Another heat wave day

Its soooooo hot outside summer rolling right in...sweating just standing!

Next thing ya know I am eatting a hot spicy soup in the middle of the heat...food is food

Work was alright...I totally want to pass out sleeping but you can do only so much to try to keep yourself awake...

Went home and played some wow then took a bit of a nap while suffering the heat wave....now my eyes wants to close but got involved in fanfiction so gots to read that all....

rock climbing fun but does take a toll on the arms

Soooo...

Did a special event at work and yeah...people werent too happy standing in line for a couple of hours in the heat...least in the shade but heat none the less...

Day went by and well being the grunt peon of the line control ya get to see lots of things but really cant do anything and being the scrap goat for the people complain to you woot and I get to this again in a couple of hours!

Oh joy is me

here have a taiyaki

burning out

I think all this working is killing my mojo to work on my costume since I wake up and feel like crudeness (maybe due to heat) and I got about 4 hours before I go to work...then when I work I dont go home till its like 3am....and being tired from work I dont want to work on costume x_x

and due to it being convention month soon I better save so on saving mode which meaning buying anything excessive...like food  would come to a stop...so scavenging which I scored today when someone gave my mom fried chicken which she shouldnt have so all for me n work. Came home and had really really thick egg drop soup i think...asian food...ya dont really know whats in it...dont ask and just eat it rule of mine apply

well off to play wow!

Bored as bored can be

Yep just finished work and really dont want to do anything! I know I gotta wire those shoulder lights and I bought more batteries for it but =_= I just dont want ta do it

Work was work and nothing new in that category

Playing the Pandarian monk finally...but yeah...maybe I will go draw or something

here have a pic of ice cream

day of freedom till workage

Yep gonna be working 9 days straight just to save a bit of off time due to Anime Expo which I probably not go all days but just as a precaution.

So today still woke up at 3pm cause I was soooo tired with my body aches which today my arms are back and restored....but i am still lazy

took a bit of time to try and wire up my second shoulders so at least I was a bit productive

ya know there be no red wire to cut cause i like black and white lol for positive and negative hehe well i will figure out battery in a bit

Lazy but productive

Woke up late and super sore today...heh my arms no like me as predicted when I did the whole rock climbing thing.

Had to go to work with sore arms of course and lets just say some certain range of motion like pushing a door open hurts..

Well back home now and I didnt want to work on my armor...x_x muse wanted a vacation from it so I ended up drawing instead

Starting to work on my Lightning Obsession round 2 with her many many (unliked) new outfits...I might just do the ones I DO like and the new default one grew on me...just the boob armor kinda just gets to me...I highly frown if armor defines a boob like a bra...which I do like the breast plate on FFXIII-2 eh whatevers

x_x going to sleep

Hang out

So day off to celebrate one of my good friend's birthday today. Went to her house to open her present which we got her a giant lightpad (makes things easier to redraw like if you see em animators tables) and I got her a tote bag with Mickey on it. We went to go a bit to try rock climbing...and to say I don't have that much upperbody strength lol...that and my shoulder was acting up and kinda rub my hands raw.

Then we went to eat at The Lazy Dog which was a cute place (full of dog pictures) to eat. I got steak while others got pasta and it was quite good. Had a rootbeer float too and it was delicious

After...we were next to the movies so we went and watched Monsters University and while it doesn't quite have the feel like the first movie, it in its own right was good in a sense of story. It was a little more on the lines of Cars in terms of story plot where ya know which direction the movie is going but it was rather predictable in that you can probably guess whats going to happen but with a little twisting. It had a good message though at least this is the message I got out of it: There are goals in life that one would set...but no matter how much you do to get there...there will is always a measure of failure attach to it. That doesn't change who you are and that we are all different with unique abilities that can be exploited to reach your goals...even if ya need to have a bit of compromise to reach it. Over all it was a great movie to sit with my friends and enjoy a good pixar film

When that was done we went off to a japanese supermarket where we kinda just snacked and then went back to friends place and enjoyed a nice walk with her dog and watched Once Upon A Time...shows addicting...

Then a nice little outing at Genkis a nice little crape place with a few jap dishes which I oped for a Taiyaki and takoyaki since I had icecream at home to fill my icecream needs

Now I am uber tired at home....but knowing me I never rest well so I went to work more on my shoulder lighting

totally didnt see the reference on it so its not quite like the pictures...but at this point I dont really care...gonna see if I can just get this done before comic con...since apparently before anime expo would be a no go

This has 5 lights on each shoulder piece which makes it 10 leds and I am still trying to figure out how many batteries I want to use...I am torn between three 9v or two 9v + two AA....I tried to power 5 leds with one 9v and it wasnt powerful enough to light them all....so back to the drawing board heh...which means more batteries on me!

more lighting fun

So yeah work was work...with the usual sat morning grind

Came home and well gotta get back to working on costume x_x lighting fun again

Just that its two times more then what my bracers had so yeah lots of fun...this all for the shoulders...yep and i need more 9 volts heh

Tiredness

Today it felt like people were in our store trying to buy everything yet wreak it at the same time. I was in clean clean clean mode x_x and good thing my knee aint hurting cause I probably walked alot more then normal.

