The armor repairs held up very well, so I'm pleased about that!
I put a new trick into the show recently and it's been going well. I added a new middle to the routine with Rocky the Raccoon - I really like that routine, but it was just missing something in the middle, and I finally found something I really like that fits nicely and adds what I thought was missing. So I'm really pleased about that.
I'm now working on another routine - it's a really nice routine where I tie someone into a coat and have them escape from the ropes. It's funny, and I enjoy doing it, but I always felt the ending wasn't as strong as the routine itself - so I now have a new ending to it. I'm currently practicing it, I want to roll the new ending in soon but I have to get confident with it first!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Armor repairs!
The shoulder bells on my Stormtrooper armor were giving me problems again. I thought I'd fixed them up, but it turns out I only improved the situation, I hadn't fixed it - they still popped off from time to time. So today I had another round of armor repairs and here's hoping I fixed it for good this time!
Well, probably not for good. The more I wear it the more little repairs I need to make from time to time. Had to fix up something in a glove as well. But it's all looking good again. I really hate it when something happens that removes the illusion that it's real. I worked quite hard to make it look real!
I also touched up R2-Q5. He has silver pinstriping on his dome. I used automotive pinstriping, and the ends of it come up from time to time. He's painted with an enamel paint, and earlier I tried superglue to hold down the pinstriping. Which it did ... but did you know superglue has a reaction when it hits enamel paint? I didn't. So today I glued down more pinstriping (with a different glue!) and touched up his paint.
So we'll see how it works - I have a show in Athens tomorrow that will test all of my new repairs out!
And while I'm on the subject ... R2-D2 is almost done. The body is finished, all I need to do is finish wiring in the remote control system. The feet are all fixed up and he's fully motorized, which is GREAT. I just have a lot of speed controllers and receivers and batteries to install. I need to mount them and decided to make a wooden container to hold everything (one for the body and one for the dome) but it's too cold for woodworking so that's on hold. But next week looks like it has some nice days so I'm hoping to get a bit done. I can't count on much simply because I usually decide to go work on something, then my two year old son tells me he wants daddy to play with him, and frankly my son just about always wins that one - and I wouldn't have that any other way. Good thing I'm not in a rush!
Well, probably not for good. The more I wear it the more little repairs I need to make from time to time. Had to fix up something in a glove as well. But it's all looking good again. I really hate it when something happens that removes the illusion that it's real. I worked quite hard to make it look real!
I also touched up R2-Q5. He has silver pinstriping on his dome. I used automotive pinstriping, and the ends of it come up from time to time. He's painted with an enamel paint, and earlier I tried superglue to hold down the pinstriping. Which it did ... but did you know superglue has a reaction when it hits enamel paint? I didn't. So today I glued down more pinstriping (with a different glue!) and touched up his paint.
So we'll see how it works - I have a show in Athens tomorrow that will test all of my new repairs out!
And while I'm on the subject ... R2-D2 is almost done. The body is finished, all I need to do is finish wiring in the remote control system. The feet are all fixed up and he's fully motorized, which is GREAT. I just have a lot of speed controllers and receivers and batteries to install. I need to mount them and decided to make a wooden container to hold everything (one for the body and one for the dome) but it's too cold for woodworking so that's on hold. But next week looks like it has some nice days so I'm hoping to get a bit done. I can't count on much simply because I usually decide to go work on something, then my two year old son tells me he wants daddy to play with him, and frankly my son just about always wins that one - and I wouldn't have that any other way. Good thing I'm not in a rush!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Magician of the Year!
There are two magic groups in town, the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians. The two groups jointly give out a "Magician of the Year" award to one Atlanta magician, it's a huge trophy that has been going from person to person since 1971. And for 2007, I got named the Magician of the Year! I'm really excited about this - it's really something that I'm very proud about.
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