Cleocatra Chubz the Cat!

This is what happens when I ignore the blog for ten months.  A new custom appears!

Mark Nagata and Jay222 were kind enough to invite us to work on their newest collaboration: Chubz the  Cat.

We went all out on this little monster kitty.  Probably too much.  Custom beadwork, including curtains, custom pillows (with more beadwork) and a custom-built pavilion.  It looks pretty great, all told.

She can be yours now, in the Max Toy Co web store!

Groots on Sale!

I'll be putting my three custom Groots up for sale in the Shop, this coming Friday at 12:00PM Pacific time.  Each one will include the original box, tag, and card.  Shipping is free in the US, $20 international.

Groovy Groot will be $200, due to the amount of paint, and the re-sculpted mouth.  Swamp Gas Groot and Jungle Groot will be $100 each.  Each is one of a kind, and pretty nifty.

Pulsar Delpheyden

This guy has been in the works for a while.  The Delpheyden design head premiered four years ago as a big collaboration. Designed by Glyos' Matt Doughty, Plastic Geek, and cast by Marty Hanson.  This example is in swirls of opaque and translucent blues, and is an incredible display of Mr. Hanson's mastery of all things resin.

Four years later, I finally did a body and paintjob that get close to doing it justice.  Painted (as always), with Monster Kolor metallics, pearl, and gloss coat.  I didn't intend for him to look like a bomb-pop, but I'll roll with it, hope you all like it.

He's still a little hydrocephalic, I had trouble building a body big enough to support that noggin.  Mostly black parts for the base, his pulse-arms glow in the dark.

Why Blindboxes? JewelTone Tencans

Why blindboxes?  Blame a misspent youth collecting trading cards.  I think it boils down to the excitement of discovery.  I want to be able to share that.  I also wouldn't be doing this unless I thought each piece was equally interesting.  Airbrushed silver Monster Kolor base (the shiniest silver paint I've ever worked with), covered with Monster Kolor C-thru, purple pearl for sheen, and high-gloss clear coat.  I even did a chase figure: C-thru Smoke instead of color, and a generous helping of MK Holographic flakes.  It's spendy paint, so I traditionally use it sparingly.  Not on that one!

These nine little guys are still on track for sale at 6:00 Pacific tonight.  I didn't realize there is a Glyos drop a half hour later.  I'll be there for that one too.

Huge thanks again to Nik Sardos for being a willing collaborator, and the Gaspars for making OMFG a reality.

OMFG: Rust Bucket TenCan

Grab your own Rust Bucket Tencan right here:

http://orbitdyne.blogspot.com/p/shop.html

I talked Nikolos Sardos into letting me paint some of his new creation, Tencan!  The adorable little mutant trashpile is part of Outlandish Mini Figure Guys Series 3.  If you're new to them, do check them out.  A whole line of community-created plastic figures, in the spirit of MUSCLEs and Monster in My Pocket.

Tencan was the collective effort of Nik (design), Richard Brown (concept), and Bryan Fulk (sculpt).

I wanted to do something special for this figure, and what would be better than rusty cans?  Nothing!  To get the effect I wanted, I headed for the Monster Kolor.  But instead of a usual start-to-end airbrush job, I did something I haven't done in years: Drybrushing!

First, a nice multi-colored basecoat of metallic and flat oranges and reds:

Then to the brushing!  I added several layers of metallic silvers, going from dark to light with a big paintbrush:

THe silver drybrushing only hit the high spots, leaving nice rusty details in all the concave areas, and really brining out the charm of the sculpt.  I topped them off with a tiny bit of iridescent blue, and they're good to go!

I did a run of five, each one slightly different.  Signed and numbered, with a matching card.

They will go up for sale here, Saturday at 1:00 Pacific.  Limit one each, $12 shipped.  Oogle more pictures after the break:

Crazy Special: Starlight Mint for $25

Because I'm paranoid, and bad at programming, I'm putting my custom Grody Ojisan Starlight mint up for sale for the INSANE price of $25 shipped.  That's CRAZY!  The base toy cost me $18!  Then add the time planning and painting, the premium Monster Kolor paint, and shipping, I'M PRACTICALLY GIVING HIM AWAY!  You would be crazy not to BUY NOW.

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