Finally Back to Work

So much for "this will be a quick build..."

Been busy with school work and all, couldn't get much done until middle of last week. So anyway here are the process:

The chairs are giving me a very hard time to work with because of the clay, since my fingers sweat a lot while working with it, which makes it difficult to work with the clay because water makes the clay go soft. So far, only managed to finish 2 out of 8 chairs.




However, on the plus side, most of the major components of this project is done. Right now it requires a lot of details, such as bulletin board on the wall etc.




And here is the door:



Here is the handle:




On the negative side, there won't be too much of an update until Jan because my camera will not be with me for a while. Hopefully I can find another one instead.


Oh, last but not least, Merry Christmas everyone!

Making Of Heating System Part III

So... did you guys miss me?

After two major failures, I finally found a way to make the turning part of the smoke pipe for the heating system. So here it goes:

Here is the first try:



But the result didn't turn out to the way I want it. The reason is that the part that i want to work on involves two different materials, epoxy putty and plastic, which makes it really difficult to work on. So back to the drawing board:



This time, I start with a metal rod, and cover up the rod with putty this time.



However, with the lack of measurement while working on it, another epic fail. So for the next time, I decided to use .5mm thick styrene sheet and cut them in to circles, connect them with the metal rod and fill up with putty between them.



Then use hobby knife to work around with it, and here we are:



Together with the power supply:


.... 8 seats... needs some sanding/sculpting work



And look what I got?!

Making Of Heating System Part II (Making of Fence)

So here comes the making of the fence.

Starting things off by build the two basic frames. The top one and the bottom one:



Then on each frame, drill .65mm (.025") big hole for the rod:



Then insert few rods for test fit:



Fill up all holes with diameter of .64mm styrene rods:





And finally, finish up the rest:








HOWEVER, I totally miscalculated the height of the heating system. The heating system ended up some what too tall IMO. Might going back and fix it (by cutting one side off and replace it...) later on if the scale is off horribly.

I call this some what epic fail. This is a lesson learned for me, still a long way for me to go.

Next, off to the pipe and the power supply.

Making Of Seats and Heating System Part I (Byousoku Update #4)

We now return to regularly scheduled program.



Here is the close up pictures of the chairs:



It involves four steps:
First step is just making the seat.
Second step is making the back.
Third step is use design knife and dremel tool to sculpt in to the shape.
Last step is use sand paper and sand it in to the shape I want.

Now thinking whether I should just cast the prototype one eight time or make three more of chairs...

And the progress of the heating system:
Reference Pic:



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Increased the thickness of the tube by 2mm by using epoxy putty and basic putty, the power box is made of Styrene sheet.

After some sanding, here we are:


Power box:


A different angle:


Now off to the fence around the heating system.

Quote of the day: "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the realisation that something else is more important"

So, How Would You Like To Be Introduced As?

Been wondering few things recently so didn't really get much stuff done.

Was having a chat with my friend the other day on the topic of how would you like to be introduced. So it really got me in to wonder, what kind of person do I really want to be?

Everybody is unique, therefore everybody has things they really want to do. But the reality is different, there are things that what would you like to do and what you have to do for everyone. For most people, they have conflict answers for it. There are things that we all like to do, but there are also things that if we don't do it, we might not survive. But what if what you like to do is what you have to do... what if...


The current Yami:

"This is Yami, he is a programmer"

Wait a minute, a programmer... Everybody is a programmer...

But what if... :

"This is Yami. He runs Studio Reveus at (some place) for custom figure sculpting."

There, doesn't that sound alot interesting?


Life is too short to be wasted, be what you want to be, not what they want you to be.

Making Of Windows (Update #3)

Spent some quality hours today on the windows, managed to finish 3 out of the 4 frames. The windows is built of 3 sections, back and front front frame, the middle one is a piece of clear plastic, which will be used as window glass.

Starting things off, here are the materials:

The frame is build out of 1.5 X 1.5mm and 1.0mm X 1.0mm strips.




Starting with the small window, use the 1.5mm strip to build the middle frame and use 1.0mm to divide up the frame.




Then place it in to the window section and finish it up the other half.



Then use this frame as the guide and build another frame, this will finish build front and back frame. Then cut out one of those baseball card collection protectors and use it as the glass.






Test fit.



Same thing for the other window, except the size is larger.





And here we are:

Making Of Wooden Panels (Update #2)

First of all, happy candy day! (a.k.a, Holloween...)

Dropped by at hobby shop today to see if I can get any supplies for the wooden panels for the wall. Unfortunately, there were no right size for me. Well, time for DIY:

The main tool I will be using is BMC 0.15mm chisel, along with few supporting tools such as needle and ruler for the basic line scrap.

First, here is the measurement, the width of each cell is 0.5cm wide.



Then draw lines across and scrap along it :





And here is the result:





Over all:




Not bad eh?

Byousoku 5cm Projcet... Update #1

Just a quick update, think this one is going to be a quick build unless I have enough time to paint it over the holidays. Anyway here it goes:

Will be using this as a reference, along with the art book



Spent few hours and pretty much finished the base, details will be added on from here:



Cut spaces for window:



Some quick detail touch: