For the months of January, February, and March I rented a work space at the Artisan's Asylum in Somerville, MA (right in sight of the Boston skyline). I thought it would be a good excuse to keep me occupied and distracted during the worst of the long, depressing Massachusetts winter. When the spring comes, I'll need to focus on some software projects, so I am planning this as a sort of intensive three-month autodidactic course in prop replication, with an almost exclusive focus on my childhood obsession: Star Trek props.
So I thought I would create this thread as a kind of journal of that work, especially for random observations on technical details or bits of research that don't merit a thread of their own but that might still be of interest of help to others. When I have something more substantive to discuss (as usual), I'll post a proper thread unto itself. For those who aren't familiar, I also highly recommend the TrekPropZone. My more involved scratch builds (such as the Voyager Doctor's Holo-imager) are discussed in greater detail there, and is a really great closely-knit community with a strong and exclusive Trek focus (not that the RPF isn't great too!).
For me, prop replication is about rekindling naive futurist fantasies of boyhood. I don't do it professionally, nor do I have any interest in selling anything or taking commissions. I will occasionally do small runs of items that I scratch build, but only for trades.
Before I make my inaugural post, I thought I'd begin my showing the huge bucket of kit builds I kicked off the other day by giving them a good scrub to remove any mold release.
I clearly have my work cut out for me.
So I thought I would create this thread as a kind of journal of that work, especially for random observations on technical details or bits of research that don't merit a thread of their own but that might still be of interest of help to others. When I have something more substantive to discuss (as usual), I'll post a proper thread unto itself. For those who aren't familiar, I also highly recommend the TrekPropZone. My more involved scratch builds (such as the Voyager Doctor's Holo-imager) are discussed in greater detail there, and is a really great closely-knit community with a strong and exclusive Trek focus (not that the RPF isn't great too!).
For me, prop replication is about rekindling naive futurist fantasies of boyhood. I don't do it professionally, nor do I have any interest in selling anything or taking commissions. I will occasionally do small runs of items that I scratch build, but only for trades.
Before I make my inaugural post, I thought I'd begin my showing the huge bucket of kit builds I kicked off the other day by giving them a good scrub to remove any mold release.
I clearly have my work cut out for me.
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