Carrie E, Big Craft EnergyCurrent completed status of minis and set dressing. I'm still working on things, of course!
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun Erika is painting on her home stream so now's as good a time as any to crush some more Nsbergians.
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun I stayed up way too late doing this, but please enjoy (left to right by row, top to bottom):
Muriel, the Old Wife
G-star
Lorna Schlitzwhistle
Granton Bumper
Bertha Burpwinter
Michael O'Leary
Ball Hinkley
Woman from Old Country
Dogeman
They all still need some highlights and detailing. #DesertBus #Qwerpline
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun I have some additional minis of Joan, Joy (in a copter seat), Jimmy Jams (from the Prank Patrol), and False Dimitri the IX (i.e. Kaylee) stuck on holders for priming. I've got more blank townsfolk minis, but at that point things will only get painted if I have time/need more space filling on the model. :D
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun I have begun to soft-fit "carpet" into the model. (The back of the broadcast room isn't attached yet - I want to be able to sight-check to make sure I don't accidentally sever wires when I tack the models down to the floor. The swearing would be *epic*.)
#DesertBus #DBCraftalong #Craftalong
#DesertBus #DBCraftalong #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun Speed painting furniture for the diorama. TurboDork's Rainbow Roll metallic paint is rad.
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun So anyway I wallpapered a bachelor basement.
Now to paint and glue in thirteen million little pieces of furniture....
(I also finished soldering up wires but no pics of that.) #craftalong #DesertBus
The green channels are where wiring/LEDs are routed
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun More finished characters, Show Toilet(tm), and JOAN
#Craftalong #DesertBus
#Craftalong #DesertBus
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun Slowwwly getting there with the building. Doors are in and sign is up! #Craftalong #DesertBus
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun So anyway enjoy a bachelor closet/pad/whatever, which I have put in the Qwerpline building basement. 😄 #DesertBus #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun I've very rapidly hit the point of "I'd like to be done with this project yesterday", so the gluing has begun! Enjoy these teaser photos of some gribbly bits I've started decorating with.
#DesertBus #Craftalong
#DesertBus #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun Waiting on some glue to dry on the inside before adhering the roof to floor 2 but *excited twitching intensifies*
#DesertBus #Craftalong
#DesertBus #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun Rum Tunnels. Just chock-a-block full of weed. #Craftalong #DesertBus
I may add fake standing water (resin) later if I have time.
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun The red light makes Joan look slightly murderous in her production room, but... honestly probably a feature??
Also enjoy some tiny posters for the walls. #DesertBus #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun More posters, drilling out the USB plug slot, and Mod Podge sealing the underground foam layer
#DesertBus #Craftalong
#DesertBus #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun Finished the inside of the traffic Qwopter cockpit! #DesertBus #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun I also snagged this honestly pretty neat looking "exploded" view of the assembly, prior to cutting down the dowels and gluing things in.
The foam and wood deformed enough that there were some pretty significant gaps between the layers, so I've added some gap filler and will be texturing and painting it in later tonight/tomorrow. :)
#DesertBus #Craftalong
@desertbus @LoadingReadyRun I'll add a big antenna shortly but I just wanted to show off the (Wizard Chat inspired) van wizard I painted on the side. :D And yes, the van is rainbow sparkle colors.
I pretty much looked up someone else's art, swapped the hair/clothes colors, and did it by eye. #Craftalong #DesertBus
Judge Yuri 👩🏻⚖️@iris_of_ether @desertbus @LoadingReadyRun But, wait, didn't they paint over it? 🤔
"Some fine airbrush work, Alex, we were sad to lose it"
@Yuriel @desertbus @LoadingReadyRun There's a later episode that perhaps redacts the painting-over.
Also I'm 100% leaving a wizard on this van as artistic license. :D
@iris_of_ether @desertbus @LoadingReadyRun Fair. Fair. 😁
Wouldn't be the first time they retconned something. 🤭
@Yuriel @desertbus @LoadingReadyRun I took notes! :D
(But even if not I was like "I'm not attempting to paint a painted-over wizard at scale")
mark burge@iris_of_ether @Yuriel nah, they used water-based paint and it all washed off when Derek took it through the car wash