MegaCon 2011

MegaCon 2011 has come and gone, and it was an amazing amount of fun.  I'll post up some good photos of the work I got completed on the frame while at the show (amazingly enough) once I get a chance to get a little more settled.  It's always a blast to get together with the rest of the Southern R2 builders, and this was absolutely no exception.  The Hoth scene was a complete success, including various photo-bombs by Wampa's and Snowtroopers on people.  I'm really inspired to get more done at this point, so hopefully I can build some momentum going forward at this point.

Painting the Dome

I'm reaching the next pause in the frame design, so I'm going to spend a little more time on the dome, specifically the paint job.  So far it looks really good, for a first coat.  I'm planning on spending some time sanding it lightly, putting a 2nd coat on, then sealing it.

Because R4 is inversed colors from R2 (the main dome is red, where the pie panels are silver/platinum), what I'm contemplating doing is getting a metal tape/sheeting that I can cut the panels out of to make them metallic, instead of just using paint.  This will give them a raised look (like they are moving parts), and make them easier to install.

Progress

It's been a while since I had a chance to really sit down and work on arfour.  In November I ordered a skin set from Chani, and it took a little while for it to come in.  Without the skin set, it was near impossible to figure out which piece of the top of the frame was too tall.  Last Friday I went over to Todd's and we got the issue figured out, and I had a chance to trim and start constructing again.  With MegaCon only 10 days away, I'm hoping I can have the frame nearly done, and the legs a bit further along before the show.