Bitzer Kludge

A 21-post collection

Building Bitzer part 4. I found the hat once upon a Halloween in a dollar shop and thought "Ooo! This looks like fun to play with!" And so I...

Building Bitzer part 4.

I found the hat once upon a Halloween in a dollar shop and thought “Ooo! This looks like fun to play with!”

And so I am.

Not shown is the really tacky rectangular buckle that, thanks to the simple fact that it’s plastic, we cut off with side-snips before I could document it. If I find a similar, pre-buggered hat, I shall photograph it for educational purposes.

The white feathery thing was a hair comb, purchased the last time feather accessories were so popular that they turned up in dollar shops [hands up if you’re spotting a pattern with my accessory haunts, children]

The flowers are combination hair clips and brooches that I got for $5 each at the local K-mart. The necklace was at the bargain bin at Target, owing to the fact that some of its gems are missing.

I’m going to reduce the necklace to its central gem-and-chain setup, fix the missing gems, and affix a brooch backing once I obtain one. I’ll then use the resulting frankenstein jewellery to fancy up the front of the hat.

The method used for the arrangement on the back was a succession of jiggery-pokery as I fooled with places to pin the brooch part of the flowers [You can tell I just snipped the comb into next-to-nothing and just kept the bit that was glued to the feathers.

Once the flowers were in place, it was just a matter of pushing the feathers in until the flowers kept them in place. It’s surprisingly stable. I know, because I held the hat upside-down and attempted to shake the feathers loose :D And since I couldn’t do that, no random gust of wind should disturb them.

Also not shown, yet: an extra length of ribbon that I’m going to add to the original ribbons. It will require partial disassembly of the existing rig and some clever insertion with a brass safety-pin. As well as some special goo to prevent later fraying.

The hat, and the stuff that's going on the hat.

Back of hat accomplished, plus tool of destruction and fallout.

Building Bitzer part 3 The trick to getting an even crackle, I am told, is to get an even surface. This is harder than it looks on a paper...

Building Bitzer part 3

The trick to getting an even crackle, I am told, is to get an even surface. This is harder than it looks on a paper maché mask.

Especially when that mask is divided into sections for testing.

The final method used involved daubing paint mix on with cloth and then lightly rolling it back/smooth with the roller.

Further irritations were met when it looked like the damn paint wouldn’t crackle anyway, since the mask was

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Building Bitzer part 2. The mask featured here is a test platform on which I will experiment with different levels of paint-to-crackle...

Building Bitzer part 2.

The mask featured here is a test platform on which I will experiment with different levels of paint-to-crackle ratio.

Even after all the care and attention to detail, I still wound up with black paint on parts of my body 9_9 But at least I was careful enough not to get any on my clothes. Yay me.

The roller made painting the mask a very quick process, and any small areas got filled in with the help

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Making Bitzer’s Heart part 1. This is the designated sacrificial heart, in which we are going to bugger everything up while we figure...

Making Bitzer’s Heart part 1.

This is the designated sacrificial heart, in which we are going to bugger everything up while we figure out how to transform it into a magic opal.

I secured these hearts thanks to geekhyena [Hi! Let me know when that Paypal goes through :D ] and the postage and handling cost five times the amount the hearts did - give or take a few bucks.

The obvious first problem is that the light cover is white

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Challenge #00501 - A126: Sing-Along

Bitzer having a happy day and warbling through it.  Because sometimes it only matters if the music feels right for you.

Bitzer watched the clock as the second hand ticked closer and closer to The Time.

Ten. Nine. Eight.

Extract the vinyl EP, a souvenir from Walter Robotics and her time there, carefully from its sleeve.

The record player was already warmed up and set to her preferred levels.

Seven. Six. Five.

Record on the spindle. Speed set to 45. Needle free

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