May 2, 2012
by tenacious toys
10:00 AM
Cash Cannon writes:
This 3 inch Dunny I customized. It's a mashup: I used a Dunny head & a body from another vinyl figure. I used sculpey and hand painted with acrylics. It comes with a custom ice-cream cone hand painted with acrylic paint and sprayed with UV clear matte to give it that wet look.
by tenacious toys
9:00 AM
When you invite Ian Ziobrowski to be in a custom toy show, you know he's not ever going to go the easy route with a simple paint job. Ian spends hours and days chopping up and reconfiguring toys, creating miniatures and painting pieces so tiny, I can't believe he's not blind already.
Ian follows up on his epic Nuggy Growstation 10" MadL custom with this 9" Artoyz Elements figure he's turned into Mama Nugg's Nugglife Candy Shop. With working lights, minute detailing and a removable back wall, this piece shows off Ian's vast array of artistic skills. Here's the backstory:
Welcome to the Nugglife candy shop, the home for best sweets in town.
It's location remains confidential, but if you ask the right person,
you just might be able to enjoy it yourself. With a fine selection of
spaced out sweets, getting home might be the most difficult part.
Standing about 9 inches tall this Element custom was created for the
Candy Coated Show in NYC.
The Nugglife Candy Shop is available for purchase here. Needless to say, this piece is one-of-a-kind. If you're interested, don't sleep. Ian has many serious collectors and this one won't be available for long.
by tenacious toys
6:24 AM
Miss Zukie announces her first DIY Designer Toy Release. Release Date is May 25th .........DIY Zukies are made of white Vinyl and come in a custom box where you can color it as well. Size : 4" tall price: 9.95$ + shipping.
DIY Zukies are going to be sold in TOY TOKYO in Manhattan and In Yukifish in Germany so if you're near please stop by and check out the stores.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/Zukie_ART
store: http://zukie_art.storenvy.com/
Website: http://zukieart.blogspot.com/
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zukie-ART/328016957212098
May 1, 2012
by tenacious toys
7:28 AM
Not exactly sure what this mysterious graphic is all about... but it's Paul Kaiju, so it's gonna be awesome. Follow Paul's blog to keep up.
by tenacious toys
7:23 AM
"Instagram Mascot" designed by JC Rivera |
Designers who want to make a little something and don't know where to start should check out Shinbone at www.shinbonecreative.com.
Do you have a loose napkin sketch? A rough clay sculpture? A 3d speed model bashed together in ZBrush? Shinbone is reaching out to artists and designers to help get new projects off the ground. If you're a hard-core customizer and you're ready to take the next step, these are the guys who can get you rolling.
What does Shinbone do? They design and produce toys for toy companies. They license designs from artists and produce original art. They manufacture runs of toys for independent designers.
What does Shinbone do? Shinbone turns great art into great toys.
Do you have a loose napkin sketch? A rough clay sculpture? A 3d speed model bashed together in ZBrush? Shinbone is reaching out to artists and designers to help get new projects off the ground. If you're a hard-core customizer and you're ready to take the next step, these are the guys who can get you rolling.
What does Shinbone do? They design and produce toys for toy companies. They license designs from artists and produce original art. They manufacture runs of toys for independent designers.
What does Shinbone do? Shinbone turns great art into great toys.
"Moonman" designed by Scott Wetterschneider |
"Sad Uke Dog" designed by Matheus Muniz |
by tenacious toys
7:20 AM
I gotta say, Matt Anderson is good at keeping a secret. He's a friend of mine and I talk to him on the phone at least once a week. He's never mentioned this project! Looks like Jon Walsh has enlisted Matt's help... I bet you Matt is pouring resin figures for Jon to be customized by the bad-ass artists listed in this flyer. Now I'm really stoked!
Apr 30, 2012
by tenacious toys
11:00 AM
Fuller sends us these images of his sick 4-inch Mini Munny custom: Samara is the creepy character that crawls out of the well, and the TV, in the horror flick The Ring. Definitely one of my favorite scary movies! You can buy Samara from Fuller's web store here. This 4-inch custom is painted with airbrush paints and acrylics.
by tenacious toys
10:00 AM
Pairing wildlife illustrations with camouflage patterns, NYC illustrator Victor "Vickipages" Roman creates The Camo Project:
a self-published book series that is inspiring a fashion and artistic
movement in New York City and gaining support among his urban art world
friends and like-minded fans. The recently released volume 2 focuses on
bird species, providing field-guide information for each feathered
illustration and insight on the creature's use of natural disguise, as
well as the history of its man-made camouflage backdrop.
