#galacticat

After many, many hours of trial and error to get the head correct inside of the helmet, I have patterned the Galacticat. The pattern includes the helmet and a no-helmet version!

It seems if it isn't a wooden box based on a video game, its a wooden character or metal cut logo. I swear I read books too, but most of my projects are based on games that I have played or my friends have played. For wire art, I often pull from real animals, even if my creations don't looks as realistic or I'll pull from mythology for dragons and hydras and such.

Into the Starfield. Just a few projects here. Some finished, others not. Most of the metal cutouts came from in game logos.

Galacti-Cat is made from padauk just like my wooden tigers. A simple carving that still sits unfinished on a shelf. I couldn't decide whether to drill through the shoulders and add rope arms like on a dog toy or put in a dowel like the wood panel wolf. One day I will get back to it. Also debated casting the head and ears in clear resin to be like a space helmet, but though I have used resin, I am NOT very good with getting the mixture just right.

Ryujin Industries had a neat logo in game and makes for a gorgeous metal card. Using aluminum, brass and copper plate I made some neat business card sized cutouts. The brass and aluminum ones almost fit perfect, but it is a tiny bit off. I did not attempt to solder them together.

Jemison Mercantile also had a neat logo, and though I made it recognizable, the edges are a far cry from straight. Aluminum cutout with just a sky blue paper backing

Space Pirates. The Crimson Fleet. A few versions of their logo. One beat up, scratched and dented for that official feel, I was still unhappy with it overall. I need to dig it up and take a picture of it to show, even if I don't want it to ever see the light of day again. The edge of it can be seen in that first Jemison Mercantile shot.

Instead, be horrified by these attempts at coin sized pirate skulls. The one up top, the aluminum one on the left and the right here are what the emblem is supposed to look like. The crossed behind the skull bothered me and the skulls nose is uneven. It just looked like an unhappy ghost shrugging and I had to change it.

Crimson Fleet Skulls in copper, brass and aluminum. I am much happier with these, even if they are not exactly what was seen in game.

Saw this logo on a flag in game, not sure what it represents, but I like the sword in a planet with a moon rising in front of a sun. Sadly another person mentioned it looks like Pac Man eating a sword and now I'll never be able to un-see it. Once again you can tell that my lines aren't perfect, but that is what I get for being a hobbyist.

Logo of the Freestar Collective in brass. Should I have just used a compass and made a perfect circle? Sure, but then it wouldn't have had that slight flaw that permeates through lots of my work.