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**Magnetos_II** · 09-09-2005, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by nayades

talking about toys - just started making my own.

http://digitalismo.net/archivo/peluches/index.htm

cool toys nayades

but it looks like you filled them with chopped robber ,dont look puffy anough for me try something softer mor puffier

**yojo** · 09-09-2005, 10:10 PM

Here's my little sponge bob toy that hangs around my computer:

I made him with crayola model magic and sculpty glaze.

Here's some watercolor practice of pixar scenes:

**xup878** · 09-10-2005, 07:08 AM

hey guys amazinstuff still going on, haven;t posted here for awhile, but need to make the effort!

Olly those canvases are so freakin cool! btw where are u getting ur vinyl toys from, i wanna get into it!

**Olly K** · 09-10-2005, 12:55 PM

Nice one nayades! I agree with Mags they could do with beeing a little more puffy but I don't know how difficult that would be I've never worked with soft toys.

Yojo I love your spongebob figure! Those watercolours are nice too, they remind me off the initial colour tests that Pixar do

Xup, thanks man! There's loads of sites you can get vinyl toys from but sometimes it can be expensive so you got to look around. My favourite place is www.tokyotoystore.co.uk, real fast delivery and very friendly people!
www.vinylboutique.co.uk who are good for stuff to collect rather than paint over because they can be more expensive, they specialise in Pete Fowler stuff.

But sometimes for the sake of a little extra wait it's best to go to american websites and abuse the dollar to pound exchange rate

www.myplasticheart.com
www.ningyoushi.com
www.kidrobot.com - I wouldn't recommend these guys for anyone out of the usa, their shipping prices are ridiculas! O_O

A nice website for news on the stuff is www.vinylabuse.com

And here are a couple of customised toys I have been working on:
Cerebus The Aadrvark:
painted onto an 8" 'Dunny', commissioned

Stitch:
Also painted onto and 8" 'Dunny', commissioned

Swamp Knuckles:
painted onto 2" 'Knuckle Qees'

I did quite a few colour variations of these guys aswell which was fun

**Magnetos_II** · 09-10-2005, 03:51 PM

hey Olly those toys look abso freaking lutly cool especially the cerberus little dude , still dont understand how you make them ,is it plastic? do you mold them yourself ? what's a 8" 'Dunny'??

**nayades** · 09-11-2005, 05:31 AM

I think he buys the toys and paints/customizes them. am I right olly?

anyway, what's the technique you use to paint them? spray paint? that doesn't look like a brush's job.

anyway, I think toony wanted to know how to get into designing your own models, contacting the vinyl company, etc, etc.

**nayades** · 09-11-2005, 05:39 AM

about the softtoys:

they are quite puffier in fact. it's not chopped rubber but the kind of foam you use in pillows. the problem is that because I push it in by hand it's not easy to keep the same level of puffyness all around, and that makes very subtle different bumps. you can't almost notice them qhen you have them in your hands thou.

**Olly K** · 09-11-2005, 07:27 AM

Cool nayades you should join the KidRobot.com forums they have people there who make their own plush and soft toys aswell

Mags. An 8" Dunny is a plastic(vinyl) model that I buy from one of the links in my last post, I don't make them myself. They come with designs on already by artists such as David Horvath - www.uglydolls.com, Dalek - www.dalekart.com and Gary Baseman, and are printed in limited numbers to make them collectable. They are a basic rabbit-ish shape that different artists can apply their own designs too. KidRobot produces them and occasionally they do a mini 2" series which they invite artists to make designs for which will be produced in large numbers and sold 'blind boxed', so you don't know which ones you will get.

Though lots of people like to paint over them like myself and create our own designs. I use Citadel Miniatures paints, all brushwork, you can get them from Games Workshop and places that sell 'Warhammer', they are specially designed acylic paints to give thin and even coats.
On the Cerbus Dunny I used a two-part epoxy clay called Milliput, really wierd stuff, which I moulded onto the 'Dunny' and then sanded down and painted. The sword is made of milliput aswell.

I hope that makes sense, I guess the best way to understand is to look at the links and visit the forums and stuff.