The limited edition TYO x The Camo Project Van commemorates the book series and artistic following with the 1:64 scale diecast Matchbox van.
The limited edition TYO x The Camo Project Van commemorates the book series and artistic following with the 1:64 scale diecast Matchbox van.
While supplies last, each van comes with 1 of 3 buttons. If you find the silver button, you win a 'Camo Project x TYO Print' signed by Vicki Pages.
TYO stands for "Tag Your Own". TYO Toys sells a number of different blank white vehicles in a variety of sizes that you can buy and tag up without getting arrested. Cool idea.
by tenacious toys
9:00 AM
Don P is busy executing commissions. Here's one of his most recent: Android X, based on the 3 inch tall Android platform. You can follow Don P here:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DonP.PatrickLippe
Blog: http://donpcustoms.blogspot.com
Shop: http://donp.bigcartel.com
Blog: http://donpcustoms.blogspot.com
Shop: http://donp.bigcartel.com
by tenacious toys
7:27 AM
Recently artist Dave "Davemarkart" Webb transitioned from creating tentacled, toothy monsters to doing TV/movie characters. This one is Minion from the movie "Despicable Me". Above is a WIP shot of a piece by Dave which is, frankly, from several weeks ago. Still, as I play catch-up after our custom show, I wanted to post about the stuff that my artists friends have been working on. A while back Dave bought a truckload of Androids from us and this is the type of piece he has been working on lately. Cool stuff! Check out his Facebook page for images of a Batman and Robin set, Pinhead, and some sick, toothy Munkos.
by tenacious toys
7:20 AM
Not much info available on this one but here's what I have: NINO is made of resin and measures 3.1 inches tall. This figure is made by Andrea Mancuso who is from Genoa, Italy. More pics on Andrea's Behance page. I always love seeing new resin pieces. Apparently this one will be available at toy shops soon.
Apr 29, 2012
by tenacious toys
8:57 PM
Our friend Toygodd is exploring an alternative medium: glass! He's been hard at work in the studio, perfecting his glass art skills. Here are a couple of beautiful maple leaves he's crafted in glass. Next up: TOYS! I've seen several pieces he's been working on in glass and I gotta say, the medium is really interesting. The visual effects achieved in the glass are way different than what's possible in vinyl or resin. Will be posting more about Eric's work soon.
by tenacious toys
8:51 PM
Each 3" Dunny is a custom one-off a designed specifically for epic performance in the business of saving mankind from the grips of evildoers everywhere.
The entire series is now available here on our website. Each piece is available separately except for "The Twins" who come as a set, because seriously, who wants to break up a set... they get all whiney and that just gets irritating after a while.
follow Scott on Twitter @forceodorkness or on the web at www.forcesofdorkness.com
Apr 27, 2012
Apr 26, 2012
by tenacious toys
8:25 PM
Tenacious Exclusive Scott Tolleson Uncle Argh NOIR Mini Qee by Tenacious Toys — Kickstarter
On Monday, May 1st at 9pm EST our Kickstarter project to secure funding for an exclusive 500-piece run of Scott Tolleson's Uncle Argh NOIR Mini Qee will draw to a close. We are VERY close to full funding, and with only a couple days to go, we really need your help to hit our mark! Pledging $30 will get you the Uncle Argh NOIR figure shipped to your door once they're ready- that means $30 flat, no matter where you live, inclusive of shipping.
If you're not into Qees for some bizarre reason, we have a $5 sticker pack reward, a $5 papercraft toy reward, a $15 signed mini print by Scott Tolleson, $20 argyle t-shirts, and combo packs which feature some or all of the above rewards. We also have set up rewards that get you discounted credit towards purchases at Tenacious Toys, and 2 of our favorite artists (AW177 and JC Rivera) have even offered up custom toys as rewards for your pledges.
In short, we have a plethora of cool rewards to send out to you in return for your pledge. Your money comes to us in May and goes directly to Toy2R to kick off the production of the Uncle Argh Noir figures! Each reward will be shipped as it is available. This will be our first major collab with Scott Tolleson and our first 500-piece run of anything, so we're really excited to get this project funded and moving.
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