2 Mountains

The idea for the base for the sculptures had changed a few times. And only settled on this one at the very last minute.

Had some leftover rigid foam insulation.

Quick run through the scroll saw

Simple design. 2 individual pieces that can join together

With a carvers blade, sliced it thoroughly

2 bases finished. 2 hours. Next is coating it and prepping it for paint.

Celestial Pair

I do work on many project. But, I didn’t feel the need to post them..until now.

This one will take a significant amount of commitment. It’s a sculpture. Not going to say much about it as it’s going to be a surprise.

It’ll be a surprise as to what it is for, but what it IS is actually pretty obvious. I’ll just start posting work in progress pics.

Let’s just dive right in:

Every sculpture begins with an armature. 

A little blob of plumbers putty to take some of the voume from the sculpey.

The design will be done of the fly. Pulling a lot of reference from the internet. (As usual)

Head is done. 3 hours. Baked to harden.

What's Persephanie Making?!?

The ingredients:

The tools:

 The belly:

 The smile:

 The teeth:

 The eyes:

 The nose:

 The pupils:

 The ears:

 The arms:

 The feet:

 Done!

Skyloft: Ladder

The original design didn't have a ladder to get up to the loft. I wanted a clean profile. Only access was a few rock climbing pegs. Figure it was a good way to "earn" your way into the fort. But, my wife (and everyone else) seemed to have an opinion otherwise. 

The rungs. Painted black to color match.

The steps on the rungs are coated with a paint that was specific to deck paint. I also added a anti-slip powder to the paint. Don't want any accidents when there's water!

The wood of the ladder itself is reclaimed lumber! Yea! Here, I added a grab hold hole. Might as well make it even safer for people. *cough*wife*cough*

Rounded off the edges. Sanded all the surfaces of the ladder. Making sure it was splinter free.

Hiring some help.

Jaden manning the drill with authority.

Skyloft: Treefort Rules!

Every play fort/treehouse has rules. This one has no exceptions.

Skyloft: Fence/Railing

Mocking up the railing posts

Old school chiselling

Learning the ropes on the drill press.

Stringing up the fence with Russell. It's 1/8" galvanized wire with a PVC coat.

Skyloft: Windows Completed!

The Hinge:

The hinge gave me some sleepness nights. I wanted clean lines through the window detail. Lines that would wrap around the fort. I wanted it to be fully integrated and preferably wood.

Had many sketches as to how it would be accomplished:

Then I mocked one up:

Only to realize there is a flaw in the design. It only opened up 90 degrees. I wanted the window to fully open 180 degrees. So it would sit flush with the wall.

Back to the drawing board. Adding a 45 degree bend to both ends:

It works. It does exactly what I need it to do. Which is to fold the window back 180 degrees. BUT, I don't like it. I don't like the huge protrusion now. It's just an eyesore.

So, guess I'll have to cheat here and use metal hinges. Didn't want to go there, but it's the only way.

O well. This works. And it's cheap.