Happy 8th Anniversary Glyos!

Today is a very special day. Today marks the eighth year of the Glyos System Series being manufactured! Its such a great thing seeing my favorite independent toy line surviving and growing each and every year. I have had the ultimate privilege to play a small component to the shipping process over there the past few years as well as collaborating with my best friend on multiple toy endeavors. It is this toy line, and this friendship that has brought me to where I am the happiest and most creative! For that I will always be thankful.

Its my personal hope that Glyos continues venturing down fun roads exploring all there is in the Glyos universe.

The special anniversary sale starts Tonight, July 21st at 9:30 EST in the Glyos shop! Certainly one of my favorite waves so far!

Here is to Eight great years buddy, and many more to come! 

Engage!

Mecha Acris is coming along nicely and should see his first print-out soon!

More to follow!

Man at Arms

Mecha Acrite

Mecha Acris

Acris FIles: ORC Prototype

These ORC units I imagine are Acris' heavy duty soldiers. These big hulking brutes tear down anything in there path with there telescopic Acrohammers in their chunky mitts ! Certainly these boys are a force to be reckoned with! However, these guys are not mass produced in armies like some of the other infantry. Sold mainly in tiny squads because of their power and the sheer cost of them.

Again we see the gray un-acetoned print and green acetoned print. I find it neat to compare and contrast the way these prints look when put through some vapors. Ben did a great job on keeping the detail on the processed figures! Another thanks to the champion!

Next up something much smaller!

New Dimensions

Following up on the previous post, here are some raw and processed 3D prints of my latest figures (Thanks Ben!). The TAPF solider being the first 3D modeled figure and the GOBLIN being the second one. The small guys are coming in at 2.5" and the jumbos are hovering at about 7.5". The small scaled figures were designed to fit right in with the Glyos System Series making them Glyos compatible! Some neat swaps can be made with these ABS guys.

The jumbos feel like a nice clunky figure in your hands. Ratcheting these guys around the past few weeks has been really fun. These big boys are not Glyos compatible (yet) but they are neat in their own right. I imagine the little guys piloting these big suits of themselves. Inception!  

Ill be posting up the next two figures shortly. Think Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, with a dash of Starcraft as the inspiration for this line going forward!

Acris Files: Infantry Blueprints

Here are a few Blueprints of Acris' latest soldiers he has been developing up on his ship. All units are currently undergoing final prototyping.

Some 3D printed ABS figure photos coming up !

Proto Phase

New Tech

The past few months I have been investing a good amount of time into the 3D modelling world and have been having fun playing and learning this new universe. I have been working on Acris but also putting time in these new infantry units created by Acris. The first soldier (On the left) is from the TAPF Infantry Unit. This is Acris' second engineered soldier. The Acrites being his first engineered soldier. On the right is his beta solider titled GOBLIN. I imagine both of these guys mass produced by Acris as his defensive weapons.

I finished these two figures and sent them off to 3D Printing Pro, Ben Mininberg. Ben was nice enough to entertain my designs and make them an ABS reality. Thanks Ben!

 I'll be popping up some more photos and intel later!

Balance

Its been a few months since I last posted on here, but I am excited to get back into the action! Back in December I got a new job with more responsibilities, so the creative endeavors got slowed down a bit. Since then, I have been trying to find the balance between that and what I am building here with Spaced Out Design. I have been steadily working on a new figure and a few other miscellaneous projects that will be popping up over the next few weeks.

I am truly excited about sharing this next figure however. His first sketches and outline began quite a few years ago when I started really getting into toys and thinking it could be something I could supplement my life with. Since then, I have been adding and improving on his overall design in between other projects like Geodraxus and Quarzenic.

Acris holds a very special place in my overall vision. He was the first critical design I wanted to pursue and hope to perfect. He still is going through changes as I speak but I know he will land in a good place in the end.( Hopefully!)

Anyway, I figured I would throw up some pictures of both of my worlds, work and toys! I now have a powerful laser cutting machine at my disposal and 3D modelling software, so I have been busy noodling around there as well. Here are some patterns I drew and cut out of Acris, along with some early study sculpts and some shop casts!

Happy Holidays !

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!  Hopefully it's being spent with loved ones and friends. I'll be cracking back into the shop after the holidays and going full force on some current and new projects.  Can't wait to have some new stuff cooking!  See you guys in 2015, going to be a good one!