Halloween

A short post with not a lot of pics. I was busy getting ready Josh for his Halloween parade and he looked great. After that I had to rush to get the Halloween decorations up in time and get candy.

Shield and Socks

I told you that I was really behind in posting and now I'm serial posting!! Tomorrow is Halloween which brings more busyness so I wanted to bust these out.

For those who have been following Hector's Hylian shield progress, it is now finished. All it needs is some clear sealant.



Doesn't it look great? Hector did such a great job. I would have gone the cardboard route with this but this is something that will last for quite some time. :) Josh is so excited to have this for Halloween.

Also I finished my Summer Rainbow Lovin socks which what I named it because of the rainbow-like colors of the yarn. The pattern is called Summer Lovin socks and it was super easy. Another pair of socks done in 2 weeks. I'm on FIRE!!

Summer Lovin socks

Tweaks

Hector decided that further adjustments needed to be done to the Hylain shield. Upon his inspection, the triforce triangles are not big enough.

So it's more taping...





All masked off and ready to paint some more...


Today, I peeled off the tape which is my contribution although this is entirely Hector's project.



So maybe tonight Hector will start working on the crest ...

Another Step

Every day or two, Hector makes another step in the progress of the Hylian shield.

Peeling away the masking tape for the blue portion.

Last night he drew out the triforce and then taped out the form. Only 2 small areas needed the yellow paint.

It was dry this morning so I used the handy xacto type knife and cut away to peel away the tape.

Voila!! Of course I forgot to take pictures of the before part to show the masking tape but I'll try to remember it for the next part. The Hylian crest.






Looks really good

Hylian shield

Tuesday

It's almost 11am and I've done pretty much all the errands that needed to be done. Bought mailer to return Link costume to China which was about 1/3 the price we paid for the costume that will be refunded. Boo.

Deposited a check from our health insurance for some overpayment for under $6. Seriously? Lots of head shaking going on here...

Doing laundry, scrubbed some stuff (you know what I'm talking about), watered my plants and covered H's motorcycle (rain in the forecast). I feel better about it all so I'm posting my accomplishments.

I saw that GameStop is having a contest for a Wii U. Photos are sent in where the U is in the shape of whatever you can come up with so I need to have Hector and Tyler help me out with Joshua. Hopefully it will be creative enough to get us one. :)

Meanwhile, we are still getting Halloween costumes ready. Tyler's is all done. Joshua is about halfway and Hector is in charge of the shield.

Here is the pic of the prototype.


Josh is holding the cardboard shield and it looks like it'll be the right size.
This is what Hector plans to use for the shield.



Yes, that is a DirecTV satellite dish that H picked up at the swapmeet for $5.



Here is the backside of the dish which has just the right amount of bend. :) Our friend Matt will cut the metal into the proper shape, add the straps and then it'll be ready to paint &/or foam sheets.

Stay tuned....