Welcome and About the Project
Welcome to my custom model blog! A few explanations might be in order as to who I am, what the project is about, and what I have planned for it.
My name is ADAM Fox and I am, among many things, an artist. I am formally trained as a Sequential artist (comics and storyboarding) and as a 2D Traditional Animator. I am currently working as an E-Learning Web Developer in Macromedia/Adobe Flash. I have done illustrations, designs, logos, comics (writing and art), web development, animation, and maquettes (prototype sculptures). I enjoy video games, comics (reading and rare collecting), and working on vinyl/resin movie models. If you are curious about some of my other works, please check out my portfolio site at: www.foxtoons.net.
My crazy custom model project had its origins a little over a couple years ago when a very big trilogy of fantasy films, based on my three favorite books of all time, were released and blew us all away. I began looking around for a complete set of models for the 9+ characters, but was disappointed with what I found. My favorite vinyl model company had long since gone belly-up (or I am sure they would have produced great kits) and the official company associated with the films were only producing ready-made and pre-painted statues. I thought, what was the fun in that? I enjoy assembling and painting my own models and the satisfaction I get from the time I put into them. That was when the crazy idea struck me!
Through my many experiences in art, I had become a decent sculptor. I have also learned the art of mold making and resin casting from an accomplished stop-motion animator. I had previously used this knowledge to achieve one of my life goals to create my own poseable action figures (see the "maquette" section of my aforementioned website). So... "Why not make my own @W%$%$@ models??!!" Not only would I get the satisfaction of assembling and painting my own models, but I get the bragging rights that I sculpted the freakin' things from scratch, as well! And with the knowledge and experience from the earlier sculpting and castings, I knew that I could do much, much better on these! How little did I realize the monster I would create...
Over 2 years later, I am nearing completion of my crazy-mega model project! It took so long due to the fact that I never stopped working full-time and putting the project aside and on hold for additional freelance opportunities I found along the way. But I am now within a mere month or two from completion! AT LAST! AH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!
And... then I hit a snag! As fun as it has been to create, mold, and cast my own models, it has been very costly in materials and supplies. After completing 8 of the 9 sculpts and molding/casting 2 of them, I am desperate for money to complete my crazy project!
And that is where this blog and you comes in... As it happens, when you have a mold of something, you can make more than just one of them. That means (on a very limited basis) I can offer someone else a chance to own a limited edition un-licensed original hand-made, hand-painted resin model of these very popular movie/fantasy characters! Be one of the few to own these by subscribing to my blog, or sending me your contact email, so that I can let you know when I have a model to sell. I will be posting these on eBay as I have them, and may even start taking requests, or votes on the next one I post a copy of... so keep a lookout on this blog for a poll, or survey tool and let yourself be heard!
In the next coming posts, I will be catching this blog up to date with the photos and steps I have taken throughout this project and photos of some of the completed models. I will also be posting links to the bids for the items on eBay. See the top of this blog for VR spins of the completed models available and detail photos. I will be adding more VRs as I earn the money to buy supplies to complete them.
See you round!
My name is ADAM Fox and I am, among many things, an artist. I am formally trained as a Sequential artist (comics and storyboarding) and as a 2D Traditional Animator. I am currently working as an E-Learning Web Developer in Macromedia/Adobe Flash. I have done illustrations, designs, logos, comics (writing and art), web development, animation, and maquettes (prototype sculptures). I enjoy video games, comics (reading and rare collecting), and working on vinyl/resin movie models. If you are curious about some of my other works, please check out my portfolio site at: www.foxtoons.net.
My crazy custom model project had its origins a little over a couple years ago when a very big trilogy of fantasy films, based on my three favorite books of all time, were released and blew us all away. I began looking around for a complete set of models for the 9+ characters, but was disappointed with what I found. My favorite vinyl model company had long since gone belly-up (or I am sure they would have produced great kits) and the official company associated with the films were only producing ready-made and pre-painted statues. I thought, what was the fun in that? I enjoy assembling and painting my own models and the satisfaction I get from the time I put into them. That was when the crazy idea struck me!
Through my many experiences in art, I had become a decent sculptor. I have also learned the art of mold making and resin casting from an accomplished stop-motion animator. I had previously used this knowledge to achieve one of my life goals to create my own poseable action figures (see the "maquette" section of my aforementioned website). So... "Why not make my own @W%$%$@ models??!!" Not only would I get the satisfaction of assembling and painting my own models, but I get the bragging rights that I sculpted the freakin' things from scratch, as well! And with the knowledge and experience from the earlier sculpting and castings, I knew that I could do much, much better on these! How little did I realize the monster I would create...
Over 2 years later, I am nearing completion of my crazy-mega model project! It took so long due to the fact that I never stopped working full-time and putting the project aside and on hold for additional freelance opportunities I found along the way. But I am now within a mere month or two from completion! AT LAST! AH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!
And... then I hit a snag! As fun as it has been to create, mold, and cast my own models, it has been very costly in materials and supplies. After completing 8 of the 9 sculpts and molding/casting 2 of them, I am desperate for money to complete my crazy project!
And that is where this blog and you comes in... As it happens, when you have a mold of something, you can make more than just one of them. That means (on a very limited basis) I can offer someone else a chance to own a limited edition un-licensed original hand-made, hand-painted resin model of these very popular movie/fantasy characters! Be one of the few to own these by subscribing to my blog, or sending me your contact email, so that I can let you know when I have a model to sell. I will be posting these on eBay as I have them, and may even start taking requests, or votes on the next one I post a copy of... so keep a lookout on this blog for a poll, or survey tool and let yourself be heard!
In the next coming posts, I will be catching this blog up to date with the photos and steps I have taken throughout this project and photos of some of the completed models. I will also be posting links to the bids for the items on eBay. See the top of this blog for VR spins of the completed models available and detail photos. I will be adding more VRs as I earn the money to buy supplies to complete them.
See you round!
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