Molding Phase

Designer Con 2017

Another Pasadena adventure is in the bag! We had a great trip out at Designer Con 2017 with our crew! It was a bitter sweet trip this year as it marks the last Dcon in Pasadena. We have been doing this show for 4 years now and it will certainly be missed at this special location.

I know I have been pretty quiet on the social outlets as of late. This year has been a busy one for me in many ways. Probably the biggest piece was getting married to my best friend of almost 10 years last month! It took a great deal of preparation and focus for that event, so my time became very limited with free activity. However, that did not stop me from developing new creations in the Spaced Out Universe!

I debuted a few things at Dcon '17 including a new Glyos compatible resin line called "The Spaced Out Compact Series". A few of my canon characters had been reworked into small and minimally jointed figures. It was really neat seeing my sculpts tiny and very detailed. The response to these little guys was very positive so definitely look out for more in the near future!

The other new offerings this year were some new 3D printed figures coming from Prismiria. The "Prismirites" are companion pieces to beings of Prismiria. There is 2 versions of the figures with differing parts. Just a small amount of these figures were released in the public. Expect a full release early 2018.

Everything is starting to fall back into place more or less. Be on the lookout for new Spaced Out figures and announcements soon!

Goodbye 2016!

Thank you all for riding along with me on the Spaced Out wagon this year! I think 2016 will go down as the most challenging year I have faced both on a personal level and creative level. However, it also stands as one of the most rewarding years for me as well. It has truly been a roller coaster ride but I find myself very lucky to have accomplished the things I did this year. I am also very happy with ending the year with 10 new characters fully realized in plastic form. This will indeed go down as my most productive and creative year I think.

Looking into 2017 I want to continue pushing the boundaries of toy making and implement more fun and exciting stories with the newly founded digital drawing world I have been traversing. Above is a quick sketch of the characters that made their plastic debuts this year and next year I would like to keep expanding their respective stories going forward.

Once again, thank you for your continued support and lets make 2017 a fun one!

Back In Action

The past few months have been a little rough over here at Spaced Out Design. While there has been mostly silence here on the web, I have been designing and producing new toys behind the scenes at a good pace. I am happy to say that the next few launches will be debuting some neat new characters into the Spaced Out Universe. Some of them will be familiar faces from years past and some all new. Keep an eye out for a release in the near future. As always, thanks again for all your support and input throughout all of these projects!

Mecha Treeborg Engage !

The Mecha Treeborgs have busted their way into the Shop , be sure to refresh the page! 

Hope you guys dig the latest assortment of figures!

Thieves

(Just a few hundred miles away from planet Velgeris...)

After the massive success of selling his latest infantry by the fleets, we find Acris sifting through space in search of a new specimen worthy of his tech. Drifting along, his ship starts passing over planet Velgeris. A few spikes appeared on his radar claiming a high source of power was near. Unsure of the spike, Acris decides to take a defensive stance in response to this anomaly. However, it was too late to defend his ship from the invaders. The Treeborgs of Velgeris pummeled into his ship with haste. They raided his armory and labs and took anything they could find in a scramble. Acris' defense team on board was too late as well to take action against these scavengers of tech. They fled the ship to return to Velgeris with their newly acquired power. 

The necessary repairs were made to the ship immediately after the attack. Acris prepared his team of  Mecha Acris and Vyvocree units for a massive search and destroy mission on Velgeris. This may have been the new specimen he was looking for after all, or possibly not...

Hunkered Down

Still on track for 9pm EST Tonight. More content soon, stay tuned!

Mecha Treeborgs Inbound

Tomorrow night there will be a new assortment of figures available in the Spaced Out Shop. 

Everything is on track for Saturday, March 12th at 9PM EST . There will be a few different types of figures ranging from low paint to full deluxe paint applications. Also expect some surprises tomorrow night as well. 

More content and story elements will be popping up as we get closer to the launch tomorrow night. Hope to see you there!

Grub and Grit

Vision

Set your sights for a sale coming this weekend! The Treeborgs are getting their mischievous hands on some new tech.  A new evolution is on the horizon. 

Exact day and time TBA. Stay tuned...

On the Move

The gears are turning...

Glazing In Effect

Here is a shot of the Acetone Vapor Bathing set-up. After the figures have been cleaned and scraped, they get prepped and dipped into the smoothing pools !

Cranking Away

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of Spaced Out content and or updates, been chipping away at the latest assortment of figures at the shop. Still trying to find a good balance between it all, but rest assured that new product and content is coming to those of you that are looking to explore a new section of the universe! Its been a very interesting transition from casting in urethane and mold making to manufacturing 3D printed figures. Let me say that in the many years I spent making molds and casting, 3D printing takes the cake on the labor load! Hah! I find it is more labor intensive post printed parts, but the end results are very satisfying and rewarding. Just to give a ballpark idea of the time it takes to make a Spaced Out toy; every figure can take up to 12-15 hours just to make one complete. This includes printing time, clean-up and scraping each surface, prepping for acetone, vapor bathing, tooling and assembling. This does not include things like: overnight cure for acetone vapor bathing and or painting/customizing. Needless to say, it takes awhile and your hands are into these guys a lot!

Above are some shots from the shop in the clean-up stage. Back to work!
(Yes, I tried taking a panoramic shot)

Old Adversaries

Old Adversaries coming to light. More soon...