Custom 8 inch QEE in progress

I have here another quick project for a friend. This is an expensive glow in the dark 8 inch Qee that I have to modify to look like the caricature version of the owner.

I trimmed off the bunny ears and trimmed it to fit to look like normal human ears. I just have to sculpt the hair using putty and Green Stuff and paint the whole thing. This should be quick specially if I use spray cans for the base colors.

Just wanted to share but there is nothing much to see in this post. Thanks for dropping by! Til' next post! :)

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V-Tech Aquafix quick review

I am currently working on a custom toy and a miniature Dwarf King and I am using a new cheaper brand of putty that worked really well.

I'ved used a lot of different brands of industrial grade putty for my hobby needs, although I still use hobby grade putty for more refined projects. In my humble opinion, Tamiya putty, Green Stuff and other hobby grade putty are best as they are smoother when cured and are all very manageable.

However for bigger projects like the BUTT of my custom The O, using hobby grade putty will cost you a bomb! I suggest you use industrial grade putty to get the general shape and cover it with hobby grade putty for a better finish and for better handling and sculpting.

I highly recommend the Selley's Aqua type putty as it is so far the smoothest industrial grade putty after curing. However Selley's is twice the price of other Aqua type putty brands.

Just got my hand on this new V-TECH AQUAFIX All Purpose Putty that looks so much like Selley's, handles like it and cures almost as smooth as Selley's for HALF the price! Needless to say, Selley's and this new V-Tech Aquafix is way better than the more popular Pioneer stuffs.

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Reposing the Starwars Stormtrooper fig

 

Just finished the Ironman statue a while back and so I have to work and finish this Starwars Stormtrooper figure soon.

I sawed off the arms, pelvis and the ankles to give the toy a more dynamic pose. The new pose will sacrifice the poseability of the toy. I will give it a more sophisticated painting to make it look untoy-like looking to match the new pose.

I pinned the arms to give it a stronger bond and reinforced the super glue with epoxy. I need to get meself some epoxy putty to fill up those underams, inner legs and ankles then will sculpt details using some Green Stuff.

I also need to create a circular base that would compliment the figure. I hope to make this look like an expensive statue eventually.

Not much update as of now as I wait for the epoxy to cure. Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post guys! :)

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Everybody Needs a Hobby

 

It's been a while since I posted a musing or sort of a rant here in my blog. I feel like ranting today though as I feel like letting out how I feel these days. Blogging has always been a nice outlet for me whenever I don't see anyone that is fit to talk to.

Readers of this blog are mostly people of my same age or people that are younger. I hope the younger dudes get something from this post.

I abruptly resurrected and took up this hobby last month as the politics at work has been very unbearable already. I am not directly involve in the politics, although I strongly felt and acted upon the situation. Funny that I ended up accused as one of the main culprit of the events for the past few months.

I cared so much for these people that I tried to protect all these months. Although I would admit that the word "caring" would be the last word you'll think of if you base your judgment on how I look ( tattoos and all ).

Again at the start of the chaos at the end of the year, I was totally not part of the shit. However I felt like getting involve to try to fix the situation as it was getting out of hand.

The ending was simple... I cared too much, I intervened too much, I protected these people too much... I ended up as the main suspect!

Sooooo many lessons learned!

Love your work, Enjoy your work, Work hard, Be nice to people and never EVER involve yourself in any politics at work.

You involved yourself as you felt it was the fair, right or just thing to do at that time. However as I learned and realized it the hard way... Corporate stuff and corporate politics is shit! It does not matter if your intentions were good, or your actions were just or you feel like protecting friends at that time.

Corporate shit is shit as it is. Corporate politics is illogical, unjust, unfair and at the end of it all... You realize that the people you protected needed no support or protection all those times. I should have protected myself in the first place.

So lesson learned, protect yourself as NO one will do that for you at work, work hard, love your work, be nice to people, care less and stay away from corporate shit.

This HOBBY also played a vital role in all this stuff. This hobby has kept me sane enough to survive the shit last month. Everybody needs a hobby... As it will help you CARE LESS about corporate shit at work.

Hope you find this read useful or entertaining at the very least.

Work Hard but be Nice to People. Care less and Protect yourself always! :)

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Ironman statue repaint verDC23

 I just took some super crappy photos of my commission work Ironman statue repaint earlier today. My backgound is a couple of black shirts that looks really bad in the raw photos so I decided to stylize them to look decent enough. I will try to take better photos with a white background later today.

This blog badly needs fresh completed works and I am glad I finished this and the Ma.K kit to update my galleries.

Now that 2 quick projects are done and over with, I will now work on more complicated projects that will take time to finish. I have the MG Zeta Karaba, MG EX-S, MG Z'Gok ( Waylander vs DC23 vs Toymaker ) and the custom Starwars Stormtrooper.

Anyways I had fun with the repaint of this Ironman statue as I also added some battle damage effects in the process. The figure was painted with Vallejo Game Color, some Citadel paints and sealed with a Vallejo Acrylic Gloss Varnish.

Will make sure to update this with normal and better photos soon that are faithful to the look of the statue in person. Hope you enjoy these stylize photos for the meantime. Thanks for dropping by! Until next update guys! :)

 

 

 EDIT: BELOW are more color accurate photos of the Ironman Statue Repaint. :)

Thanks as always for dropping by! Until Next post guys! :)

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MG Zeta Karaba in progress

 

This project was one of my ongoing commission works before I retired. I super highly apologize to my client from Indonesia for the delay of this project.

I could ship it unfinished to its current state right now or hopefully he could still wait and is still interested to see this project finished.

I plan to do more modifications to this MG Zeta Kit as it is still very bare and plain looking as of now. I did a lot of armor trimming and some hacking and sawing already, but a few more panel line scribing and a bit more plaplates should complete the look.

I plan to give this a clean finish with a weathered custom base. The contrast in the finishing of the base and the kit should give the overall look a nice contrast.

Anyways I hope you like this project as I will be posting updates once in a while. Thanks for dropping by! Until next post guys! :)

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Custom Ma.K Fauz verDC23

 

I am so glad to present to you my very first completed build / kit in more than a year! It has been so long since I last enjoyed and worked on a plastic kit and I enjoyed this quick build very much. This Ma.K Fauz kit was a gift from Kenny Lim ( Toymaker ) and company back when they visited the party of our old MAC forums ( 2011 ).

I added a few Kotobukiya option parts on some areas and re-scribed the existing panel lines. Other than the very minor modifications, I did nothing fancy with the base model kit.

This kit was entirely hand painted with all Vallejos. The base color was done using Vallejo Extra Opaque, Vallejo Game Color and Model Color for the other colors and Vallejo Inks and Washes for the washes.

The highlight of the build is the Floral ( Cherry Blossoms ) hand painting. All photos were taken with my trusty little iPhone5. :)

 

 

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