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All this work just in time for Spring Break! And then the frantic rush begins!
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Originally Posted By guns762: Update 3/8 Frantic Friday before Spring Break! Going to be quite a few students missing today. Our castle balconies getting laid out. My artist wants to incorporate a bit of the under arch shape once they go up. This should help tie the presentation walkway in with the rest of the design. https://i.imgur.com/XFxBJL2.jpg Heart and Lung structure pieces are getting cut out and assembled. We again discussed how best to make the lungs look like lungs yesterday, and what materials will work best. I'll probably pick up some fabric for some of it. We may use that over top of sculpted foam on the sides and ends. The fabric would be applied over top and allowed extra for expansion and contraction. https://i.imgur.com/aRZCSkk.jpg More progress on the dragon's skin, but I may make a patina change coming up. We may go with just black between the scales to make them show up a bit more. Not sure I like how it's blending all together. The landscaping lights showed up. They aren't as bright as I was hoping, but they will work well for lighting up parts of the project. We may even attach a couple inside the wall of the castle, pointing up, to get a dramatic affect. https://i.imgur.com/Tsp4yT6.jpg We got the ships mast painted. We should be able to get a second coat on today, then start messing with attaching the sail and rigging. https://i.imgur.com/gJ0oVrl.jpg After just using her fingers to get more splash details in our water waves, we experimented with using the round plastic lens as a way to pull the lexan over top and produce a bubble. We also used the end of a round stone carving handle to push up bubbles in the plastic as it was heated. Worked pretty well. https://i.imgur.com/5YZ27S5.jpg She will continue to detail each wave, and other students will continue to find placement on the bows of the ships. Those already attached will also be detailed. https://i.imgur.com/HqziVnV.jpg The beads and bubbles arrived yesterday late. These will also be applied to the waves, once we have the fist layer of structure and details applied. We should get similar looks to what we did with the Liberty Ships. Hopefully with the lighting it should look pretty cool when done, and a bit more next level from what we've done in the past. https://i.imgur.com/nq2v3jS.jpg The woodshop brought in one of our dragon heads and wants us to put down a 1st layer of patina, then they will again add a bit more detail. https://i.imgur.com/lpGUjtk.jpg View Quote Don't use plain black for the spaces between the scales. Use a real dark green, almost black, for that space, and wash it with the oxidized copper green you used to give patina to the scales. |
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Life is about choices.
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As a highly experienced expert in water effects now I think the bow wave/bubble effect approach is extremely clever!
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By redoubt: Don't use plain black for the spaces between the scales. Use a real dark green, almost black, for that space, and wash it with the oxidized copper green you used to give patina to the scales. View Quote The green isn't a bad idea. Not sure it will be dark enough to have enough contrast though. We are going to hit the tops of the scales with more copper to lighten them a bit too. |
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Who gets to paint the back half of the half-ship once it's mounted to the wall?
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Death to quislings.
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By HermanSnerd:
In reality, those two hot chicks that you just met that want you to come home with them for "a good time", are merely the bait for the huge guy hiding in the closet wearing a Batman suit. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: I got an email from one of my painters. She had been working on the mural of the Viking village, but took time off to get her Junior Duck Stamp entry done. It took a little longer than we hoped and she had to finish it and send it off over the break. She got it mailed off with one day to go. Here is the painting. Oil on canvas https://i.imgur.com/3Lc3t4f.jpeg View Quote A majestic Karen in the wild about to demand to see the Manager and her husband who has just realized what's about to happen. |
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Death to quislings.
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I suggest we trade a question mark in for a maybe.
IA, USA
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Originally Posted By guns762: I got an email from one of my painters. She had been working on the mural of the Viking village, but took time off to get her Junior Duck Stamp entry done. It took a little longer than we hoped and she had to finish it and send it off over the break. She got it mailed off with one day to go. Here is the painting. Oil on canvas https://i.imgur.com/3Lc3t4f.jpeg View Quote Great work! |
WARNING-this post contains words or thoughts that may at some point be discovered by the state of California to cause cancer.
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Death to quislings.
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Originally Posted By guns762: I got an email from one of my painters. She had been working on the mural of the Viking village, but took time off to get her Junior Duck Stamp entry done. It took a little longer than we hoped and she had to finish it and send it off over the break. She got it mailed off with one day to go. Here is the painting. Oil on canvas https://i.imgur.com/3Lc3t4f.jpeg View Quote Very Nice! What is the size of it? Mail could get spendy depending. |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
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Its good to see real art being practiced in schools.
