SpetzNAZ!
July 16th, 2009
Volume 1, Figure 2 of my AckTion Figure series. At the moment I’m planning to release this figure sometime this upcoming Monday. Stay tuned for a more precise time frame along with more pics and info!
Upcoming AcK-Tion Fig!
May 30th, 2009
Here’s a concept render of what I plan on releasing for the next figure. A Russian special forces figure from MGS 2. I may improvise the design a bit during the build. But, it’ll be more or less accurate to the drawing.
Stay tuned for more updates and release info!
Production Snap Shot
May 28th, 2009
Here’s a couple of production shots taken prior to shipping them out. I should have taken more pics of the earlier production stages. I’ll be sure to do so for the next figure.
Half_Baked Sold Out!
May 13th, 2009
Volume 1, Figure 1 is officially sold out. Thank you all for the support!
For those of you who missed out, I appolagize for the format inwhich I executed the release. I totally should have published an official date for the release. My next custom figure for Vol. 1 will be the Russian Soldiers in MGS Sons of Liberty. This time I’ll be sure to set out an official release date.
Thanks again for the support!
Half Baked Snake
May 11th, 2009
My latest project: I just finished designing and sculpting my very own platform figure for customization. A five and a quarter inch figure with minimal detail. Makes for a good base to customize with.
The basic platform is the figure on your right. And, the figure on your left is a MGS Snake custom. I have 10 of these available @ $120 a pop. Let me know if you’re interested!
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For this first Volume, I still have 3 more MGS characters to make.
MAD_CATZ
March 20th, 2009
Here’s a fun custom project I completed. It was made using a “MadL” as the platform. I just love customs as they allow me the freedom to do as I please.
I’ve made 5 of these for purchase and will officially be released in a day or two. However, 3 of the 5 is already spoken for. You can contact me via email @ rohby@tinyimports.com if you wish to purchase one.
The inspiration for this piece was based on Caterpillar Skid Steer “Loaders”. In my opinion, these construction vehicles are one of the closest things we have that’s “Mecha” like.
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I’ve got a few more designs based on the same idea that I plan to bring to life. I like to call these “Iron Slaves”. They’re basically slow moving, heavy, workhorse mechas.
Mini Toki Decks
February 17th, 2009
Here’s some dope ass mini decks I got my gf for Valentines. Right now I only have 3 of the 4. But the “Bullet” board is the chase! I’ll get the fourth one in a day or so and will post it up hopefully.
Bombers_ZERO
February 6th, 2009
The past week was hellish! Goodlord, there was a good 3 - 4 days where I had to work straight through the night to get this guy finished in time. Basically, I had to get done for NYCC which starts today (Friday). I finished and shipped it via Express mail on Wednesday. The package arrived to it’s destination in NJ the next day which was Thursday!
I probably had a good 3 - 4 months to work on it which was plenty of time. But I had other projects that was ahead of this one that I just had to finish. I dabbled on the Zero occassionally. Most, if not all of the heavy work was done 2 weeks prior to NYCC. And ofcourse the back breaking work was done during the final week.
If you (Glen from Android8) ever read this, I’m sorry for the scare it caused you!
Glen’s the backer for this project over at Android 8. He was extremely patient with the entire process. I pritty much gave him one excuse after another on the status of the project. I mean, I knew 100% that it would be done and in time for NYCC. But, I didn’t expect him to believe that if he knew the exact progress. None the less, I do thank him for his patience and trust.
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Here’s a couple of progress shots I took during construction. The first pic was taken on Monday (Feb. 02). The second pic, was probably taken a early January. What you see is the sculpt of the hull (damaged turd looking thing at the bottom of the pic) which was ultimately destroyed over the process of vacuum forming. But that’s how you get the parts above it to be hollowed out like that.
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Finally Done! But WAIT…there’s more!
January 26th, 2009
I finally finished the last of the “Thunder Hammer” and I might just have to either revise it, or make another armor set all together. My fault though. I deviated way too far from the commissioner’s original recommendations for the color scheme.
I thought it would have been cool to fuse the two color themes/schemes (commish’s scheme x original scheme) giving it a unique look between the left and right side. Like an idiot, I went ahead and executed the decision. I absolutely love the way it turned out and more than likely WILL keep this set of armor aside and just start over with another set. I like it too much to have to paint over it.
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During the completion of this kit, I caught a bad case of the flu which knocked me out for a good day and a half. That shit was VICIOUS! And now, I continue my all-nighter grind until I finish yet another project. This one’s set to debute at NYCC! Yup, I do realize NYCC is just around the corner which explains the all-nighter thing.
Late night Ramen
January 18th, 2009
Before heading into the workshop tonight I stopped by for a nice bowl of Hakata Ramen over @ Shin Sen Gumi in Fountain Valley. Now, I’m ready for work 