Custom figures and dioramas

[Muppetaz]

I finnished my first custom!

heres some of the early work I did on my custom Robin,
038 3_28_2011 4_56 AM_0001.jpg

And this is him finished.
042 4_1_2011 3_33 AM_0001.jpg

Two Lost Souls...
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Best Friends
041 4_1_2011 3_33 AM_0001.jpg

BTW i know the links don't work, because I don't know how to post photos.

 

[Dearth]

I found this custom backstage playset on Google, and now I can't help but want to give it a shot myself. The guy is a genius when it comes to miniatures.

http://lancecardinal.blogspot.com/2011/03/scratch-built-palisades-muppet-theatre.html
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Isn't it amazing? Someone sent me the link via Micechat while MuppetCentral was down for the server change, and I was champing at the bit to be able to post about it. I sent Lance some emails that weekend and he's about to start making his own custom figures, too. Can't wait to see what he comes up with!

I didn't want anyone to mistake my praise of his creation as my own work, so I started talking about it in its own thread here in the Action Figures heading...
http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=52794

Best of all, Lance himself has now joined MC forums-- he's "Wachusk"-- and posted in that one, so you may want to continue this discussion there to make sure he sees what you have to say.

(A second thread on the same topic was started later by someone else, and the two may get combined by the mods.)

I finished my ... custom Robin,
... i know the links don't work, because I don't know how to post photos.

Hopefully a photo posting option will be one of the future upgrades here at MC now that the server change is completed. In the meantime, I post mine to a different customizing forum (Rebelscum.com) and then link them here.

After you find a photo-hosting site, email me and I will advise you how to add the links.

Judging from the new avatar, though, your Robin looks great. I'm amazed how fast you got him done. Wasn't that more satisfying than letting someone else do the work?

Alex

 

[rowlfy662]

oh cool to see me might be starting making figures although i will have to find his house if the first figure he comes out with is sal

 

[Muppetaz]

finnished my first custom! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!

heres some of the early work I did on my custom Robin
http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/038_3_28_2011_4_56_AM_00013.jpg

And this is him finished.
http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/042_4_1_2011_3_33_AM_00012.jpg

Two Lost Souls...
http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/039_4_1_2011_3_31_AM_00012.jpg

Best Friends
http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/041_4_1_2011_3_33_AM_00012.jpg

 

[Muppetaz]

Last night I threw together a new play set!
Here are some pictures.

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/023_4_2_2011_8_02_PM_0001.jpg

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/025_4_2_2011_8_03_PM_0001.jpg

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/026_4_2_2011_8_04_PM_0001.jpg

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/027_4_2_2011_8_04_PM_0001.jpg

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/028_4_2_2011_8_11_PM_0001.jpg

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/021_4_2_2011_7_59_AM_0001.jpg

just kidding about that last one though!

 

[Dearth]

Looks good.

I haven't been doing much customizing the last couple of weeks, due to the play I'm in.

But after today's final matinee, I should have more free time.

http://threads.rebelscum.com/imagep...hp?file=198323&imagewidth=954&imageheight=742

Anyone want to guess which part I am playing?

Alex

 

[GonzoLover85]

Anyone want to guess which part I am playing?

Jasmine?

 

[Muppetaz]

the Genie!

 

[Muppetaz]

Heres a new custom I'm working on

http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/009_4_4_2011_8_09_AM_0001.jpg

and with kermit:
http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/uploads/29193/008_4_4_2011_8_09_AM_0001.jpg

the body and arms are just old McDonalds toys covered with sculpey. try and guess who my custom is.

 

[Dearth]

Baskerville?

Judging from the color and consistency, looks like you're using regular white Sculpey.

I tend to call my preferred medium simply "Sculpey" but technically it's "Super Sculpey". I hope my shorthand didn't cause you to purchase the wrong materials.

Regular white Sculpey has a much more liquid/creamy makeup and I find it hard to avoid leaving fingerprints in it as I work.

Super Sculpey is pink in color and has a consistency very similar to the plasticine modeling clay that I used as a kid, which is when/where I taught myself additive sculpting.

I always wished there was a way to freeze plasticine clay permanently, without shrinkage, so Super Sculpey is a great fit for my purposes.

Having said that, check out Lance Cardinal's blog, the one where he posted the Muppet Theatre playset. Follow the links to his Nightmare Before Christmas figurines... wow.

He made those with wire armatures and Model Magic, a substance that I tried once and quickly abandoned because I couldn't do diddley-squat with it.

So I guess the 'right material' is really in the eyes of the individual artist.

Alex