clothe the 5 minutes after skeleton!

Post by **AntiM** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:27 am

Oooh, coolio! Looking forward to that, thanks!

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:44 am

Bucky, all ready for the burn. But some stupid stole his goggles during the first whiteout. A nice newb called What's Left of Riley Taylor brought him a new pair. Nice! Although the joke is on the goggle thief, those Wonka goggles don't fit a real human face, I hope their eyes are full of grit still! Bucky is quite excited, I have just sent for a mailorder bride for him, Mrs. Bucky, and an improved child, Bucky Jr., Baby Bucky is oh, so jealous. He is looking forward to participating in an art installation for 2008 with his new family.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:39 am

Ya know, it just occurred to me: Bucky looks like Hunter S. Thompson!

Just thought I would mention it. I think it is the cigarette which does it.

B.

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:43 am

BAS wrote:Ya know, it just occurred to me: Bucky looks like Hunter S. Thompson!

Just thought I would mention it. I think it is the cigarette which does it.

B.

Gee, think that's co-inky-dink? I mean, just because this household practically has Fear and Loathing memorized, and Where the Buffalo Roam too, and a handful of green Vegas visors, plus Hawaiiandy shirts and a ciggie holder for even the non-smokers? Hmmmm?

I need a bat, a giant stuffed bat. And an IV stand.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:52 am

AntiM wrote:
BAS wrote:Ya know, it just occurred to me: Bucky looks like Hunter S. Thompson!

Just thought I would mention it. I think it is the cigarette which does it.

B.
Gee, think that's co-inky-dink? I mean, just because this household practically has Fear and Loathing memorized, and Where the Buffalo Roam too, and a handful of green Vegas visors, plus Hawaiiandy shirts and a ciggie holder for even the non-smokers? Hmmmm?

I need a bat, a giant stuffed bat. And an IV stand.

Don't forget the flying manta rays!

(Though I still haven't fully forgiven Hunter S. for committing suicide-- I've come up with some questions I want to ask him since he died. For example-- the place in Vegas which may have been called at one time "The American Dream" sounds like it burned down roughly the same time as Bobby Kennedy was killed-- was that deliberate? [I figured that out after watching a dvd which came with the anniversary edition of the Dead Kennedys "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables", in which East Bay Ray discussed the origin of the band's name.)

B.
(Might have to get the "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" soundtrack onto an MP3 player for the 2008 burn. Good background music for searching for the American Dream.)

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:54 am

It will be a lame fuck around.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:02 am

A complete waste of time.

I did like the Horatio Alger references in the book-- the contrast between what Vegas stands for and what H.A. promoted in his writings is amusing.

Well, I have one recruit for my camp for '08. ('though I am worried about his taking the preparation part seriously enough.) If I get another temp gig at the restoration outfit, I might try to recruit another person or two. Speaking of which, I need to go job hunting and stop hanging out online....

(Unless someone can spare a whole bunch of money...?

)

B.

"It had been a lame fuck-around. A waste of time.

"My heart was filled with joy. I felt like a monstrous reincarnation of Horatio Alger. A man on the move. And sick enough to be totally confident!" --Hunter S. Thompson (from memory, so may contain a whole buncha errors!)

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:29 pm

Bucky, Jr. has arrived! Woohoo!

Bucky is still in post-playa hibernation in a bin in the garage.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:53 pm

Well, Bucky, Jr. certainly looks happy to have arrived! Grinning from...er, where his ear would be to where his ear would be.

B.

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:56 pm

Yeah, he was pretty cramped up and folded in half in the shipping box. I'll have to find a place to hang him for a while, he looks like he has scoliosis from the back. quite an over bite too!

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:59 pm

He does at that. Better get him to a chiropractor!

B.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:39 pm

*fishy slips into a reverie where she wonders how much one costs and if she should buy one, have it sent to AntiM, so she (AntiM) can cut the femurs in half and have fishy member of the bucky family.*

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:49 pm

LOL. I already have a wheelchair. But what would I name this incarnation of Bucky? CryptoBucky? Oh, now you've done it, a whole family of alter-ego eplayan Buckys.

For those of you who want a decent, or indecent , skeleton, Buckys on ebay run $75 to just over $100, including shipping. Comparison shopping is a must. Pre-Halloween 'tis the season. Bucky Jr. is technically a Bart. Not everyone lists them as Buckys and Barts however.

Buckys in the catalog I get are $269 and up for first quality models. Mine are fourth quality, but we're forgiving.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:07 pm

AntiM wrote: Mine are fourth quality, but we're forgiving.

LOL, right back atcha!

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:39 pm

Maybe I should stop following this thread! Now I am coming up with uses for Buckys (Buckies?) of my own! (Yeah! If I build that wind generator from MAKE magazine, I could have a skeleton hanging from the tower! Hey! I could put it in crow cage or something...!)

B.

Post by **AntiM** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:41 am

Buckys are addictive, I warn you. Buwahahahaha.

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:13 am

HUzzah! Mrs. Bucky has arrived! And she's first quality too, they ran out of fourths and upgraded Bucky's Bride, simply marvelous! Creamy ivory white bones, she's lovely.

She's still in her shipping box, and no, those aren't angel wings above her shoulders, that's her removable legs. Oh, go ahead Fishy ... you know you want to.

I am hoping to have her and Bucky show off their wedding finery at our Decompresson the 13th. Wheee!

Valkyrie · Post by **Valkyrie** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:58 pm

That's a girl Bucky? You're sure about that? Check for the notch at the back of the skull. If she has that then for sure she's a boy. Myself, I think it's just a boy in kind of really naked drag personally, although it is so hard to tell in that box. Then again, I'm not opposed to gay marriage, so I'm sure they'll be happy.

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:20 pm

hehehe, physiology be damned, that's a girl Bucky if I say so.

She's trying on wedding gowns today. Bucky Jr.'s leg fell off at the knee, I'll have to figure out how the rod goes back in. I'm beginning to think he's a she also. Bucky himself is still in the garage, lurking in his bin. Baby Bucky, who isn't a Bucky at all (I guess he's adopted) is hanging in the hall down in the basement. Some dysfunctional family, huh?

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:44 pm

What do ya mean I spent all night chatting up a BOY skeleton?!!

On the first episode of this season's "Bones" they came across a silver (plated?) skeleton, and that thing looked really COOL! (Now how in the H--- am I going to afford a silver plated skeleton? Much less two [so's they can frame the entrance to my camp, of course!

])

B.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:01 am

Big crafts stores carry gold and silver leaf- It takes some patience, but you could make your own Shinybones. Just apply "sizing", which is Special Sticky Stuff, and then apply the leaf and smooth it out. Purty!

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:51 am

Cool! I should be able to find some in the Madison area, then. ...all of which means I am going to need to start saving up some money, 'cause, right now, I have none...!

(I'll bet that is how they made the one for "Bones", come to think of it.)

Thank you!

B.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:02 am

http://www.goldleafcompany.com/

...I started to get curious and did some looking around- Scroll down the page on this site and take note of "rolls of aluminum leaf". Probably your best option for covering big areas (like skeletons!) for less dough.

There's always spray-chrome automotive paint too- But I have yet to find a decent chrome spray that isn't REALLY hard to work with. I'm impatient, and want my spraypaint dry to the touch in three minutes! Most of the hardware store chromes can't be overcoated with clearcoat either, without losing the high part of the shine. BUT- I love a shiny silver surface, and have been trying to get something decent-looking for my Art Robots for years...Krylon Metallic Silver followed by Triple Thick Clear Glaze in multiple coats looks pretty nice, although it's NOT that hard metal shine like True Chromium.
...now I'm gonna go try to find out what you CAN and CAN'T have actually CHROMED. ('spensive, but it'd be the ultimate solution coolwise...)

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:05 am

Well, here's yer answer...

http://www.goldtouchinc.com/cosmichrome/index.html

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:20 am

That's some beautiful shiny stuff there ... now I want a gold and a silver skeleton!

I've worked with gold leaf before. It is fiddly stuff, and has a different look than the sleek gold chrome shown. I've used it mostly as an accent, not that it is difficult to work with, just laborious. And expensive these days.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:24 am

Mrs. Bucky tries on her first dress:

Too big, she likes the garnet number better:

And Little Miss Bucky immediately got a cat in her lap:

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:13 am

robotland wrote:Well, here's yer answer...

http://www.goldtouchinc.com/cosmichrome/index.html

They chromed that resin statue, so a skeleton should work. (Hmm, would chrome be a little TOO shiny for what I want...? OTOH, spray on would [probably] be easier, and I am lazy!

)

Thanks for the links!

B.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:17 am

Little Miss Bucky now belongs to the cat!

FWIW, I think that the second dress looks best.

ACK! The time! I gotta get going!

B.

Valkyrie · Post by **Valkyrie** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:44 am

I like the third dress personally, but then again, I've got this thing for velvet.

It's funny y'all are getting into chroming stuff. I've become absolutely fascinated by the anodization/dying process lately myself.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:07 am

i like the last dress, i can see her pussy...