#workbenchwednesday

I was screaming the entire time because trying new things is hard and scary but I'm pretty happy with the effect before shading!

#workbenchwednesday with the plorg dorkter, aka the Big Boy. Though I’d write about about finishing work and sanding. ✨ With a lot of the small companions, I do a lot less sanding unless they have big flat areas... otherwise I do all my smoothing and prettying before I bake it. With bigger stuff (and doll stuff) I do a LOT of sanding and finishing to make the surfaces really nice and smooth with as few divots and scratches and weird bits BBC as I can manage. They’re not perfect, but I do try hard! One of the big things I do is pruning and sanding. There are a few steps and a few reasons to do it. One big reason to prime is that it reveals a lot of errors and imperfections in the master. By getting the surface to an opaque gray, you can see every lump, bump, and scratch! Especially with slightly translucent materials like sculpey, it can be hard to see what’s going on. So it’s revealing in that way, and the lack of translucence also lets you pay more attention to how the light falls and what shadows it creates. That’s important sometimes too! Anyway, I usually do a coat of primer when I’m done sculpting, then groan at everything it reveals... them I sand a lot! The primer fills the scratches a little (especially if you use a heavier primer like a gray auto body primer) and also when you’re sanding you can see where the scratches are because they’re full of primer! So if you gently sand away all the primer you get rid of the scratches too! When sanding, you need to be mindful of the shape of your pieces so you don’t get flat spots... you move your sandpaper with the curves. Then you prime again and see where you are... then you sand more... then you prime again... and you sand more... and then you prime again... and then you can be proud of your lovely smooth piece! I am VERY FAR from finished... but we’ll get there! #plaguedoctor #wip #arttoy #designertoy https://www.instagram.com/p/B-LTjf3pPsa/?igshid=bcv9wz6b1sv6

Breathing new life into an old friend, head I acquired at rendezvous in the Powder River Basin in the early ‘80’s. New curly maple handle ready for some aquafortis.

In the making #workbenchwednesday #cesarjewelers https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_nj9GFAdg/?igshid=184z4vs0qocf4

Next #piano patient up on the 'ol DPW proverbial bench on this #workbenchwednesday is this 1969 #Steinway model D 9' #Concert #grandpiano for North Park University in #Chicago , via Piano Technician and rebuilder Nick Savage RPT. #woodworking #restoration #finecustompianokeys #madeindetroit #playedallovertheworld (at Detroit Pianoworks)

Figured I'd post this for #workbenchwednesday since I've seen a few other people I follow do the same. And I kind have a workbench now. Either way, no cosplay today, but working on a #swr project. . . . #starwarsrebels #sabinewren #swrstarbird #starbird #rebelsstarbird #rebels #starwars #disney (at Puyallup, Washington)

Trying to decide if they pass before I finish painting them.

Will need proper basing...