Updates from Ian
After Ian left my place Saturday, he continued to work with the boomerangs. Here are notes from a few emails over the weekend.
Dave
I completed the priming on all of the boomerangs that will be painted. All
of them will be painted except for the regular Austrailian ones, as you
know, plus the "Ian Hook". I started to paint one bat one in brown
already. I just did flat brown on it, and hope to have the detail started
and finished tomorrow. I had trouble on a little section on the left wing,
however. The brown paint was not adhering very well, so my dad told me to
cover all of the area up except for the problematic area and prime it and
sand it again. I painted over it and it looks a lot better, but still not
perfect. It appears that painting may be a long process.
I think we should take next weekend off. The painting is more than enough
to keep me busy for awhile and I would like to just concentrate on that. I
also have to redesign the thunderboom. Also, I am doing the journals step
by step, rather than day by day. If I were to do it day by day, there would
be too much to say in too little of a place. Its just better and really
more organized to do it step by step. I just wanted to let you know so as
when I show them to you to write any comments you know. I think I have two more mandatory entries to go.
Continuing later: I have one bat done! I looks okay, but not as good as I would have liked. There isn't anything more I can think of that would make it look better. The picture is not as good as it really is when you have it in front of you in your hands. Tell me your opinion.
And later: I have one bat with a brown base color and light brown detail. I am doing the blinky bat with a black base color and brown detail. That leaves two bats with more color choices than bats. There is either a black base with midnight purple detail or midnight purple base with black detail or brown base with black detail or light brown base with black detail. I need you to pick two of those three choices. I can't make up my mind. I must do one of the ones that include midnight purple for sure.
Ian
Photo: Two of Ian's Batarangs
Dave
I completed the priming on all of the boomerangs that will be painted. All
of them will be painted except for the regular Austrailian ones, as you
know, plus the "Ian Hook". I started to paint one bat one in brown
already. I just did flat brown on it, and hope to have the detail started
and finished tomorrow. I had trouble on a little section on the left wing,
however. The brown paint was not adhering very well, so my dad told me to
cover all of the area up except for the problematic area and prime it and
sand it again. I painted over it and it looks a lot better, but still not
perfect. It appears that painting may be a long process.
I think we should take next weekend off. The painting is more than enough
to keep me busy for awhile and I would like to just concentrate on that. I
also have to redesign the thunderboom. Also, I am doing the journals step
by step, rather than day by day. If I were to do it day by day, there would
be too much to say in too little of a place. Its just better and really
more organized to do it step by step. I just wanted to let you know so as
when I show them to you to write any comments you know. I think I have two more mandatory entries to go.
Continuing later: I have one bat done! I looks okay, but not as good as I would have liked. There isn't anything more I can think of that would make it look better. The picture is not as good as it really is when you have it in front of you in your hands. Tell me your opinion.
And later: I have one bat with a brown base color and light brown detail. I am doing the blinky bat with a black base color and brown detail. That leaves two bats with more color choices than bats. There is either a black base with midnight purple detail or midnight purple base with black detail or brown base with black detail or light brown base with black detail. I need you to pick two of those three choices. I can't make up my mind. I must do one of the ones that include midnight purple for sure.
Ian
Photo: Two of Ian's Batarangs
Added on July 23, 2007 by bvdrangs
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