Just checking in

I haven't had time to do much on Han after newyears, as I've gone back to school, and that takes up most of my time.
But this week, I had some time off and went to tinker a bit on the project.

I glued down the cast pieces even further, and tried to get them to lay as flush as I could:

Glued on the feet as well.

I also recieved one set of  "pockets" which go on the ends of the carbonite block, which I started to install.
No pictures of that yet, but next time I'll take some more pics.
And I presume I'll get to start pouring in some wood glue around Han and making the carbonite texture next time. As well as smeraing on some filler on the screwholes and joints and sanding that smooth.
I suspect I have a lot of filling and sanding ahead of me.

On another note, I found a local dealer which actually has the spray paint I'm looking for (at a reasonable price as well) so I bought a few cans of that, and I can't wait to just get a layer of primer on there.
With spring coming and the weather being a bit nicer, I can pull the HICs out in the garage and do the painting there. Helps me from getting suffocated by the fumes too.

Anders and Han in Gabba's Palace

Went to play poker at my friend Gabriels house, where I'm also building the two Han Solos in Carbonite.
Took the opportunity to take a picture of Han and my friend Anders:

Han is glued to the board now (minus the feet which will be added next time), next up is filling in the seams around him to make him blend into the board smoothly and add woodglue all around and make the carbonite texture. A lot of filling and sanding after that.

PS: We sometimes call Gabriel "Gabba", and Anders coined the phrase Gabba's Palace as the name for the basement. I thought it was hysterical and can't believe noone has thought of it before.

Han In Carbonite Progress

I have been tinkering with Han a little bit last week, and here are some progress photos:

Mounting the backing behind the holes for the sidepanels, I only took the cut out pieces and screwed them to a thin bar and ran a small bead of glue along the top. The panels are supposed to be at a 90 degree angle perpendicular to the floor when the box is laying flat, and the sides of the box are at 85.5 degrees angle, so that's why they're at an angle. I'll fill in the gaps around it when I fill and sand the rest of the stuff on the box.

I then glued on thin shims to hold the main panel where han will be mounted:

Cut out particleboard for the main panel by hand, I chose particleboard because it's less expensive, and this particular one was a few millimetres thinner than the MDF used as a frame, so I have a few millimetres in height to fill in around the Han pieces and create the "carbonite" texture using woodglue:

Superglued together the pieces of Han and heated them a bit along the sides to make them lay more flush:

Here is where I'm at right now:

I guess I won't get anymore done before january comes along, but I'm looking forward to continuing!

The ForceCast Podcast

I have to thank my buddy Tom Sutton (a great guitarist and Star Wars-fan who used to play in Church of Misery) for making me aware of The ForceCast podcast a year or two ago.

The ForceCast is a great weekly podcast by and for fans of Star Wars hosted by Jimmy Mac and Jason Swank. Their show often employs relevant guests, such as Steve Sansweet (founder of Rancho Obi-Wan), James Arnold Taylor (voiceactor supreme, voice of Obi-Wan in The Clone Wars animated series), and lots and lots of other people related to the Star Wars universe.

With the recent news of Disney's aqcuisition of Lucasfilm and announcement of upcoming Star Wars sequels (with episode VII scheduled for 2015), it's fun to take part in Jason and Jimmy's round-up of rumours and discussion of announcements related to that. 
Another thing I really like about their show is their enthusiasm and optimism, making it a very uplifting show.

It's just a great show to wind down and relax to, check it out!

Here you can visit their facebook page.

The Arrival of A Pair of Twins

Friday, two resincasts of Han Solo in Carbonite arrived in a HUGE box.

The helmet is only there for size reference:

Seems Harrison had a crooked nose! Either that or the casting process made it that way.

Now I only have weeks and weeks of building ahead of me...

M Booksigning at Outland, Trondheim

Saturday December 8th, we supported our friend Mads, as he had a booksigning at Outland at Mercursenteret. Something of a pre-christmas ritual for The Nordic Garrison here in Trondheim


Here me and TK-50157 did some shenanigans at the H2 hairsalon:

Birthdaytroop!

November 29th we had a short troop lasting only 9 minutes, where we handed over a dipoma to the birthdayboy, and then got overrun by 12 other kids.
Kids will be kids! It seemed like they enjoyed it and thought it was cool that we came, especially the birthdayboy, who calmly approached TK-50157 while the other kids were maniacs and thanked us for coming to his birthday. A well raised kid there.