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I made a new forearm for the Soom Supergem torso--it bugged me that the automail arm was shorter than the soom arm. I took a glue stick and wrapped parchment paper around it, tacked it shut with a bit of tape, put a foil base around that (because the epoxy is a bit slumpy while it cures), and then made the new arm. It takes 24 hours to cure, then I will sand it a bit, primer it tomorrow, and then paint both sides. It's surprisingly strong and I was delighted that as the epoxy cured, the glue and parchment core slid right out.  I need to dye the hands and I have some polyester lace I will dye at the same time, so as to not waste the dye.

So Akutenshi has this cool HHT Automail arm, but it was a bit short on the Super Gem body, and the edge had a crack that needed some reinforcing. So she kindly gave me two large pots of Apoxie Sculpt to make something to extend the arm and to put on the opposite arm. Here is the stuff: And some closer pix of the new additions: Other arm: (You can see the edge crack on the upper half of this photo). Apoxie Sculpt is pretty easy to use if you have used Sculpey--  it mushes and makes shapes in the same way. What is different, is that AS cold-cures; which means once you mix it, the clock is running. It stays workable for 3 hours according to the label, and is completely cured in 24. You need nitrile gloves, metal tools and parchment paper under where you are working. Paper towels are good to clean tools right away. I found AS was the most cooperative at about 1.5 hours after mixing it, taking impressions even better than Sculpey does (it's a little stiffer). I was to...