Hope everyone had an excellent Halloween.  That, and a few seasonal changes around here have kept me busy, but also lots of cool things happening with the kits and a few pitfalls.
I always try to do something extra if I can or take an opportunity.  Since Tinkerbell's wings were cast clear, its sort of a given you are going to try and light it.  But I went a little too far with some other ideas but once I had the light behind the wings it was a lot more subtle than I had hoped for, even with a pretty intensely bright bulb.  I'm no electrician or wizard at this, but I've learned a couple things from a few other projects.  So I stuck with it since I'd started, and thought I would light the wings at least if I could.

I stuck the wires through a cut piece of clear tube, those things that come on the ends of your brushes to protect them before you go home and trash them instantly.  But you save that clear piece, because you know, you might need it some day.
Then I put some apoxie sculpt around the wires, and let that set up a bit.  I pushed the posts of the bulb into the putty so they would touch the wires, then back out.  Now I have a perfect little plug, so in case you need to you can replace the bulb. 


 (J- spread the posts out a bit a little far out, you might have to even pinch it a bit when putting it in the holes.  Just a tip for connectivity.)











Its kind of cool, I guess, I painted the wings with some iridescent colors that do not show up well in pictures.


Still some minor details to add, the leaf she sits on.
Then there's those gremlins.  Well they're done, but I was trying to simply make some bases for them, but I ruined what I had going and it was a complete waste of time. It happens, but still it's the worst.  Wait no, worst part is, I realized a perfect solution that's easy as hell. 
So since I finally also figured out what I was doing with tinkerbells light, I took advantage of having it there and "painted" it on the flame of the glue bottle while I took the picture with a slow shutter.  I could at least show you a completed picture of Gizmo while I finally finish the bases.
 


And just what kind of amazing world have I been missing out on? 
I had to share this with you. What is this delightful creature? 
Indeed I lead a sheltered resin existence, but I can't wait to paint this little guy.  And I got a larger Pigmon, and his expression is the same as mine when I saw how the back of his head was engineered.  This kit has a ton of parts and is incredible, but that deserves a post (and many) of its own.




I mean seriously, look at this.  Is this a puzzle?  Nice job!



Speaking of cool boxes, I snapped these pictures for the benefit of someone who has been looking for one of these, and we found one.  So again, thought I would share.  Oh man it brings back memories, you can't beat these old Janus kits.  Mike Hill knocked this one out of the park in my opinion, and it was this kit that I won some awards with many years ago in Chicago at a convention, and John at Janus thought I did a good enough job that I might paint some of their kits for his customers who wanted them pre-painted.  And that was that, Garage Kit Zombie was born.  Or wasit killed?