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Boobs..the continuing continuing saga...

10/13/2017

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Part le deuxiem (part 2)

So after that, I started getting worried that the white from the caulking would show through. After a bit of deliberation, I decided to cover over it with black. Only, I don't have any black paint, just black nail polish. So I used that. It stuck just fine. And I had no issues gluing the leaves to it. However, there are a few small holes between the leaves that would normally be unnoticeable, but now are blaringly obvious because of the shine. In future, I would not use nail polish for that.
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So whle I waited for the leaves to finish curing, I started turning my brain to how to attach the sides together. My original idea was to glue stretchy fabric. That failed. Spectacularly. See, my boobs and my butt are way too big for that idea. If I made it stretchy enough to get over one of those bits, it would not hold it close enough together to be effective. So that was a bust. So the next thing I thought of was to add gormmets and lace it up the sides. I ordered some off Amazon, along with a setting toold and a hole puncher. What I wanted was between 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch in size. Large. You know, like the kind used on tarps, etc. Also...grommets...grommets are larger, heftier and are made to hold up to more wear and tear. Eyelets are not so large, flimsier, and are meant for lightweight clothing or shoes. Apparently someone on Amazon does not understand the difference. Nor do they know how to size thier product. Cause this is what I needed, and that is what I got.
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Learn the difference people. Also, I learned that just because you work in a hardware store does not mean you know what a grommet is. How do you NOT know what a grommet is if you work in a hardware store? And when you stock "grommets", why would you carry tarps that use 1/2 inch grommets, then right next to them sell "fixing kits" with "grommets" that are 1/4 inch or smaller? There are a couple of hardware stores that have lost any respect I may have had for them. But when I did finally find a few that would work, they worked great. Except they were too lightwieght. Only 1 in 5 would hold. Grr. So I ended up going back to Amazon.
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These were the right ones, wrong color. But the setter and hole puncher worked great on the foam, and I was able to prove my concept.
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I went back to Amazon and found an industrial supplier who did have the size and heftiness I needed. They also had gun metal grey. Perfect!

So while I was waiting for those to arrive, I went back to the leaf scales and boobs. I spent 5 hours glueing and setting. I tested with tacky glue and hot glue, and hot glue won out as far as durability.
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Those last 2 pics are of me in the thing. I am very happy with how it turned out. As you can see I did get the grommets and I did install them. That is not how I plan to tie it together. I just used the halloween scarves to check that it works fine. I need to reglue a few spots, and hit the leaves with another coat of spray paint, but other than that it is great. I am so excited. I did not expect it to go that well.

So the next thing I got going are bracers. I got them patterned and cut out, but I need to make more leaves to glue to them. I ended up cutting them in half cause my fat forarms don't like them that long. I accidentally started gluing the leaves to the wrong piece, so now I don't have enough left over to cover both bracers. I meant for them to match the boobs exactly, but that isn't going to happen now. they will be close, but not the same. Oh well.
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On the table are remnants of what I was originally going to do with the bracers. I was going to use the crinkled foam to try tomake em look like fabric. Then I saw how many leaves I had left over and decided to make em match the boobs. I cut em down just after the 3rd hole. I may try making another set longer and see which works best.

Either way, I no longer have enough leaves to glue on them, so I have to make more. I got some 2mm black foam in yesterday. I cut about 200 out. I have been waiting for more Plasti-dip, which is now delayed until Tuesday. I need it before then so I can get to gluing, so today I am heading out to see if I can round some up in meat space. I have also decided to make greaves as well. So I need to work on the fabric top and the greaves. More update when I have more to update.
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