The Realm

Today was a pretty good day though I can't seem to make any decent progress on my plush. I cut the new black fabric today and I love how it feels. I think this will be perfect for his skin. But I'm working with such a small figure I'm unsure of my ability to put it together right. The other thing that slowed me down or brought this to a stop was lack of major tools. I didn't have black thread, blue thread or needles. I HAD it but with all the moving and stuff they must have gotten packed into a box and I don't know where they are. It's so annoying because I can see them in my mind. I need a special type of blue too that used to be called funny enough Parakeet Blue. This specific spool I remember seeing since I was very young when my mother used to drag me to these boring stores. I was drawn to this blue right away.
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And when I learned to read I was thrilled it was called "parakeet blue". All the more reason to like it. So this will be for his shirt. And this brings up a question I have been pondering for a while now. What exactly is the shirt that Scary Fear wears? Because it has no collar is it still a button shirt under a blue vest? Or is it a one piece shirt with two colors. But I draw the sleeves with cuffs. So I am not really sure if it's two shirts he wears or one? It does have an elastic at the bottom. What do you guys think? The closest thing I can think of if it's a one pieces is something like this.
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Because that's how his collar is now. With his having black sleeves and turquoise body. I really am not sure if it's two shirts or one. What do you guys think?

Ok so speaking of art I'm thinking of sculpting again. I still have the clay and the tools and I think this was something I was going to experiment with when everything went to Hell last year. I am going to write these notes I found for myself so I can remember this about sandpaper. I have learned to get that smooth perfect look you use sand paper but you need to use very fine and I don't know what all the numbers are. I'll look into this later.

The 3 stages of sanding for me are as followed: 1. Use real rough sandpaper (100-200 grit) to sand the whole piece. Keep sanding until all low areas (dark spots) disappear 2. Sand the entire thing again this time using (400 grit) sandpaper to take the heavy scratches out from the previous step. 3. Sand once again using ultra fine (1000-2500 grit) sandpaper to remove scratches and to give a automotive-like ultra smooth finish! * The piece can then be polishes using compounds and a buffer for a natural shine, glass-like surface.

I don't need a glass like surface but this is for making skin if I try to make a Fear figure.

So the vet visit went well today. Other than the super long wait. Once there everyone loved Bullet and talked about how beautiful she is. But everyone noticed she's fat. Vet wants her on a special diet. No more seeds. She doesn't eat the pellets and veggies like she used to. I hope that she will eat other stuff. I tried taking the seeds away from her and she refused to eat and was starving and got all weak. I caved and gave her the seeds back. The vet said she has too much estrogen and seeds can do that. She also found sores on her feet I didn't know she had. So I need to change out her perches. Mostly it's on her bad foot that was splayed when she was a baby. It's getting bent again. She's also on antibiotic as her main drinking water. I was told to get her back on pellets, oats, pasta and sweet potato and she should be good. I'll try. Basically she said anything but seeds. After an exam her and I always have a fun conversation. I bought her a Mad Cow Giant microbe because I remember her telling me she liked prions. She flipped out over it and was so excited. I then asked her is she played games. She said sometimes. So I highly recommended Plague Inc Evolved to her and she loved the concept of being the disease. I hope she does get. Would be great if she played that and does the opposite of what she does in her doctor job. Hehe. Oh she told me despite the issues Bullet should be good to travel but not let her interact with other budgies. Even if she recovers from these issues we talked about her aggression and how she indirectly killed Sandwich so I just don't trust her with other birds.
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