Box Hero Commission Complete, a Great Success

This past weekend I traveled to Dallas for an Orthodontic convention with Amanda and her office. Her boss commissioned me to make a box head for every employee as well as a full box heroes suit for him, and I went along as tech support... and I transported all of the box heads to and from Dallas. There is always a banquet that includes a costume contest and the Doctor was determined to win this year. This project had been underway since late last year. So here are some close ups of all the heads and some pics from the party.

Bat Girl - Her ears are there they're just tucked up underneath the head on top.

Batman

Black Widow

Captain America - His little wings are there you just can't see them.

Cat Woman - Again, her ears are there you just can't see them.

Flash

Huntress

Iron Man

Miss America

Ms Marvel

Robin

Rogue

Spider Girl

Super Man

Super Woman

Super Girl

Wonder Woman A

Wonder Woman B

Bat Girl B

She Hulk

Green Lantern

These arms I made are made to resemble the Sure Smile robotic arms that bend wires for braces. My head is Ultron, but I thought the arms and the head went well together.

Box Hero Commission Just About Done

For everyone that I owe toys to I apologize as almost everything else had to be put on hold as this really large project came to a head. I was commissioned to make a set of Box Hero heads for the entire staff at the Orthodontist office my wife works at for a convention/costume contest at the end of the week. There are a total of 21 heads and a matching shirt was purchased for each of the characters aside from 3 who weren't popular enough to have a pre made shirt available, and an entire Mark III Iron Man suit for the Dr. The other 3 shirts I designed myself and screen printed, and I am actually going on the trip with the staff as technical support, photographer, documenter..and whatever else is needed of me. Almost the entire staff is women so there are a 2 Bat Girls, 2 Wonder Woman, and several female versions of popular characters who may or may not actually exist in the DC or Marvel universe. When I finish everything I am going to take individual pictures of all the heads but for now here is a little taste... and if you don't already follow me on Instagram I have been posting on there about the heads for the last 6–8 weeks.

The characters are:

1 - Iron man
2 - Batman
3 - Super Man
4 - Captain America
5 - Super Woman
6 - Super Girl
7 - Female Green Lantern
8 - Female Flash
9 - Batgirl A
10 - Batgirl B
11 - Huntress
12 - Black Widow
13 - Miss Marvel
14 - Female Captain America
15 - Cat Woman
16 - Rogue
17 - Spider Girl
18 - She Hulk
19 - Wonder Woman A
20 - Wonder Woman B
21 - Female Robin
22 - And I am the only Villain - Ultron


Toys will be back on the agenda by Sun, as will March Madness.

Go Cards and Cats.

Super, Crazy, Unbelievably Busy

Obviosuly I haven't posted here in a while and the last one before that had been a while as well but fear not, the only problem in the world of Nikejerk is that there is still just not enough time in the day. Not only am a slammed with commissions, but I have some freelance working going on at the moment and my day job is busier than ever. I am having an ever increasingly difficult time balancing all the things I have going on and really don't see any other options than what I'm already doing and that's just working as much as I can. For example, right now on my desk — which is both a physical desk but also a metaphor for all the work I am currently working on right now — there are 3 Coarse Paws, 2- 6 Dunny sets, 2 KR mascots, 1 mini munny, a 4-7" munny and 1 mini Munny set, at least 5 solo 3" Dunny's, a Jaws that I have been working on FOREVER and I HAVE to find a way to finish, some 3A bots, 18 box heads, 1 full box suit, a book cover illustration, design and ideas for our SDCC cosplay group, prototype modeling for my heavy duty poster tube suitcase, some original sculpting to do, resin stuff... my god, how can I possibly get it all done???

I need an apprentice. Any takers??? You will be paid with knowledge and friendship.

We have our SDCC passes though half of us do not have preview night which stinks, but we will figure it out. My wife Amanda is coming to comic con this year too. I imagine it will consist of her sleeping in and meeting us at the con around noon to check things out, eating and drinking and her laying out at the poor...crossing my fingers we have a pool!

I am participating in the Artists Without Borders show again that benefits Doctors Without Borders. Last year I did the Doctor Who  9 –11 mini Munny and this year I will only be doing 1 piece but it is truly close to my heart — Dr. Van Nostrand, also known as Kramer from Seinfeld. It is Kramers alter ego and is hilarious.

I'm going to be in Dallas in March for this event for my wife and her job. That's what I'm making the 18 Box Hero Heads for and so far I have 5 of them done and they look awesome.  I'm also doing a full Iron Man Suit based on the Mark 3 suit from the first movie. So far almost all the suits have been based on the classic comics so I really think this one is going to look amazing.