I have purchased some more items and made some more progress.
Below you will see suede for costuming, etc. ($2.29 @ Michaels), a black paint swatch for my sets (free @ WalMart, Ha. I will be purchasing a gallon of flat black, it will cost about $25), wood screws for assembling my set ($9.87 for a box of 50 @ Home Depot), a card for Mr. Smiley (who fixes sewing machines) (free @ Hancock Fabrics) and a wax cast of the original hoof (which actually worked this time...strange).
Below this set of text is the first run of the deer's armature. Jenna got this baby rocking and rolling and will be putting together the other girl tonight. We wanted to attach the hooves but found that one of them needs to be recast (the nut was too close to the surface of the top of the hoof; when we drilled into the resin, in order to insert the armature wire, the nut became visible). (Also, we're not sure about the leg length). The other thing we need to do is add facial wires and ear wires. The same goes for the girls...minus the whole ear thing.
I also purchased the wood to build my shooting stage. My set will be 4'x8'! Yowza! My boyfriend and I were going to saw and assemble it today but with the rain, decided against it.
There will be more to come.
