Monday, December 28, 2009
PRIME!
The first 10 resin Mephistos, that will soon make up wave 1, are cleaned and sanded. Tomorrow the priming and painting begins, I should have them up in the shop in a couple weeks tops!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
FUN BREAK? Oh... all right...
So every once in a while (okay, all the damn time) a side project comes along that delays important stuff, but is such a fun idea, you just have to get it out of your head.
So I give you World War Robot Fighter 2 Turbo "screens". Photos of robots (and a few Boiler Zomb appearances) from 3A Toys were given the Photoshop treatment before taking the trip to Illustrator for their 15 minutes.
In actual business news: This weekend I'll be sanding and paint prepping the first two batches of Mephisto toys. I've also taken to passing along the messages of the great and wrathful Mephisto himself all over Facebook and Twitter, check em out and by all means become a fan/follow. The great Mephisto often demands that I demand minions for him as I sand his little relic idols to celebrate his... um... dark glory? You really want to use dark glo- oh all right. Apparently he likes dark glory. Whatever. I debated about showing promo pics of the figures themselves, but why not wait until the first painted product to show him at his absolute best? Plus Mephisto decrees that he'd rather appear unpainted and naked AFTER he's famous and managed to pick up a coke habit.
End of next week shouldn't be too hard to promise, so I guess that's me promising to have AT LEAST one done by the end of next week!
That's right kids! 2010 kicks off with new Mephisto toys and some as yet to be named adjacent line of robotic scrap awesome! (maybe that'll just be the name?)
Until then, enjoy the ridiculous exploits of WWR Fighter 2 Turbo!
PS: I almost forgot! Also kicking off VERY VERY SOON (next two weeks or so) will be a line of T Shirts by Mephisto Designs for NYTR Clothing! The first batch features logo and slogan art by Mephisto Designs as well as one featuring a colored sketch of MYTR founder/owner/design Tess Smith! I'll be sure to bust some links accordingly! And you know I've already got a few more waves of 'em in the pipeline!
So I give you World War Robot Fighter 2 Turbo "screens". Photos of robots (and a few Boiler Zomb appearances) from 3A Toys were given the Photoshop treatment before taking the trip to Illustrator for their 15 minutes.
In actual business news: This weekend I'll be sanding and paint prepping the first two batches of Mephisto toys. I've also taken to passing along the messages of the great and wrathful Mephisto himself all over Facebook and Twitter, check em out and by all means become a fan/follow. The great Mephisto often demands that I demand minions for him as I sand his little relic idols to celebrate his... um... dark glory? You really want to use dark glo- oh all right. Apparently he likes dark glory. Whatever. I debated about showing promo pics of the figures themselves, but why not wait until the first painted product to show him at his absolute best? Plus Mephisto decrees that he'd rather appear unpainted and naked AFTER he's famous and managed to pick up a coke habit.
End of next week shouldn't be too hard to promise, so I guess that's me promising to have AT LEAST one done by the end of next week!
That's right kids! 2010 kicks off with new Mephisto toys and some as yet to be named adjacent line of robotic scrap awesome! (maybe that'll just be the name?)
Until then, enjoy the ridiculous exploits of WWR Fighter 2 Turbo!
PS: I almost forgot! Also kicking off VERY VERY SOON (next two weeks or so) will be a line of T Shirts by Mephisto Designs for NYTR Clothing! The first batch features logo and slogan art by Mephisto Designs as well as one featuring a colored sketch of MYTR founder/owner/design Tess Smith! I'll be sure to bust some links accordingly! And you know I've already got a few more waves of 'em in the pipeline!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
DIY BAMBABOSSES GRADIVUS AND DEIMOS
After a long and unpainted wait on the pending projects table, the two DIY Bambabosses in my care are finally complete.
For those new to Ashley Wood's World War Robot (WWR) books, a war rages between the religious zealot forces of the Earth Coalition and the atheist forces of the Mars colonies. The Rothchild corporation supplies robotic units to both sides. Its implied here and there that Rothchild himself doesn't appreciate anyone tampering with his work, especially in the case of a unit of Bertie's known as the Dirty Deeds. A human contingent attempted to reprogram the unit only to be slaughtered themselves, after which the Dirty Deeds went on a murdering rampage across the Mars Colonies.
Far less is known of the Bambabosses themselves, who seem to merely survey with an eerie stillness.
To read my back story for Gradivus and Deimos click HERE or scroll down to the preceding entry. It's written in a structure modeled after the various entries of the WWR books themselves.
FULL GALLERY of completed pieces click HERE.
Here are a few previews:
For those new to Ashley Wood's World War Robot (WWR) books, a war rages between the religious zealot forces of the Earth Coalition and the atheist forces of the Mars colonies. The Rothchild corporation supplies robotic units to both sides. Its implied here and there that Rothchild himself doesn't appreciate anyone tampering with his work, especially in the case of a unit of Bertie's known as the Dirty Deeds. A human contingent attempted to reprogram the unit only to be slaughtered themselves, after which the Dirty Deeds went on a murdering rampage across the Mars Colonies.
Far less is known of the Bambabosses themselves, who seem to merely survey with an eerie stillness.
