Mini Baymax

This is another one of those posts where I'm just going to keep it short and sweet.

Mini Baymax

 

He stands at a little over an inch tall.

Made from Polymer Clay. 

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Squidbillies

Early Cuyler from the Adult Swim cartoon Squidbillies.

Materials used: Polymer Clay and Triple Thick Glaze.

Keeping this one short and sweet!

Lydia Deetz Funko Pop Inspired

      I was a huge fan of the 90's animated series Beetlejuice.   I remember watching the movie in the theaters when I was really young.  I was around 8yrs old and remember thinking that the movie was just plain weird but I liked it.  My favorite character, both in the movie but mostly in the cartoon, was Lydia Deetz.  The young teen who wanted to live and be accepted among the ghouls. 

In the cartoon she was best buds with Beetlejuice.  She preferred the Neitherworld where Beetlejuice lived as opposed to the mundane everyday life she was living. 

Now I'm a fan of the cute and delightful Funko Pop figures and well I noticed a while back there was a Beetlejuice Pop but no Lydia. (whaaaa? Why? insert sad face here)

Soo... I made one myself, the cartoon version that is.  I'm still hoping the good people at Funko decide to make either an animated or movie version of Lydia.  It would definitely have to become a part of my small but growing collection. 

Finished and Unglazed

Included some progress pictures.

 

I ended up adding more hair to her side curl so she looks more like she did in the cartoon.

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Size comparison to a real Funko Pop. 

Glazed and complete

I personally think she looks best unglazed but I still like the final version.  Plus the glaze gives her a nice seal and extra protection.  Compared to an actual Funko Pop she is quite heavy.  Her head does not turn but as you can see she stands on her own.

Materials Used:

Super Sculpey

Acrylic paint

Triple Thick

Drunk Minecraft Plushies

This post is long over due.  With October projects I had planned for the blog plus making costumes for my kids, to organizing and getting rid of stuff in my home that we no longer use, which I'm still working on, I just couldn't find the time nor the energy to squeeze this post in before October.  I wanted to post Halloween themed stuff so I held back till it was all over.   Now that I'm getting a little bit more than 3 hrs of sleep I can finally get back to working on future projects (yay!)

 Back in July I started working on a Markiplier Drunk Minecraft plush.  For those who don't know Markiplier is a YouTube Let's Player who I have been following for almost a year now.  One of his popular LP videos was a series he started back in August of 2012 called Drunk Minecraft.   Upon watching you quickly see that Mark and his two friends, Wade and Bob, explore the world of Minecraft through building and creating certain task or goals or even playing on specially designed maps all in the name of good fun.    Without giving too much away I'm just gonna leave it at that.  I quickly became a huge fan of the series and wanted to make my very own plushies of the trio.  As I stated before I started with Markiplier's Minecraft skin character first.

Hello everybody! My name is Markiplier...

I then started on Wade's aka LordMinion777 Plush.  I started following his channel early 2014.

Hey Guys

  While making his Minecraft plush something really awesome happened.  Wade set up a PO Box to receive fan mail.  It crossed my mind to maybe send him the plush plus Make one for Molly,  Wades better half ♥, especially because it's how they first met each other, through Minecraft.  Honestly I didn't think too much about it.   Then he mentioned he was having a fan meet up. I knew I had to be there.  How awesome would it be to actually hand him this minecraft plushie although not complete at the time but with a little bit of speed sewing that would be really awesome.  If I haven't said it before I'll say it again. I love making stuff for people.  I would definitely work on plushies more if I had more time.

I was a bit nervous at the fan meet up.  Here's someone that I watched over several months play these awesome games with some of his friends whose been able to put a smile on my face on difficult days.  And here I am about to give him something I originally never even intended of ever even leaving my home. 

To make a long story short Wade and Molly were very cool and down to earth.  They made sure to say hi to everyone, answer any questions fans had to ask  and take pictures.  Everyone was treated like an equal and it was very humbling.  I didn't say too much with the risk of me sounding like a total idiot, my nerves can get the best of me and my mind goes blank.  But it's something I'm working on.  Yay! for work-in-progress!  They really liked the plushies and the overall experience was pretty neat.  I couldn't wait to go home, order some fabric and start on the next two. 

