It’s Dong Drop Saturday!
These absolute beauties are now in inventory
Tag: toys
Well, this sucks!
We can announce that our extra powerful suction cups are now at a level where we consider moving them out of the ‘experimental’ phase.
woop!
also lets talk about that gorgeous color *-*
New Monty vs. Retro Monty
The tarnished copper Monty on the left is the updated model, and the lavender/white one on the right is the original model. This particular one has a bit of a lean, but I find it endearing.
Monty now has a smoother overall curve, more skin fold detailing around the base, and major changes to the topside plate design. The head is slightly less pointed and overall it has a heftier appearance than before.
Retro Skoll vs New Skoll
Retro Skoll – technically Skoll 2.0 – is on the left, and New Skoll – technically 3.0 0 – is on the right. Skoll 1.0 was retired early and is being replaced by something else.
New Skoll features a few tweaks that differentiate it from 2.0. The base has been completely retextured, and as you can see in the last image, the base is now a little wider overall. Some awkward geometry in the head has been fixed, as it printed a little differently than expected the first time, and the urethral opening is more pronounced.
His tattoos have also been retooled slightly, to make up for them getting a little washed out by my coating methods on the previous model. They’re a bit more streamlined now and alter how the toy looks from the topside… but I think it’s for the best!
Let me introduce to you the first pull of my model The Chubby Gargoyle. Looking for something cute, short, and fat? Well this little guy is your ticket. I am so happy with how drastically my vacuum chamber reduces the airbubbles! This little guy just needs his base trimmed then he will be for sale. I won’t be listing him until next week when I get back from my trip!
Dimensions of The Chubby Gargoyle:
Usable length: 4 inches
Total length: 5 inches
Circumference of head: 4.5 inches
Circumference of shaft: 6 inches
Circumference of base: 9 inches
Welp, this is not how I had hoped to reveal the Quru, but oh well.
I have bad news and bad-sorta good news.
yah, so the bad news is that my first attempt at the Quru failed. See pics above. My poor birdy.
The bad-sorta good news is that I have to postpone my surgery. A few days ago, I was getting ready to pay the physician fee of 481.75 when they dropped the bombshell on me that I would also have to pay 2000.00 for the facility fee. If they had told me that when I was at the appointment scheduling the surgery then I would have told them that, wow, I cant do this right now, I am not made of money.
So the sorta good news is that my shop will remain open and not go into vacation mode this month.
If things work out I can reschedule the surgery for sometime in march.So after all of that happened, I went ahead and made a mold of the Quru using Rebound 25 and mold star 15. This was my first time making a reversible mold instead of a sleeve mold. A day after making the mold I decided to pour my first Quru, I thought I had adequately coated the inside of the mold with ease release 200. But nope, I did not.
The demolding process was frustrating and painful. I just wasted almost 5 Droths worth of silicone.After demolding the Quru I just put it down, walked away, and went to take a shower.
I hate the feeling of failure.
I spent the next day in denial. I didn’t even want to look at it. The day after that I was starting to feel better and finally went over and picked the Quru up, gave it a few squishes and started to examine my mistakes. I realized that not all is lost. The mold might be salvageable and the original sculpt is undamaged ( except for the feathers) I can remake the feathers, better and with less small detail for easier demolding.
Everything will be okay. Its something I gotta tell myself a lot.
I am not sure when I will get a chance to continue working on it. But I will complete this monster bird someday. I will have my Quru!
Base preview and some quick Quru specs:
From base to tip the Quru is about 12 inches long
Circumference of first spiral 5 inches
Circumference of second, 6 inches
Circumference of third 7.5 inches
Circumference of fourth 10 inches
I will be able to provide better sizing when its actually in silicone form.
Even though January is going to be a hard month for me, I still hope to have this bird done and cast by the end of it.
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