Prismirian Knight

As Prismiria starts to open up more to us, I am starting to introduce all new characters that have been in development for a few years in ABS form. One of my favorite Prismirian designs was originally titled "The Rhino" Prismirian. I ended up with the "Prismirian Knights" as I envisioned these guys being the elite guards to Geodraxus. I imagine the Knights were these stalwart subjects that were also vital protectors of Prismira. Geo knew since the fall of his brother to Acris that the planet needed more support. There was already too many potential threats in the System that put the entire Prismirian race at risk. New Prismirans were trained and the Prismic Defense was starting to form in a strong way. For now, Prismiria would be safe...

Drawing Connections

I have started messing around with digital illustration and have been loving the whole experience. It's truly amazing how far technology has come. Drawing digitally feels just as fluid as pen and paper and I can not be more excited to continue developing new content. Here is a quick sketch I did of the Ancient Prismirian.  

Designer Con 2016 Wrap Up

Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend to Designer Con 2016 in Pasadena! It was a spectacular show again this year thanks to Ben and Co at 3D Retro. It was wonderful catching up with everyone and meeting a ton of new people at the show. I personally look forward to this trip each and every year.

Our aisle was very strong this year with the powerful presence of our Japanese family as well as our Glyos family. This trip was packed full of laughs and burgers! Everyone had great sales across the boards as people piled in to see all the new toys. Specifically our Japanese friends who had lines that bordered the convention walls! Thanks again to everyone who made this trip a memorable one!

Big thanks to my older brother Matt for sharing table space with me and allowing me to continue my dream of making toys! We both share the same love for California and had a great time with everyone out there. Without this bearded Overseer, I would not be in the position that I am in today. Thanks again for all the advice and opportunities!

Only a tiny batch of toys survived the trip back to Boston. Once again a big thank you to everyone who swung by and showed support! You guys certainly made this convention a record breaking experience for me.

The Shop has been loaded with the remnants of Designer Con 2016

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Designer Con Preview 5

Scanning for Rapitnoks. The Corteric Hunters will also be making their debut this weekend at Designer Con ! We will be located at booth # 1002 . See you there!

Designer Con Preview 4

Here is one of the Ancient Prismirians that will be available this weekend at Designer Con. More on these elder beings later! 

Designer Con Preview 3

An old truth comes to light this weekend at Designer Con...

Designer Con Preview 2

Geodraxus MK V and some new friends make their debut this weekend at Designer Con! Stay tuned for new reveals rolling out this week!

Designer Con Preview 1

Geodraxus returns at Designer Con next week in his 5th official iteration! It's hard to believe the original wax sculpt was introduced over 4 years ago! Really excited to show what else will be debuting next week along side this Prismirian hero. More to come! 

Designer Con 2016

We are currently gearing up for Designer Con 2016 out in beautiful Pasadena! Got some fun stuff in the pipeline this year.

More to come!

Prisma

I am cooking up a bevy of new items for the upcoming launch. Here is a little taste of what is coming...

I have been messing around with that Prisma app everyone is using and I like the neat outputs it creates. This one seems to be very fitting.

Through the Supports

A few all new figures are currently being manufactured over at the shop as I write this entry. Here is a glimpse of some raw prints hot off the press! We will be seeing some fun new items this round that I am really excited to share with you all. More soon!

Early Stages 3

Over the years I have learned that the gesture of a toy is a very instrumental part of having a "good" figure in your hands. Even some of the most intensely sculpted figures can lack this very essential aspect. It needs to hit all the marks for me personally or else I wouldn't want to play with it.

In the early stages of fleshing out the Raptinok, I was entertaining the idea of having this figure portray a stance akin to a Raptor. The Raptinok in the beginning had a more fierce and heroic stance (what he is currently sporting now) which I liked better in the end. It is important to see it both ways sometimes. Every one of my figures go through countless stages before I reach the final product. This includes many revisions to design, engineering, scale, you name it. I will make prototypes and let them resonate for a little while to get the general feel for a certain design. At the end of the day, I need to be happy with it before I let it out in the world. As we say in the sheet metal business - "You are only as good as your worst employee". I feel the same way with my toys!

Anyway, enough of my toy making babbling, thought you might like some more behind the scenes stuff.