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I did another sketch for our Downhill Derby theme while I was running the 3D scanner yesterday.

We can see a few developments here;

1.What started out as a costume design/concept sketch for me turned out looking like Clara Bow. if only.

yeah, no. sigh.

2. I don’t think we’re going to find any pop-guns that look that convincing.

3. That deer looks really funky around the center of the torso. Whoops. Let’s chalk that up the fact that they’re gonna be big stuffed monstrosities made out of the ugliest of the things we can find at goodwill.

4. I’m getting way too excited about these big stuffed deer- the fabric’s not going to be a problem (hellooooo, goodwill!) but I’m drawing a blank on what to stuff them with- if I remember correctly, stuffing is pricey. Old Pillows? Too bad it’s not dry leaf season.

The next step is to actually plan out the layout of the truck, which Tara wants to basically duct-tape together… I’m thinking we’re going to need to be a bit sturdier in our design if we want it to keep together all the way down the hill, especially once we stack all of the stuffed deer (x4 or x5) on top and then perch on it. That’s roughly 250-300 lbs the ‘truck’ will have to hold up- I’m really hoping we can find something with wheels that can already hold the weight, and then build our derby car around it. Speed is not an issue- it’s just gotta stay in one piece.

Derby is in early April. Let’s do this thing.