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When I'm not giving advice I do................; What do you do????
Topic Started: Jul 22 2007, 10:09:29 PM (246 Views)
Pete
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Ok When i'm not giving advice on swimming pools! hehehe, I do a few other things, I love all gardening, ( the daffs are out) , I have my G scale railway, Mountain Bike, Gym, Sea Fishing, cooking, Needlework and cross stich, and of course Internet, what do you do ................???????????
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Sam
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Pete
22nd July, 2007 - 08:09pm
Ok When i'm not giving advice on swimming pools! hehehe, I do a few other things, I love all gardening, ( the daffs are out) , I have my G scale railway, Mountain Bike, Gym, Sea Fishing, cooking, Needlework and cross stich, and of course Internet, what do you do ................???????????

Blimey Pete

Do you have any time left for anything else ;) :she:
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Pete
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of course! like today i cycled 70K and came home cooked a meal, beef curry, and washed up too( and dried up). Of course don't forget I'm a kept man at the moment, so i have plenty of time!!! :thumbsup:
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Pete
22nd July, 2007 - 08:20pm
of course!  like today i cycled 70K and came home cooked a meal, beef curry, and washed up too( and dried up).  Of course don't forget I'm a kept man at the moment, so i have plenty of time!!! :thumbsup:

70k!!70k!! Pete you are obviously mad (or a man with abnormally large thigh muscles after cycling that far!!) :P :lol:
Im pretty boring - l like gardening, reading and walking (but not that far!!) and cooking - I really need to get out more!! :rolleyes:
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I read or make jewellery when I have the time (which is rare) I love experimenting with food too, but can't always be bothered with the cleaning afterwards.
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ohippy
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flippin' 'eck, I barely have time to read your posts Pete let alone anything else.

Well ok, I like gardening too (my narcissi smell gorgeous at the mo), walking the dog on the beach (and collecting shells and rock pooling), quilling (if I get the chance), surfing (the web) and Columbo :thumbsup:
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Pete.... I'm very impressed with the cycling, I'm exhausted driving 70ks!!!

I don't actually know when i last had time to spend on something i want to do for myself, i play tenpin bowling once a week, thats my 90 mins for me as they have a creche. I love doing my airbrushed tattoos so if anyone in WA is having a fete at school or anything then let me know as i'm hoping to get back into the swing of doing events again this summer.
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23rd July, 2007 - 05:32pm
Pete.... I'm very impressed with the cycling, I'm exhausted driving 70ks!!!

I don't actually know when i last had time to spend on something i want to do for myself, i play tenpin bowling once a week, thats my 90 mins for me as they have a creche. I love doing my airbrushed tattoos so if anyone in WA is having a fete at school or anything then let me know as i'm hoping to get back into the swing of doing events again this summer.

K well if you decide to go infor doing real ink Tattoos, do let me know, I need some new additions to my aquarium!
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When im not working :( im working on the house to get ready to sell, when im too tired to do that i try and go diving and when the weather is rubbish i make these.

Predator

try and keep fit somewhere in the middle :)
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Snappy
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gawd when I finally get to do sod all I love nothing better than to pull out the sofa bed, put on a good DVD, get a load of munchies in, scoff the lot and start on the beer..............guess I'm kind of unhealthy compared to the rest of you :lol:
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im usually running around after 3 kids/mal/my mum/his mum/rest of family ....

whats all this about hobbies n stuff??? not had a hobbie for years ... :lol:
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24th July, 2007 - 01:57pm
When im not working :( im working on the house to get ready to sell, when im too tired to do that i try and go diving and when the weather is rubbish i make these.

Predator

try and keep fit somewhere in the middle :)

:scared:


that was scary - how do you make them?
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catgirl
24th July, 2007 - 07:35pm



that was scary - how do you make them?

Did he get Snappy's permission to post her picture ? :whistle:
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24th July, 2007 - 07:58pm
catgirl
24th July, 2007 - 07:35pm



that was scary - how do you make them?

Did he get Snappy's permission to post her picture ? :whistle:

and that was before my make up went on :wink:

That is bloody brilliant and very much like the real thing, you talented so and so :thumbsup:
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24th July, 2007 - 10:58am
catgirl
24th July, 2007 - 07:35pm



that was scary - how do you make them?

Did he get Snappy's permission to post her picture ? :whistle:

:o











:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Usurper


hehehe , sorry if i made you jump :crazy:

i just bought some clay and decided to try sculpting one day last year, thats my 1st sculpt/mask.

im making a closed mouth version at the moment, its about 70% done.

sculpt

the process is in several stages, 1st the sculpt in clay.
then make a 2 part plaster mold on top,let it set then crack the mold open and dig out the clay.
( if the plaster hasnt gone into all the little holes, the whole thing is knackerd so its pretty scary opening it )
once all the clay is out you put the 2 peices of plaster back together and pour in some latex, let it set and boom a mask.

then i gota paint them which is the fun part :D

when this is finished id like to try some different things, idealy id love to make a living out of this but i dont think thats possible.
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24th July, 2007 - 03:57pm
When im not working :( im working on the house to get ready to sell, when im too tired to do that i try and go diving and when the weather is rubbish i make these.