Next I started on Bob's aka Muyskerm's Plush.  

I followed his channel right from the beginning.

Hey Bobbleheads Muyskerm here!

Then Molly's

Hi!

All three look like they are reaching out for hugs.  Or is it just me.  I miss my plushies but they are with their rightful owners :)

I know they have heard this more times than they can keep track anymore but I wanted to say thanks to all you guys.  Especially Wade and Molly. 

Even when I feel like things are falling apart around me I can escape even if it's just for 15 or 20 min and know that I'll come out smiling in the end.  And that can mean the world to someone when they feel like they have nothing.  With so much sincerity Thank You guys. 

Check out their YouTube Channels below

Markiplier's Channel

Wades channel - LordMinion777

Bob's Channel - Muyskerm

Materials used:

 Minky, Dolskin, Felt, Suede, Denim

The arms are posable but the legs not.

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Five Nights at Freddy's

        Five Nights at Freddy's is an indie horror game created by Scott Cawthon.  You start off as a security guard working the night shift for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.  Pretty much its one of my worst fears as a child come in the form of a video game.  Let me shed some light as to why for those of you who stumble upon my post who never experienced the sheer and utter joy of what it was like going to Chuck E Cheese in the 80's.  I loved it! There was pizza and you ran around jumping from one game to another.  I even remember there were mini arcades that were kid sizes. What's not to like.  I remember waiting around to actually watch the animatronics move.  When they finally did it was pretty darn creepy.   Feel free to search "Chuck E Cheese 80s" under images on the internet or even youtube.  They are creepier than I remember. (heebie-jeebies).  

Scott Cawthon did a fantastic job capturing that inner fear of what if these child friendly characters that we grew up with actually had free will to move.  The other part of the fear for me lies where you as the security guard are pretty much stuck in a room waiting for these things to come to you at any given time.  The only thing keeping them from you are these electric powered steel doors.  But there's a catch. You can only use so much power before the generator cuts off.  If and when it does you are completely helpless in the dark where you wait your doom. 

Sounds like a dream job.

With that being said and Halloween just right around the corner I thought I would make my own Freddy Fazbear  head.  Yup just the head.   

Oh, I made Chica too :D

Side view

Work in progress

Want to try the game for yourself?

Five Nights at Freddy's Demo

Five Nights at Freddy's Full Game

Update: The sequel was released Nov 11th 2014

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Demo

Five Nights at Freddy's Full Game

Be sure to check out Scott Cawthon's website scottgames.com to stay up to date with his upcoming projects including 5 Nights at Freddy's 2

Materials used:

Freddy:

 was made from Felt and a little bit of fabric glue

Chica: 

Polymer clay, acrylic paint and Triple Thick (gives it that glossy effect)

For those that celebrate it have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Clickers

                    It's finally October and you know what that means.  That's right! Halloween and all things spooky and pumpkin flavored everything.  I thought I would make a few Halloweeny (yup making up my own words here)  themed post. 

 The inspiration for this one, if you couldn't tell by the small hint from the title, comes from probably one of my ALL time favorite games The Last of Us.   For me this game was everything I look for in a game.  The story was great, beautiful graphics, the voice acting was on point, I was on the edge of my seat... Ugh so good! I played this game for like 3 days straight. I just couldn't walk away from it.  Ok I can go on for days about this game but I'll stop right there. 

 Ok back to the Clickers.  If you haven't played this game it's about a fungus type of virus that spreads and causes a zombie-like apocalypse.  There's more to it but seriously play this game or read up on it if you want to find out more.

 The Clickers are what humans turn into when exposed to the virus for a long period of time.   The fungus grows and takes over a majority of their face causing blindness.  They use a clicking sound to find their way around kind of the same way bats use sound.  

Different angle

Top View

Size comparison

before adding the details

This one was just a last minute thing I wanted to make for myself .  Riley's Firefly pendant.  

All items are made from Polymer Clay and painted with Acrylic paint.