UK Empowered Wogs?

Just a quick entry to let folk know what's going on, and why I've dropped off messengers and forums a lot.

About a month and a half ago I agreed to strip off some wallpaper for my mum. That turned into a major tear-down and rebuild of the rear of the house as one thing revealed the next. It's covered every construction base now; brickwork, woodwork, plumbing, wiring, insulation..

The walls are finally going back up. This makes me happy as it coincides nicely with the other thing I've been working towards.

As of tommorow, I will be legally registered as self-employed.

I'm going to be somewhere between artist, engineer and scrap dealer. My insurance only covers trading in the UK at the momment, but I'm aiming primarily to build custom creations to order. That's animatronics, reproduction props, small electromechanical devices, or bits other folk just plain can't be bothered to make. They'll be art/sculpture items along the way too, as well as salvage resale. And of course runs of standard items, starting with some simple novelty headbands and hopefully progressing to getting my Ultimate Lighter design into manufacture. Possibly even some boots. (this edges close to the wild fantasy of Wog/Ranger designed equipment)

Website should be up soon, but for full impact I need to get on with the photoshoots to show what I can do. I can't see any lead-time for conventions covering February so that'll be a salvage and standard stock month. It'll give me time to knock out more demo items. I think a replica of the Portal gun would be a nice one to try.

Whatever may come, I think everyone has to try this once.