And so it Begins!

Konichiwa!  I know it's been absolute ages since I've posted anything, but senior year with all of my AP classes and a massive research project for Biomed was insane.  But, I've finally got the ball rolling again on my project now that school is out.  I need to get this done before college starts up, obviously, so I have the pedal to the metal!

Over the past few days I got the boards for the project cut out, marked off, and spray painted.  There are three boards with a 1 3/8" strip around the outer edge where I will attach a decorative border.  The border I marked in pencil and then taped over with painter's tape so that I don't have to redo the markings later on.



Blank Board with Borders Marked off

Blank Board with Borders Taped

Then, I took the boards outside and spray painted them with some grey primer just to seal the wood in so that none of the kids get splinters.  For this part, I got a little help from a local Boy Scout (aka my little brother!).

Me Spray Painting and Making a Fashion Statement (Hey, it's summer!)

My Not-so-Little Brother Spray Painting (I made him wear his scout shirt for this!)

All Painted and Grey!

What I'm working on now is drawing on pencil outlines of all the characters to make forming the pictures easier.  I have two of the three completed, so I think I'll be able to post pictures of that step in a few days, depending on the weather (one of the boards needs another coat of paint, but it's been rainy here).  I figure I'll need to contact the council again soon to set up a date I can present the finished product.  I anticipated having it finished by August if all goes well, so please keep an eye out!  Catch you guys later!

- Turtle-chan