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StarLord1985!
Alright, I had to work all weekend, so I took the day off to knock out some more of my Cable goodies. I also have a couple things I managed to whip up over the past week in what little free time I had. One thing was casting one of my neck prosthetics in a new material, liquid latex.
For my side neck prosthetic, I sculpted it out of clay, then made a silicon mold of Oomoo 30. Apparently I forgot to take any pictures of that part. This was my first time sculpting and mold-makong in over a decade, so it didn’t turn out as pretty as I would have liked, but it’ll do for now.
I mixed grey acrylic paint in with the liquid latex, to give me a nice base color in case the final paint cracks while in costume. I then proceeded to fill the mold... which is not advisable when dealing with this material. When I do it again, I will apply thin layers, letting them dry between each application. Either way, it worked okay, and the liquid latex is a lot more flexible when turning my head, etc.
Just need to paint it, then I’ll fully apply it and field test the sucker.
My swivel bases came in today for the “Anglosized” swivel mount. I went with a Blackhawk brand, but the pins aren’t silver which makes me think Kenney used a different brand. Oh well. Got that all installed on my current stock, and it won’t be a problem to switch when I buy the correct stock. One note: be sure to buy a Lok-Down with the mount included. I should have paid more attention to what I was buying.
My 45 degree red dot mount scope ring came in today. Unfortunately it doesn’t fit the mount that’s on the BFG, so I’ll have to figure something else out for that. It’s an amazing piece, so I’ll put it to use on some other project.
I did end up getting the upper and lower shrouds cut and sanded. So most of today has been me learning how to braze aluminum in hopes of getting that upper shroud to become one solid piece.
Unfortunately, while trying to attach two scraps from my upper shroud for a material test, I was melting the actual shroud before I could melt the brazing rod. Part of me wonders if it has something to do with the coating dissipating heat, or if they just used a **** metal. Direct brazing may be out of the picture, but one of my original ideas was to run aluminum rod through the shroud and mount both parts to that. So I attempted that, and surprisingly it worked!
For such a small area that I brazed, it’s holding incredibly well! That means I will probably move forward with this method, but I’m going to sleep on it before I do anything irriversable on the shroud.
And last, but certainly not least, I decided to bring a couple extra props along when I wear the Cable costume.. because Time Travelers never say “die”! It took a surprisingly long time to find a bandana with the exact pattern Brolin wore in the movie. However, like One-Eyed Willy’s treasure, it was eventually found. I can’t wait to bust these out in costume and see if any con-goers get the reference.