So I have been working the resin parts that I cast to complete some ‘Microcustoms’ I have been working to finalize. Things been getting car-azaye to say the littlest. The parts I create for my Micro-customs are first sculpted from Sculpey, then painted with a super-glossy finish. Then, once the gloss coat dries thoroughly, I […]
Read more "Fanmode to Full Phigures"Check out these most AWESOME Microman-like candy-toys or maybe capsule toys that came into the studio today. A cool toy brand named ‘Epoch’ has released several different capsule-toy kits that are procured in pieces to build the ‘Subody & Wheelmachine’. These small micro-scale kits are sold unbuilt, with excellent graphic instructions included illustrating the steps […]
Read more "Epoch is EPIC"I have a few incomplete vintage Microman ‘Magnemo’ pieces in the studio, so I have been making some more of my ‘Micro-custom’ ideas come to life. Fun stuff to do while the epoxy resin slowly cures …
Read more "Magnemo Kitbashing"Takara! Solid The Robot 7 Micro Pilots
Read more "Micro Robot 7 and Me"Takara’s ‘Robot 7’ is one of my all-time favorite toy kits that was released in the early 1980s. I did not realize that Takara released downsized versions of this epic ‘pre-transformers’ kit. Thanks to a good guy ‘Microbry’ that clued me in on my YouTube Phantomoshop Chan, I tracked these rare Microman kits down. It […]
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Read more "Crazy"Sauntering ’round Milwaukee is the thing today, looking for signs. Signs that inspire, you know… to feed the imagination. The ideas that seem to materialize out of a respect for ‘life’ is what I mostly yearn to uncover. C’mon, let’s find some ‘fresh’. My sister Antoinette took us all to visit ‘The Domes’ in Milwaukee, […]
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