Yoka

So the first post of 2011 has been a long time coming huh? Ive been pretty lax with the blog lately and to anyone who might read (hello is there anybody out there?) I am sorry for my laziness.

Well I finally have something worth blogging and it is my custom Yoka which I did for a trade on the October toys forum (link in the side bar)

The Yoka is called "bearly contained" and I make no apologies for the very bad pun ;) he is supposed to be an imprisoned monster but he's started to bust out after who knows how long trapped in his metal prison!

Pics come courtesy of the recipient WCsMinion of the forum, thanks dude!

click the pic to embiggen,

New Project

Well it hasn't officially been announced yet but I'm pretty excited about it so I thought I would share with you all.

Tomorrow I should have a Qee winging it's way to me so that I can take part in the Heavy Metal Qee project, I love Metal and I love Qee, seems like a match made in hell muhahahaha

So for more info follow the link in my Blog list and have a read it looks like it could become a really cool project!

P.S.A

Below is some sad news from Dragoncon, I hope this piece is found and the person who took it gets in serious trouble, theres just no need for this typ of crap!

plush monster

So I drew a little monster guy which I was hoping to sculpt up into a toy, it's a little inspired (well quite alot inspired) by a couple of toys which are being released, The Seeker and Buffmonster's Destroyer.

So I went out to work one day and came home to find my sketch half made in plush by awesome Girlfriend!

The original sketch has him all slimy but I guess its hard to pull off in plush and the furry material she used actually really works!

This is a proto and she is gunna try and make some different versions and I'm also gunna have a go a sculpting him too but to be honest I don't know if I can see him any other way than plush.

So without further ado...

Watch this space with this guy I'm hoping he's gunna stick around. 

Dunny 2010

Well it's the eve of the Dunny 2010 launch and I will be heading down to the launch event at Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester to celebrate, Dok A will be in attendence so I hope I get his :) also hoping for the Triclops studio Zombny to go with my other Triclops dunnys.

So anyone in the Manchester area come on down it's sure to be fun!

after that I'll be heading over to Odder bar for the opening of Phil Corbett's show (flier below)

Should be a good Thursday evening!

and another custom

Let me know if my customs are getting boring :)

This is evidence for why I should always have other people take pictures of my stuff I aint that good with a camera, and I also need a backdrop in my studio (cough spare room cough cough)

TAW:IKSOSE3

I love Coheed and Cambria,

Now that I have got that out of the way you can probably tell that this isn't going to be an unbiased post about the Amory Wars comic.

What I will say is that I have enjoyed the two previous runs of the comic (named after the corresponding albums) but this newest run is shaping up to be the best so far, the plot seems to be more cohesive and Claudio seems to really have got his writing head on, more so than the previous outings and probably helped by the fact that he just wrote a novel (Year of the Black Rainbow which accompanies the newest album). The art has always been a little lacking for me, I mean its great art but something just doesn't grab me about it and that is a personal thing but the detail in this issue is fantastic and really adds depth to the story.

I saw someone post somewhere that there wasn't enough background to the Amory Wars universe well this latest run really discounts that theory as there is loads of background stuff going on just look at those fish on the front cover below, it really helps flesh out the universe.. love it!

It's not too late to get in on the fun as the first two arcs have just been released as a master edition so pick it up if your interested you shouldn't be disappointed, I'd get it myself but I already have the issues (signed :D )