New Desk

While I work on some illustrations for a new story, here are some pictures of my desk! Its pretty clean at the moment because the desk is new. Before this, I worked on a little wobbly warped card table.

Here are the toys watching over me while I work.

King Castor Fan Art and Story!

On the october toys OMFG forum, (Here) the fan -PookeyG- has been making some awesome fantasy stat cards and storylines for the OMFG figures! He just got around to King Castor, and it looks super awesome. The story is great as well!

 

King Castor

Usually made from an old castle or disused brick fortress, King Castor is the final resting place for a magic user who has not lost the will to fight, only the ability.

Rudimentary steam engines are haphazardly attached to these structures to give them some mobility. After they are prepared, a disabled magic user (typically a witch or wizard who has grown too old and feeble to walk) is brought inside where they perform a last ritual in which their spirit is bound to the brick structure thereby giving it life. A face resembling the magic user emerges from the bricks outside of the area where the witch or wizard was interred.

Despite powerful engines, King Castors are always extremely slow. Their brick bodies are strong and sturdy, but also extremely heavy. Typically this is not too large of a hinderance in battle. The power of the interred witch or wizard is only amplified by the now large and more sturdy building.

Despite these stone buildings being nearly timeless (barring any outside force of destruction) they are not exactly ideal for the interred magic user. They require constant upkeep. The fires in the steam engine must be ablaze at all times. Should the fire go out, the King Castor shall be immobile and the spirit of the witch or wizard that animated it shall be trapped until the fires are re-lit. If the animated fortress can sustain a large enough crew, it can also be outfitted with cannons and other incendiaries.

Work crews responsible for upkeep typically live in the chambers inside of the King Castor.

If the structure is completely destroyed, the spirit of the magic user remains on earth until armageddon. As such, most magic users prefer death and passing in the next world. Only the most stern and vengeful opt for interring as a King Castor.

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Thank you, -PookeyG-!

WIP: Old vs. New

Here are some current pictures of what I am working on!

Currently I am making the robot nice and sharp for production. Some details were removed, others added onto, but I think the overall shape of the being is much nicer to look at.

For comparison, there is the previous version of the part.

As you can see by the other pieces lying about, all the parts of the robot are being updated.
I am trying to be a little more slow and steady on the Astronaut so that in one go it will be production-ready.
Only time and effort will tell, though!

As a bonus, here is a preview of the third robot head, as well as the third figure!

Sale Here! Now!

APKC2 ORANGE $5

Free OGKC with Order!

Art Card APKC2 $10
limit removed!

Free OGKC with Order!

OGKC: Original Color! $3

Orange King Castors Sale Here Tonight!

Tonight, at 9:30 PM EST I will be putting the OMFG King Castor sale here on my blog!
It will just be a few paypal buttons in a new post, accompanied by pictures.
Here are what is being offered:

APKC2: Artist-Proof
King Castor in bright Orangey Sherbert Color! $6 (3 per customer)

Art-Card APKC2: The above Castor with an original sketched art card, drawn by the artist. $12 (1 per customer)

OGKC: The original, the most gangster, the classic muscle-tone king castor at a price perfect for customizing! Order as many as you want, each at $3 (unlimited)

Some customs might appear in December, stay tuned for that!

Kicks: Work in Progress

The most compliments I get on these figures are about the shoes of the robot. They are definitely unique, and convey a special love of shoes I have. Shoes are magical.
"Why" might you ask, "does a robot wear shoes?"
To look good, of course!
There might be other reasons.

The previous incarnation of the shoes left me wanting something more. They were the wrong shape, in my opinion, and the details needed sharpening.
So, without further ado, here are some in-progress shots of the new and improved shoes. The changes are small, and maybe not significant, but I hope you agree that they are improved.
A little more magical, if you will.

 

  

 As a little bonus, here is the previous-previous incarnation of the shoes. Just terrible! Bleh.
Thank goodness I improved my techniques.

Astronaut WIP 3 and Some Painting

Here we see the torso nearing some kind of basic completion. It needs more cleaning up all over the place, but its now pretty much what it will look like. The pelvis is also coming along well. You can compare it to the robot's pelvis below- they can be swapped to give characters some minor variation to distinguish one from another.

One of the reasons I made the pelvis a triple-peg piece is so people could make custom ones and cast their own. For example, if you wanted a long dress piece, you could make it to attach to the torso without having to drill holes for pegs to fit into. You could also create your own pelvis with a tail! That is the same thinking I gave to making the lower legs and feet pegged, it allows customizers to create whatever kind of feet they want.

Well, who are these friendly looking characters? Its two speaker-headed robots! On the left we see a standard robot, and to his right, some kind of shadow-universe version. Its fun, with this many panels and odds-and-ends, to decide what to paint. Such choices make each version look a lot different, as you can highlight different details.