the state of CF was that I went in to the shop and got a huge amount of work done. Weekends and evenings are great for getting stuff accomplished: no phones, no distractions.

I needed to run some more heads for the quickie masks I'm making for a test project. Unfortunately, I found out why I hadn't used two of these molds for nearly ten years: they were casualties of the Northridge Earthquake and had fallen and cracked. I started this on Friday, but didn't get far (though the problems led to me not even getting to CF that day). Lots of reconstruction and duct tape.

Today I finally got to run new masters for those molds (to have fibre glass molds made to replace the broken stone molds). Patched some of the cracks with bee's wax. I also tested three other molds and ended up running nearly a dozen heads, ranging from relatively small to huge (upper chest and head), as well as some more teeth and claws. I was on a roll! This would normally take a day or two, but I got most of it done in about 5 hours-- I was a blur! I was good and used my respirator and wore crappy clothes, but still managed to get foam all over me. And in my hair. This last made me think again about going back to my "nancy" cut (*bzzzzz*!). Long hair can be a pain in the shop!

One dogwalk and a long, -hot- shower later and I'm feeling MUCH better.

Foamy

One upside of the state of CF was that I went in to the shop and got a huge amount of work done. Weekends and evenings are great for getting stuff accomplished: no phones, no distractions.

I needed to run some more heads for the quickie masks I'm making for a test project. Unfortunately, I found out why I hadn't used two of these molds for nearly ten years: they were casualties of the Northridge Earthquake and had fallen and cracked. I started this on Friday, but didn't get far (though the problems led to me not even getting to CF that day). Lots of reconstruction and duct tape.

Today I finally got to run new masters for those molds (to have fibre glass molds made to replace the broken stone molds). Patched some of the cracks with bee's wax. I also tested three other molds and ended up running nearly a dozen heads, ranging from relatively small to huge (upper chest and head), as well as some more teeth and claws. I was on a roll! This would normally take a day or two, but I got most of it done in about 5 hours-- I was a blur! I was good and used my respirator and wore crappy clothes, but still managed to get foam all over me. And in my hair. This last made me think again about going back to my "nancy" cut (*bzzzzz*!). Long hair can be a pain in the shop!

One dogwalk and a long, -hot- shower later and I'm feeling MUCH better.