Dearth/Alex's Customs and Dioramas v2

[Dearth]

Hi ho!

Dearth (Nadir) here, otherwise known as Alex Newborn.

Well, we've got a brand-new forum with much easier photo capabilities, and I thought I would go through my old 21-page thread and group all my best photos here in a new thread without you guys having to link somewhere else.

From the Muppet Show:

Kermit in the O diorama (middle of O is hinged and shuts magnetically)

Group shot of various customs

"Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear"

I separated the Snowths so they could go on either side, the way they ought to be!

Princess Loina and Dearth Nadir... he's made from a daredevil Gonzo figure, a Darth Vader PEZ dispenser and a lot of Sculpey

Years later, I gave Dearth an alternate head for the way he looks in the credits, and finally made his 'Crypto-Anagon Transmitter' accessory

Sgt. Link companion piece for Patrol Bear Fozzie

Cheesecake munchin' on a cheesecake munchin' on a cheesecake!

Valerie Harper episode

Culinary Catastrophe Kitchen

Improved backdrop for the Newsman

"Just for the halibut!"

Say it with me... "Gonzo fiddles while George Burns!"

George Burns in the wings watching Fozzie's "Wotcher" number

custom "Pearlie" Fozzie (detail of back of coat)

Kermit and Jim sing a banjo duet in front of the "Henrietta's Wedding" backdrop

(a Fisher-Price stick puppet Kermit, minus the legs, gives the Jim Henson figure one of his proposed-but-cancelled accessories...)

 

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Muppet Labs backdrop with interchangeable-head Beaker custom

modified Beaker head with removable hair

"Sadly temporary"

Alice Cooper episode (digital composite, but I really do have three of that ghost figure)

"Fresh outta the pan, sweet gingerbread man!"
And in case you ever wondered, here's why the Gingerbread Men didn't make more appearances...

Snacko waves! (Pearl Bailey episode)

Tony Randall episode

Cloris Leachman episode

"I refuse to be treated as a newcomer."
"Fine, you will be treated as a LATEcomer!"

Koozebanian Phoob planetoid-- made from styrofoam, spackle, and paint

Koozebane mega-dio

"Merdlidops!" (Dom Deluise episode)

John Cleese album accessory

"Naked" Robin

"Talk, Chucky!" (Edgar Bergen episode)

Sylvester Stallone episode

Lesley Ann Warren episode (second Link was a commission)

 

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Leprechaun Bros. (Wally Boag episode)

The Muppet Movie:

Great Muppet Caper:

("Kerzie the Bog" - Kermit and Fozzie's Dad)

Happiness Hotel bandstand

Fozzie with press card for his hat, and "Lady Holliday"

The Muppets Go To The Movies:

Muppets Take Manhattan:

Muppets Treasure Island:

Muppet Christmas Carol:

Muppets from Space:

Kap'n Alphabet

Hollywood Hulk Hogan cameo

a completely invisible Fozzie, before he washes his hands

Muppets Tonight:

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (Moulin Scrooge number):

 

[Dearth]

Miscellaneous:

Muppet Babies with backdrop

Some hand-painted vinyl Sesame Street figurines. I did these in 1998, awaiting the birth of my first son.

modified Colorforms backdrop for Sesame Street Bendems

Dinosaurs

extra Frog Scouts

This is why customizers don't buy expensive re-decos of existing molds. Hand-painted by yours truly.

Comparison to regular figure

Likewise, this is just a Rowlf that I bought in 2010 for $7.50 on eBay, and then spray-painted him white and grey.

"Round Robin" sidekick for Adventure Kermit

Faux stone pedestal for Gonzo idol

 

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another Spielberg parody...

"Welcome to Jurasick Pork!" (original version)

revised versions of Kermit as Alan Grant and Gonzo as Ian Malcolm

rear angle shows off drybrushing used on Kermit

Kismet the Toad (Treasure of Peg Leg Wilson comic series)

holiday fun

Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

Action figure re-creation of a particular poster

Thanks for looking... more to come!

Alex

 

[Dearth]

And some of my Muppet-related videos on YouTube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LefPThv8Zs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLX4ARO62yo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PHTSmifJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV4JlEsOI2w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft9DXmgJVdg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBZhQBw3k48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYHkBES_lxs

And, newly re-uploaded in a way to thwart the block,
The Wedding(s) of Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM4NscguxE4

Alex

 

[MissPiggyFan98]

As always...love them all, Alex!

 

[Muppetaz]

is this where the old thread is moving?

 

[GonzoLover85]

Its nice to see all the pictures together in one place!

 

[Dearth]

is this where the old thread is moving?

No. That one, which I neglected to specify as mine in the title, can still be used for general discussion of customs and dioramas, and for anyone to showcase their works.

This one, though, is more the way I wanted my personal thread to look originally, but the old forum wouldn't allow me the flexibility. So it seemed like the perfect opportunity to start over from the beginning and get things a bit more organized (like grouping the pics in a pseudo-chronological sequence).

Alex