Whoa... long time no see.

... Sorry for no posts.

:(

I guess I sorta... forgot. And I've been soaked up in DeviantART. :/


Aaaanyway, I made these Burtonesque earrings out of aluminium wire and glass beads; hot glue wasn't enough to hold them together, so I just used superglue. I was mostly inspired by Beetlejuice's pinstriped suit, and Tim's fondness for black and white striped things.

 Since the wire is so soft, you can bend it into all sorts of shapes.

 If you bend it too much though, the glue at the end of the wire goes under too much pressure and the whole thing just pops. I'll try to fix it soon... :)

Ahh... rainy home at last

It. Was. Amazing. :D
My most memorable moment in CA was when we went back to Death Valley (the first time we went in April 4 years ago), since it was really hot. And I mean really. 51.5° C (124 F) was the hottest I experienced. It felt like opening an oven and standing right infront of it, and there was always a really strong wind present; it was so hot it wouldn't even cool you down! The humidity was 5% so you literally couldn't sweat, however when you go into a colder environment, like an air-conditioned car or room, you would start sweating like crazy. My hair dried in 15 mins outside! We also went to Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. At an elevation of 282 feet (86 metres) below sea level, theres a sign on the cliff beside the pool of salt water which says 'sea level'.

Hawai'i on the other hand was very humid and green. We were on the big island, Hawai'i, for a week and the smaller island, O'ahu, for 3 nights. Hawai'i was an interesting island, since half of the island was lush and green, whereas the other half was dry and deserty. Some parts even looked a bit like Scotland, with meadows and trees, including pines. The greener east side was the most interesting by far. Black sand beaches, volcanoes, tropical plants and exotic birds were just some of the things there. O'ahu is more built up though, mostly on the Honolulu/Waikiki side. The sunsets were fantastic, we stood on the rocky pier every evening and watched them :D

Here are some pics:

This one's so cute :3

In LA

Oops... should've made that three weeks. Anyway, got back from Oahu yesterday and in LAX  right now! Hawai'i was amazing; we even went to the summit of Mauna Kea, that's over 13,800 feet (4206 metres) !!!
I was feeling pretty woozy cause of the lack of air and I took a laughing fit in the car for no reason whatsoever :P

Boarding the plane to London in about 3 hours time, gonna be on the plane 10 and a half hours :( At least I have my iPod and my DSi to entertain me ;D

The time difference between LA and Britain is 8 hours, so it means that I'm leaving at 5:35 LA time and arriving in London 12 :00 British time. Plus another 1 and a half hours on the plane, waiting for luggage ( if only you knew how slow BA is) and the taxi back home, I'll only get home at about three, maybe four.

The food here is yummy, bye!

America tomorrow!

Going to America tomorrow! Gonna spend the first week in CA and the second in Hawaii! Did I mention they're filming Pirates 4 there? (JOHNNY DEPP! :3 i love him) I might see them shooting it ;)

Be back in two weeks, bye!

Summer holidays!

They started the day before yesterday but now's the time to announce it! Primary school's over, Secondary here I come! You can hardly tell it's summer here 'cause of the rain, but sometimes it's sunny too. This is quite long notice, but I'm going to America on the 8th July and coming back on the 28th. Also, King's head is coming along pretty well!

Some progress on Zelda...

I finished some of the head ornament-y things and glued them on just there, so she's looking a bit more complete, apart from her arms and hands which I still have to finish. Also, check out my DeviantART here ;)

Stay tuned!

One day is all it takes!

I finished outlining and coulouring it in yesterday, so here it is!

The King of Red Lions

I couldn't find my PVA glue so I decided to draw something. I started doodling and found myself trying to draw the King of Red Lions, so I stuck with that and finished the sketch! If I find my glue and finish Zelda then I might build Ninjatoes' King of Red Lions.

Medli's stand

Since I didn't want to make the stand a tiny container with some plasticine on it, I made this out of a painted aerosol can cap.

Since the Wind Waker is largely based on the sea, I painted waves along the bottom of it ;)

X-Acto stylus knife

Here is my new invention... the X-Acto stylus knife! I got the idea when I was trying to multi-task by cutting out stuff and playing Spirit Tracks on my DSi, as I was using the non-knife end of the X-Acto knife to: well, tap stuff. One of my old styluses kept on falling out of the DS, so I cut off the end and glued it on to the knife.

The fish fingers at the end of the vid is the setting for my new stop motion, incase you were wondering ;)

All mangled up

Building without referring to a .pdo as often as you should can result in your model being completely wrong. Salvatore's arms ended up in a very akward position, so I'm gonna print out the page again, start a bit on Medli, hopefully get some work done on SSB:M Link's left hand and then go back to Salvatore. Also, I think I just invented something awesome :O I'll hopefully show it to you guys tomorrow!

A first for me :D

Could you believe that? I actually finished all of the ST Link base right there. Expect a big update tomorrow ;)

The wonderful Wind Waker

After I've finished the ST Link base I'm thinking about making some Wind Waker papercrafts.

Salvatore - you just gotta love this guy. Hes just sits there all day long, waiting for some person (almost always Link) to come along and play his minigames. He first appeared in WW, but he reappeared on Bannan island in Phantom Hourglass.
 
Medli - her beak is so cool! She's half human-half duck (or something of the sort lol), but that doesn't stop her from being awesome.

You choose which one I'll build first! I'm just such an indecisive person, that's why.

X-Acto knife

I've just ordered an X-Acto knife and blades from Amazon, and I can't wait to try them out! Before, I used scissors and sometimes a utility knife, but you had to press really hard with it because it's not that sharp, and it felt like the paper was gonna rip at any moment. Hopefully now I can make some cleaner cuts ;)

Rocket.... scanned

That's the rocket scanned now, so I can paint the parts of the rocket and if I make a mistake, I can always use this as a backup.

New scanner!

My dad got a new scanner today! Now I can get on with ST Link! ;)

Animation finished!

I'm trying to cram a lot of things in to this evening because I should go to bed earlier so I can wake up earlier for the camp, but who cares. I finally got the titles to work, so here's the finished product!

Heads up!

Just to say that I won't be here from the 22nd to the 26th because I'm away to an adventure camp.

Bye!

Stuff to expect

SSB:M Link's feet and arm fell off because he fell like 10 million times (lol), but that was actually an advantage because he was out of balance before, so that gave me a chance to glue the feet on in a way that lets him stand up without his shield pulling him down. Another thing, expect another animation in a few days!

Slideshows can be quite frustrating at times! X(

Over the past couple of days I've been trying to make a slideshow gadget, but 'searching-for-pictures-linked-to-keywords-off-a-file-hosting-website-like-Photobucket-Flickr-or-Picasa' wasn't my idea of making a slideshow. I thought you could just upload your own photos from your computer, but that just shows you how ignorant I can be sometimes!