onsdag 22. mai 2013

17th of May National Day Parade

We were a fixture in this years parade as well, something the public has come to expect and look forward to.

We wanted to make a bigger impact than last year by having even more troopers, but we weren't able to recruit enough. Although we had a few new ones join us this year, most notably Ingeli who came all the way from Sweden to take part in this joyous celebration!

Local newspaper Adressa also highlighted our appearance in the parade: Athletic Girls and A frozen Han Solo in the Parade

I even got to stroll Han Solo in Carbonite around







A videoclip as well:


We changed into our gear at the firestation and decided to take our group-photo there afterwards as well:


Posing for my mom:


It was a nice day with great weather and we got an awesome response from the public as always.
This parade is the highlight of trooping in Trondheim, and it will be even better next year!

torsdag 16. mai 2013

Painting Han

The previous pass of woodglue had seeped in to the woodwork pretty good, so I did another pass and made the texture around Han Solo. I figured I'd get the texture approximately the same as the original, but not be nitpicky about the exact patterns, just get the right "feeling". Then I sanded and filled the remaining spots, and then sanded again.




Wiped it clean with a damp cloth and finally put primer on it, which made it look like a complete piece.



Then I was quick to spray the box-portion with Rustoleum Stainless Steel







I then waited until it was dry to the touch, masked off and sprayed the carbonite texture and Han with Rustoleum brand Aluminium






The whole painting seance took me less than two hours, from primer to Aluminium coat (including driving a trip to get another box of primer because I had been a noob and only bought one, which wasn't enough).
I let the paint dry for a day, and came back to weather it with thinned down black acrylic paint.
I painted the black on with a brush, let it sit for a little bit (just the right amount of time, a delicate business) and wiped it off with a cloth, doing multiple passes over all. I also weathered the "stainless steel" box.








After that, which took me just under two hours, I let him get some sun, and meet other people.






I am very happy with the result, and I'm looking forward to getting him in my livingroom.
Right now he's at the firestation where we will change tomorrow and walk in the national day parade.

I still have the sidepanels to finish, and will probably do those across the summer. But in the meantime, I'm happy to let him shine as he is!






torsdag 9. mai 2013

Pouring The Carbonite

Had another go at it today, and did another pass of filler where neccessary and finally started to make the carbonite texture by pouring woodglue over, something that went very smoothly:





I have been swamped with school and work since newyears, so I haven't been able to do nearly as much on this project as I would like.
I'll try to make another pass tomorrow, as I have the entire day off.
Wanting to make it presentable (sans sidepanels) by next saturday, and maybe stroll it around during the may 17th national day parade.