The Project Workbench

A friend of mine pointed me over to this website to check out the Superman Returns boots they are making: http://www.superheroboots.com/ I t...

Today I received this lovely piece in the mail from my friends over at M&K Engraving . What you are looking at is a slab of nice leather...

Last night I did a bunch of pattern work on the body suit. I cut out all of the panels, though I think I'm only going to use the upper b...

I am back from Dragon*Con, and more pumped than ever to finish this suit up. I saw some really great costumes this week, and it's totall...

Today I did some work on the patterns for the boots. Long story short, I now have it within my grasp to make wildly accurate boots, as far a...

Our man Philip Wise over at Rebelscum sent me another sample of what his laser cutter can do, this time demonstrating his skill with etching...

I placed an order from Micro-Mark today. Here's a link to their pigments page . I actually have no idea if this stuff will suit my needs...

I have a few tiny updates today, most of them boot related. But first, some cape stuff. This is a test I did with my new brush on urethane. ...

But sadly, I cannot disclose much of it! What I can say is that I am now in a position to make VERY accurate boots. I have some great refere...

I did a little bit of work today on the details that go on the underside of the boot today. Based on some new reference material I acquired,...

With my order of laser etched leather just about to be placed, I wanted to do some final experimentation with Smooth-On's "Body Dou...

I called the good folks at Smooth-On today and talked about the trouble I'm having with getting a thin layer of urethane to work in my 1...

This will be my last update for today, and should get me almost completely caught up on my blogging. I am doing a test to see what the best ...

This post actually covers a few days worth of stuff, but since it's kind of all part of the same story, I decided to consolidate it. I r...

I have a couple of interesting things to write about tonight, both of which I am very happy with. First up, I have some results from my uret...

I sent an email to my pal ResinMonkey today in search of a urethane that will not pull away from silicone. My experimentation lately has yie...

I have received emails from two more laser etching houses today, and have followed up with both of them. Looks like they require some materi...

My new best friends over at M&K Engraving emailed me pictures of the laser etching tests they ran for me yesterday. First they needed to...

Tonight I mixed up a small batch of urethane to do some tests on my new rigid mold. One part I treated with mold release, one part I treated...