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REAL JOES

This is a line that has been quietly getting worked on here and there for the last decade.  When I found a figure and had some time I would work on them in small increments.  I have recently finished 3 waves or sets of the entire line.  This is the first wave.  The idea was simple.  I saw the McFarlane Military line of figures and inspired by my second favorite child hood property, G.I. Joe.  I wanted to create realistic versions of the characters.  While I love so many of these characters it was a bit of a challenge as many have quite ridiculous and impractical military outfits.   I tried to keep the characters essential feel, facial features, and color scheme while combining them with what their real world counterparts might look like and wear.

 

  

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For Sale – changes & updates

Most of the work on the site was made by me for my personal collection.  The size of the collection has grown so i have decided to sell some of my work.  I was going to try to keep the whole sets of 10 figures together but I have decided to group them together in pairs.  Click here to see the figures. FOR SALE page   

These are one of kind items,  they have no duplicates or molds,  they were hand crafted with the most expensive professional sculpting materials and paints.   

This is a chance to own a piece of pop culture history.  They have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, MTV, Star Wars.com, the Star Wars Blog, Star Wars Insider, at the Star Wars celebrations, and have even made it to the #1 spot on the front page of Reddit numerous times.  These items would be great to buy for self to add to a unique collection or as gift for a loved one.

These unique creations were the first of each of their kind.  The mash ups they represent had never been done before and have since inspired countless imitations and other incarnations from toy companies, to traditional artists drawings, to cosplayers and whole conventions.   

I hope my work can find its way into the hands and homes of fans who will appreciate them.

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Custom Figure Master Classes are returning for Star Wars Celebration Orlando

I am thrilled to announce that Smooth-On has come on board as the official sponsor of my Custom Figure Master Classes at Star Wars Celebration Orlando.  Smooth-On is the industry leader for sculpting, casting, and mold making materials.  They have a ton of other great products as well feel free to head on over to their SITE and check them out for yourself.

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Be sure to stop by our booth 3702 on the main show room floor.  You can build a Death Star tile that will be yours to keep after the show, race a Star Wars Hot Wheel down our custom Death Star trench, and sign up for free classes on customizing and sculpting.  I will be there to guide you and give you some tips.  You will be able to take apart and reassemble figures as well as get your hands on some Smooth On sculpting product to add your own details and even learn some paint techniques.  You just need to sign up at the booth and bring a few 3.75″ star wars figures to customize and share.

See you in Orlando April 13-16.

 

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Celebration Orlando 2017

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I am thrilled to announce that we will be back at Star Wars Celebration hosting another diorama workshop.  It will be held from April 13–16, 2017, at Orlando, Florida’s Orange County Convention Center.   We have been at every Celebration since C2 back in 2002 – that is 15 years ago.  I think we have to be one of the largest and longest running events at the Celebrations.

We have partnered with Hot Wheels this time and are trying something new. Rather than our usual builds of dioramas with scenes from the movies and action figures, this time we will be helping guests make their own custom tile of the Death Star’s surface.  All the pieces will go together to make a massive piece of the Death Star complete with a trench where participants will be able to race their Star Wars Hot Wheels down the trench.

I will be back as well hosting my daily classes on customizing and sculpting figures.  Interested attendees can sign up each day, just bring a few Star Wars action figures to use for parts.  If you want to bring by some donations that would be great as well.

There will also be prized given away using a plinko board with generous donations from Jett’s Toy Hutt

If you want to see more about our past builds and my previous workshops you can check them out here:

Star Wars Celebration Pages