First of all - busy week (two weeks?), final (I mean final) exams, quick job hunting, interview, etc. And next week I'm visiting my folks so don't expect a torrent of updates either >_>

Anywho, back to the subject - despite being rather busy, I've made some progress (about that in a sec). I've also tried (for the third time :)) my luck with the emblems on Kshatriya. This time I wanted to make it right - so I started with stripping the paint via the whatchamacallit stuff used for drains and stuff. Anyway, I was draining the excess water out of the bucket when I noticed in the corner of my eye that something looking a lot like one of the parts of the sleeves has just made a run for it to the drain... FML. Actually, three of them, but two got stopped by the drain but the third one miraculously passed through. But there was a rather high chance that it didn't get flushed further down the pipe - hardly any water got in with it. Long story short - an hour later, I disassembled the siphon beneath, look high and low (mostly low), but alas the part was gone. Fuck-My-Life ;_;

...until I checked the bucket that contained the rest of the parts and the paint that came off... Lo and behold, the missing part >_> I turned out what I saw going down the drain was just the paint that came of cleanly off the part. FUCK-MY-LIFE :D

Sorry for the wall of text, I just had to vent my frustration (and happiness, I guess :P). Below is a photo of the second try - as you can see, it shows a lot of potential - the emblem turned out nice and sharp, something I would never have been able to do via painting by hand. But I, again, didn't put a thick enough layer of Future between the alluminium and black - thus the third attempt.

I'll really have to invest in a real metallizer one of these days...

Which ones do you prefer? (note: the lighting is way off, they look way better IRL)

The arms turned out quite nicely, the arm protector thingies not as much, but I'll be covering them with decals anyway...