So, life’s been busy for a while.
Let’s go back in time to June 17, the last substantial update I made.
I took some time off between jobs to hang out, relax, and get refreshed. I did a ton of work on Clone and Fett stuff. The sculpt for the codpiece and butt plate are almost done, the Cody/Fox visor is done, and my Fett gauntlets are done.
On the gauntlet note, I negotiated a deal with a prominent machinist to let me recast his gauntlet rocket, which will allow me to make complete gauntlet kits.
Starting at the new job was, of course, a Big Deal. My first few days I just soaked in information. By the end of week 1 I started to feel more well oriented.
The long weekend at the end of the first week was nice. I ate WAY too much on the 4th, resulting in spending the 5th in crippling stomach pain. I got a lot of reading done.
Today I felt good, but had the sense to not go to the gym. I was pretty dehydrated and ate less than 1 meal on the 5th, so no working out first thing in the morning. Tomorrow I should be on track there. Did I mention the free gym at my new office? 
I got the shins finished for my Rex suit, and put the whole contraption on for some photos…
I’ve also just about finished the Cody helmet.
Related to all of that, I finally set up the Watch City Armory web site (which is just stormtrooperguy.com, but whatever 
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I also made a silly little movie about weathering armor:
It’s cheesy, but fun. Doing something like that with a real video camera would be good… that was recorded with my iPhone.
What else have I been up to?
I made some kick-ass coffee ice cream for Jodi’s birthday.
I haven’t seen Transformers 2 yet, but despite the terrible reviews, I’m going on Friday. Big Robots and Megan Fox. It can’t be worse than Megashark vs. Giant Octopus.
I’ve got tickets to see Alegria in August.
I’m going camping this weekend. In a friend’s back yard. Should be fun
Trooping on the 18th (maybe) and the 26th (definitely). Both baseball games. I don’t even like baseball.
Tags: 501st, captain rex, clone, clone wars, costuming, fett, food, geek, iphone, painting, photos, star wars, trooping, watch city armory, work
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