The Dead Walk.

All right I'll get right to it. I've got two new zombies for my zombies through the ages line. First up is the 80's zombie. I really upped the gore on him. The 80's are my favorite era for zombie movies and the ridiculous gore is a big part of that. I dremeled out his stomach and sculpted some various guts and painted them up. I added a gloss clear coat to give them that fresh from the body sheen. I really like how this turned out.



Then I sculpted some skin pulled back on his head exposing the skull underneath. I'm not completely happy with how this turned out, but I still like it.





Now we go back to the 60s. I am really Happy with this one. The main thing I wanted to go for with this one was limited blood and black and white. I did my best to make him just look like a guy in bathrobe pretending to be a zombie.



I was really unsure of how the paint job was going to turn out, but I have to say I am more than happy with it. I had to do a lot of chopping and gluing to get the base figure together, but I think it was worth it and he actually came together really quickly. I finished him in one night which I believe is a first for me.



Here's some cool pictures I took that totally aren't just an excuse for me to play with my toys and set them up in little scenes. That would be childish.



I made the newspapers by finding some images and resizing them online. The back page actually has an article about Ted Bundy, not that you can really tell, but I thought I'd throw in in there.





Well that's all the flesh eating fun for today. Check back later as I'll have an update about an award that was passed on to me by my good buddy at http://gutsandgrogreviews.blogspot.com/. I'm still working out my responses so I'll hit you guys up later.

Biznitch you later skaters-
Jacob

When there's no more room left in hell...

I finally finished a new custom. I have been really unmotivated lately. All it took was a weekend of being broke and stuck in the house to get me off my ass and working on my customs.

My new figure is a 70's style zombie. I'm going to go through and make a zombie for every era of zombie movies. This one comes straight out of the 1970s. I tried to capture the style of the time.



I gave him a blueish gray skin tone and kept the blood a bright red with a high sheen. I also tried to keep the gore in line with the style of the time. Plus he has a mustache so you know he's from 70s.



I'm really happy with him. I can't believe it took me this long to make a zombie figure, but there will be more soon. I think I'm going to tackle the 80s next. I really want up the gore on that one.



Thanks for reading and hope ya dig it. I'll have a new post tomorrow with a couple of older customs that I finally took some better pictures of.

-Valhalla awaits

Namaste

Well I've been a little lazy lately, so I only have one new figure for you. To make up for it I'll throw up a couple of oldies, but goodies. The first one is in honor of Lost ending. Say what you will about the end(I was satisfied) of the show, it is a fantastic show and has been from the get go.

I started off with John Locke. He's been one of my favorites through the whole show. All in all I'm happy with him, but I'm not 100% on the head. It was the best bald head I could find and I tried to rework it a little. I'm going to keep mt eyes open for a better head and hopefully update him at some point.



I tried making a little display base for him. I used some sand and plastic plants. It turned out pretty decent, but I definitely learned a couple of things to avoid on the next one. I also gave him his metal case full of knives. I even made it so all of the knives are removeable.



Now I really want to make some more of the Losties.

-Jacob

Check it.

Hey everyone, just a quick update. If you head over to this site Guts and Grog Reviews you can read my top ten list of the best horror movie action figures. Guts and Grog is a great horror movie site with reviews and some great lists. So if you like horror movies or just want some offensive humor go take a look. Just remember to keep checking back they've got some great stuff coming up.

-Jacob

Check it.

Just a quick update. I did a list of the top ten horror movie action figures over at the great blog Guts and Grog. It's a great site for all things horror, so if you like horror movies or just want some offensive humor then go check it out here http://gutsandgrogreviews.blogspot.com/ and keep checking back they've got some good stuff coming.

Enjoy.
-Jacob

Headbanger face rip!

Ok so this isn't last week like I said, but I got caught up in a big project. I got to thinking "what are my customs lacking?". The answer, metal. My geekdom basically revolves around toys, heavy metal, and horror movies. I decided I should try and blend the three and this is what I came up with.

It's the Mech-cannibal and the wolves of Chernobyl. They're both based on songs off of the new Municipal Waste album, Massive Aggressive. If you haven't listened to them and you like good old fashioned thrash with a little hardcore thrown in you should check them out. Anyway, on to the customs.

The Mech-cannibal is part man part machine and hungry for human flesh. He savagely attacks his victims and devours their bodies. Whatever is left he throws into the vat of chemical waste strapped to his back to slowly digest them and fuel his murderous rampages.





I had a lot of fun working on this guy. I used a new painting technique called a wash. I've never been able to get it right in the past, but I really like how it creates a deeper shadow than just dry brushing. I gives him an almost moldy rotten feel.





The wolves of Chernobyl are beasts of the night created by radioactive waste from the Chernobyl disaster. They roam the country side looking for their next kill.



Well there you go, let me know what you think.

-Jacob
Metal up your ass.

Questar!!!

Hey everyone,

I didn't have a post last week. I couldn't seem to finish a project. Not to worry I've got a couple new figures for this week.

The first one is Lord Krulos from Dino Riders. If you're unfamiliar with Dino Riders than you are missing out on one of the sweetest 80's cartoons ever. It's about a group of people, the Vallorians, from space that crash on prehistoric Earth. They are followed by the evil Rulons lead by Lord Krulos. They arm the dinosaurs with lasers and use them to fight their war. Let me sum that up, dudes from space fighting each other while riding on dinosaurs armed with lasers aka the best thing ever.

Hopefully I'll have some more Dino Riders figures soon. I've got some big plans.



I actually finished him awhile ago, but I entered him in a contest at procustomizers.com and I couldn't post him until the contest was done. The best part I got 3rd place in the contest. It's the first time I've placed in a contest. It felt pretty good. Procustomizers.com is a great site with some of the best guys in the customizing game. If you ever want to see some amazing work go check them out.



Well that's it for this post. Don't worry though I'll have another one coming in the next couple of days.

Valhalla awaits.