One of the minions dropped by entirely too early this morning to visit. She ended up crashing from exhaustion, curled up against Rebe. Why, whatever makes you think it was the one with the Spewkworm case?? I mean, you'd be right, but still! Well, I decided it wasn't worth it and hauled myself out of bed. I mean, I had projects waiting on AP-1, after all.
I wanted to remove the markings from the four troopers I had lined up, so in the pre-shift solitude I found, I started to work with 91% rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip. Holy Crow, but that took forever! I ended up working the spot with the flat of my xacto blade. Finally, real progress! It still took far too long and ended up looking like, well, poodoo. Eopie poodoo, at that. I pulled out a bottle of Brilliant White acryl and applied it. It didn't show much promise. I resolved to simply paint over those spots on the other three figures to hide the existing brown and roughed in an approximation of the original markings on the first fig with one of the colors from the camo pattern. All in all, I've gotten three figs repainted and three cloaks finished. The fourth cloak is 75% complete and I'll likely knock it out tonight. I'll be taking WIP holo's of them soon, too.
Spent a lot of time reading the "Yards' boards, swapping ideas and plans with some of the other denizens there. I think we're about to see some awesome projects get started in the very near future. I laid out a number of thoughts, both partial and nearly complete, that Manufacturing here on the 'Station is going to get involved in and got some positive feedback. We're starting to see more discussion over manufacturing processes amongst the 'Yards members and I'm beginning to think maybe some major concerns are hiding behind inoccuous-sounding 'net-names. I do know I managed to entice Jules from HangerBay 94 over to the 'Yards and I think ReverendStrone will be there before much longer with his astromechs.
Me and Rebe made a resupply run in the smaller shuttle. I think she's getting excited about the projects that are starting to pop. It's good to have a cheerleader.
Manufacturing hasn't used up the last of the molding supplies, but they are mighty close. They've kicked a requisition for resupply through Accounting. None of the bean-counters balked or squawked, so I'm waiting to see it on my desk for official sanction. I'll need to see what sort of credit the 'Station has available and see what sort of quantities Manufacturing is after.
A courier ship delivered another 17 new residents to the station, but they were nowhere near as unsavory as the last lot. In fact, a couple of new security personnel were in the mix. They are all awaiting inprocessing.
I didn't really accomplish a whole lot physically today, but a lot of mental work got moved, for sure. Now, I just have to translate that into the physical. It'll come. I have faith.
