Welcome to Planet Hulk

Just saw this on Phil Reed's Battlegrip website:



Planet Hulk was my favorite Hulk story arc in years, and it looks like this movie is going to be a good adaptation. I mean, come on... Clancy Brown as the voice of the Hulk? YEAH-YUH! It looks like they have based the look of the characters more on Jose Ladronn's artwork for the covers than the interior work by Carlo Pagulayan. I'm NOT complaining, as I'm a huge Ladronn fan!

I've been pleased with most of the Marvel animated movies(especially the fantastic Hulk Vs. DVD), so here's hoping this one is just as good, if not better!!!

Omnom!

This is Omnom. He likes to eat. Just thought I'd share a few work-in-progress shots for you guys to see. Omnom has been a little bit of sculpting and a LOT of sanding. Trying to get him smoooov as a baby's tushie! This has been a really fun guy to make-- he's really the first figure of his kind I ever made ( I usually customize figures or make zombies ). Now I know why toy artists make these things... it's so rewarding seeing your brain burps come to life!

Hope you guys dig him!

Little Green Army Men

I've been busting my butt working on a commission this week, but I've been taking breaks to goof around with Dave Pappas' MAIM Trooper Buildmen. Here are some of the things I built:

More building funtimes... it's very nice to have multiple solid-color buildmen... makes building a LOT easier!

I decided to use a different kind of Buildman to pilot these so it's easier to tell where the vehicle ends and the figure begins!!!

This is the Stalker. A mobile gun platform with a mind of its own, the Stalker strides into battle with blasters blazing!







Attack Rat. Small mobile destruction drone. Avoid at all costs!!!





The Beast is an all-terrain attack craft capable of handling any environment. The wheel legs shift up and down to absorb shock.











The Chopper... well... you get the idea. I tried to make it with just two wheels, but there's only so much you can do to defy gravity!







It would be against my religion to have a handful of green Glyos parts and not make this guy. Hope you guys enjoy it! That's what this is all about, after all... enjoying toys!!!

SKREEEEEE-ONNNK!











(yes... I do realize that I have the right knee upside-down on the first few pics... I didn't notice until about half-way through... I was in a hurry to get these pics up before company arrives!)

Keep an eye on Dave's site pappysoup for the upcoming release of these great exclusive figures from Onell Design!!!

Talent?

It seems like every year the talent pool that America's Got Talent draws from gets thinner and thinner. I've come up with a simple set of rules that will make sure you win a million bucks on that show:

1) Sing. I'm serious... every act so far that has won has been a singing act. The producers must have noticed that NBC didn't have an amateur singing show and decided to shoehorn one into a talent show. It's pretty sad that they had to ruin a perfectly good talent show by forcing it to be a wanna be American Idol.

2) Have a sob story. With the exception of one winner, everyone who has won on that show has had some kind of horrible death in the family, has lost his job, or had a pet explode in the microwave. Think up the worst possible plot for a Lifetime movie, sing, and go on stage... you WILL win.

3) Sing R&B. Again... the judges on this show are nothing if not predictable. Every singer who has made it to the end (again... with the exception of one) has warbled out horrible versions of Afrocentric music. There's nothing cooler than a black guy with a rich voice singing songs about living and loving and dealing with the hardships dealt out by the Man. On the other hand, there's nothing as annoying as seeing a 12 year old white girl sing about how her man done did her wrong. But most annoying of all is the fact that this impresses the washed-up cretins that judge this show.

4) Cry. A LOT. The amount of tears you shed is directly proportionate to the amount of respect the judges of the show have for you as a contestant.

Follow all of these simple rules and you too can become a million dollar winner on America's Got Talent.

Fuzzy Wuzzy was ... ferocious???

I wanted to show off some of the recent work that my good friend Billy Parker has been doing. This is his latest statue based on an original idea he had for a savage tribe of Ewoks who have become quite skilled at survival on the floor of the forests of Endor. Much different than the little fuzzballs we all came to know in Return of the Jedi, this tribe learned to dwell in caves and to hunt the savage beasts that prey on surface dwellers. The beast trying to attack the Ewok here is a Kao-Kao, a monstrous predator whose name literally means "kill-kill," as they devour anything they see moving on the ground.

Swooping down from a branch over 20 meters above, the Kao-Kao plummets toward the lone, furry traveler making his way through the forest. Our brave little Ewok spins and thrusts his trusty spear at the very last moment. This is how he has learned to hunt -- by becoming the prey, he lures his quarry close enough for the kill. He and his Wok-wife and Woklings will eat well tonight -- as they do every night.

The statue stands over 12 inches wide and almost 11 inches tall. It is a staggering piece to behold in person, and no picture will ever do it justice. Just in case anyone wanted to know, the piece already has an owner, but Billy is always willing to take commissions. You can email him at babytastefunny@yahoo.com. Look for more of his stuff in the future... I love showing off Billy's amazing work!!!

(click any image to see it closer)