D-Day (Dome-dagen in Swedish…) (and ankles…)
One of the first items I ordered for my R2 build arrived.. in this small package:
Opening the box gave me this view:
Removing the plastic and paper gave further info about the mystery contained within..
Yes, it is my laser cut dome that finally arrived! It will sit on my shelf for two weeks before I can start working on it…
After the joyful feeling of receiving this box, I started working on my main ankles.
I realized that I had forgotten to add the ankle locks built into my ankles, as I did with the center ankle. I may fix this before skinning the ankles or not, but for now, I’ve left them as is.
Main ankles are mostly glued together and are not going to harden before doing any further work with them.
Note the cables running through, which is just a placeholder for trying out the cable channel. The pinpoints are not yet sanded, and are therefor still a bit uneven, but I have plenty of time to fix that! =)
Finally, I also unravelled the blue Mummy inside my work area, and it turned out to be my left foot shell, now complete. Needs a little bond and sanding on the lower parts, but other than that, looking good!
Now, I take a little break from R2 building. I’ve had a few intense buildweeks, but for the next two weeks I have other plans… I’ll tell you more on that later!
I’ll see you with more updates in February!
//Micke