All systems nominal

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This week I made loco moco. It is a comfort pick because it is simple and nets me three meals. 1 lb of hamburger seasoned and split into three patties. Some rice from a rice cooker (I'm not sure the actual amount here but maybe 1/2 cup cooked rice). A fried egg and some gravy. The gravy I make from scratch. Break down one bouillon cube into 1 cup of water. Add 2 tbsp of corn starch. ~1/8 tsp of each thyme, garlic powder, and paprika. ~1 tsp Worcestershire sauce and black pepper to taste. Let it simmer until it thickens. I supplement a fruit and veggie smoothie as I don't know what to make with it (and I really like my smoothie). #food #cooking

[robinambrai]

Fall makes for some really pretty colors sometimes. #fall #autumn #nature

[robinambrai]

Spent a little a time at Nebraskon as gender bent Blake. Anxiety was a bit high today since parking was awful but had a little fun. Didn't actual snag one if me while I was there ^^; I still don't know how to style this wig. #blake #rwby #cosplay

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Another flower that does not realize it is fall yet. It's weird because it is actually very red but my phone makes it look magenta. #fall #autumn #flower #nature

[robinambrai]

Okay! So earlier I was going over images of the scabbard and realized I missed a few details. The top part has some embellishment. I saw some add this as another layer on top, but thought that might be awkward with my design since it would be the only additional layer. So I went with carving in the detail a bit. Still not very good at that, but looks pretty good at a distance. The other thing I missed is there are various rivets for the extra layers. Saw a design that used some dome tacks. I'm not super sold on how that looks but I it will be more true to the design and may grow one me. They don't arrive until mid-late November though =( So I get to wait. #wip

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These guys don't know it is fall yet. Hanging on blooming like champs. #fall #autumn #flower #marigolds Still working on the scabbard. Running into some problems though =(

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Picked the last tomatoes now that fall is dipping the temperatures. Lots of green and orange. Left a few less ideal ones on the ground for some more seeds. Looks like I am making more sauce. #tinygarden

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Have it mostly filled in and smoothed out. Added the triforce to both sides and bent some aluminum to secure got leather strap I'll use eventually. Placement was not perfect on those but did the best with what I have. I really need a vice for some of this :x. Will fill in the gaps there, do a once over for any others and start painting soon! #wip

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First round of filling and smoothing. Applied glue at first to fill in the major cracks. Then used wood putty to fill in the rest and smooth it out. Need to work on the detail pieces and where they connect to the shell. Also forgot the triforce so will add that and some minor line detail to the wood. #wip

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I've done all the detail pieces now. Planned to fill in but did not get that far. So that will be next and then smoothing it out and doing some carved in line with work. #wip

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Cut and fit the extra little sides for most of it. Need to still do the bottom part. Then will get to filling in the gaps. #wip

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Top and bottom layers glued on. Looking fancy. Need to cut and glue the sides and sand a bit. #wip

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Finished up the tip. Short progress today. Next up is trimming to fit and glueing them in place! #wip

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Very rough cuts right now. Got these and the mirror side done. Need to do the tip part then make them precise. Little hard to cut well with them so thin but only broke a couple sides! #wip

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These are all pretty light but planned out the details for the scabbard. Measurements ended up being incredibly intuitive. My first cut off guesses for each piece spaced out perfectly for it. Did not have to resize. Feels good man. Did not get to cutting. That actually gets a little complicated as from a 2d view it is 3.5 inches. However after 3 inches it becomes 3d lengths I need to account for but will need to preserve that perspective. Will start with the 3 inch width first and go from there. #wip

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Sanded down the tip. Feel like I might want to angle it more. Not sure yet. Refined the edges everywhere else. Looks nice and clean and even now. Will think on if I want to trim more and start planning the details. #wip

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Small progress is still progress! Shaved down the other side. Need to do the tip on all sides and then get it a little more even across the board before I start measuring out the details that go on top #wip