White Elephant

Bah. Holidays.

So we had kind of a christmas party at work today and one of the things you could do was participate in the 'White Elephant' gift circle thing. Bring in a present that's within the $10 to $15 range and everyone draws a lot and choses a present at random. Later draftees can 'steal' your present and then you can pick a new one or steal another one. Presents were supposed to be a bit silly.

Being me, I had to do something particularly odd. Luckily, there's a craft store going out of business right now and at 40% discount, I was able to make $15 go a long ways.

So my gift was 5lbs of non-toxic air-hardening white clay, a packet of aluminum armature mesh, a set of cheap acrylic paints, and a little bottle of sealant.

I then stayed up all night and composed this book:

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Contains some minimalistic instructions for how to build your own elephant and a list of uses for newly created white elephant.

I even built a demo model. :)

( Some minor whinging )