Kodykoala Customs

Here is something that my brother and I have been talking about for a while. We thought it would be cool to have characters from the Super Mario Universe drive giant Mechs of themselves. I decided to do Mario first because, well, that is all they had at Toys'r'us when I went. I used a giant Mario Vinyl Figure and a Mario Keychain. For the Cock-pit, I used the pit from an Avatar Amp Suit. If you want to see more pictures, head over to My Flickr Page to see more pictures and a closer look at the cockpit. As always, I love constructive criticism, so let me know what I can do better.

Here is my latest custom. I just picked up Boy and His Blob for Wii, and I love it! I had to make a custom figure and I had the perfect base to make it. I used a Revoltech Yotsuba figure and sculpted everything else. I had to shorted the legs, arms, and torso to get the proportions right, but in the end it came out. Check out My Flickr Page to see more pics.

Here is a bunch of customs that I did this last month. I was trying to be a little more off-beat with my figures this time. I know these won't get as much attention as my video game customs, but I am doing this for fun and not attention. So here is what I came up with.

One of my favorite web cartoons is homestarrunner, and every once in a while, I like to pay tribute to them. Here is Strong Badman. He goes around Strongbadia demanding danishes and kicking butt. I used a wrestling figure and I sculpted the head and hands. I plan on making a couple more from the series like Coach Z and Bubs.

Next I made the Crimson Chin. I love fairly odd parents, and I thought that this was a good chance to make something from the show. He is a little darker than I had hoped, but still came out really good. The only thing I had to sculpt was the chin and mouth.

The Ronald McDonald figure was a spur of the moment custom. I was at a flea market and saw this figure with a giant afro. I thought he would make a great clown figure. What better clown than the most famous one. Not sure who the wrestling figure was that I used, but I loved the way it came out.

Lastly, my Koala Spartan. This isn't a new one, but I haven't written about it yet, so I thought I would. I wanted to make a custom koala figure, and so I made this one. I am currently working on a battle mech for him. To check out all my customs go to My Flickr Page.

I know that this has already been posted all over the place, but I wanted to write up the process and why I did what I did. For the torso I used a Mecha Hulk. I got this off ebay, but it was missing the back panel, so I improvised a gas tank using a 5 hour energy bottle and some mighty putty. I used some spare parts for the helmet and the face guard. For the wheels, I used a 1989 GI Joe Pulverizer. I used super glue and mighty putty to connect the two halves together. Gutsdozer originally popped Neo-Mets from his chest, so I thought he needed to have one. For the Neo-Met, I used a Terminator Head cut in half, shoes from a Luigi figure that I had already used to make my Super Mario Custom Figures and an egg from an egg machine. To see more pics, go to My Flickr Page. Here are some more pics in case you didn't want to go to my flickr page :(

I have finally made a King Hippo Custom Figure. I was having a hard time finding a base figure to use, but I found a figure that is perfect. I used a Blob build-a-figure as the base and the results came out really cool. For this piece, I went for form over function, so the legs do not move, but the arms, head, and feet still move. I have had this done for a while, but I haven't had a chance to post it. I was beat out by fugazi's awesome custom king hippo. Here are some more pics:

Here is what I think Wario would look like if he were an action figure. I found the base figure at a flea market, and the rolls made me think that he would make a good Wario figure. I never realized how feminine a guy could look with purple overalls, until I started to paint him. Luckily I was able to darken up the purple, and make it a bit more masculine. My favorite part is probably the mustache. I wanted a different style of mustache for this figure, and I thought that it would look cool to connect to the side burns. For more pictures, hit up My Flickr Page and let me know what you think!

After playing Chibi Robo on the Gamecube and DS, I wanted one to clean up my house for me, but unfortunately nano robotics isn't quite there yet. So, I decided to at least have a figure of Chibi to remind me to someday build one that actually works. I used Lego Bricks to make the head, arms and legs, and I used a highlighter to make the body. I also used a plug from an old game system to make...well...the plug. If you want to see more pictures, head over to My Flickr Page and check out all of the awesome pictures.

Finally, I have my finished product for my Bloo Ogre Munny Design. I have been meaning to post this for weeks, but work has been keeping me swamped. I love the way this one came out. I wanted to do a munny that was my own character design. This was the first thing that came to mind. You can check out more pictures at my Flickr page.

I was deeply inspired by Tinkerbots and so I decided to make one while I was at work. This isn't the first junkbot that I have made, but this is the first I have posted. My very first junkbot was made from CDrom Lenses and capacitors. I will post pictures when I find him. This junkbot was made from an old mouse, some old clock parts, badge clips, and some pocket flashlights I had around my desk. This was another work boredom project. Check out the pictures at My Flickr Page.