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Originally Posted By guns762: ________________________________________________________ + $30 for PVC pipe, timer, LED light strings Total as of 3/7/24 $3428.00 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By guns762: As many have asked, I try to track the costs of this projects from beginning to end. Plywood, 2x4s, 2x6 $500 Paint, tape $100 Skeletons 24" and 60" and raven $150 ____________________________ Total as of 8/29/23 $750 $30 Burlap bags $30 Fabric for Viking uniforms $60 Pro-880 & 550 paste ________________________________ Total as of 9/11/23 $870 + $150 2x4s, screws, & FRP paste ____________________________________ Total as of 9/12/23 $1020.00 + $50.00 for screws, expanding foam + $620.00 for tile _______________________________________ Total as of 9/18/23 $1690.00 + $50 for clothing material for viking action figures __________________________________ Total as of 9/27/23 $1740.00 + 250.00 for paint _____________________________________ Total as of 10/3/23 $1990.00 + 90 for texture spray and expanding foam, and Sand paper _________________________________________ Total as of 10/16/23 $2080.00 +85.00 for elmers glue, wood glue, caulk white, and nuts, bolts and washers _______________________________________________ Total as of 10/31/23 $2165.00 +135 for pcv pipe, fittings, and 4x8' sheet of 2" foam ________________________________________________ Total as of 11/2/23 $2300.00 _____________________________________________________ +35 for pvc pipe fittings and almond colored caulk for the tower Total as of 11/14/23 $2335.00 +40 for more expanding foam 4 cans _________________________________________________________ Total as of 11/29/23. $2375.00 +80 for 15yrds of fabric for the dragon wings __________________________________________________________ Total as of 12/18/23 $2455.00 +85 for timers, 2x6, power strip, 5 cans foam _________________________________________________________ Total as of 1/9/24 $2540.00 +40.00 for 5 bags pillow stuffing __________________________________________________________ Total as of 1/17/24 $2580.00 +138 for 12 cans of foam, pvc pipe and fittings ____________________________________________________________ total as of 1/22/24 $2718.00 +100 for Nails="Rivets", pvc pipe, pvc fittings for wings _____________________________________________________________ Total as of 1/23/24 $2818.00 +300 for 4 cans of paint, 12 cans of foam, clear coat, cable clamps ____________________________________________________ Total as of 2/5/24 $3118.00 +$140 for lighting _____________________________________________________ Total as of 2/26/24 $3248.00 +150 for plastic bubbles/beads/glass for water features total as of 2/27/24 $3398.00 ________________________________________________________ + $30 for PVC pipe, timer, LED light strings Total as of 3/7/24 $3428.00 +45 for plexiglass ___________________________________________________ Total as of 3/19/24 $3473.00 |
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Originally Posted By guns762: I got an email from one of my painters. She had been working on the mural of the Viking village, but took time off to get her Junior Duck Stamp entry done. It took a little longer than we hoped and she had to finish it and send it off over the break. She got it mailed off with one day to go. Here is the painting. Oil on canvas https://i.imgur.com/3Lc3t4f.jpeg View Quote |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. |
We also managed to nick one of the light strips going on our castle, so that was bad.
I ordered an extra, so we will be ok. The student felt so bad she researched how to fix them, and I ordered some splices and we will try them out the next time an oops strikes. Students will be voting on sweatshirts again today. They are liking the Ash and Heather Grey. We will have to see how voting goes here. We might have to add a third option for sweatshirts and limit the tshirts to 3 colors instead of 4. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: We also managed to nick one of the light strips going on our castle, so that was bad. I ordered an extra, so we will be ok. The student felt so bad she researched how to fix them, and I ordered some splices and we will try them out the next time an oops strikes. Students will be voting on sweatshirts again today. They are liking the Ash and Heather Grey. We will have to see how voting goes here. We might have to add a third option for sweatshirts and limit the tshirts to 3 colors instead of 4. View Quote I voted for Ash. I figgered you were only offering hoodies this year. |
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Death to quislings.
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I think the waves would benefit with some hints of blue paint as water.
