A while back I acquired a vinyl cutter (finally) and after dragging the box around the shop for a few months, we finally decided to assemble it. The main problem is that it was just a bit too big to keep it from being in the way wherever it went. To solve this, we cleared out space under one of the benches:
Nobody thought to actually check the assembled dimensions of the new machine though.
In the end, I went ahead and removed the last four feet of work bench, cut it down on the table saw to make it narrower, and reinstalled it a bit higher so the vinyl cutter could fit underneath. The newly narrow section of the bench makes an ideal shelf for three of the 3D printers and their high-tech, custom-fitted dust covers (which look strikingly similar to cardboard boxes):
Now I can make all the stickers I could ever need.
Since a bunch of stuff had been wedged under that forgotten corner of the bench over the past few years, it means that much of the shop has become unusually cluttered for a moment. In the midst of all that are scenes like this:
And an array of nearly-finished things;
One highlight is my Sidon Ithano helmet:
This guy was a minor character who appears briefly in a scene in Star Wars Episode 7. It's a silly project for me to take on, but for some reason I really want to make the rest of his costume. The helmet and coveralls combo just isn't cutting it:
On the subject of frivolous builds, the other day I got this helmet kit from a fellow maker:
Here it is all painted and weathered and awaiting eye lenses:
I've also set up a spray booth again, so I've been finalizing the prep work on everything that's been sitting around waiting to get shiny:
That'll include this lady:
In other news, I'm about ready to mold this beauty:
And I've been printing out the pieces of the Widowmaker's rifle from Overwatch:
Fully-extended it becomes somewhat huge:
If you need to print your own for some reason, you can download it here: LINK.
Somewhere on the backburner there's still this beast:
I just need to make the ammo belt carrier and come up with a lightweight, speedy plan to mkae the barrels.
Then there's the ever-present Warhammer 40k thing in progress:
I've also got a few other silly things we're tinkering with. This will make more sense soon:
So will this:
In the meantime, we're grinding through the prep work on a whole platoon of Combat Garden Gnomes in progress:
Which you can currently order at thorssoli.etsy.com.
So that's a whole bunch of work in progress. Stay tuned for the eventual blog article about finished things...
