ABsolutely ABominable ABsenteeism!

Well now... I've been a bit busy. 
Too busy to regularly update?
I got no excuse.
That said, there's progress!
More snags... sorta... and a lot more detail into the pieces.
Case in point - the torso.
Some patterns have separated the abdominals and the lumbar from the sides... but this particular pattern has them all connected.
I have to say it works... to a point.
The point IS... if I screw up putting it all together, I'm gonna be hella PISSED OFF!
... it took night on almost two full days to do these pieces... 42-ish pages of print to cut and paste... so just about a complete day of cutting ALONE.
I do NOT want to have to redo any of it.  =(
I'l be buzzing in and out of my workshop like an anxious parent until the resin dries and I can feel reassured that the pieces won't fall apart.

The detail? Fantastic! Seriously... this is going to look SICK when it's done.
The problem is... (as always) finishing it.

The good thing is that the cutting and pasting is the longest and most arduous part... having tried a few Bondo-plus-sanding attempts already, that is the fastest part of the process... it helps that Bondo actually dries within a few hours of you applying it... so i could conceivably do two layers in one day!
The GREAT part about this Mk VII pattern is that the detail is done FOR me already! Just keep the gobs of Bondo out of the tiny crevasses and smooth it all out like putty when it's drying... and I should be good to go!

That said... here's a tally of where I'm at, in terms of resin progress:
The chest, back, upper forearm (R & L), lower forearm (R & L), palm (R & L), bicep (R), upper shoulder (R & L), lower shoulder (R & L)
... are all finished (and ready for Bondo!)
I HOPE to get to them by tomorrow at the earliest, if not find some time in the early part of the week to slather some Bondo around... this time in small layers.
/grumble
/irritated
/makingashowofprotestingbutsecretlylovesit
The cod piece and torso levels will (hopefully) be dry enough tomorrow to add a quickie internal layer of resin so I can ensure their stability... and while it's drying I might try to be sneaky and cut slices of fiberglass cloth out and stick them to the drying internal surfaces... it should be light enough to not interfere weight-wise, and sticky enough to hold them in place so that I can slather the resin into them for the strength with the subsequent layer.