The music room is pretty much done, too!

I've been so obsessed with Bot building that I sort of left the rest of the house to itself.  I finished the music room some time ago.  Then it was used for some recording and it got all messed up.  Well, I've finally gotten off my butt and cleaned it up.  I give you... the music room.

Here's the view from the door way- looking onto the record collection, Devo collection and my decks.

Here's the AVs corner.  Thought using a couple of hockey stick I found in the trash to make the shelves was pretty darn clever.  I hope to get a frame for the Sakic sweater, but I think this works pretty well.

These two cases hold the pucks from the AV's two Stanley Cup runs in 1995/96 and 2000/2001.  The 95/96 season case has the Pacific Division champions puck, the Western Conference champions puck and the Stanley Cup champions puck.  The 00/01 season case has the President's Trophy winners puck, the Northwest Division champions puck, the Western Conference champions puck and the Stanley Cup champions puck.  I also have the VHS tapes for each run and the caps that the teams wore after they won. 

And finally- I buy a puck at every game I go to.  There are a bunch behind that wall 'o pucks as well.  If you're wondering about the Red Wings cap, it is actually a prototype cap from Zephyr cap that has the six original team logos on the individual panels.  I'd rather see Montreal and Toronto up front, but... 

CROOOOOOOOW

Crow T Robot is finished!  Okay, when I say finished, I mean abandoned for a little while.  The beak is still causing me no end of problems, and more paint has flaked off.  I'm going to call him done, though, until I get his new head finished.  Crow was definitely more work than Tom, and f you are an aspiring Bot Builder, I suggest you start with Mr. Servo.

And here are the boys together, on their best behavior, for a photo on the couch.

...and then this happened

I had to leave work early to get my drains dealt with- long story- so I decided to work on Crow.  I thought for sure that I'd be posting pictures of him, all finished, by tonight, ...  yeah...  Crow is a bitch to work with, let me tell you.

Here are the arms, completed and waiting for a couple of coats of final paint.  No problem there.

Crow's eyes, painted and just waiting for their electrical tape pupils.  No problem there.

Competed torso!  Absolutely no problem there!  All together and 'battened' down!  I don't mean to brag, but this came out great.

And then... and then...  the problem...

I masked off the edge of Crow's beak to give the inside a quick swipe of flat black and when I took off the tape, all hell broke loose.  That orange bit is where a whole section of paint and primer came loose, and the side is where... well, let's just say...  crap.  I need to let him cure for a day or so, sand him down, and give him another couple of coats.  Any bleed through on the inside of his beak will have to be dealt with by hand painting.  I'm annoyed, but I've decide that this beak is a trial run, because I got this!

Yup!  An Empire 'e' pin!  It's the one they used for the screen used Crow's, probably because it's much more sturdy than the 'crown' pins.  I'm going to take my time with this baby.

So, Crow T Robot will probably be making his public premiere early next week, but I'm nearly there!