I picked up this metal mini a while back that was clearly more than a little inspired by Machinen Krieger. I reposed it, whipped up a custom scenic base, and added some resin stowage from Verlinden. Painted pretty much from start to finish in one sitting in between steps on larger projects. Everything is acrylics with a brush.
Archive for the ‘Mecha’ Tag
28mm Buffalo Power Armor Desert Leave a comment
Sunguts Xabungle Walk Machines Leave a comment
When not making fun, weird kaiju, Sunguts took the time a few years back to make a vinyls of a pair of the secondary Walk Machine mecha from Xabungle. The ‘work’ mecha in Xabungle were all pretty goofy, so they make for great sofubi. Even the roll-cage frames are vinyl, after having had the inside parts cut out. Something I never realized until I got mine were that they also come with little DIY flesh vinyl pilot busts that you need to trim, and paint if desired. Obviously I painted them. The pilot busts are about a quarter of an inch tall, so I threw a little color on them to make them stand out.
Cris Rose Bits and Bytes DIY Painted by PRS! (Mega post) Leave a comment
Cris Rose is a UK-based artist that is into analog photography and robots. His resin robots are functional, yet cute. There are back stories to all of his designs. Cris imagines a world where robots are ubiquitous servants, everywhere from industrial labor to childcare. I had a great time painting up a pack of his recent Bits and Bytes mini-sized (1/24 scale) DIY ‘bots, each with their own background. Keep in mind each of these minis is around an inch tall, and check after the fold for pics of each!
Marmit Parababy Mogera with Missile Truck Leave a comment
This was a commissioned pair of figures by a man after my own heart, a Mogera collector. I wanted to contrast the alien war machine of Mogera with the grungy Ground Defense Force missile truck.
Transformers Dark of the Moon Bluestreak (Sidearm Sideswipe) 1 comment
The new Transformers toys are really spectacularly made. I might not actually enjoy the movies, but there’s no denying that the films had a hugely positive influence on the toys and the line in general. The biggest problem with the current movie toys is that Hasbro is pretty cheap about paint, so the figures always look pretty flat compared to their on-screen counterparts. Compare the above and after the jump photos to this shot of the figure out of the package:
Yuck. This guy is a Wal*Mart exclusive repaint of Sidearm Sideswipe, a concept Corvette in a pretty slick homage-filled rally car deco. It makes a pretty serviceable movie Bluestreak. I up-detailed this guy while preserving the scheme and details that made this version cool. Tons and tons of pics after the fold.
Killer Culture Safrinin Microfighter Leave a comment
This guy snuck out alongside the weathered edition for the TAG Battle Pack.
Killer Culture Battle Pack for Open Call Resin Show at TAG- Available Now 1 comment
This set was made for an Open Call Judged Resin show at Toy Art Gallery, opening this Friday, June 10. The set features a prototype-colored ‘X-gal’ E. killer, a weathered, down and dirty Safrinin Microfighter, and a bonus S. muderious magnetic mini macro-culture.
The Microfighter set is now available at TAG. Just look at my pics of the toys, not there;s.
Toy Snaps Leave a comment
Recently I have been getting back into the Takara ‘SF Land’ lines, Henshin Cyborg, Microman, Diaclone, and, the redheaded stepchild, Blockman. I love the interconnectedness of the 5mm-compatible lines, and how they all exist as sort of different scales of the same world. Henshin Cyborg is all about detailed character toys, Diaclone is about the interaction between little men and their massive transforming war machines, and Microman is sort of the happy medium.
What’s funny is that Blockman, a line of build-able simple robot figures that serve as both building block and robot toy, are secretly also in Diaclone scale. The little chrome pilots that fit into Blockman cockpits are nothing more than non-posable Diaclone drivers. Awesome.
I also got this fantastic resin figure from Sharkfist Design through the Kaiju for Japan sale. This Nurikabe is a wall oni, stalwart stone defender. It is also fantastically sculpted, painted, and features a glow in the dark scar.
Mach Baron bootleg and Bullmark Villains Leave a comment
Killer Culture Antimacrobial Microfighter Real Type 1 comment
As far as I’m concerned, it should be illegal to make a robot toy and not paint at least one in army colors. Thus, the Real Type.
This is the last reveal for the release tomorrow night. Just to reiterate:
Figures go up at 9PM EST Saturday, April 30 on the PRS Store site. The Rollout and Task Force G figures will be $25 each plus shipping, and the three one-offs will be $30 each plus shipping. See you all there!
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