Archive for July, 2008

This weeks new ebay listings

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Made a bit of a boo-boo today. Listed a few items before realising I hadn’t switched accounts, so part of todays sales are on my personal account. The items sold there will include VAT like with the ones on my business account.
7x Sony QTR-3 mini data cartridges 1.6Gb/3.2Gb Travan
11x Digital TLZ04-CA DAT mini tape cartridges
18x 3M DC 2120 Mini Data Cartidges, new unused, rare!
Adaptec AHA-2930CU PCI SCSI card
Adaptec AHA-2920A PCI SCSI card
Kopin Cyberdisplay 320 greyscale .24″ 6mm LCD QVGA HUD

3m Broadband modem cable, RJ11 to RJ45, grey ethernet
Dual-head Appian Jeronimo Pro 16Mb PCI
Dual-head Appian Jeronimo Pro 8Mb PCI
Dell Rambus Memory Terminator Continuity Cards (9578D)

I’ll be away for a couple of days from tomorrow, but will be back by Monday.

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Minor site changes

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

For your viewing convenience, please find that the website sidebar now has a tag cloud, and link to the sites syndication on LiveJournal.

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What do I think of Naruto?

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Some of you may have seen these on my art galleries, and the biggest thing I’m asked is always “why??”.

Cut down

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T-Virus Container Prototype

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

For fans of the Resident Evil game series, you’ll recognise the vial below as one of those held in the dying hand of Dr William Birkin.

Vial Prototype

It’s just a prototype though, and I’ve learnt a lot from it. I already have improved tooling in the works and a production procedure that will give a much finer finish. In addition, I also now have a supply of UV reactive dyes that will give a superior look to the fluid as well as making them glow under UV.

Reproductions of those from the game series will be available for about £50 each, as well as with various accessories such as Birkins needle and the G-Virus sample container seen for a scant few seconds near the end of RE:2.

Reproductions of the movie-style containers will also be available on demand for a slightly higher price.

And furthermore, for the dedicated cosplayer or fan-film maker, mechanicly functional versions of the vials are an option for commissioners who want to be able to show fluid being syphoned off.

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Mecha Ear Demonstrator

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

For those who didn’t get to see these at Confuzzled, I brought with me a concept demonstrator. This concept shows the mechanical range required to get basic emotive movements in a set of anthro ears.

Demo Ears

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Ironing board mod

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

At the request of a friend I recently took on this unusual commission.

Because of their height and joint problems, off the shelf ironing boards were too short for them. So this meant raising the working height of a board to 120cm.

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Current status

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

What do I have on my plate at the moment? Active commissions are:

  • Sketchbook commission for Fuzzy Skunk (art)
  • Mechanical wings for Jocasta (custom costuming)
  • Customisation of an ironing board for Ewt (customisation)

In R&D, I’ve worked out a better process for making T-Virus canisters with a better finish. I’m also currently working on the angles involved with the Mecha Ears development, and trying to source the right control cables for the budget model.

The concept demonstrator unfortunately did not have a pleasant ride home from Confuzzled, and again highlighted the need for strong pivots on the production versions.

The UV reactive dyes arrived a couple of days after my return home from the con, and I now just await an order of tool steel. This will allow me to make the custom lathe tools required for the best virus container machining. The polycarbonate sheeting for Jocastas wings arrived yesterday.

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Starborne Works in the works

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Well, WordPress is installed and running. I’m using this rather nice theme temporarily, afterall it’s the content that’s the important thing.

And speaking of content, I’ve now gotten the initial categories and calendar established, as are the pages for finding out information on myself, what I’m doing here, how to acquire my services and how to contact me.

For all those keen folk who came by my stall at Confuzzled this year, I hope I won’t disappoint. I’ll be adding content shortly. Thankyou for swinging by here as well, and I hope it’s been worth the journey!

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