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Originally Posted By backbencher: I voted for Ash. I figgered you were only offering hoodies this year. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: We also managed to nick one of the light strips going on our castle, so that was bad. I ordered an extra, so we will be ok. The student felt so bad she researched how to fix them, and I ordered some splices and we will try them out the next time an oops strikes. Students will be voting on sweatshirts again today. They are liking the Ash and Heather Grey. We will have to see how voting goes here. We might have to add a third option for sweatshirts and limit the tshirts to 3 colors instead of 4. I voted for Ash. I figgered you were only offering hoodies this year. Nope, there will be tshirts as well, just like last year. |
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Originally Posted By JoseCuervo: I think the waves would benefit with some hints of blue paint as water. View Quote Some of the bubbles that will come later already have some tint to them. We are also considering lights in the water. I'll pass along the suggestion of paint too. That might be a good idea. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Nope, there will be tshirts as well, just like last year. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: We also managed to nick one of the light strips going on our castle, so that was bad. I ordered an extra, so we will be ok. The student felt so bad she researched how to fix them, and I ordered some splices and we will try them out the next time an oops strikes. Students will be voting on sweatshirts again today. They are liking the Ash and Heather Grey. We will have to see how voting goes here. We might have to add a third option for sweatshirts and limit the tshirts to 3 colors instead of 4. I voted for Ash. I figgered you were only offering hoodies this year. Nope, there will be tshirts as well, just like last year. Oh, that's good. We live in radically different climates. About the only time I put on a sweatshirt is to practice shooting a revolver through it. |
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Death to quislings.
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I suggest we trade a question mark in for a maybe.
IA, USA
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Oh, that's good. We live in radically different climates. About the only time I put on a sweatshirt is to practice shooting a revolver through it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: We also managed to nick one of the light strips going on our castle, so that was bad. I ordered an extra, so we will be ok. The student felt so bad she researched how to fix them, and I ordered some splices and we will try them out the next time an oops strikes. Students will be voting on sweatshirts again today. They are liking the Ash and Heather Grey. We will have to see how voting goes here. We might have to add a third option for sweatshirts and limit the tshirts to 3 colors instead of 4. I voted for Ash. I figgered you were only offering hoodies this year. Nope, there will be tshirts as well, just like last year. Oh, that's good. We live in radically different climates. About the only time I put on a sweatshirt is to practice shooting a revolver through it. I'd be in for a sweatshirt if there was a no-hood option. So I buy the T-shirts. My wife has decided she likes them too. |
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Originally Posted By shack357: I'd be in for a sweatshirt if there was a no-hood option. So I buy the T-shirts. My wife has decided she likes them too. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By shack357: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: We also managed to nick one of the light strips going on our castle, so that was bad. I ordered an extra, so we will be ok. The student felt so bad she researched how to fix them, and I ordered some splices and we will try them out the next time an oops strikes. Students will be voting on sweatshirts again today. They are liking the Ash and Heather Grey. We will have to see how voting goes here. We might have to add a third option for sweatshirts and limit the tshirts to 3 colors instead of 4. I voted for Ash. I figgered you were only offering hoodies this year. Nope, there will be tshirts as well, just like last year. Oh, that's good. We live in radically different climates. About the only time I put on a sweatshirt is to practice shooting a revolver through it. I'd be in for a sweatshirt if there was a no-hood option. So I buy the T-shirts. My wife has decided she likes them too. Kids were signing up for t-shirts today, so I can get a approximate count. Their voting on sweatshirt colors is almost the complete opposite of arfcom. |
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I also go my sections and numbers requests for next year.
Requests for my classes are up.... 164. 100-120 is about max but I run over that every year. About half of all students who want to have "Vocational Art", where most of the work on these projects takes place, won't get in. Kind of a bummer, but it is what it is. I normally teach 2 sections of Voc Art but we have enough numbers for 4 full sections. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: I also go my sections and numbers requests for next year. Requests for my classes are up.... 164. 100-120 is about max but I run over that every year. About half of all students who want to have "Vocational Art", where most of the work on these projects takes place, won't get in. Kind of a bummer, but it is what it is. I normally teach 2 sections of Voc Art but we have enough numbers for 4 full sections. View Quote Perhaps the science lab could work on cloning you? |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Update 3/21 Thursday already! Our sail got a little further along yesterday. Details will be added as we go with more ropes. I'm still brainstorming for filling the sail. We can probably use wire again like we did before. It's not perfect, but not sure how else to do it. I don't want to papermache the whole sail, and I'm not sure how effective it would be. https://i.imgur.com/HVCAueS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/98GSUZn.jpg View Quote All I can think of for the sail is the diluted Elmer's glue soaking the fabric, then letting it hang for a weekend suspended between 4 points so it forms the normal 2 dimensional catenary surface that it would naturally show when full of wind. I don't know if there will be air currents or not to disturb it, it would be kind of flexible after 1 coat but mostly formed. Worse case would be wash it out and try wires but connecting fabric to large enough wires to not bend back over time might prove difficult. I suppose that glue-water is what you were referring to with the "paper mache" option? Seems like best one to me but haven't put thought into it. The two axis bowing is the difficult bit to make it look 'blown' but otherwise jut some #10 o4 #12 romex copper would be stiff enough to hold the shape but bonding to fabric is the e tricky part, unless you use matte black very small safety pins and go over the copper with black sharpie before starting. |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. |
What about matte clear coat spray paint? Would that be stiff enough?