Predator

try and keep fit somewhere in the middle :)

and thats the spitting image of my ex wife!
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25th July, 2007 - 03:35am
hehehe , sorry if i made you jump :crazy:

i just bought some clay and decided to try sculpting one day last year, thats my 1st sculpt/mask.

im making a closed mouth version at the moment, its about 70% done.

sculpt

the process is in several stages, 1st the sculpt in clay.
then make a 2 part plaster mold on top,let it set then crack the mold open and dig out the clay.
( if the plaster hasnt gone into all the little holes, the whole thing is knackerd so its pretty scary opening it )
once all the clay is out you put the 2 peices of plaster back together and pour in some latex, let it set and boom a mask.

then i gota paint them which is the fun part :D

when this is finished id like to try some different things, idealy id love to make a living out of this but i dont think thats possible.

it's a shame you are not in this neck of the woods, as you could do a class and teach me how to! Seriously I'm very impressed. I think maybe once you have a few items you should advertise them, you may not make a living out of just those , but you may make some extra$$$$$!. Also you should contact film companies etc. I know thats mostly USA based, but you never know. :wink: :wink:
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This is what I like to do when I have time. All made by me.

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25th July, 2007 - 03:35am
hehehe , sorry if i made you jump :crazy:

i just bought some clay and decided to try sculpting one day last year, thats my 1st sculpt/mask.

im making a closed mouth version at the moment, its about 70% done.

sculpt

the process is in several stages, 1st the sculpt in clay.
then make a 2 part plaster mold on top,let it set then crack the mold open and dig out the clay.
( if the plaster hasnt gone into all the little holes, the whole thing is knackerd so its pretty scary opening it )
once all the clay is out you put the 2 peices of plaster back together and pour in some latex, let it set and boom a mask.

then i gota paint them which is the fun part :D

when this is finished id like to try some different things, idealy id love to make a living out of this but i dont think thats possible.

Gawd even the detail on the clay one is amazing :thumbsup: can you also do sculptures of real people? We have an amazing sculpture of just a head made out of some sort of metal - not sure what exactly but OH would know as it was his mothers. She had got it from a man his father used ot work with that used to scuplt them as a hobbey and had them dotted around his house and garden. The one we have won some award and the detail in it is fantastic and very life like.

You are very talented and I would be sending out pictures of your work to everyone I could if I had your talent.


Claire - bling bling baby :thumbsup: I wish I could have the patience for things like that. You must give your friends and family some amazing pressies.
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Snappy
25th July, 2007 - 09:53pm



Claire - bling bling baby :thumbsup: You must give your friends and family some amazing pressies.


Bet her hubbie gets some interesting pasties too :bix:
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Anastasia Beaverhausen
25th July, 2007 - 05:28pm
This is what I like to do when I have time. All made by me.


very very nice :more:
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Thankyou for the kind comments.

I do sell them ;) its helped pay for my scuba gear hehe, and now hopefully they will pay towards out flight tickets to move to Cairns ( fingers crossed the emmigration process all goes to plan :dunno: )
i was surprised there is such a big fanbase for the film, and started selling them raw ( unpainted ) but as my painting got better i decided to only sell them painted, as the mold is made of plaster it will eventually give in to the persistant pulling of latex masks :( so its not going to last much longer :(
I dont sell them with the dredlocks as the material is way too expensive to buy, i had to import the dredlocks for my mask grrr

As soon as ive finished with this 2nd predator im going to try my hand at another sculpt, no idea what as yet, film mask,a head or something else , but i enjoy the process of sculpting as its pretty theraputic after a stressfull day working :D

anyway glad you like :)
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I attempt to do stuff with my kids as i like crafts and stuff, they are getting a bit old now though :whistle:

I also love tapestry though have only completed three as i like 'em big. I have been doing a meter square one of Sydney harbour for about 10 years LOL.

We are also in the process of reserching and setting up an on line store (us and lots of others) not to get rich quick, just to top up the account and something for Matt to get his teeth into while Flynn sleeps :yes:
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26th July, 2007 - 10:18am
I attempt to do stuff as i like 'em big.

for Matt to get his teeth into :yes:

Oooerrr :rolleyes:
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26th July, 2007 - 10:18am
I attempt to do stuff with my kids as i like crafts and stuff, they are getting a bit old now though :whistle:

I also love tapestry though have only completed three as i like 'em big. I have been doing a meter square one of Sydney harbour for about 10 years LOL.

We are also in the process of reserching and setting up an on line store (us and lots of others) not to get rich quick, just to top up the account and something for Matt to get his teeth into while Flynn sleeps :yes:

That sounds really good. Is that whats in your signature? If so I'm off for a sticky beak :yes:
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ohippy
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oooh, what are you going to sell Hevs ? I love spending and, if it's online, Paul doesn't know :whistle:
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Hevs
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My body :whistle: :lol:

Ok, so clearly THAT wasn't going to earn much :rolleyes:

Just looking into stuff at the moment and doing research, it started from the whole ebay thing but we are just seeing what sells etc at the moment. We have some cd's coing from family in the UK that sell for $99 bucks here cos they are UK releases and hard to get hold of.... etc, but its only a small start. As i say he research is taking a lot of time...

The craft cd's are just good for people with kids to entertain/ playgroups etc. I'm not thinking of selling them though as i don't know if theres much of a market there.
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well, if you bringing in stuff from the UK to sell - I can thoroughly recommend anything from Next - I've just ordered my curtains from there and hate to think how much the postage is going to be :(
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I don't think it will be anything quite that big unfortunately Heather :no: Too much in postage :wink:

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