To read my back story for Gradivus and Deimos click HERE or scroll down to the preceding entry. It's written in a structure modeled after the various entries of the WWR books themselves.
FULL GALLERY of completed pieces click HERE.
Here are a few previews:
FROM: P Arnold Lane 1st Class [deceased], Unit Mechanic 2nd Level, Ares Vallis Hangers
TO: Penny Lane, Eridania Military Housing
Sorry I ain’t wrote in a bit darlin. Its been crazier than a shit house rat round here.
We recently received two visitors come from who knows where. They won’t explain and Jerry Geronimo won’t even ask. Says we’re better off just not knowin the business of such characters. I honestly couldn’t say if they come straight from Command or that odd ball Rothchild himself. They’re a pair of Boss units I can only think to describe as ‘unholy’. Not that I’d say word one of that to the boys, even Jerry, might think I sound like some superstitious, blue planet stooge. Probably does sound a bit dramatic. But I swear on the red sands its about the only thing makes sense to call em. They look beat up and battered and some of the stains on em don’t look like no bot fluid.
First one barely moves save to turn and communicate with his partner. I say communicate cuz I ain’t heard word one out of either of them. They just look at each other for a spell and go on bout their business. But that first one, he got this tv eye right in the middle of his flat face, like one of them Bertie units I told you about, cept this one has a smeared outline of a skull round his eye. Looks the spittin image of them Dirty Deeds units what come down here a few seasons ago to raise all sorts of murdering hell on us. Why anybody in their right mind would use that emblem on any bot since that hub bub is beyond me. Downright sick and disrespectful.
The second Boss has this face plate with blood red lenses for his “eyes” and what looks like some sort of breathing apparatus. Last I checked, robots ain’t the breathin kind. Once again, ain’t something me or Jerry is about to ask. The C.O. said he spoke with it briefly upon arrival and all that exchange consisted of was some official report being handed to him by this red eyed Boss. Never thought Boss units could get any creepier than them frozen child like grins the standard models have, but these two done it.
They spend all their time in me and Jerry’s shop with all them bots and we ain’t been allowed in since. We’ve been given all sorts of busy work and guard duty shifts to pass the time. So far it’s the longest three and a third weeks I been at this site. Don’t know what they been doing with my units in there, but I know I don’t like nobody but me and Jerry working on our boys.
Even Gortie’s been actin strange since the Bosses come. Every time those two walk by him, he turns his flat head and watches em pass by. He don’t go back to looking forward again until the shop door close behind them. Maybe they give old Gortie the willies too, though I don’t figure a Bramble capable of the willies. Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if Gortie’s just waiting for them to say something to him.
Well I done prattled on more than enough about this and I don’t mean to cause you alarm darlin. It’s only a couple more weeks until I’m home again anyway and I’m sure those things will be gone fore I’m back.
We recently received two visitors come from who knows where. They won’t explain and Jerry Geronimo won’t even ask. Says we’re better off just not knowin the business of such characters. I honestly couldn’t say if they come straight from Command or that odd ball Rothchild himself. They’re a pair of Boss units I can only think to describe as ‘unholy’. Not that I’d say word one of that to the boys, even Jerry, might think I sound like some superstitious, blue planet stooge. Probably does sound a bit dramatic. But I swear on the red sands its about the only thing makes sense to call em. They look beat up and battered and some of the stains on em don’t look like no bot fluid.
First one barely moves save to turn and communicate with his partner. I say communicate cuz I ain’t heard word one out of either of them. They just look at each other for a spell and go on bout their business. But that first one, he got this tv eye right in the middle of his flat face, like one of them Bertie units I told you about, cept this one has a smeared outline of a skull round his eye. Looks the spittin image of them Dirty Deeds units what come down here a few seasons ago to raise all sorts of murdering hell on us. Why anybody in their right mind would use that emblem on any bot since that hub bub is beyond me. Downright sick and disrespectful.
The second Boss has this face plate with blood red lenses for his “eyes” and what looks like some sort of breathing apparatus. Last I checked, robots ain’t the breathin kind. Once again, ain’t something me or Jerry is about to ask. The C.O. said he spoke with it briefly upon arrival and all that exchange consisted of was some official report being handed to him by this red eyed Boss. Never thought Boss units could get any creepier than them frozen child like grins the standard models have, but these two done it.
They spend all their time in me and Jerry’s shop with all them bots and we ain’t been allowed in since. We’ve been given all sorts of busy work and guard duty shifts to pass the time. So far it’s the longest three and a third weeks I been at this site. Don’t know what they been doing with my units in there, but I know I don’t like nobody but me and Jerry working on our boys.
Even Gortie’s been actin strange since the Bosses come. Every time those two walk by him, he turns his flat head and watches em pass by. He don’t go back to looking forward again until the shop door close behind them. Maybe they give old Gortie the willies too, though I don’t figure a Bramble capable of the willies. Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if Gortie’s just waiting for them to say something to him.
Well I done prattled on more than enough about this and I don’t mean to cause you alarm darlin. It’s only a couple more weeks until I’m home again anyway and I’m sure those things will be gone fore I’m back.
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