Suspend the sail as brass suggested. Another thought. Narrow strips of plexiglass/lexan attached to the top and bottom (horizontal) sail supports. Make the pieces long enough so they bow outward to put the correct shape into the sail. You could even cover them with the sail cloth so they weren't visible. Make a pocket for them to slide into (two layers of sail cloth sewn together with the plastic inside. Will there be a stash of toilet paper in the boats? Always hear stories of sailboaters stealing toilet paper. |
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Originally Posted By brass: All I can think of for the sail is the diluted Elmer's glue soaking the fabric, then letting it hang for a weekend suspended between 4 points so it forms the normal 2 dimensional catenary surface that it would naturally show when full of wind. I don't know if there will be air currents or not to disturb it, it would be kind of flexible after 1 coat but mostly formed. Worse case would be wash it out and try wires but connecting fabric to large enough wires to not bend back over time might prove difficult. I suppose that glue-water is what you were referring to with the "paper mache" option? Seems like best one to me but haven't put thought into it. The two axis bowing is the difficult bit to make it look 'blown' but otherwise jut some #10 o4 #12 romex copper would be stiff enough to hold the shape but bonding to fabric is the e tricky part, unless you use matte black very small safety pins and go over the copper with black sharpie before starting. View Quote Yeah, the glue & water thing may be the way to go. Not wild about it.... If it is too thin, it runs to the low point in the sail and pools/drips. If it's too thick, it can leave brush strokes and be too thin in some areas. It can also discolor areas. Hmm......but it will probably work. Wire works but is pretty rough looking. It's also hard to find thicker wire locally. |
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Just hang the sail and don't treat it with anything. Just have the custodian direct the HVAC vent at it so it can flap in the breeze.
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Life is about choices.
If you make a mistake once, it's a mistake. You make the same mistake again, that's a choice. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By redoubt: Just hang the sail and don't treat it with anything. Just have the custodian direct the HVAC vent at it so it can flap in the breeze. Beat. Both of you!!! |
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It will be a busy day today. Should have the fundraiser live in a few hours. There should be 6 options, 3 t's and 3 sweatshirts. I got an email last night letting me know that 6 was definitely an option.
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Update 3/22
WE ARE LIVE! I just want to throw out another huge THANK YOU! to you all, and all your support of the last 12 years. There are six different options in our fundraiser, 3 t-shirts 3 sweatshirt colors, and of course, if you wish to just donate and not purchase a shirt, you can do that too. When ordering, order a size up on the sweatshirts! I found an XL was just a bit smaller than my normal XL hoodies last year. T-shirts run true to size and long enough for us taller folks. The shirts and hoodies are exactly the same product from last year. Very soft, don't shrink in the wash, and fit really nicely. I love them I've tried to price these as low as we can and still raise a few funds. We make about $5 per t-shirt and a little more on the sweatshirts. This is based on if we only sell 50. I think we can do more, as we hit 237 last year, but every year is different. Last year we raised $3,110 dolllars! ARFCOM is always so crazy generous! With each shirt sold, our cost lowers, once we sell past 50. I should have that many orders from just the kids and staff here at PHS. https://www.customink.com/fundraising/phs-panther-art-2024-2nd-age-of-vikings-fundraiser |
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Update 3/22.2
https://www.customink.com/fundraising/phs-panther-art-2024-2nd-age-of-vikings-fundraiser We will blame brass if this doesn't work. We can find him a crow cage somewhere in the castle. This morning, the glue seems firm, but pretty thin. Not sure how it's going to go when handling and moving. Might have to come back over with a thicker coat of hide paste for taxidermy. More splashes for the bow of the ship. Lights should be here early next week. Students are looking forward to adding them and all the bubbles, beads, and glass. With the duck stamp entry mailed off, I have my mural artist back to work on mountains behind our village. Lights give our castle some life. |
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Shirt ordered thank you for posting these projects and letting us follow along with the progress every year.
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Snagged a shirt and a donation. Another great year commemorated...
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