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zerostreet
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Feb 06, 2010
Posts: 1690
From: http://www.zerostreet.com
|  Posted: 2010-06-04 05:12 am Permalink
Your work is great! Looks like it must be a lot of fun to work in cardboard!
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amybean
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-06-04 10:13 am Permalink
Cardboard is amazing stuff! It's abundant and it burns well...
Sometimes I work on bigger projects with my pals at the Church of the Buzzard
in West Oakland. We build Late 1800's Psychedelic Western themed installations
depicting a fictitious town called Dismal.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dismalnv/sets/72157606231827899/
Pretty sure I'm the only tiki enthusiast in the group.
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amybean
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-07-13 10:22 am Permalink
New cardboard Ku wall piece on the left, and on the right is the start of a modified Robo Lucha vinyl toy figure.
(http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/12/mekazoos-robolucha.html)
Figuring out some surface details after messing around with overall shape and proportions.
Approx 15" tall x 7" wide. Drawing with Sharpies and White Out. (don't ask) Using hot glue for
initial assembly. I'll fill in with wood glue and spackle. It's a little crooked on the L to R symmetry, but it'll be ok in the end.
Needs to be finished for shipping by next week. -Bye for now!
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-07-13 12:42 pm Permalink
Very nice Amy. You gonna pack it full of explosives and light it afire like Dismal? 
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amybean
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-07-13 12:46 pm Permalink
haha I'm aiming for something more enduring like LEDs, but I like your thinkin', MDM!
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amybean
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-09-30 7:39 pm Permalink
Next set is for my dentists: I think they like the way I've been doing the teeth.
Almost finished with the build. Then a texture coat, then paint, then lighting.
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-09-30 7:41 pm Permalink
Very nice Amy, what will you use for a texture coat?
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amybean
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-09-30 7:51 pm Permalink
Thanks, Mike! First some vinyl spackle to round out the edges and cracks. Then I use a palette knife with acrylic gel medium to skim coat the surface. When it's dry, I'll carve down any offending splooges with an X-acto knife, then start coloring with acrylic paints and washes.
The painting is the really fun part.
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Haole Jim
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Joined: Jul 17, 2009
Posts: 395
From: central coast metro Chicago
| Posted: 2010-11-14 1:21 pm Permalink
The imagination, artfulness and creativity in this e-place is amazing.
Thanks, all!
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amybean
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-11-26 10:23 am Permalink
Almost done! Whew- it's been a busy season.
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-11-26 10:28 am Permalink
Nice! Very wood-like.
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