The sculptamold is finally dry. I am so ready to put the tree lord on a shelf and start a ninja turtle. Paint. Flock. UV resin. Leaf litter. Here we go.
The minor planet 18 Melpomene was named after the muse by the British Astronomer Royal in 1852, George Biddell Airy. He chose a name representing tragedy because his daughter, Elizabeth, had died on the day it was discovered, which was also the thirteenth anniversary of an earlier son’s death.
“Melpomene“, Wikipedia, 2024.
