The Near and not so Near Future

So, after Asylum I've had a few ideas floating about and I had the time today to put one of them down on paper. I'm hoping to have this made for next year along with some other stuff, but I wont be saying too much about it just yet, I'll let you guys guess as to what it's supposed to be.

In other news, I've also got the first picture of a project that's been in the works for a while due to time issues (Being bloody busy) but now I've done a mockup and worked out how I'm going to make it. It's going to be a pair of goggles the character Rita Mordio wears and I'm hoping to have these finished fairly soon, going shopping for the materials tomorrow actually.

Should be some updates on the goggles coming soon and some more sketches from Asylum if I can find time to get them done!

Electric Staff

Made this 'Electro Staff' for a costume for a competition down at Forbidden Planet. I added the lighting at somewhat short notice at the behest of a friend of mine, in his words "Hey, that would look great with a glowing thing on top!" Cheers Ian.

It’s made from steel and aluminium bike parts with a quartz crystal at the top mounted on a walking pole with a leather grip. Lots of copper wiring used in this, was going for a cobbled together science look with it.

This was my first attempt at doing something electrical inside, and as a combination of short notice and lack of soldering iron (Now rectified) the wiring is mainly held together with sticky tape with little or next to no insulation. 

However, it does give a lovely tingle when you turn it on! Since it was a personal prop that wasn’t so much of an issue though I have now discovered the joys of both solder and electrical tape.