[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-painted-placemats-lederhosen-panda-uncle-runkel-elephunkel":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I had a goal of painting eight of these placemats and I've reached it! But I have twelve placemats I could strip, so I might keep going - I really like making these. (You can read my \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/879794.html\">earlier blog about how to make them\u003C/a>.) \\r\n\\r\nHere's Lederhosen Panda (which my \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/virtual-studio/\">StudioTeaBreak\u003C/a> co-host Alison Diamond said would make a great name for a band):\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1051548_original-ab3852f082.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThis one's inspired by the launch of two panda books - one of which has my quote on the front cover! - by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.sarahhorne.studio/\">Sarah Horne\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://swapnahaddow.co.uk/\">Swapna Haddow\u003C/a> & \u003Ca href=\"https://www.sheenadempsey.com/\">Sheena Dempsey\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1053031_original-854993390f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Uncle Runkel Elephunkel, who looks very much like my godfather, space engineer Henry Runkel.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1051793_original-2b60435b3d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here are all eight together!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1052052_original-523f45af6b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nHere's what a first sketch will look like: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1052221_original-a43920d984.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nLederhosen Panda after one coat of paint:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1052609_original-a7263f3651.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAfter I've added another coat or two. (The yellow and orange need several, the first coat is very streaky. Which looks kind of cool, too, but it's a different effect than the one I'm going for with these.) Panda looks very eerie until I've drawn in his eyeballs.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1052916_original-ef447fb311.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2021-05-13T08:49:00.000Z","painted-placemats-lederhosen-panda-uncle-runkel-elephunkel",[],"painted placemats - Lederhosen Panda & Uncle Runkel Elephunkel",1776628731089]