Today a very short update: I stitched all the zippers into the teddy bear suits. The one shown here fits pretty well. Some of the other suits are a little smaller and do not close completely with a toy inside. Painting the toys is the only step that remains until the finished custom run.

Here are a few more progress shots from the weekend.

1. The incision on the head: I usually don’t plan that much when making a unique custom but here it is different. I try to plan ahead and mark the places where incisions need to made so that the whole run is as similar as possible.

2. The opened heads with a vertical brainy-toothy grin: I must admit, I enjoy making these small custom runs. It gives the whole process a different sense of legitimacy.

3. Previz: Temporarily holding everything together gives me sense of where the custom is heading. For me this is much more helpful than trying to imagine everything.

4. Same story here: I thought I’d pick up some of Bob’s original Nightgamer story and here is a first test. It looks weird but that’s nothing bad, right?

More updates soon. Stay tuned.

I have the incredible honor of working on a small custom run of Bob Conge’s (website) Nightgamer figure.

Here is the beginning. I washed the toys in hot soapy water as the instructions recommended and then quickly proceeded to cutting away some of the parts that I tend to change…

More updates soon.

Next to the previously mentioned Cheburashka remake I also worked on this one-off paint job on my Karl Diesel resin toy. The colors I used are basically the same as in the first release but I switched the black sprays on the arms. I’ve also refrained from masking the teeth and used only the airbrush and some brushes.

It has been almost a year since I began working on this toy. Back then it was meant to be a submission to a local show about Russia but unfortunately I never made it. After the show I had to shift my priorities towards my graduation project and ever since I have been looking at a couple of blank resin casts that were demanding a paint job. Finally I found the time to paint of these little buggers and I am quite happy with the result.

This resin toy is about 13 cm in height and it comes in four parts. The only point of articulation is the turret of tank which can turn 360 degrees. Like all my recent toys this has been painted with special automotive effect paints. However, the details on the figure and the tank have been added with ink.

Here is another shot from the time when I was working on the sculpt.