SDCC

My amazing, beautiful and sexy wife has already given me the go ahead to attend San Diego Comic Con this summer despite the fact that our wedding anniversary falls on the first day of the con so we will be apart for our first anniversary. Our original agreement was I had to finish all my current commissions and though I have been plodding along at a great pace I don't think I'm gonna quite finish everything... but she see's I'm working hard and that it means alot to me and my continued quest to make something of this hobby. So.... not only am I going to be working on commissions but I will be working on pieces that I will have at the con. My plan is to have the custom Skelve — Skerpent in a very small number of 4 or 5 which will be the total run FOREVER and each one will have a different paint app, and I really want to start and finish a custom Dunny head sculpt that I've had in my head for quite a while. If I can get that done I will have a few painted versions and probably some blanks for the select few that might take a shot at painting him up.

We're just over 3 months away and there is so much to do... as always.

Typically I stay up really late and just get up and go to work tired but I've come to the realization that I don't take very good care of myself SO I am attempting to change from a night owl to a morning person and add in some light exercise to top it off. I'm trying to be in bed by 1 AM every night and get up with Amanda at 6, do 30 minutes of exercise with my elastic bands I got for my shoulder dislocation and then work on customs until I leave for work at 8:45. In total I will have less actual work time but I don't think much of what gets done after 3AM is really all that productive. I find myself in a bit of a half awake half asleep limbo where I get work done but I can't focus nor is the time used all that wisely. I feel like setting a specific bed time for myself is like instilling a deadline each and every day where before there was no deadline whatsoever. I think I will use my time better knowing I can only work til 1 AND I read that getting into a routine can be very healthy for your body and mind. Go to bed at the same time, get up at the same time and watch as the TCB reaches a new level. We'll see how it goes.

Mintacular

This has nothing to do with toys so if that's the only thing you come here for then buzz off....now.

I like to keep a pack of gum around most times and I just got a new pack. Normally I just grab whatever considering it's all the same damn thing...or so I thought. I got a flavor called Mintacular by Stride, it's one of those Shaun White packs.... and why the hell does Shaun White have his own gum??? Anyway, it's fucking awesome. And it's gum and who says that about gum? It's a mixture of mint and some berry flavor and it rules. So if you chew gum...get some Mintacular. You won't regret it.

More toys soon...lots to unveil.

Drip Paw

A Paw I just completed for a friend of mine. More on the simple side of things but I think it works. The subtle dimension to the drips really helps.

BOXXES

I have numerous pieces done but I need to make their boxes!!! Dammit. It always adds a couple hours to the job to make the box and I'm starting to get backed up. It's all because after a hard day of work I like to go home and watch tv with my girl and sometimes take a nap. Because it's cold out I can't get myself to go back to the office where the box magic happens.

Pieces in desperate need of a box:

Voldemort
Spartan
Hellboy
Wolf
Falco
Drippaw
Arrrr-Manda

and right behind them are

Princess Bubblegum
Marceline the Vampire
Perseus
Medusa
The Kraken

and underway are:
Kit Fisto
Desert Punk
Hulk Box Hero
U-Boat
Fish Captain

And still a crap load to do including the Horseman post card I've mentioned to a few of you and the HH mail bomb. More soon about that.

What's up

Haven't posted in a while but lately I've been using Instagram @Nikejerk to post pics and progress stuff so you can find me there if that's easier for you. I just finished my Doctor Who Mini-Munny's for the Aritsts Without Borders show that took place at Art Whino on Sat. They did not sell and if they don't most likely I already have a buyer for all 3 of them. I got a good bit of interest in inquiry about them so right now the only way to get them is to buy them from the gallery.

I secured my Comic Con tickets thanks to Mawuli, Geoff and John, my N3rd Link bros as we all teamed up on that Sat morning just to get my pass as they already had theirs. Good thing too because only 1 of us actually got through to purchase so it could have been a giant failure. That means that I shouldbe at SDCC and I plan on having a few pretty cool things for the show. Right now I have a collab piece in the works with my friend Greg and this is the first I've ever spoken about it but it's going to be a custom 9" or however tall it is Skelve. We're completely re-sculpting the top half and there will be a small run of them. I would also really like to have a small run of something else I have in mind but even 4 months away the time is just slipping away.

I say I should be there because I made a deal with Amanda that I can only go if I complete the majority of the commission work I currently have before then. I have been crushing it so far in 2013 having finished numerous pieces but I still have a ton of work to do. These are the projects that are up next:

Coarse Paw and Jaws - 2 different projects.

Adventure Time Dunny's 

Desert Punk Mini Munny

  Kit Fisto Mini

Spawn and Redeemer 8" Mascots

 Sayan Coarse Paw

Fish Captain 3" and 8" U-Boat

Kraken 8" and finish Perseus 3" Dunny

Post Apocalypse Ninja Turtles Mini Set

Harry Potter Mini set

And I have some stuff for 2 series' that I need to get done as well. See, I'm still retarded busy and it's not gonna let up any time soon. And that's not even all of it. I need to call in sick and stay home and work on toys...but between SDCC and my sisters wedding I've already allocated most of my vacation time... and I don't call in sick. 

New Stuff

I dropped the first Flight Mutation on Saturday last week. It didn't sell right away but it was gone in about 15 minutes. I should be doing at least 2 more variations and then that is it for the Flight Mutations.

And this is a project that I have been working on for months and has been on my desk for over a year. When you've got so much to do things start to back up and this was no simple project. It is a mash-up figure with Captain America, Thor and Iron Man. The original figure that was provided to me was the resin Thor figure produced by Plastic Booty Toys:

I didn't think the head offered much in terms of design especially since this was going to be a mashup figure and not a straight up Thor figure so I proposed we chop off the original head and make a brand new one that was articulated. I also proposed that we give him an interchangeable arm. I felt his left arm was perfect to depict Iron Man but didn't offer much in terms of Captain America so I chopped that arm off too but made it so it could be reattached using magnets and sculpted a 2nd arm from scratch to match the right arm that would be able to hold Caps shield. All in all there were all kinds of modifications that I had to do to get everything to stay on and to get the figure just to stand up because of the added weight distribution. Once I finished the figure I designed constructed and created a custom box that would house the figure and all his accessories AND I designed and produced an accordion process book that gave a little insight into how I did things and showed about 2 dozen pictures that were taken along the way. From start to end this is one of the most comprehensive custom pieces that I have ever done. It has a ton of my style and personality in it but the idea and direction was provided by the collector so it truly is a collaborative effort. Though it took forever these are the type of projects that I love...because I love a good challenge. 

Rarity

I'm gonna have a Flight Dunny custom up in my store in the next day or 2, maybe even 2, at a very reasonable price. I'm trying to work in some quick stuff here and there while I slave away at the plethora of very difficult projects I have on my plate at the moment. All is looking towards a goal of having a near clean slate for Comic Con.

Follow here and on Twitter if you're interested in the Flight Dunny Mutation. They will be ready to ship when they hit the store.

Hope everyone is good. I've been working major OT at my regular job so I've been kicking ass on all fronts.