Sitrep

Sitrep:
  Okay, so, oops, I forgot to update the blog. I am killing time tonight before giving Baby his meds before bed and I remembered I'd promised the Colonel and others to prove I'm still alive here. Here I am! Better late than never??

   Now that I got that out of the way, I'll get into the update. I have been struggling with The Turning Tide. This is the first book that required not 1 but 3 rewrites. EVER. I apparently completely forgot the ending of TGS. That's also never happened. Gotten 1-2 details wrong yes. but not that bad.

I hate getting old.

 

   The Betas, especially Wayne have been good about calling me out about my mistakes without rubbing my nose into the age thing too much. (probably because some are older than I am!) But the mistakes and inevitable frustration over them have slowed the pace down. (that, my shoulder injury, and chronic sinus problems that crop up around this time giving me sinus headaches and migraines)
  Anyway, I had thought I'd be done by now. Instead I am on the cusp of the first climax. (the second is finished) Hopefully I'll have it finished by this week and into the hands of the Betas. From there on to Rea and then GoodLife and then you the reader.

   In other news, I finished a couple of minor print projects after having to rebuild my Da Vinci Pro hot end with an E6. I turned them over to their intended recipients at my sister's 40th Birthday Party. (Hey, if she had to push me over that hill a couple of years ago I'm going to retaliate and drag her butt kicking and screaming over it!)
  The party was fun. Tiring, but fun. It was a pity not more people showed up but those that did were definitely boisterous. (this from a guy who has social anxiety disorder.) We all had a grand time. :)

Grr.. upon checking my phone I have found some of the images didn't get saved. I don't know why, I distinctly remember taking the pictures! So, I don't have the pictures of the Genji bust from Overwatch, or the Legend of Zelda stuff I did for Ashley, or the Kylo Ren minifig. the flower thing I did for my sister's birthday, or some of the others. GRR.
My phone sucks. The camera sucks. I admit I have a bad habit of trying to take pictures with it in low light.
Okay, 3 things that did come out:

I got this guy from MyMinifactory for my youngest nephew who is a Red Panda fan. He loved it.

2 of my older nephew's friends are avid Star Wars fans like I am. They are interested in cosplay and I decided to make them their favorite lightsabers. I have since overheard a request for Tenel Ka's rancor one. GRR.
Oh, they wanted them unfinished so they could add lights and detail each themselves.

I also did this for the Kylo Ren fanatic. (he even has the hair!) I had to fill in the seam and repaint it since the body warped during printing.

I tried the acetone vapor on the cockpit hatch and wingtips. It came out okay but they lost detail so I decided not to try it with the bigger parts. (besides, they wouldn't fit in the rice cooker!)

   And finally, 1 some of you Halo fans will recognize. I bought a ton of white ABS that was on sale and wanted to try it out on something. (okay, only 15 kilograms) This is the result. I found out that it warps and bubbles though, so I just acetone treated the skull. I then dirtied it up with some brown acrylic. I think it came out pretty cool, as did my friend and his son. (who went bananas I'm told. :))

  Speaking of all that ABS, a friend at the party saw everything I did and asked if I could make a BB-8 for her girlfriend's birthday. I said okay if it was a static one and small. I tried to talk her into just buying one but she wanted a hand made one.
  Then last night she texted me about making a full scale version. (yipe!) I downloaded the files and no, not going to happen, sorry. Crazy I am, but I'm not that crazy! (I think. Maybe. I hope not. Okay, I'm not sure?) Besides, my printer isn't big enough. (The print volume for each is 200mm cubed and some of the parts are 300mm and up!)
And no, that's not um, okay, let's not go there, shall we??
So, yeah, sorry Giggles. I'll make a smaller one and make it up to you with someone else I just did.

   Oh, back to the books, I've been talking with Wayne about the graphic novel (and looking into buying hardware/software or hiring an artist to do it with me) as well as looking into a cross section book of ships and tech. I doubt either of them will happen this year, my schedule is pretty full and I'm already behind. You will note one of the stories in the comic was mentioned at the end of TGS and in TTT. Eventually I'll get around to filling that void. Sorry.

Anyway, I'm rambling so that's it for now.