Stryker2011's: JABBA THRONE ROOM CUSTOM DIORAMA (Cabinet build in progress))

dls712 · May 7, 2019

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Looking good Stryker.

Don't sweat the measurement error... part of the fun of making dios is figuring out how to overcome the unexpected!

Artoo · May 7, 2019

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So can't wait to see this fully painted and weathered with all your lights on. This is turning into a masterpiece!

Stryker2011 · May 7, 2019

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dls712 said:
Looking good Stryker.

Don't sweat the measurement error... part of the fun of making dios is figuring out how to overcome the unexpected!

Thanks. It has been a learning experience.

Artoo said:
So can't wait to see this fully painted and weathered with all your lights on. This is turning into a masterpiece!

Well, painting was never my strong suit, so we’ll see... but thanks for the vote of confidence.

Stryker2011 · May 8, 2019

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Started work on the final arch (to the side/back of Han's display); I plan to add a curtain to this one, though. So I won't really need to worry about what's behind it (unless I add some sort of light to give the impression that it goes somewhere deeper into the building).

Stryker2011 · May 13, 2019

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Haven't been able to do much; had to have kidney stone surgery on Wednesday, so I'm not able to do anything too strenuous. Over the last couple of days my impatience has gotten the better of me, so I glued the pieces together for the final arch; I had them cut prior to surgery so it was relatively easy and didn't require any strenuous activity. Then I finished adding the texture to the stairs to the left of Jabba's throne, and added the texture to the Han arch and the wall & arch behind the band. I still need to fill in the gaps in the wallpaper and along the edges, but it's getting there.

Cagoda · May 13, 2019

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Sorry to hear you’re healing up but hopefully recovery goes quickly and smoothly!

I love these updates! The walls look great! Thanks for sharing.

Stryker2011 · May 13, 2019

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Thanks, Cagoda. :hi5:

dls712 · May 14, 2019

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Good luck with the recovery Stryker. Dio building is good therapy!

Stryker2011 · May 14, 2019

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dls712 said:
Good luck with the recovery Stryker. Dio building is good therapy!

Thanks, and yes it is!

D.R.37 · May 14, 2019

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This is moving along very nicely! Agreed, highly therapeutic. Thanks for keeping us updated... get well!

Stryker2011 · May 14, 2019

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D.R.37 said:
This is moving along very nicely! Agreed, highly therapeutic. Thanks for keeping us updated... get well!

Thanks. Wish I could report there was more progress, but I haven’t felt good all day. No work today, I guess.

Chakaman · May 14, 2019

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Looking good.

Kidney stones blow dude. Hope you get to feeling better.

Stryker2011 · May 14, 2019

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Chakaman said:
Looking good.

Kidney stones blow dude. Hope you get to feeling better.

Thanks.

And tell me about it. This is the third time I’ve gotten the damn things — and the second year in a row that I had to have surgery because of them. They were able to salvage one this time — so they should be able to tell me what’s causing them, at least.

asgardianboy · May 15, 2019

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Stryker2011 said:
Thanks.

And tell me about it. This is the third time I’ve gotten the damn things — and the second year in a row that I had to have surgery because of them. They were able to salvage one this time — so they should be able to tell me what’s causing them, at least.

Do you drink lots of water? You might have to, on a daily basis. Good to stay away from kidney stones. Another advantage: it forces you to pause, move, and pee. Sitting for long stretches will kill us all. We weren't meant for intellectual work, while sitting.

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Cagoda · May 15, 2019

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I hope they can narrow down the cause after analyzing the salvaged stone. My buddy gets them a lot, he’s been trying to figure out the cause too. I hope your recovery is going well!

Stryker2011 · May 15, 2019

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asgardianboy said:
Do you drink lots of water? You might have to, on a daily basis. Good to stay away from kidney stones. Another advantage: it forces you to pause, move, and pee. Sitting for long stretches will kill us all. We weren't meant for intellectual work, while sitting.

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I do, actually, drink a lot of water. Unfortunately, I have a chronic immune deficiency illness that requires I take a lot of medication (and two of those medications have detrimental side-effects to the kidneys); I have a sinking feeling when they finish their tests there going to tell me that unless I stop the medications which are keeping me alive, I'm going to have this problem until my kidneys are finally destroyed and I end up on dialysis. There's nothing good about getting old...

Cagoda said:
I hope they can narrow down the cause after analyzing the salvaged stone. My buddy gets them a lot, he’s been trying to figure out the cause too. I hope your recovery is going well!

Thanks. Yeah, according to the Urologist once you get kidney stones, a person is more likely to keep getting them -- I sympathize with your friend. The first one I ever had was about fifteen years ago, and I was good until last year. I was deathly ill, anemic as hell, losing blood every time I went to the bathroom (about 40 times a day), and ended up in the ER several times. Then I ended up with kidney stones on top of it. My doctors and I honestly thought my number was up, but new medication turned things around and I've been in remission since (at least for what was killing me) -- the stones, not so much, apparently.

Anyway, nobody wants to hear me whining...

So, this is what I've done today so far:

Cleaned up and finished the textures on the two pieces I had been working on previously. Filling in the gaps and edges is a slow and tedious process that requires daintily working with the plaster material one tiny pinch at a time and working into the seams and trying to blend them. And then I took some pics with them in context with the other pieces.

Stryker2011 · May 16, 2019

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The Main Arch texture added and cleaned up; started applying the wallpaper to the last arches (the Band area), but I haven't cleaned those up, yet. And some pics of the arch in context -- decided to hold off on adding the screens/gels, and lights, to the crevices on the inside of the Main Arch until after it's painted -- don't want any slop on those.