Dragon*Con 2006 Sept. 1-4
POSTED BY: monkeytail
UPDATED: Saturday, May 20, 2006 15:30
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*is so ready now, Piratey goodnees.....Oh and piratey naughtyness...Await!
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But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
'Cause nobody knows And so few can see
There's only beauty and caring and truth beyond darkness." -Estonia(This Strange Engine) -Marillion
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Should we be worried now? I mean, more worried than we were?
Aye Tristan, I know all about how soft and eager to bleed everywhere finger tips are, even after 4 years I can't train myself to a thimble. ah. looks like a good time to start again.
I was thinking more along the lines of embossing, I know a lot of it is done with stamps, but iwas hoping that there were methods of free hand embossing and tools for it. Not so sure about carving, I don't think i've ever seen it done, unless its so obvious i'm missing it.
but hey. awls I have, though not fine, also have wedge shaped needles for hand and machine sewing. I intended to make leather starps and buckles for my last college projects and its just ended up going very wrong, but hopefully I could start doing that now. I may even get up to a point where I can make the armour for it as I wanted, then its just to make the wings and find a bloke skinny and bidable enough to wear it!
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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
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Originally posted by LightMeDark:
i like the hidey place...or perhaps the sereni-suite
ffgal: i'm interested in the bigger of the two bags you're selling. text next to the picture says it's a mock up and that actual color will vary. do you have any pics of the actual color? thanks :D
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Never could use a thimble myself...ended up causing more damage to my fingers with than without.
Yes, embossing can be done freehand, you just need the tools to do it (tell you something you don't know, right? ) You can always take old screwdrivers and blunt down the ends. That way, you have a straight-edge embosser. Practice with patterns that use straight edges until you are more confident, then you can move on to fancier designs. When you do that, you will obviously need other tools. Most embossing can be done using blunted screwdrivers of various sizes; the smaller the tip, the more curve you can put into the designs.
Straps are supposed to be the easiest thing to make; after all, they are only straight strips of leather...wrong! I have discovered that to make a really nice looking strap, the edges have to be beveled. If you do not have access to an edge beveler, you can always use the hobby knife or razor blade to shave a shallow angle all the way around the strap. Are you making your own buckles? I try that every now and then out of heavy-gauge wire, but they neve look as pretty as store-bought buckles do.
What type of armor are you envisioning? Most of my work has been thick plates lashed together, but none of them involved wings...
Holding until you get back, Captain.
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my problem always was that i'd just stop using the finger that i'd put the thimble on, and so stab all of my others fingers and sew craply.
I put some photos of what I was attempting to do on the corset talk thread, I didn't want to fill this one up with pictures.
on a completely unrelated note - On a keyboard, what button goes above the tab key and left of the number 1? cause I've just noticed mine missing and i'm wondering if its important...
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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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It's the ~ ` key. Very important if you're writing spanish. Other than that, I think you'll be okay without it.
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Seryn, I will look at the other thread and see what I can see...do we need to start another thread so as not to clog this one? We seem to have gone way off the original topic. Let me know.
Yeah, that key is not all that important...sometimes used when typing in URLs, but other than that, it is just there to balance out the keyboard.
Holding until you get back, Captain.
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Oh... oh, man. Now I really want to go to DragonCon and meet all you fine folk.
I live in Illinois, so it's doable... Expensive, but doable. Gee, if only someone would convince me to go...
EDIT: Whenever I see the word 'trebuchet,' I think of Timeline, and all the guys yelling "TREBUCHET!!!"
'Cause that was funny.
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C'mon, Sikkukut, you know you wanna! 
Do it!
*attempts to apply peer pressure by raising his eyebrow and looking all menacing*
All the cool kids will be there!
Holding until you get back, Captain.
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Yeah come on. You KNOW you want to do it!
*giggles*
Okay step away from the chocolate mint soda that I JUST MADE!
Chocolate mint syrup is the best.
That is all.
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