365/2013 - Day 313

more lion-creature-guy progress

Tonight this guy got some thin ribbons (olive, yellow, pink, and orange) added randomly to his mane.  He also got dark blue arms and very floppy orange/teal legs.  I still have quite a ways to go on him, but I like the way he is turning out so far.

I would say that by the way he is taking shape tonight, in the end I will be pleased enough with him to offer him to the goal I have in mind.

2012/365 - Day 9

shopping in the basement

That is what I call it when I need to go and buy something but I check in the stashes in the basement first...shopping in the basement.


I thought I had some L-brackets and I did!

AND short screws with big heads...just perfect!












How lucky is that --I built this guy -- waaaay back when -- with a wooden plaque as his base.


I played around with positioning the guy on top of the legs and drew an outline around the squares where they would attach. I drilled pilot holes with my Dremel tool, tried the holes and legs and L-brackets again, then screwed in the screws in the bottom of the plaque.

I repeated the process for the legs.








Voila -- he stands on his own!
























close up of the L-bracket connections











rear view



Now I need to decide if I will plaster cloth the legs or leave them mostly as exposed wood. Maybe I will do a little of both.