Wasteland Rucksack

Check this off the list: one apocalyptic-looking backpack. I'll be the envy of all the scavengers with this number.



It's a Russian Military Rucksack made in 1961.

Now to add patches and things/stuff/junk

Musical Interlude The Twenty First

Just listen ... think about it.



I look to the sky but there's nobody watchin'
Left here behind all alone and forgotten
So now the world belongs to me, the world belongs to me

Wasteland Weekend Promo

Next year it's on! But, for now, I'll have to make do with watching from the sidelines.

Leather Jacket Update #2

The Good News is the chain mail is about 1/4 of the way done. And is looking great:

The Bad News is I have run out of clipped loops and need to wind and cut some more.

Further Updates as events warrant.

Leather Jacket Update #1

The left sleeve will be chain mail at least to the elbow.

I'm doing it from scratch. I want to spend as little as possible on this this thing. Anyhow I borrowed my father-in-law's electric drill and got a piece of scrap metal from the welding shop I worked at before I was a teacher:


Then I got some left over wire from when I built a Trumpeter Swan from paper mache and used the drill to make tightly coiled springs:


Next I cut all the 'coil loops' apart with a wire cutter:


Lastly, I weave the mail from the cut loops. Here is the start:


Notice my hands taped up with duct tape in those photos? My delicate hands began to blister after 15 minutes of cutting. Duct tape (and ingenuity) came to my rescue.