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  Project:     Leecho's Creature Case Project Part 2  
  Guest Author:     Leecho
  Date:     May 19th, 2006  

The Creature Case Project
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The next major project of this radical rig is the grab handle I decided was needed for the top. The first attempt proved to look more like a "Creature" picnic basket. It didn’t look good there at all.

The Creature Case Project
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The Creature Case Project
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It was brought back into the shop where I handed it to my buddy Sean, fabricator (aluminum welder). We talked about what the design should look like. I quickly drew him a sketch to work from "something like this" I told him and this is what he came up with. Man is it sick or what? Sean is the man for creating weird stuff and he was the only one I considered using of all the guys in the shop for this project.

The Creature Case Project
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The Creature Case Project
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Now the fun starts for me. I painted the baskets’ exterior walls gloss black, and the interior portion red with fogged in black to match the existing case top. After deciding to paint the ribs bone white, I fogged in red and black to age it a little. Once dry it came home for the fitting and see how it looks.

The Creature Case Project
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The Creature Case Project
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Well there it was, just sitting there looking like it was unfinished, or was it that it’s too bright? Did it need more aging, what was wrong? I posted the photo here on MTB and asked all my friends to help me. Most said it didn’t fit the looks of the case, as did some of the guys at my work. So, that proved to be a malfunction on my part. It was brought back to the shop where I quickly masked up the basket to protect the red and black and sanded off most of the paint from the ribs. Sean and I had a small discussion about it and then I started applying automotive body filler. I started sanding the glop to give it some shape and bring it to life in a matter of speaking. Being that of an artist, I knew that I could sculpt product out of nothing.

Conclusion:

This is all that I’ve done so far on this new look for the handle back bone project. All I'm gonna say is, when it's done this time, it shouldn't look at all like it how started. That’s all I can offer for now which might not be much but in a project of this magnitude it’s taking a long time getting things just right. This wraps up Part 2 of the Project Creative Case, in the third installment I will continue to further refine all the features and continue to work the project to its completion.

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