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# 31 30-07-2003 , 04:31 AM

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this is all i had time for tonight user added image

as per Adl's suggestion (to exercise more) I bought a treadmill tonight and my exercise was putting it together user added image

I made a hat for the cappin'- maybe some medals tomorrow eh?

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# 32 30-07-2003 , 03:49 PM

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lol looks great but it's soooo gonna fall off!! user added image

How did he manage to put it on? user added image

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# 33 30-07-2003 , 05:20 PM

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Great stuff, perhaps he has an automated hatstand that fits, removes and stores his hats. user added image

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# 34 30-07-2003 , 11:21 PM

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lol yeah, I was just thinking that a pixar style eye would look fantastic in this character, think monsters inc.... user added image

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# 35 30-07-2003 , 11:31 PM

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ooooh yeah, that would be sweeeet! (opens monsters inc dvd right now!)

witchy- good idea- it could be like a willy wonka thing- OR what about a teleporter like in StarTrek? with the sparkely stuff!

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# 36 30-07-2003 , 11:37 PM

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it's the translucency that really gives the monsters inc eyes that special quality, a friend of mine is working on photoreal eyes at the moment and he is having a nitemare of a time with them user added image

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# 37 30-07-2003 , 11:56 PM

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I just love your stuff howard, cracks me up everytime. user added image

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# 38 31-07-2003 , 07:51 AM

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Amazing use of the cam and lighting!

Realy brings life to the picture!

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# 39 31-07-2003 , 02:18 PM

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How did he manage to put it on?

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Staple Gun? That might explain why it sits like that without falling off user added image

Probably why he doesn't make it sit straight either user added image

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# 40 01-08-2003 , 03:57 AM

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Damn THIS is what i been missing!?!?! Too much time away from SM!! I thought of the hat on the larger eye idea as a was scrolling too, then thought about how it would fall off too, then laughed when i read that you guys did all the same. I'm soooooo ispired howard, and that guy you linked too, AMAZING!

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