I've been invited to exhibit Tiki Dalek at the London Worldcon in August.

If I can get him there.Andy and I can cover our own expenses, but it may cost as much as one of our tickets to ship him there and back ( Read more... )

Some highlight photos of the work completed this weekend (I have detail photos, but not time to write the descriptions yet ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post these for several weeks.

We took TDK to Westercon 64 in San Jose; I finally embellished his shoulder section to my satisfaction with the addition of mesh under the large slats on his shoulders. He was a special guest at the London in 2014 party, and we shot some photos using their decor.

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TDK had two outings on Saturday at Nova Albion to the great amusement of onlookers.

The first time out was mid-afternoon, when the steampunkonsumption (shopping) was in full swing. As Nova Albion had spread out the vendors across two rooms (on two different floors, with their usual inadequate aisles between the tables) and the mezzanine, it made ( Read more... )

I've been working on refinements to the Tiki Dalek.

Several are designed to make him pack as more flat pieces (and thus be more shippable).

However, one of the critical lacks at Gallifrey when he was out conga-ing in the hallways was his inability to speak to the folks around him.

That has been fixed!

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The voice modulator is not a perfect Dalek ( Read more... )

Now that the show is over, I've unlocked the posts of the build diary for Secret Project TDK ( Read more... )

Project TDK: Tiki Dalek Kraziness won Best In Show in the Gallifrey One Masquerade last night.

Better photos once bovil uploads them. I expect there will be video and other people's photos going up too.


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I took TDK apart into his 3 main sections to finish up assorted details:

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I trimmed down the upper part of the neck assembly tonight, and did a test assembly with leis as the neck rings. The struts still need to be finished, but I have time for that tomorrow night.
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Last weekend was REALLY busy. There are LOTS of photos under the link

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