And lo, through the darkness came a posting....

Howdy everyone!

Normally this is the part where I apologize for being late and that I want to post on a more regular basis...yadda yadda yadda. Anyway, here's the good word from my busy corner of the street:

- Created some wicked awesome new customs! Included in these are a Mego style Beast, The Jackal and a new ToyFare commission of Nova! Click on the links or the pictures below to see their gallery entries!

- Interesting to note that the customs of Beast & The Jackal above were part of the artistic cultural exchange that I have going on with Art Baltazar of Tiny Titans fame (if you haven't bought it yet, you should! Keep my man Art in green!). For the two hand crafted beauties above, he is preparing a widescreen painting of the Justice League to go with my Firestorm!
Can't hardly wait to get it!

Here's a work in progress shot:

- There's a new ToyFare article featuring my customs! Click here to check it out!

- Finally I did some routine site touch ups, making sure that links were working and images were showing up.

Well I'm off, but who knows, you might here from me again very soon!

Or maybe not....

Soon, that is. You'll hear from me again regardless....

I hope!

The Story So Far....

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the delay between posts, but there have been some interesting developments that have got in the way of completing regular posts. Trust me though, some great work has been done and there have been some cool developments. So without further ado:

• New Job - One of the more interesting things that has happened as of late was my movement to a new company and new position. I had been dissatisfied with my previous employer and was looking for a change, and this opportunity came at the right time. One of the cooler aspects of this job is that my office is located in THE BAXTER BUILDING:

That's right, I have offices on the third floor of the Marine Building in Vancouver, BC. This building was the Baxter Building in both FF movies and the Daily Planet in Smallville. One of the great things is that the lobby is full of fantastic art deco accents and architecture.

• New Action Figure Display - For months I have been planning and designing a complimentary DC display to match the Urban figure display that I had set up a few months ago. Finally the time and funds were available to proceed and I constructed it. Taking it's cue from the old Mego playsets, this display incorporates a live LCD display, LED spot and running lights and a multi-tiered stage in a slick & glossy package. Click on the link above to see the feature on it!

• New Customs - Needless to sat there have been some new customs made in the past few months:
• House, MD
• Custom Designed Superman
• Stargirl
• The Super Skrull
  

Cool story behind the Super Skrull custom. This was a commission from Art Baltazar of Patrick the Wolf Boy and Tiny Titans fame. He was kind enough to create a one of a kind painting for me in exchange for bringing one of his favorite Marvel baddies to life in all of it's Mego style glory. In exchange for this service, Art presented me with his bad ass version of Firestorm in his own electrifying style! Check out the shot below for this prized piece that has a place of honor on my wall, and click on the link above to see The Super Skrull!

• New Twisted ToyFare Theatre - There are some new pages from current TTT episodes up! Of special note is the article they did on ToyFare's top 10 custom figures used in TTT. Hmm...I wonder if any of mine made the cut? Click on the link to find out!
  

Well, that's it for now. I know I'll promise to write again soon and only break your heart, but you know I love you, don't you baby? I'd never hurt you on purpose, please forgive me and let's let bygones be bygones..(Turns on Barry White, and as Art B. would say)...AWWWW YEAH!

She is here!

It is a woman's prerogative to be fashionably late, and my lady is no exception.

Finally the M3C female Mego style body has been completed.

Click here to go to the M3 page and click on M3C to see her. There's also a Quicktime 360 view!

My lady awaits your review....

SHE IS COMING......

By this weekend, she will be here.

Years in the making, a solution to many a Mego custom issue.

Stay Tuned.....

Update!

Hello everyone,

Just throwing up a few pictures to the site that I haven't had a chance to format yet. I'm using a new web widget as a faster way to post quick updates on projects. You can click on any of the objects in the box and it will open the item. Great for photos, and it will play MP3 files using the built in player.

Included are:

• - Shots of my Christopher Reeve headsculpt in progress
• - Shots of the finished House MD figure
• - A full BBC radio drama of the Trial of Superman!

Feel free to post comments!

Thanks,
Vince

What? Another post? Madness!

Hi all,

Just a quick update on some rumblings from the lab:

• - New TTT entry for issue 118 can be found here.
• - New podcast is up, continuing the great old time radio adventures of the Fantastic Four! Click here for direct access!
  
• - The display project is slowly coming along, with the plastic cutting being only element needing to be finalized. Pictures to follow soon!
• - Need spotlighting or track lighting for your figure displays and don't want to learn wiring? I stumbled across these beauties at IKEA and think that they'd make great transported pads and no-heat lighting for figure displays! They also come in multicolored versions! Click here & here to check them out!
• - Completing a custom right now of Dr. Gregory House from "House". Check out the images below. I think the likeness of Hugh Laurie is dead on, if I do say so myself. I'll post pictures of the finished figure soon. For a larger view, click on the image below.
  

If you have any questions or comment, feel free to leave them in the blog or you can contact me directly here!

Later!

New Updates!

Hello all!

Just a quick recap on the goings on here at Project:Custom

- ToyFare 117 is now on the shelves, and it contains not only Immortus & Spider-Man 2009 in the Twisted ToyFare Theater, but also a Customizing 101 written by yours truly! Click the links to check them out!

- The Mego pattern is up and can be snagged here. Sorry for the delay.

- The great display project is well underway! I wanted to focus on 2 types of displays : an urban setting for the Marvel Legends figures and a JLA space station type for the DC Direct figures.

The urban setting was fulfilled by using a 1994 Spawn Alley playset. This 3 tier playset was perfect as it had a small footprint and was built for the 6" figure scale. I picked this up from eBay for a song and it seems to be the best gritty backdrop I could find. I added a couple of lightposts from the Spider-Man Movie figure dioramas and it came together beautifully if I do say so myself!

It took a few days to pose and place the figures, with my focus on having the entire thing filled with a type of frozen kinetic. Kind of like a George Perez group action cover with action figures.

Click on the pictures below to see the results!

The JLA version is still bein constructed, but I am pretty stoked with the preliminary results, including fiber optic light up control panels and mini LCD panel with cycling images / movies! It will be like a Mego playset from the future!

I managed to snag the components that i was looking for (thanks to all who answered the call!)

I only need one final piece : a DC Direct JSA WildCat action figure! If you have one and want to trade / sell, contact me here and let me know!

Later!