Saturday, September 01, 2012

I'm going soft

No, I'm not talking to my doctor about Viagra. Nor am I suddenly foregoing Action/Thrillers for Chick Flicks. (Okay, I admit to liking some chick flicks). 

The title refers to soft blinkers.

I have temporarily postponed my hard shell blinkers quest. They're just not working out. Sometimes it takes a while for me to learn a new animation. Once I get it... I GOT it. But hard shell blinkers still befuddle me. So I have regrouped around Mike Brose's Leather Blinkers tutorial on the web. I figured starting with leather blinkers might make it easier for me to grok hard shells.

So far, my step-by-step approach has worked out really well. I Magic-Sculpted tiny little brass tubes in the outside corners of the eye sockets.  I shaped the 1/16" brass rod frames successfully. I made sure the frames opened and closed freely. I checked to make sure the eyes and eye tray would still fit and function without interference, though I will have to cut a slot in the front of the eye tray so the blinker frame handles can move up and down.

I have more steps to go, but I'm confident this is going to work out...really...no, I'm SERIOUS this time.

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