The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #320: Toymaking Updates and Reading The Howard the Duck Movie Novelization Part 8

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #320: Toymaking Updates and Reading The Howard the Duck Movie Novelization Part 8 https://archive.org/download/podcast-320/Podcast%20320.mp3 This past week, I have finally got around to making the mold for the Beverly Switzler minifigure.  I made a two part mold that attempted to protect what I figured would be a delicate area of the…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #320: Toymaking Updates and Reading The Howard the Duck Movie Novelization Part 8

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #320: Toymaking Updates and Reading The Howard the Duck Movie Novelization Part 8

https://archive.org/download/podcast-320/Podcast%20320.mp3

This past week, I have finally got around to making the mold for the Beverly Switzler minifigure.  I made a two part mold that attempted to protect what I figured would be a delicate area of the figure (the neck of the guitar) but the realized after the facts that certain other delicate parts, like the guitar strap, would probably get caught in the mold and not make it out successfully.  So that part I may have to add later.  Here are some steps involved:

Add a clay backing to make one half…

Then preparing for the second layer, including adding a bunch of air vents … 

A quick video showing the pouring of the mold:

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And now, speaking of which, back to the duck!  The zaniness continues in this eighth reading of the movie novelization Ellis Weiner, based on the screenplay by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz.  This is the infamous section of the story where Howard and Beverly almost hook up … or do they?    It’s handled here in the novel much less awkwardly than in the film, I must say!

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Empty Hands, the synth EP soundtrack to the novella, Empty Hands, is now out for streaming on Bandcamp.  

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