3" Nintendo Controller Vinylmation $75

 $75 shipped, if interested email me at joeofwar@aol.com

Hey guys, I am a massive video game fan and it all started back in the mid 1980s when I was about 3 or 4. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in 1985 in the U.S. My parents got it for my brother and I, and we were both soon sucked in, believe me! I still love the original 8-bit video games and I wanted to take a shot at designing a Nintendo controller on a Vinylmation. He's got the directional pad (D-pad) on the front of his head, and the initials NES on the back of his head. On his chest are the select and start buttons, as well as the grey patterns on the controller. On his shoes I painted 85 and made a nice shiny silver background to help the numbers stand out. The 80s were great years for me as a child, and this is one of my fondest memories of them. Oh yeah and I made a new logo for my vinyl customs! Thanks for looking!

Sketched this design to start:

Father Wales from Bioshock 2 (SOLD)

Going along with my Bioshock customs, this custom figure was made in the image of Father Wales from the game Bioshock 2. "The Silent God" referenced is the main character from the first Bioshock game - Jack Ryan. Let's just say Father Wales held Jack Ryan in high esteem. I started out with a Buffy the Vampire Slayer figure that is about 6 inches tall. His arms were far too stubby, so I sculpted extensions out of Aves Apoxie. I also sculpted rose petals, a giant butterfly to go on the cross, vines for the cross, and his hat. Used Citael and Testors acrylic paints to give him his new look. Since he's a spider splicer in the game, I had to give him those meat hooks to swipe at you with. 

Base figure - Buffy the Vampire Slayer figure
Head and hands - repainted DC Universe head (Abin Sur)
Hooks - Mcfarlane fodder
Hat - cut vinyl brim and Aves Apoxie
Rose petals - Aves Apoxie
Cross - Buffy fodder
Cross vine - Aves Apoxie
Butterfly - Aves Apoxie
Small cross and book - Buffy fodder
Arm extensions - Aves Apoxie

Reference photo:

Base figure used:

WIP shots (Aves Apoxie - everything white):

Father Wales with accessories / butterfly cross:

Coy's Toy Chest logo

This is a logo I made for my buddy Coy for his website, where he sells sweet 80s Transformers, GI Joe's, Ninja Turtles, HeMan - you name it!  Oh I photoshopped everything but the banner, just so I don't get sued haha!  His website is www.coystoychest.com.

Bioshock's Sander Cohen (version 2) with Mannequin

This is my second attempt at Sander Cohen, Bioshock's resident disturbed artist. I used a different base figure for him and I also wanted to add one of his creepy mannequins that appear, and reappear many, many times in Fort Frolic. The DC Direct "Planetary" Elijah Snow base figure for Cohen was easy to paint over sine he was all white. Cohen's mannequin was made to look like he used plaster over a human body. I used a plant for the mannequin's rabbit ears, which fans of the game will understand. (Note he no longer has any arms even if he wanted to take them off). And on the plaster Sander seems to have painted little moths...creepy.

Cohen is holding a splicer mask that he repainted to his liking. He also includes a flower and paintbrush that I used Aves Apoxie and a toothpick to make. Check out those classic two-tone kicks! I think Sander would definitely wear pink. Oh and the mannequin's picture frame is also made out of Aves Apoxie. Tried to take a few moody shots with some gloomy lighting. I think they turned out nicely. Here's the breakdown of what's in the pictures:

Sander Cohen base figure - DC Direct "Planetary" Elijah Snow figure
Flower - Aves Apoxie
Paintbrush - Aves Apoxie and toothpick
Mask - Bioshock ladysmith splicer mask repainted

Mannequin base figure - House of the Dead zombie figure (plus Aves Apoxie, minus some limbs)
Mannequin rabbit ears - plant from Pirates o.t.c
Picture frame - Aves Apoxie
Figure display - Pirates o.t.c.
Poster - printed out

Base figure I used

Mannequin work in progress

Shadow of the Colossus 3" Vinylmation Mickey Mouse

This here is my first custom Vinylmation. I got this blank white vinyl Mickey way back during my Easter vacation to Disney World in 2009 with my family and girlfriend Val. Didn't want to customize it until I had the right inspiration I guess. Playing through Shadow of the Colossus for about the 6th time recently, I was definitely inspired. Here is the 3" Mickey as Wander. Wander, the main character, must climb a series of 16 colossi and defeat them only by finding their weak points and putting his sword to good use on them. Defeating all 16 would release his girlfriend from a sort of deep sleep or curse. Pretty much one of the most beautiful games I've ever played and I've been playing them for 23 years so that's saying something.

Onto the symbolism of what I painted. On the front side I wanted to depict Wander as he looked in the game using a key element of gameplay. I painted his ear as the sun because in the game you have to use your sword's reflection of the sun to locate the next colossus in a massive open-world environment (including desert, forests, caves, lakes, etc.). The sword is from another figure I borrowed. The glyph on the front of his shirt is actually what the weak points of the colossi look like when you find them, only theirs glow in a vibrant light blue. 

On the back side I used a reference picture of a colossus and painted him as a black sillouette. But I wanted to give a feel for his texture so I added some brown and green to depict the colossi hair that you had to latch onto in order to actually climb the darn things! They were made of mostly stone, grass, fur, and parts that looked like building features. There was a very architectural feel to all of them since they basically rise out of the earth when you find them. Anyhow I painted his pants green and it doubles as grass for the scene on his back.

On the sides I wanted to add some feathers of different birds hanging on his belt. In the game you could collect lizard tails, but I liked the look of hanging bird feathers instead (a little artistic license).

All in all I really like how it turned out. Up next I will be customizing a 9" Vinylmation Colossus to accompany Wander here. Enjoy!

Paints - Testors and Citadel acylic flats

Reference pictures:

Finished Wander figure:

The Artist:

The dog and the girlfriend's pretty nails: