Neo Fighter Toys

 I have been able to get some pretty good pulls (some trouble shooting here and there, but pretty good). I decided to start doing paint tests on some of the not-so-good ones. For the left one, I just did a dry-brush and wiped it off. The right I did a wash and got more of what I was looking for. I also tried out pupils on the left one. I think I will go with the black outline with red filling instead of just read. Thoughts so far? remember these are just test colors, not final product.

I really wanted to go simple with this Ghoster project. Here is a concept header card I would like to do for this: More to come...

     There are many hardships people face in life. My family and I have faced a bit of it in the past few months. There are also many good things that people face that will always motivate them to do better. Over the past few years of doing this blog of and randomly posting sculpts of things that I was working on, I kept trying to keep promises to myself and to the very few people who see them. unfortunately, those hardships and major life events that were good things need to always come first. The tough part that I am sure many other people who aspire to make toys deal with is the lousy fact that this is not our first job, if not something you only get to work on once a week or even longer in between.      I don't expect to separate myself from anybody's situations, but rather to relate to them. I know there are many others out there that have the same dream as I do and want to get projects going to make their dreams reality, but are bogged down by other ...

So the Gruin sculpt is finished, time to show the next figure that is planned for the sofubi minis I'm working on, Daikuma: the bear beast. Here are some pics of him getting ready for tooling along with the Gruin (Apologies if some are a bit blurry): Here are some close up pics of just Daikuma before some cleanup (again apologies for some blurry pics): I hope you enjoy it. I do want to let you know that there is still one Twist Kid left in my etsy store. ALSO although Twist kid is no longer available on line at Rotofugi, there is still one available at their physical location in Chicago, so check out their kaiju display for that when you're there. MORE TO COME!!!

Twist Kid has almost reached his end of availability. He is officially sold out at Rotofugi and I have one left at the etsy store. Here is the link to get the last one! https://www.etsy.com/listing/105338813/neo-fighters-mini-figure-series-twist?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=twist+kid&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery This is a bit of another chapter closing on my to projects thus far, but I do want to let you know that there are a couple other projects I am currently working on. Please stay tuned...

So it turns out, I really suck at molding and casting.  :( I open the floor to you guys out there before I wast more money on myself trying to do this and failing miserably. I'm probably going to have to make another mold or hire-up someone to do it for me. also any recommendations on better materials to use would be great. Currently, I have been using the stuff from Alumilte, both rubber and resin (the rubber doesn't seem like such a problem, but man I just can't get a break with the resin the have both the fast and clear slow stuff) there is a divet a the top to create a spot for the magnet to go in. The major problem I am facing is that I just keep getting a shit ton of air in the top of the mold, I am using a pressure chamber as well. I just can't seem to keep the right amount in the mold (the pressure chamber keeps burping it out due to the air in the stuuuff). Give me what you got, don't be cruel.

So the Gruin is getting some finishing touches, and getting ready to mold. Yep. I only get one free day a week, so it might be a bit of time until the mold and first casts are ready. But don't worry, be keeping all one of you posted for sure ;)