Well, I hope that worked!  I poured the first half of my junk mold for my dear Bellboy’s head.

That is definitely a silicone that needs to be degassed.  I don’t know how well my mold will come out because I don’t have a vacuum pump/compressor.  Even the usual trick of pouring in a thin stream from a good height didn’t really help; the silicone is riddled with bubbles, like carbonation in soda.  I just hope it’s mixed well enough… I mixed for 3-5 minutes, but Part A and Part B are both colorless.
Fortunately, this is just for a junk mold… so even if it doesn’t work out perfectly, it’s not a big deal.

Today I learned that my dad’s tripod isn’t compatible with my camera.  I also learned that if you set the white balance on the manual mode, the camera remembers the setting even if you turn it off.  (I made all my pictures green because I forgot to reset it).

On the positive side of learning, I learned how to set the shutter speed and I got a lot more pictures that weren’t over/underexposed.  When I have a tripod that works, I think I’ll start getting some good pictures.

I’m gonna pour my mold as soon as I finish dinner…. then it’s sanding time.

The Rebel.  It scares me.  So many buttons and dials…. O.O

It’s about time to go an grovel for assistance at the altars of the Great PJ and Mighty Jo! XD

I took today off for Roommate’s birthday, and it was nice and relaxing.

My Rebel showed up today – it’s a really cool camera! :)  Reminds me again how little I know… and how much I need to learn.  I really enjoy the kinesthetic sensation of manually focusing the lens and the heft of the camera.  I think I would prefer a metal body, but the plastic isn’t too bad at all…. and helps to keep the weight down.

While we were waiting for it to show up, I tried taking some pics of Roommate’s F-22… then I took a few more later with the Rebel.  Even though I don’t know what I’m doing yet, it’s really neato to see the difference in the focus and depth of color.  Cool stuff!

Canon A95:

Rebel:

I also attempted to make a dessert for Mandy in lieu of a cake.  When we were in Japan, the combini carried a kind of ichigo daifuku that wasn’t full of bean.  Instead, it was the dango-stuff wrapped around whipped cream, strawberry and a fluffy little cake.  My version used mousse instead of whipped cream… and angel food cake instead of the little pound cake type stuff.

It was going well until I was trying to shape the dango… that went weird.  Next time will be better!  They ended up REALLY ugly, but they tasted good!

Good news: My silicone arrived in record time.

Bad news: They sent me the wrong kind.

I ordered Moldmax 30, but I got Moldmax27T…. looking at the specifications, I think I can switch them with no problems, but I’m not so hot on the higher viscosity.

However, I’m starting to wondering if I really do have some kind of curse on me in terms of ordering things online.  I didn’t post about it, but one of the wigs was missing from my jpop dolls order.  The new envelope arrived, but I’m almost afraid to open it.  ^_^* I am reflecting on how many things I have received in the last couple months that were broken or wrong… and it seems like a disturbing majority. I’m starting to worry that when I open the box from Amazon next week, I will find a disposal Kodak camera instead of my Rebel XT.

I think these might be a keeper.  Not entirely sure because of how high the paperweights are, but the color is perfect and I love the depth and texture.

Please excuse that his wig is so far back.  In my zeal to show his eyebrows and faceup, I didn’t notice that he was Captain Forehead. ^-^;;

I can no longer deal with working on Antagonist’s head in the state it’s in.  I’m going to make a junk mold so I can work on it all in resin.  I think refining the resin version will be alot easier than trying to deal with this monstrocity of resin, apoxy sculpt, and Milliput.

The errors are rather glaring after a coat of Mr. Surfacer…

xposted from DoA.

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Well, I didn’t win Cristal in the lottery. I suppose from here I could try to get her in the international Afterevent online…. but I don’t think I want to deal with battling their server. I’m guessing it would be best to just let it go. It’s quite an outlay, considering I only want her head.
I’m stupidly upset over it, but life will somehow manage to go on!

ETA: Man, looking on DoA, I seem to be the only one who didn’t win.  I have rotten luck!

Ugh, postspammers really drive me crazy.  Someone replied to the SD17 measurements thread with a post that simply read “i have elvis sideburns.”  So I looked through the list of all of her posts… it looks like she posted 15 posts of crap, each about a minute apart. Deleeeeete.

I think I’m gonna sell my Everpurples… I chose colors poorly, so they’re just not quite right for Mac or Crash.  I think Lacey can keep Mac’s new eyes, though… but actually, I’d kinda like to get her paler eyes.  Not sure what’s happening with those.  Anyway, tonight I’m gonna toss a bunch of eyes up for sale on DoA.  Glass, urethane, and silicone.
I wonder when Volks will announce the lottery results?  I hope it’s actually today!

Tonight is a sanding night… I have a bunch of stuff to sand.  I also wonder if my PMs are having problems with all of the server issues we’ve been having… I need to resend some commission-related PMs.
Work today is really dull… I want to take some pictures tonight!