Today Jen, Amy and I went gun shopping... more to the point I wanted a new Colt 1911 w/ a level 2 SERPA concealment holster (to use in my combat shooting league) and we all went together.

RVB came up in conversation, Amy still follows it religiously where I fell off the wagon around the time the humor quit being semi-low browed toilet humor. I know I'm a grown man, but I still like the juvenile stuff.

She mentioned a graphic she wanted which was basically a Spartan helmet in a skeletal key, and while I hate to admit the reference is now lost on me, I still hold a strong love for Red vs Blue even though I've strayed from my RVB family over the last couple of years.

So for Amy and my RV...

Today Jen, Amy and I went gun shopping... more to the point I wanted a new Colt 1911 w/ a level 2 SERPA concealment holster (to use in my combat shooting league) and we all went together.

RVB came up in conversation, Amy still follows it religiously where I fell off the wagon around the time the humor quit being semi-low browed toilet humor. I know I'm a grown man, but I still like the juvenile stuff.

She mentioned a graphic she wanted which was basically a Spartan helmet in a skeletal key, and while I hate to admit the reference is now lost on me, I still hold a strong love for Red vs Blue even though I've strayed from my RVB family over the last couple of years.

So for Amy and my RVB family... challenge accepted.

The design is very simple, first I made a Spartan helmet for the top



Now most skeleton keys have that little nub sticking out to keep you from jamming the key all the way in, and it doesn't have to be round and flat... so I thought it would be fun to make it Church... well church in the AI form, AKA Guilty Spark



Moving along I made a basic skeleton key shape



when I made the key shaft my Church idea suddenly looked as if it was made of fail.



So I cinched it together, which in the end it doesn't look anything like I had planned but I know what it was supposed to be.



So here it goes, my take on her suggestion, the Halo key.



I'm going to have to buy the seasons of RVB that I've missed, not just because I want to know what it is exactly that I made, but also because I miss everyone. Sucks that the site was blocked at work, and that I stopped going there as a result.

So good memories thinking of RVB, and good memories remember shooting with my Grandfather and his 1932(ish) Colt 1911. My 2012 Colt 1911 rail should be in next week with time to spare for the league! I may engrave it with something sentimental.

In the meantime I'm still trying to get ready for the new venture, I've been working on my shop, and I'm spending tonight tearing it apart and rebuilding it, I have no clue what the hell I'm going to do with that ten foot scythe I made for Darksiders II... I'm sure it will be an odd duck to put up on Craigslist.

Unless someone in the Minneapolis area wants it before I put it up (free)...

I'm going to try to do a better job than I have been of keeping up with RVB, I miss the hell out of you guys!