Category Archives: tough customs

Sinestro Corps Minimate Packaging Part 1

The Sinestro Corps, pictured above, is my latest set of minimate customs. You can click the image to view a much larger version with more detail. This is a commission set, and my next step is to make custom packaging for these. I didn’t really start thinking about the packaging until I had finished the customs, and then I realized this package would be one heck of a challenge!

Guest Post: Building a Better Minimate

Today I have a quick WIP picture to share with you, and then I am going to hand the reigns over to brobotc from Minimate Multiverse. So what is the WIP exactly? Well, I won’t say exactly what I am doing yet, but you can probably guess by looking at the picture: Check back in [...]

Tough Customs: Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri is a classic Dr. Who alien from the episodes Curse of Peladon and Monster of Peladon. Although it had a female voice, Alpha was neither male nor female – it was a hermaphrodite hexapod according to the Doctor. Either way, it was going to make for a challenging minimate custom!

Tough Customs: Davros

I have been planning on making this Davros minimate ever since I started making Doctor Who customs several months ago. My biggest obstacle was the base, which I did not want to sink hours into sculpting or recreating with other materials. However, in the UK you can buy 2.5″ Daleks that are motorized and even [...]

Case Study: Mr. Monster

Earlier this Spring, I received a commission order for two Mr. Monster minimates, a monster-fighting hero created by Michael Gilbert. The order was very specific that these two minimates had to be identical. This made me stop and really think about how I was going to design these minimates before I moved forward. I realized [...]