Well, despite some serious health issues and other setbacks, I made it.  One notable and extremely sucky event occurred Monday of Week III: we had to put down the dog.  His health issued had reached the point where keeping him alive was only prolonging his suffering, and there was no getting better at that point. … Read More »

This week I had to take it easy because the aftereffects of my stroke were really kicking my ass.  I was also drawing a blank when it came to ideas that would fit with the Halcyon bar theme, so I just made what I wanted.  25 February: Officer’s Cap This is a simple officers’ style… Read More »

18 February: Bar Lampshade It’s a typical bar lampshade like you’ll find over the pool table.  I used garishly-colored plastic for its material, in keeping with most of these kind of lampshades I’ve seen at various bars, pool halls and the like over the last few decades.  19 & 20 February: Human Model, Male and… Read More »

11 February: Shelving Bars have storerooms, and they need someplace to display their beverages.  Et voila!  Shelving!  For the storeroom’s bulk storage, we have some metal mesh shelving.  The meter-eighty unit has five shelves, each a meter eighty by ninety centimeters.  The wooden shelf unit is also a meter eighty tall, but they have smaller… Read More »

Without the CandleExtra Romantical! 4 February: Booze All across the Alliance, booze comes in bottles and cans.  So here we have a few suitable containers.  These will eventually get placed on the shelves in our bar.  From left to right: wine bottle, beer can, tallboy, longneck beer bottle, square booze bottle.  5 February: Glasses Speaking… Read More »

It’s only a three-day week, but I can lay the foundation of my Halcyon bar project.  1 February: Box O’ Shivs and Modular Shivs What does a bar on Halcyon need to set it apart from other bars on other planets?  Other than the monkey pit?  The implements the monkeys will use to do terrible… Read More »

This year’s theme is a typical rural bar on Halcyon.  Think hillbilly biker bar & grill with monkey fights and you have a pretty good idea.  Halcyon is not a wealthy planet.  It was settled relatively recently by a low population with an inferior tech base.  Add in its status as a minor (at best)… Read More »