Anyways home now and trying to relax cause got to wake up in like 7 hours heh day shifts sucks for a night owl like me

my supply of cereal

one of em days

procrastination...my worst enemy as an artist

woke and went n played wow...now that i am home from work =_= i dont wanna work on armor...

maybe cause my knee hurt...today my body didnt like me...felt like some one punched me in the gut plus that knee ...i guess i can relax n play more wow....

was hungry and didnt want to spend so forage in the house...and threw together a tuna salad...least it what it suppose to be hehe...just with other fillers...wish i had onions though

How I see

Never one to look at things and see how they are intended but what it can become...or potentially can become...

That is one thing about being an artist...or one that is able to peek outside the box from time to time..

So an errand day apparently where my sis threw out her back and I went to get her stuff after I picked up the kid from school.

Went to target and got some meds for the sis and she said I could get some stuff for myself. Got myself some snacks

In this case the cups on the right there...Now ya probably thinking I got the snacks for the sake of the snacks....NOPE I got it cause of the cups lol the snacks were just bonus at this point...

Cut that sucker up and got my supply of plastic there.

Some few hours (more like 5) later and I get

x_x back armor done...now I can rest in peace today knowing I got somewhere....now =_= the dreaded lights on the shoulders...but I think I got room on the breast plates to store the batteries so the fact that I need to figure how to get in and out of my armor is the MAIN problem lol cause I am picky

Days off from work

Woot finally my day off from work...meaning more work!...just the domestic kind...

Woke up....
Vacuumed
Mop the floors
Laundry
Pick up Kid
Got water (7gallons worth) for mom
Bought more little lead cases for my armor
Did a bit of re-poting which I was the soil mixer and plant mover...finally done with them and my mom ended up with a grand total of 160 plant pots
Went to friends house and help walked/jog with her dog
Chilled and watched batman returns (yeah old school)
Now home and working on armor

....a good days of non working work....>.>

Anyways still working on my back portion of the armor as we speak...

look at my work station...dont worry...its organized mess

work more

been a hectic day since I had to rush from picking up my nephew then go to work...which I got there with 5 mins time to spare before I had to clock in.

Work was work as usual

Now home and working on chest piece and adding more details

breast plate

hehe well dont know if i will be moving in this one...just like my stormtrooper but eh i will manage

slowly running out of time hehe so i best be finish with this soon...but yeah the chest plate and legs probably the major pieces left...and the thighs would be a challenge on its own

work was work...tomorrow i be a running work hehe

moving along

another day another work day another build armor day

work we are trying a new method of training so we basically squished 3 days worth instead of 4 days but it is working a lot better in my opinion but yeah whatever goes

of course it had to be a morning shift but finally get to sleep in...but of course I had to be awake to work on my armor....which moving right along to working on the chest...went straight for the boob armor...least i am going to make it more like a breast plate then boob armor

and there ya go...did the carve out method  on the designs cause i couldnt do em curves well by placing more foam on top of it

headrush

so work in the day totally bites cause I dont do mornings but oh wells what can you do huh. which I have another day shift tomorrow yeah...rather today in couple of hours which I should sleep....but yet i dont

so like this is what all the arm components look like on my arm for armor

not too bad....just gotta paint it then work on all the strappings it will need to stay on my arm...but it would need the chest armor to do so...I am out rightingly avoiding legs cause I am still trying to see how the heck I am going to graft on free floating plates on there...i'll figure it out sooner or later....got a month and a half to gooo yo x_x ugh

sick of foam

x_x so today went to my friend school to have my teeth checked out...no new cavities which is always good...and of course my last wisdom teeth had to be impacted but so far since it aint bothering me i aint bothering it. After the whole gum poke and prodding  I went out to check some stuff before heading to my other friends house where i mess with dog and watch some shows n bring them fleas home lol. Though with the flea trap it seems to be working cause I see more fleas in it...and occasional other bugs.

Now home I go to work on more shoulder time...which adding details a bit x_x almost done...then to the most detailed thing...the chest piece

ugh so much foam and paper

progression

Day off finally and I still overwork myself....my shoulder is still getting its dull ache. First I went and drill out not one but three holes out of caps....then mom wanted to get more potting done so basically I am manual labor and toss the dirt around...then I really felt it when I had to toss the mail trash away knowing that my right shoulder isnt liking me for the day....of course I'm not one to bother with pain and I would work through it...thus back to working on my costume

how many tools does it take to just make a hole.....and some elbow grease

not 100% accurate but it will due

Lazy

So yeah home from work and I really dont want to do anything...playing games at the moment...
Weird shift today which I wasnt closing so home bit earlier then norm...still lazy...guess will just have to power through it later today...

