September 4, 2010 – 8:02 am
SDCC gave us another look at some upcoming Minimates, so the time had come to once again take a look at some customizing possibilities. As always, if you can think of any more, make sure to post your ideas in the comments! Korg Thing from the upcoming Marvel Minimates Series 37 would be a perfect [...]
With every new Hulk Minimate release, collectors hope for an update that would make his arms look more in proportion to the chest and waist pieces added in recent years. Starting with Ultimate Hulk, he was even given larger hands, but his puny upper arms remained. Today I wanted to present three possibilities for DST [...]
As much as I proclaim the greatness of waterslide decals on this blog, I will be the first to admit that they are far from perfect. Darker decals become brittle and are prone to cracking. Smaller decals for the upper thigh and forearm are almost impossible to apply and secure. And perhaps most importantly, there [...]
I was never happy with the original Galactus Minimates Max statue. My main problem was with his face. In the image above, the original statue is on the left, and my modified version is on the right. You can see that the face area on the original is very, very small. I can understand why DST designed him this way – this was supposed to be a large minimate, so the head should be in proportion to a standard minimate head wearing a helmet. But this ignores the fact that Galactus has a very long head, and other minimates with long heads have received special treatment, such as The Leader and Sinestro. So I came up with a plan to cut Galactus’s head in half and make him into my ideal version of the character.
February 11, 2010 – 7:53 pm
In Part 1 of this series, I showed you how I came up with a way to display one 3-inch and four 2-inch minimates together in one package. This entry is going to focus on creating the packaging graphics using Photoshop. If you are a beginner with Photoshop, you might want to read my Decal [...]
