Eagle and Ashes cover

 So, hopefully everyone had a good holiday season (a weird one I admit) and we have hopefully turned a corner with this New Year. Only time will tell.

Anyway, I wrapped up a project I started a few weeks ago. It was inspired by Jack Jack on Youtube:

I couldn't quite match is incredible skills. It was a fun project though.

 

  The eyes are glass ones from Amazon. The fur is his technique of using a 3D pen. Okay wait, let me start over. I 3D printed the head scaled up from the original. But, my CR10 was acting up, it printed it super thin like a wireframe, really nasty. So, I had to redo it with my 3D pen. (Using the thin base as a wireframe essentially)

  I then did Jack's fur technique with white PLA. That took forever! It took me 8 sessions, 2 hours each, 1-2 a night to make them all and get them on with the soldering iron. I went a bit short on mine, and I put mine in on an angle not straight up as he did. I tried the heat gun on the temple fur and it messed up even on low. 

  I cheated with the rear feathers, I got rooster feathers dyed white on a fringe and hot glued them in. They don't quite match (Warm white versus Cool white) but it works for me.

Anyway, fun project as I said.

Here is the cover to Ashes: A bit dark I admit:

I will be sending it to Rea in a week or so.

In other news I am past act 2 in HL4 that is, Horatio Logan 4 Pi Effect. Things are starting to pick up as the pieces of the story start to come together. (At least I hope so)

I'll start posting snippets of  Ashes sometime this weekend or next week once it goes to Rea.

That's all folks! For now!