Hi my name is Erik

I have finally managed to finish Erik's hair. His beard isn't looking as smooth as it did a month or so ago but I guess this is the nature of the material used (roving wool).

I am really pleased with how he looks so far. His skull is detachable so I can get to his eyes. I do wish the eyes were more realistic looking but sadly the eyes I wanted were out of stock online and I couldn't wait any longer to bake the sculpey, but I think they will work with the style I am going for.

The sculpey on the armature needs to be removed [hips and shoulders]. This was only a temporary solution anyway. Usually I would use two part epoxy glue, but in this case I don't think I will be able to because of how much work I have done on the puppets head (I don't want to risk getting glue on the face or hair) so I will use milliput as that is air dry. Hopefully that will work, if not the epoxy will have to but used and I will just have to be super careful.

Saturday was a turning point. Tonight I finished off some written work, although it did take me longer than expected (mostly due to distractions...) I wanted to start making an Icelandic turf house today [part of the set] but I needed to put the written work first. I am starting to get back into the swing of things. I just need to stop getting distracted and focus. It will be worth it in the end.