grimsheep

TOYSREVIL Fundraiser

2010-10-21T14:03:00.003-04:00

Custom Ryusei Ninja for TRE, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

Andy Heng of the vinyl toy blog TOYSREVIL, one of the nicest and most influential people in the community, has been hospitalized and could use a hand.

I am selling a Custom Ryusei Ninja to help raise money for Andy's Medical expenses. It is available at http://grimsheep.bigcartel.com/product/custom-ryusei-ninja

Andy definitely deserves better than this shitty situation he finds himself in. Hopefully this will help a bit.

Irontrooper

2010-10-05T13:34:00.001-04:00

Irontrooper, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

Ok, I'm gonna try to keep this up to date again... for reals :)

Custom Qee Bunee for the Toy2R 15th Anniversary DIY Qee Celebration being hosted by Dragatomi on October 9th.

It's a 'what if Tony Stark designed for the Galactic Empire, Iron Man Stormtrooper mash-up'. That's not geeky right?

Qeeology

2010-05-06T12:08:00.002-04:00

Qeeology, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

My contribution to the Qeeology 2.5 show on May 7th at Marz Bar in Lincoln, NE.

There are going to be in the neighborhood of 200 custom 2.5" Qees at this show and they are all looking awesome. I would have loved to be able to see them in person.

Little Trickers

2010-03-02T13:37:00.004-05:00

Little Tricksters, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

One of the things I love about the Vinyl Toy community is that there is always a contest on. Actually there are usually 4 or 5 going on at any given time.

Sometimes they are custom contests or "best answer wins", but more often than not the winners are picked randomly. And given the size of the community and the number of contests, the odds are always pretty good :)

Luck was with me this time and I won this set of Little Tricksters by Touma.

Thanks very much to Spank Stokes and Play Imaginative!

A Few Recent Commissions

2010-03-01T20:54:00.003-05:00

Woodland Tiger, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

Motorcycle Cop, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

Skull Squadron, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

Spawn, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

Doomguy for ICFSB II

2010-01-12T23:23:00.003-05:00

Doomguy, originally uploaded by grimsheep.

This is my contribution to the "It Came From Skullbrain II" custom show at Super 7 in San Francisco on January 16th 2010. He is a Doom space marine on a Secret Base Space Barbarian. That's not confusing is it? ;)

2009-09-30T01:11:00.003-04:00

I finally finished up my contribution to the "Most Wanted" messageboard artists series on the Kidrobot Forums. I also did two chase figures which will remain a mystery until they are opened :)

Death 3 Ways

2009-09-16T17:36:00.002-04:00

My entry for the Gama-Go Battle Royale XIX contest. Seems like there is alwyas a contest to enter :)

Woodland Stormtrooper

2009-09-16T17:32:00.002-04:00

This was my entry for the MunnyWorld competition that was held by Kidrobot.

A Couple of Angels

2009-09-01T13:13:00.005-04:00

These two are 3" Dunnys commissioned by a private collector.

Samurai Dunny

2009-08-01T14:00:00.005-04:00

This was commissioned by a private collector on the Kidrobot forums. A lot more sculpting than I usually do but it was fun.

Woodland Munny

2009-08-01T13:24:00.004-04:00

This is my contribution to the Munny Grubbers custom show at JustBlazed in Phoenix Arizona opening August 8th.

Forum Dunny Series Teaser

2009-07-28T22:10:00.001-04:00

Robolucha Custom Show

2009-07-28T16:53:00.013-04:00

This is my contribution to the Robolucha Custom Show being presented by Patch Together. I Always thought these guys looked like those old diving suits so I decided to run with that. The show will be touring Europe for a few months at the end of which the the pieces will be sold, with the proceeds going to a charitable cause.

Super Happy Mail Day!

2009-07-14T19:40:00.007-04:00

When living in a relatively small town in Maine it is necessary to fulfill my Toy world needs via the internet and stores with an online presence. It is equally important to avoid paying exorbitant shipping charges. At most of the larger online art toy stores this means spending $100 in order to receive free shipping.

While I could easily spend that much and more every week and still not be sated, the reality of my cash flow makes being frugal considerably more prudent. I waited very patiently for a very long time until there was $100 worth of stuff that I had to have. I will do a quick rundown...

Clutter Magazine - What is there to say? Necessary.

Tokidoki zipper pulls. I love zipper pulls and there isn't too much variety out there so these are welcome. They are a little bit more expensive than most zipper pulls but they are bigger too. Let's say I was happy with half of them ;)

Baby Monk by Veggiesomething- Awesome... I was waiting for this to hit the shops.

Munny and Stephan Le Podd - Needed these for customs. They are great of course.

MPH Artist Series Poketo Wallet : Julie West - This one was for my wife and she loved the art but was not too crazy about the wallet. If it had 6 card slots and instead of 3 slots and a coin pocket she would have been much happier.

Samurai Kanser

2009-07-10T22:22:00.004-04:00

This is a custom Kanser I just finished up for a collector on the Kidrobot forums. I had free rein on this one and was admittedly a little self indulgent. The collector recently commissioned a number of custom Kansers and I was lucky enough to be one of the artists involved. It was a little intimidating doing this one after seeing several of the other commissions completed by some very talented artists, but I am pretty happy with the results. It should arrive at its destination in a few days and I'll found out what its owner thinks once he has it in hand.

More pictures are available on my Flickr account.

Happy Mail Day! - Custom Glyos

2009-07-06T14:17:00.005-04:00

Got this awesome guy the other day. He is a Glyos System Buildman by Onell Design, and custom painted by Dead Presidents' Matt Walker. The pictures really do not do the paint justice; it is beautiful in person. And yes I flipped on of the images to make my composite a little easier to do ;)

Toy Design Sketches

2009-07-06T14:11:00.003-04:00

These are a few toy design sketches I finished up last week.

Father's Day Chalk Drawing

2009-06-24T14:00:00.004-04:00

I spent part of Father's day doing a chalk drawing with my daughter on our front steps. It was raining by the time we finished so I took a picture before it was washed away.

Happy Mail Day!

2009-06-23T16:57:00.007-04:00

I received two awesome packages in the mail today. The first was a Yowie, a hand cast resin DIY toy by Jon Cumbo, aka jondoesdoodles. I love this guy. He is pretty simple as one might expect in a platform toy, but there is something about him that gives him a ton of character. Looking forward to painting this one.

Also, in the mail today was our orange Petit Astrolapin, by Mr. Clement. What can I say? These guys are awesome. There was a bit of a mix up initially with the order but Mr. Clement fixed everything very quickly and agreeably.

I will say this for what I do... getting the mail has never been more fun :)

New Blog, New Shop

2009-06-23T11:38:00.021-04:00

Welcome! After many years of thinking about starting a blog, I have finally taken the plunge and decided to do it.

Though I have a website and a Flickr account where my portfolio can be seen, I felt like I needed a place to share sketches, work in progress, ideas, and my love of art and art toys.

I also decided to open a small shop to facilitate selling anything that needs selling. Most of my work is commissioned so I don't often have much for sale, but if a piece I have done for a show gets returned unsold I now have somewhere of my own to sell it.

Nothing fancy, and there is a lonely Labbit in there already, waiting for a happy home :)

I haven't done any advertising for the blog or shop yet, but when I do I imagine I will do a contest giveaway or something. So stay tuned...

A Lonely First Post to Test the Waters

2009-06-21T21:47:00.006-04:00

Just checking how everything looks :)