...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!