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Console – A lot of plastic!
Todays progress, well one step forward and two steps back.
So firstly I decided that the VGA cable was way to long so I decided to cut it shorter and re-solder it into place, problem is I got a dammed cheap arse soldering iron that takes 4 years to heat up and when it finally does it’s not the tip that heats up but the everything else, so I find myself having to lean the iron in odd angles to get the heat to transfer.
This practically ruined the RCA port as it melted most of it away, God only knows how I recovered it but i did and the VGA is still working with a nice short cable now 
So in terms of viable development that’s as far as I got today… Almost that is.
At lunch time I decided, actually I’d like to make my own case for my console. I thought about a few materials, mainly wood because it’s cheap, so I started a few designs in my pad.
Then I remembered something that caught my eye in Maplin but I hadn’t actually researched properly it was this plastic that you could melt and mould in hot water. A quick youtube convinced me that this was the material for me and at £10 a tub, hell yeah!
So after work I charged down to Maplin and brought some. I got to say this stuff is amazing (oh it’s called Polymorph), it may not be great for decals but for prototyping, electronics, shapes, fixings… you name it!
It stars off as little beads, you pour the beads into a bowl of hot water and they congel together, it’s at this point you have a few minuets to mould them into shape and that’s what I did. Using a rolling pin I made the base of my case, it’s fairly smooth and flat; far from perfect but I kinda like that! It took me long enough to get the base done so I’ll try the top half tomorrow perhaps, there’s a bit more to it because I have to make the pillars for the screws and other mounting positions.
White Light – Day Thirty Eight
Keeping this one short tonight because I wanna chill out. All I wanted to do was try and create a little “fire” effect using a glow stick. Holding it tight in a work bench the usual suspects came out to play, shutter delay and a bit of photoshop!
Hope you like
Danger – Day Thirty Seven
Without any models it’s becoming increasingly difficult to take night shots with subjects as I always become the subject and I can’t control the light camera and myself at the same time.
Introducing Woody! He’s a bit on the small size (come on, loads of ammunition for you there), he’s posable, he doesn’t complain and he’s free. He does however have a 6inch metal rod up his arse which is a pain for both of us.
So todays experiment was playing with lighting, glow sticks, positions and of course “bulb” mode.
I’d snapped the glow stick by accident and feeling the need to make the most of the situation I tried to incorporate it into today’s image.
I visualised someone carrying dangerous materials and so posed Woody into a carrying stance.
I used a desk lamp to create the bold spotlight and shadow just to help dramatise the scene. Other than that nothing new really, long exposure and a bit of Photoshop to darken the entire image. Oh yeah and a soft focus around the surrounding area.
