Samurai Dunnys For The New Year!!!

About fucking time I finished these up. I swear it seemed like forever that I'd get these done, but here they are now for your viewing pleasure!

Samurai Warlord and Geisha Dunny. I used a different process for the topknot on the Warlord. If you can see closely the topknot is actually two the ears sculpied together on the top of his head. I went for a different color pattern as well. Many kimonos in the Feudal Japan era are full of vibrant colors. I wanted to do the same put keep a neutral theme to it. As far as the Geisha is concerned, I'm pretty satisfied with it. Eventhough a lot of mixing of paints were involved to get the desired colors, I'm very happy with the results. I plan to make more with different hairstyle variations and of course wardrobe colors.

Armored Samurai Warrior Dunny. This by far is what kept me from finishing up the set. The additional headband and the armor were very tedious to create. Fortunately I came up with something that worked out. I just have to figure out how to ease the process the next time I make one of these. The spear is acutally historically correct in size for a Naginta. I had to do a lot of itsy bitsy detailing to get the effect. Hopefully my hardwork paid off. Two of these will go off to New Years Winners once the Kidrobot server gets back online. Whichever one that gets left over will be for sale. Enjoy!

Last Munny for 2008

So here is my last munny custom for 2008. As you can see from my previous posts, I've been on quite a fuedal Japan trip for the past couple of months. Quite fitting that I end the year with a Samurai custom utilizing the Munny platform. This was done for my bro-in-law who is an avid supporter and colleague in my vinyl addiction. Everything is sculpted as you can see. The katana is actually the accessory that came with my first munny. I finally found a purpose to use it. There will be more to come in this platform for the beginning of 09'. Look out for it. Enjoy!

Samurai Dunny Variants

Here are 3 more Samurai Dunny variants that I've just completed. Just playing around a bit more on the Samurai theme until I start my Samurai BlindBox set which should come out early January. I changed the top knot idea for the last two because not all Samurais had top knots. Enjoy!Samurai Spearman with blue uniform. I kept the traditional topknot for this one but added a mustache. His spear is different from the previous retainer's spears.

Here is Miyamoto Musashi with wooden sword fashioned from a boat oar. This was inspired by his duel with Sasaki Kojiro on the island of Ganryu. I watched Toshiro Mifune's portrayal of Musashi to help get inspiration.

Jubei Yagyu is the 3rd of this set. He has a sword guard for an eye patch. There were many Yagyu Jubei's that I drew inspiration from... Ninja Scroll, Ninja Re-incarnation, and Samurai Re-incarnation.

Royal Samurai Retainer Dunnys

Here is my two latest sword and spear wielding customs. Inspired by Grimsheep's ponytailed Hellboy from Messageboard Dunny Trade #9. I decided to change the dunny ears into a single topknot to form the head for these two Royal Samurai Retainers. Enjoyed my time customizing these, one for the Super Duper Dunny Trade and the other to sell to anyone on the boards. The only problem I had was that the shape of the head and how I did the eyes made them look like an older version of that character on The Family Guy.hahaha Both come accessorized and ready for battle with sword and spear. These are my test dunnys for an up and coming blind box series that I am planning... Samurai's, Ronin, and Ninja's! So be on the lookout for that one. Enjoy!

Tiny Toilet Terror Dunny

So here is a custom dunny I just completed for a private trade with Felix Jackson. Tiny toilet terror dunny with roll of teepee, filthy plunger, and detachable poopie friend. I like this black colorway because it makes the white designs stand out. Also, the hinging job on this one is a lot better than the first toilet dunny I made. I had weighted this little guy with 8 peices of lead sinkers in hopes that he may stand on his own. Sorry to say that he still tips over once the head is fully open.
In exchange for this fella, I will be getting a custom MF Doom Dunny made by Felix, along with a couple of Obama stickers he made. What a deal! On another note, this is my last custom that I will be using Applebarrel paints. From now own I will only use liquitex acryilic paints! I am slowly evolving! hahaha Enjoy!