March 14, 2006

Now then, time for some...

LUNCH! Yay.

My little drawing exercise is now at a close, and after I eat my sammich, the next phase starts, in which I will lovingly bring the lines to life with a splash of color. Or, in the jargon of the trade, "throw some markers on it and get it out the door."

Thankfully, peeve-inducing interruptions have been scarce today, which made it all go much quicker. And there was the smell of 3M Spray Mount in the air, which, just like napalm in the mornings, smells like victory. And although equally flammable, unlike napalm, it is quite handy for sticking paper to paper.

Now then, time to slap on some color.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at March 14, 2006 12:47 PM
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...and the sound of small arms fire in the morning is the sound of ...?
There's a Secret Service training facility near my part of the NASA campus, so yes I do hear that in the morning (and sometimes in the afternoon as well).

Posted by: steevil (Dr Weevil's bro Steve) at March 14, 2006 01:49 PM

Why, that's the sound of fun!

We live about a half mile crow-flight from the City of Birmingham's firing range, so I get to hear all sorts of fire, at all times of the day and night.

Especially spine-tingly is when it's nighttime, and someone's having full-auto training.

So far, no tracers arcing up in the sky...

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at March 14, 2006 02:21 PM

mmmmmmmmmm, spraymount

Posted by: DaveH at March 14, 2006 03:49 PM

Heh--Dave is obviously speaking from experience.

::hitching up pants with thumbs:: WHYYYY, you kids with your fancy computers don't know what it's like to ACTUALLY cut-and-paste something! Just a simple drag and drop thing with you whippersnappers, but back in the olden days, it was fraught with peril! FALLING X-ACTOS! UPSIDE DOWN TEXT! YOUR ONLY GOOD PICTURE STUCK TO THE FLOOR! Such danger!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at March 14, 2006 04:14 PM

Don't forget errant blobs of glue. Oh and typos discovered after the poster has been presented. Good times, good times.

Posted by: Sarah G. at March 14, 2006 06:59 PM

Speaking of early morning shooty goodness this is my newest http://www.savagearms.com/10fpmcmillan.htm I installed this for a scope http://www.riflescopes.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SS16X42, just can't afford a Kahles 4-12 by 56. I had the bolt face and reciever squared up too. I added a Harris bi-pod to round it out. I haven't worked up any loads yet but using my pet 173 grn BTHP at 100m I'm getting 5/16 to 7/8 inch 5 shot groups. Mucho fun but a bit nippy at 0830 @ 17ºf.

Posted by: Anthony von Krag at March 14, 2006 10:29 PM

Sweeeeeet.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at March 15, 2006 08:23 AM