AncientCritter – “Golden Age” Custom

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Have a bunch of wood & resin toy projects going on right now. I really hope i can release these little fellas as a DIY edition in march when spring is coming and the sprouts are growing! ^_^ Now i have a lot of details to sort out, especially how to export the cress seeds from the “Happy Gardening” Set i’m planing…

Meanwhile some WIP pictures of my first custom i’m working on: “Golden Age” AncientCritter. Hope you like him Icon Biggrin in

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AncientCritter ALTRO – Molding Process

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You can see on this short slideshow the silicone molding process of AncientCritter ALTRO.  I have placed the the prototype and the seem line in a slightly strange position for this two part mold but I had the feeling I should give my silicone-plug-system-technique™ a shot Icon Wink in

Now after the first few resin copies i have to say, casting is going pretty well so far …and I’ve got some wicked ideas for these fresh Resin Critters right now! Stay tuned.

DIY Resin Ham-ster Cavy by Mathias Bax

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Designer and Architect Mathias Bax from Germany has created his first DIY Resin Toy the Ham-ster Cavy. I’m pretty shure the Ham-ster will become a nice plattform to realise lots of awsome custom jobs. The Ham-ster’s comes in two versions one with movable arms and one with fixed arms (for kids;). A piece will cost approximately 10$ plus shipping costs.

So get your hands on your own DIY Ham-ster straight from his creator and place an order at bax.architekten@arcor.de. He will handling production and shipping by himself. The first cute fellas will find their new owners right now in January 2010.

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SQUIMONK – a DIY Toy Concept for the Aarting Challenge

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SQUIMONK – my second entry for the Aarting DIY Toy Challenge.
Today is the deadline for the DIY Contest at aarting.com. I really want to participate with an another toy design than my “monopear”. But to realize with 3D modeling what I’ve got in my head, time was to short to learn all the stuff so quickly. Now then, I’ve done my second entry the old-fashioned-way: sculpting, sanding, molding, casting in resin, again sanding and finishing with white primer (well i guess, not really less time-consuming… Icon Wink in ) The prototype stands only a 3/4 inch high, so i would love to see them much bigger as an Aarting DIY Toy ready for you to customize!

This afternoon I’ve grabbed my cam and finally hunted some blank SQUIMONKS in the wild …check the picture series.

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SQUIMONKS lives high up in the threes and rarely come to ground to pick up the jummy fir cones. That’s the reason why they have a slightly beer-belly, they know very well how to do really tasty fir cone beer in their brewery Icon Smile in

Please vote on aarting.com for the SQUIMONK!

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