Finish the other shoulder...hehe now compare it to my mini model ...not too shabby

x_x zzzzzz

Heh seems like summers kicking in at work so lots of late night night shifts on weekdays too and well my schedule looks like a massive pile of shifts thrown about. Too many hobbies to keep track of as well. I want to draw but I am in dire works in getting this costume done...so kinda power through it...I am confident I will get it done on time...in construction...its painting I am not sure if I would finish or not

anyways update!

shoulders still be complicated but this be the inside of the shoulder bell armor...not too bad

alright back to the drawing board

So work then went over and had a once upon a time marathon of the first season to update one of my other friends! anyways I am back trying to work on the shoulder guards...proving most diffricult due to the bend...so went with the paper experiment time

I am going for a not so smooth bend because my heat gun aint strong enough to warp the foam to where it needs to and I am already poor enough to not get myself a good one...not perfect or accurate...but with the times I think its good enough...least it doesnt have lights in them!

randoms

Wow sems like I am starting to forget to blog when I come home from work after midnight. Well yesterday was ya typical work day. One of my coworkers started venting of work woes which I complete understand and from the looks of it she was being kinda picked on and stresses. I hate stress so yeah zen out and take a step back from all that stress. I should be working on my armor but the shoulders prove to be challenging and still on paper phase

fanfiction addict

so yeah nothing really new today...sleep work sleep...rather lack there of sleep...had to go and read some fanfiction after work...now I got about 5 hours left for technical sleep time *sighs* and 3 more chapters to go...decisions decisions to sleep or not to sleep...well I know my friend would yell at me when she wakes up to go to school at 5 am in the morning but this is Saturday hah

here have a random pic in my gallery back in Anime Expo times lol

last straw

So by playing with dogs i bring fleas into the house...which then the only source of food is me in the room...or my sis if she ventures in....after a few dozen bites...i finally invested in a flea trap...and i have no reserves in scratching like crazy thus this is my legs

dont mind my sandals tan

Anyways did a bit of research on what kind of thing for em fleas and I dont like sprays of anykind...as much as they say odorless there is always a faint odor in chemical just not able to sense for the common nose and likely I'd pick it up and it will annoy me to no end. The winner came in a form of a trap that uses a bug stick pad as well as a light bulb to simulate heat...set it up and went to work... 10 hours later when I come home

This tiny  little speck is what has been plaguing me!...Well I am going to see if there be any more of his friends about and leave it on till who knows when....but least the trap freaking works (cant beat the name lol) '_';; yeah so hopefully I am not a bag of tasty sweet blood for anymore fleas

Tired yes

So start off the day with some chores like normal then went out to go run some stuff for mom...bought a whole bunch of more foam needed for costume and fabric too x_x thats gonna be a pain to try n sew....

Then went out to hang out with a friend I hardly get to hang out with cause of A. our busy lives and B. a tad further then my normal set of friends that are all with in the same city zone

We hung out chill and ate sushi yummm and watch some movies

Now at home and back to work with some other chores and poke at more armor....

some more details as well as constructed the other bicep....need to finish soda before i can get another cap

Day off...or is it

Finally able to sleep in to find myself woken up by people giving rent...my mom likes to disappear at this time due to that so i am stuck answering cause people dont trust the mail slot on the door....

laundry day...and more re-potting plants...i should take a picture of all em plants...

Anyways after that I did a bit of armor working...and bottle cap gave me most trouble...but my right bicep armor is now finish...least before paint job

o.O

What happen today it seems like I passed out when i got home from work so I totally missed out...on blogging well least from what I remembered I went to get water for mom then I went and pick up nephew then to work...

Came home with lots of veggies so I can juice them to drink...

Went and made a meal with seafood and my mom says it stinks as usual

In need to pass out

Work in the morning

Playing in the evening

There be no supper time

When work and play comes together

You get one big sleepy time....

So yeah work was boring and slow. Hung out with friend and her family for a bit too...

*yawn* then came home around 10pm and get back working my bracer whick the left is now done in constuction just putting glue down and setting to dry atm

yeah for lighty things x_x

sleep beckons

x_x traveling around

So it started with me going to my highschool/college/coworker friend getting married. Had to get ready for that...but first me and couple of other friends went out and chilled before rushing and fixing hair n stuff.

I am rather plain so I went with a button up shirt with dickies and a tie (its as formal as I can get)

Anyways the wedding went off without a hitch and was a good decent size. I was camera happy with my friends awesome camera so I just kinda chilled taking pics...whenever I get them from her I will post some of it

After we hung out some more and ate at a really good dumpling place with awesome workers

Did my run of chores...

As for now I really should be sleeping since I will be waking up in couple of hours for work...oh joy for me

Well I will try to get some shut eye

Hot shower

Well my arm is getting better and a hot shower did the trick on most of it...still cant reach in certain places...

Wedding is today and I gots to get ready for that...just finish my gift card ish thing its kinda corny but i guess it will do

I should be working the costume but i am lazy and tired at 2am in the morning =_=

starting to flesh out my troll...though wont be par with my shaman