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AW177 Chinese “Rice Bowl” Custom Mini Munny!
A commission from an awesome friend who wanted a rice bowl custom on a mini munny. The hardest part was trying to get the head as smooth as possible, it took a ton of time to sculpt and sand, but I think this came out beautifully. I also gave it a glaze to give it a more porcelain look and added small details via decals.
AW177 + Tenacious Toys “Rise of the Dragon” Custom 5″ Toy2R Mini Qee
Hey all!
Benny of Tenacious Toys (http://www.tenacioustoys.com) was kind enough to give me 3 Toy2R mini Qees to customize. Taking the iconic Toy2R Bear Qee to work on first, I created a new Chinese dragon on the front and the words Good Luck on the back. It has a monotone paint scheme of black, white and grey, but with a touch of bright red in it. I also coated it in a matte varnish, when I usually do all my custom toys in a gloss varnish.
I wanted to step away from my usual style of brightly colored, ‘all over’ complex designs and just step back and do something a bit simpler.
Some more pics can be viewed at my Flickr site: AW177 Flickr
This will be sold on the Tenacious Toys website at AW177 Rise of the Dragon so if you’re interested in purchasing it, go over there! Thanks all!
Chinese “Rice Bowl” Custom 3″ Dunny!
Hey all!
I’ve been away from the toy customizing game for a while now, think the last custom toy I did was back in October of 2010 for NYCC! However, I was invited to join a 30th Anniversary Dunny Trade, in celebration of artist Tim Munz’ (aka timself) 30th birthday.
AW177 J-Lui Custom…Gundam?
Hey all, decided to take a break from the customizing vinyl toy game and do something nice for my cousin who’s turning 16 this month! He’s really into building Gundams, and has a huge collection; I wanted to do something nice for his birthday, so offered to do him a custom Gundam! He is really excited to see and get it this weekend, so here are some pics of how it looks like. It’s a customized Gundam Astray Blue Frame 2nd Revise Master Grade figure.
Vintage “Year of the Dragon” Wood Panel – More Pics!
Just wanted to show some more pics of my ‘vintage’ “Year of the Dragon” 8″ x 8″ wood panel, created w/ spray paints only. I am selling this off in my webstore starting today for $125 USD – all proceeds will go to helping Andy of Toys R Evil. Once the sale is made, I will take the funds and donate it to him via Vinylhearts.com.
Vintage “Year of the Dragon” Wood Panel for Andy of Toys R Evil
What you see above is a quick shot of my “Year of the Dragon” logo that I made ‘vintage’ on an 8″x 8″ wood panel. More photos will be taken soon, but I will be putting this up on my webstore in the next few days and all proceeds will be sent to help Andy of Toys R Evil (for those that don’t know, check this site out: Vinylhearts.com).
I took a different direction for this panel, instead of doing my usual bright colors and what not (well this is still in bright colors), I wanted to try to make it look more ‘vintage’, like it was used for years or something. I always find it nice to try new ideas and methods, so hope you guys like this one – I’m happy w/ the way it came out.
This may be my last custom for a little bit as I want to take a break (see my last blog post). Please help and buy this to benefit Andy of Toys R Evil! More pics soon, thanks!!
AW177 Elite Division Warriors – NYCC 2010 Custom Collaboration Mad*Ls
Full Set! These will be on display/for sale at the Tenacious Toys booth at NYCC 2010, with a signing/sketch session by me on Saturday, October 9 at 1pm EST.
More full set pics up on my Flickr: AW177 Flickr
Check out Kevin’s work at: Kevin Gosselin
“Phoenix Rising” Elite Division Warrior #3 – NYCC 2010 Custom Collaboration Mad*L
Finally, the reveal of the third and last member of the Elite Division Warriors Mad*L for New York Comic Con 2010 – “Phoenix Rising” Elite Division Warrior #3! This is a custom 5″ Mad*L collaboration between Kevin Gosselin and myself. Kevin is an excellent sculptor/artist and I was really happy to have been able to work with him on this figure. Kevin did all the sculpting to resemble an ancient Chinese (terra cotta) warrior, while I did all the artwork. Kevin sculpted it to fit my art style and allowed much surface area for me to do my thing while still maintaining the look of a warrior.
Background story and more details/pics/pricing to come. This will be on display/for sale at the Tenacious Toys booth at NYCC 2010, with a signing/sketch session by me on Saturday, October 9 at 1pm EST.
More pics up on my Flickr: AW177 Flickr
Check out Kevin’s work at: Kevin Gosselin
AW177 New Customs for New York Comic Con 2010!
Wow. I haven’t posted this much stuff in a long time. For those that have seen my collabo Terra Cotta Mad*Ls (one more to be revealed), I also have other customs that will be displayed and sold at NYCC, at the Tenacious Toys booth.
These customs are different from my usual style, less ‘cartoony’ and used different techniques to create them. I believe in changing your art style here and there, to keep the fans on their toes and to always try out new and different styles; why keep doing the same thing over and over?
Anyway, hope you enjoy!
“Lucky” Miao & Mousubi AW177 Custom Vinyl Figure:
An old favorite of mine, from the “Power Arts for Power Up” Show, “Circuitz”!
More pics up on my Flickr: AW177 Flickr