If you are looking at getting your own figures made, which I am, unless you have the money to invest yourself then it's creating an original design and getting yourself noticed by companies like www.wheatywheat.com, www.flyingcat.com and www.adfunture.com. I'm still learning about this bit, best person to ask would be Horvath on the boards here. He's a big name in the vinyl toy industry now!

**nayades** · 09-11-2005, 10:06 AM

thanks for the info olly

now that you said it I can tell the piggy's nose is handmade. but i wouldn't have been able to spot it out without your comments.

hair is seamless though. great work.
I'll have a look at those citadel paints... I thought they worked on miniatures only.

**melmann** · 09-13-2005, 12:45 AM

yojo--

crazy awesome suff! I love monsters inc and anythin pixar! Beautiful stuff!

nayades-- lovely toys! I wish I had enough in me to make toys. My office is loaded with em. Maybe one day I will give it a shot. Great stuff!

Olly K--

man those are slick. I want a couple!m Looks like you had a load of fun!

welp had some sketch time at work today so I thought I would post em:

and a Mr Incredible that did a while a go cleaned him up a bit and rigged ( and lost before I could get some good animations outta him , so remember to save multiple files

)

see ya when I lookatcha!

**toony** · 09-13-2005, 06:06 AM

Looking good Mel, just checking out your blog

**Olly K** · 09-15-2005, 11:11 AM

Ah for goodness sake Mel why are you so damn good at drawing people!!! I like the lady with tentacle arms especially. I really got to sit down and do some life drawing properly soon, but I always end up drawing creatures lol. Speaking of which that beast at the top is fantastic!

Nayades, their just a specially thin form of acrylic paints. They are designed for mini figures because normal acrylic fills in all the little details but they will work on anything really

I did a mini Dunny for my Dad, tis his birthday today he liked it thankfully!

:

I made him a little paintbrush by shortening an old messed up one I had and painting it

**arikb** · 09-20-2005, 12:16 AM

whoa!! those are all amazing works of art. i love ur toys olly, but my favorite so far is the one that looks like a blue fish

melmann, your drawings are awesome. Does your job have anything to do with art?

**nayades** · 09-20-2005, 05:15 AM

latest ilustration.

Whole image:
COLOR : http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v...enes/babae.jpg
PENCIL : http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v...babaelapiz.jpg

**arikb** · 09-20-2005, 06:49 PM

nice, i like the upside down elephant

here's my latest drawing that i made to practice shading for my drawing class

**yojo** · 09-21-2005, 04:29 PM

Great work everyone!

Awesome stuff Mel Man.

I love monsters inc and anythin pixar!

Pixar fans, check this out!
^^ An interview with head Pixar folks on the history of Pixar. clicky clicky!

Here's some recent sketches;

New cathedral sketch using 3 point perspective.

O'Reilly factor (fox news)

Monkey

Me pretending like I can act.

**The_e-Tahn** · 09-25-2005, 05:59 PM

A new friend of mine

Random scribbley person

and a drawing on a surfboard for my friend:

holy cow so much to post on!
Yojo, awesome job with the watercolors! I love the expressions! nice cartoons too-- once again I like the cartoons!

melman, you're my hero-- you never cease to amaze me!! totally great work again. every time I see your stuff I"m like... yes, I can do that, I will!!! I shall be that good!

ollyk, you've got some awesome painted sculptures there! they're so cleanly painted! great job-- painting on 3d things has always been a pain for me! :P

**Magnetos_II** · 09-26-2005, 08:36 PM

ciao people how y'll doing? here is something i have no name for but it fills my ego

keep posting guys

**xup878** · 09-27-2005, 04:32 PM

Here's some birthday cards i did for my friends... really rushed the second one, didn't have time to color it properly either (did them both at work btw)

oh they both play in bands, hence the guitar themes

for jess, fold in half to fit in the front of a cd

for stan

**Natsia** · 09-29-2005, 05:17 PM

I did these this afternoon quicky for a battle against pea. Sorry for the poor image quality. Didnt feel like plugging in my scanner so I used my camera instead.

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