Diazombie's up! Help some cats and own a meistervwerk!

I'm sitting next to two failed attempts at giving him swish packaging. The printer's bust too! So he's going on as is!

Click HERE to go to the auction. It's for a very good cause :)

Final Acrozombie going on E-bay for charity auction.

 It's been a wile since I said I'd be selling the final Acrozombie, the one of a kind and very special "Diazombie". The head sculpt is one of a kind. I got one pull out of the mold before it died on me - there will never be another, and I like it a lot.

 It might be the best figure I've ever made. It's fully posable with all joints fitting snug and correctly, and is made of a very solid urethane. It's handmade so it's not perfect, but it is not only the last Acrozombie available, but completely one of a kind and will include three custom cast solid Blockmen, to allow for multiple variations. I haven't yet made a Blockman mold that gives me flawless results, but these are snug on every peg and hole and can totally be used for Takara building goodness.

I really didn't want to sell it but did consider making it a charity auction before, and today I saw that our favourite charity: Lost Cats Brighton is in real trouble. They run it out of their own pockets and what donations they get, and it's also where our cat Fudge came from. We owe them and it's time to do what we can. I read that Ron who runs the charity has suffered two heart attacks this year busting his hump to help the cats they look after.

Thanks to them we can wake up with heavy cat on our face every morning. So Diazombie will be going on e-bay this weekend. I'm working on packaging for him now, but if I can't get something that looks good enough done in time, I'll sell him as is. It needs to be done quickly.

If you happen to feel like helping out additionally, you can Paypal them donations via their website linked above. As a one off figure, all it could accomplish is being something awesome in someone's collection and putting a few quid in my pocket. This way it can be an awesome collector's item, and help our friends at Lost Cats.

Thanks!

Kind of fun!

So i've got nothing I can post about but lots I'd like to right now. I've got one project that I'm working on by myself and two collabs - one that will be a good while yet, and one that should blow up by next monday.

Sculpting away on the MOTU guy and have come up with some pretty fine artwork for him already too. HE should be ready within a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, here's a teaser shot of something that's a long way from being ready.

I'll be moldmaking this weekend and will FINALLY (It's been MONTHS!) be able to get cracking on the BLOCKMAN project!!! I've had all kinds of possible problems with my molds. It's been shit to put it unmildly. I wasn't sure which muse I'd choose but when I picked up this OP head at a car boot with a 5mm peg on the bottom, the choice was made for me... IT will be a Blockman OP - soonish.

No posts = lots of making.

I've got nothing I can really show at the moment. Rather than rush and come out with some old crap, I'm really taking my time with the projects I'm working on. All I can say is the MOTU fig, I'm telling you now without being bigheaded, is going to be awesome. I'm going to make sure of it. And the keshi projects I'm working on are some serious business.
I'm proud of my Microkeshi and that project is due an exciting final burst of life before I stop making them, but the collab I'm working on is seriously fucking awesome. I've treated myself like a bitch and worked like a dog to make sure my new stuff looks like it belongs alongside factory produced keshi. I haven't let myself of the hook or shortcutted a single fraction of a  millimetre of sculpting.

A great article on getting started with moldmaking.

Even if I wasn't mental for Micronauts, I'd still consider Gold Dober's blog to be one of the best places to learn how to make molds and casts. I've trawled through years of his posts and sent him an abnormal number of e-mails getting advice on how to make posable action figures. I have some of his stuff and it looks and feels like it's form a shop. There is no element of it that makes it feel homemade, short of lacking a trademark on it. If you're interested in getting into this, his blog, especially his earlier stuff about what kit to get and why, is really useful.

http://micronautshomeworld.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/making-mold.html

Something MOTU this way comes...

From making Battlegaze, I learned how to make posable figures in the MOTU scale. I had fun with the gag, but now it's time to get serious.

 I've spent a LOT of time concepting this figure and I will not be taking any shortcuts with sculpting and production. I'm actually making something I wanted as a kid and never thought I'd have the means to make. It's actually based on real fears I had and a toy which genuinely scared me. I didn't even let it stay in my room at night...

Fright Zone - that's really the only clue. I will be double checking with aficionados on MOTU all the way, on the final look until it's done. Then it will be ready. I've been convinced this figure is worth making, and I totally believe it to be so.

Here's the scoop at Nerdcity - with pics! 


...and now here at Man-E-Toys, too! :)

Something old, something new, something very reasonably priced.

Homophobos-Z, bug edition is now on Bigcartel for sale for only 38 GBP. (Why so cheap? I need money for materials NOW!)

BUY HOMOPHOBOS-Z HERE.

An entirely new 100% original figure coming soon in 5.5" scale, too! :)