I need to still put the photos in Photoshop and optimize the colors but was excited to post these. I'll repost photos after the raw images are cleaned up a bit.
The base needs about 2 more coats of lacquer and the NFL ball needs to be converted to a college one..
I've had a lot of positive feedback on this piece from the progress pics I have been posting throughout the project on Twitter.
Here we go...
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tsk.... it's pretty good, but not horizontal enough
kidding of course. your work continues to amaze me. simply wow.
Incredible. Excellent detail. Well done sir.
Very nice! You are very good at your craft! Hey how about one of Sam Rogers? Or would you be scared it would come to life and wreck havoc on humanity and such ala 'Puppet Master'
The shear density of a Sam Rogers piece would rip my workbench right off of the wall.
Up next...
-David Wilson (figure is finished and waiting on the custom facemask I made to get back from casting)
-Bruce "The Sack Man" Smith (the first in my "Legends of Lane" series)
-Brewer (All-Star Vinyl Figure)
-Juice (steamrolling someone, what other pose would there be???)
-Bucky (pre-snap)
Guessing you'll have use a different scale model for Bucky.
It's amazing what you do. Can't wait to see Bruuuce.
Indeed, a 1/12th scale Bucky would still be 6'6"
Should definitely do Bucky dancing.
That's amazing work... I wish I had a fraction of that talent.
Wish you sold these. I would definitely buy one. Excellent work.
You sir have an amazing gift
This is awesome!
Can we use this to contribute to the FAINT count for this year?
11/10 would purchase
Do you have a website or photo gallery that shows the figures that you've created thus far?
All of my Virginia Tech customs and Pocket Pros are posted here on the Pictureboard area of the forum (I've taken it upon myself to clean out the cobwebs from that area and post all my VT art there). I try to stick to just the VT stuff on here so that no one feels like I am spamming the board with stuff from other teams. I do however, try to sneak some Oregon Duck stuff since I'm always messing with their helmets/unis. Their uniforms just always seem to be changing and they kind of set the trend in college football uniform design (for better or for worse).
I post progress pics and mockups regularly on Twitter unless the person requesting it asks that photos not be revealed until the piece is done. I think my Suggs post when I first joined had a whole bunch of different pictures of customs that I have done with various stages of completion.
Well played...leg for you, sir!
I've been wanting to do a Vine video with Enter Sandman dubbed behind it and 360 degrees of rotation but can't figure out how to make that happen. I have a turntable and have done it with my Kentucky Anthony Davis piece but the whining/grinding from the turntable was very distracting. I've seen Vines with dubbed audio, so I know it's possible.
Sweet! Nice detail on the gloves too.
These are ordered beforehand by people right?
Typically, yes. I do occasionally make some for myself. The Tyrod piece that took me forever to do is sitting in my office at work and a Niners Frank Gore piece sits next to my iMac/Interactive display at home. I couldn't let the Tyrod go it was both a great/curse of a project to do. I have a Natrone Means (one of my favorite running backs; I guess why I like Juice so much) on my desk that another guy did for me before I got into the hobby.
One of the drug reps that comes to visit our office is a Clemson alum and we always sit down and talk ACC football and/or recruiting. He really gets a kick out of seeing the helmets and finished projects that I have in the office. Ever since we had our two boys my memorabilia room was converted to our kids play room and all my VT stuff had to come to the office.
Sadly, none of the Fullers seem to have seen this on Twitter. Tyrod and David Wilson were really good about giving feedback when stuff got posted up. I appreciate all the comments on here, thanks guys!
HORSE ON A TREADMILL PLZ
Awesome work Prripper!
Great job! Only comment is that he should be a lot higher off the ground ;)