Jason Eaton http://www.makmodeler.com Sometimes my arms bend back Thu, 16 May 2013 19:35:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Photo shoot! http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5417 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5417#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 02:08:45 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5417 Taking pics this evening…

Setting up downstairs ANH TIE I am VERY happy with this one Got Gordon on the sweep - with treats Semi successful photos from an uncooperative cat
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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=5417 0 Busy so busy http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5395 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5395#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 02:52:05 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5395 Wonderfest is in a week! Still busy updating the France trip pics, finishing up a Hero TIE Fighter (ANH flavor), thrilling to Gordon’s mellower personality, finding interesting things in bell peppers, and still AMAZED that we hung out with Boris Williams…

I was given Boris' personal copy of Wish! SEE?!?! FInal paint, decals, dull coating. Installing the Koolshade in the wings tomorrow. Gordon knows what a camera is Bo shuda! Inside of an eviscerated yellow bell pepper!
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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=5395 0 New Shoes! http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5044 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5044#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:20:00 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=5044 Be sure to click “France” in the top menu to see our trip pics! Moe content added daily-ish! Lots of pics to slog through. Currently enjoying some painful red itch eye, which apparently is allergy related, and not in fact conjunctivitis. Huh.

Alden Navy Suede Shortwings from Leather Soul! As they appear indoors. Perfect for Spring! EVIL POLLEN on the car YUCK EYE
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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=5044 0 Random stuff http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4857 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4857#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:37:37 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4857 A movie with Sebastian the cat, who loved jumping for his stick, circa 1999.

In 1999, I found the rarest POTF2 figure and opened it. The internet was outraged that day, lol.

In 2003, I had an Indiana Jones 16 foot kangaroo whip. I loved cracking it. An abandoned idea from 1995 for Eggcarton Zoo cassette art Handmade books for a Little Prince doll world tour thing, 1999 Custom graphics and layout for a publication, 2000 Box layout for a Kewpie themed teaset, 2000 Auction catalog cover I composited, 2000 custom product I made by scanning vintage paper dolls, recreating their look/feel, and designing a custom housing with foil stamping A choose Your Own Adventure I made in 2003 My website template from 2004 Poster I made for work, 2004 T-shirt design I had printed, 2005 Art I generated for the Master Replicas Millennium Falcon cockpit back-lit wall. Cover for a pamphlet that was custom made, telling the story of the prop. Logo design, 2005. Different treatment Poster art Poster I made for work, 2006 Poster I made for work, 2006 Mighty Mugg idea from a few years ago Mighty Mugg idea from a few years ago

 

 

 

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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=4857 0 Blasts from my past http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4827 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4827#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:47:08 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4827 This is a collection of photos showing things I made from the pre-digital era, from the late 1970s to about 1999.

Lightening bug model I made in Kindergarden? I built it around a flashlight so it lit up! Paper Maché and wires. X-Wing model I made in 1992 or 1993 (taken from a video still). Shannon Spath, circa 1992... ... and her clay version. It fragmented in the kiln because some asshat fellow student didn't properly dry their bust, and it took out everything else, sigh. My first scratch built model made in 1992 - my own design. You can see it in the corner, hanging up. Hanging by the enlarger. Small Millennium Falcon I hung in my car. Kitbashed "spaceship stuff" in my car, circa 1995. Enterprise D hanging in the living room in 1995. Working on an X-Wing model, 1995. Finished X-Wing hanging. Finished X-Wing hanging. Finished X-Wing hanging. I think this is that X-Wing... Cringe-worthy! Instincts were there. Oddly close to the right buff color used on the real Red 2. Not so accurate. I made a Theremin in 1995. I painted custom floor mats for my GTI in 1998, using triple-gessoed floorcloth. I made them look like Kenner stickers from vintage Star Wars toys. Custom sculpt Simpsons action figure I made in 1999. It won an online contest.
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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=4827 0 Maschinen Krieger Lunadiver Stingray 1/20th builds http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4820 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4820#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:36:47 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4820 In 2008, I created a master pattern for the Lunadiver Stingray, which you can see here. The instruction guide is in pdf form, and chronicles the first build which I gave to Lincoln Wright to paint for Wonderfestival 2009. His paint work was wonderful and defined the way many would paint the Lunadiver models going forward. Download the guide here. Here are photographs of the models I made from my castings.

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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=4820 0 Studio Scale Probe Droid from The Empire Strikes Back http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4676 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4676#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:23:12 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4676 This is a build up from a resin kit of the Probe Droid, as seen in The Empire Strikes Back. I added a light, sound, and servo kit from Hyperdyne Labs so it can rotate it’s head, extend and retract antennas, fire the laser (via red led), and play sounds from the film. It’s a great model involves a nice amount of scratch building and tube cutting, and builds into a studio replica with all five legs articulated! This was a great opportunity to use the laser cutter to design and cut an internal armature as well. Here’s a video of the model in action!

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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=4676 0 Almost there! http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4661 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4661#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:50:37 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4661 I’ve redone the back room, at long last – not a lot left to do – you get the idea!

Much roomier looking. A much better look. All new furniture Original art Rugs! Needs curtains and new blinds. Han will get spruced up in the Spring.
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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=4661 0 Art Things (over a decade of bliss) http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4637 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4637#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:30:34 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4637 I want to post about my first real job. The one that took me in as a thirteen year old (hello work permit!) and spit me out as a young adult, at twenty three. It was a job that I cherish to this day, and will always thing of with incredible fondness and pride. No job will ever be Art Things again, as it should be, but I wish I had “cherished” it more when I was there. I started working there in the late Summer of 1987, just before my first year of High School. My family lived on Melvin Avenue in Annapolis MD, and Art Things was a beautiful idyllic 10 minute walk up the street, through the neighborhood and then business district of West Annapolis. Art Things at that time employed around seven women, who acted as additional mothers to me at first. The personnel varied only slightly, and the core group are still there to this day, which is incredibly comforting in a world that always changes around you. Art Things has changed over the years as well, and it’s changes since I left in 1998 are strange to my eyes, as the switch from spiral staircase to “regular” stairs was probably strange for others when the construction happened during my tenure there.

These women helped “train” me to be a good human and man, and we were all encouraged to use and know all of the art supplies that the store sold – it was and is a dizzying array of supplies, and the things I learned there over the years have served me VERY well in my art, hobbies, home repair, and life. They taught me to “always leave a toilet seat down when you leave a bathroom”, and that “adding acrylics over oils will cause a horrible mess that will never dry or cure” – stuff EVERYONE should know. The clientele  were also amazing. We had regulars we both loved and hated to see walk through those doors, and some still shop there – I love to hear about them! I could go on and on and on about these wonderful people and experiences, but I’ll let some pics speak for themselves. A large component of our work days were distilled into doodles and notes – little missives we sent back and forth to each other, and I apparently saved and was given many of them!

I made this for a 'zine Accolades! I am SURE I drew this at work, using a Rapidoliner on Paris clay-coated paper. Laurie, Kim, Betsy, me... we all drew these kinds of things. The anime was probably drawn by a customer, in the pen section of the store, on the tester paper. Some stories, some meaningless. Baltimore is just as humid, Future Jason I remember what some of these were about! I remember that dream! I had a headache one day... When I would have a particularly difficult customer, I'd do a self portrait. Full story! I love my replacement! That cat was mine I think? I dressed like a lady one day - can't remember why... We had birthday and holiday parties off site all the time Laurie dressed as the Mona Lisa for the Anniversary party! Mona! Wigs! I do not remember that shirt. Might have been a Ladew Gardens trip? Inventory! I miss the gang :)
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]]> http://www.makmodeler.com/?feed=rss2&p=4637 0 Kopi Luwak – the Civet’s “Gift” to humanity. http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4381 http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4381#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:26:48 +0000 Roboterkampf http://www.makmodeler.com/?p=4381 Today we went to Zeke’s Coffee down the street and tried Kopi Luwak, which is the coffee made from those beans collected from Civet poop. Yep – Cat Shit Coffee™!

We arrived for the tasting at 10. Lisa tried it first. I saw that she had not vomited, so I went ahead and had some. Civet poop encased in lucite, for your protection! We met up with the Healy clan! We then hung around and chatted for so long that the next wave arrived, and the Howells showed up! SMALLTIMORE! Lisa and I then went next door for lunch at Maggie's Farm. SIde door, Jason! They were promoting the tasting. The food was fabulous!
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