Ivan

I share your frustrations with this promo situation BHM. When I first read there would be four bagged promos at this show I was afraid I'd be dragged back to eBay. (I've been clean for years.) Mr. Mona's post calmed those concerns. I wanted to believe. Now even if the goblins are reissued with the same bag that leaves us* with two versions to track down. And it sounds like as popular as these were we'll have a new batch to hunt down next year. (*us completist nutjobs, that is)

Dammit. Guess I posted this about a week too early. (Not my official entry because it would be disqualified.) Guess I've got to start a new entry. With blackjack. And hookers. Edited to remove old image, still linked though.

Thank you. It is digital though I tried to make it look hand painted. New post uploaded with an update on the 500% Minimate. Just a bunch of grungy pictures.

You may want to take a look at FreeCAD for the modeling. I haven't used it but I've heard good things and it may be easier to do the 8bit stuff with a parametric tool like this instead of a polygon based tool like Blender. As for shapeways, I really like them. I've printed maybe a dozen things and only had one problem. After contacting them, they sent a new print. (And that was a $60 print, IIRC.) Their Frosted Ultra Detail plastic is amazing. It showed details I never thought would be visible.

Aunt May, obviously.

Latest post.

Has anybody seen any good reference images for the from the movie? I'm looking for the whole console, not just the screen. I've got this one but I'm hoping for some better/bigger views. I'd be willing to buy the "Art of" book, if I knew for sure what I was looking for was in there.

Not to derail (too much) but what exactly is a real collector?

Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. Minimates without end.

Nobody goes to SDCC anymore, it's too crowded.

Something like this? I decided to just make the hip piece and use the standard legs. It took a few iterations to find the right range of movement. The ugliest one on the far right is what ended up working.

I love Minimates because they fill the dark void in my soul that exists because of my inability to make and maintain trusting, long-lasting personal relationships that don't somehow involve a computer. At least that's what my therapist says. But mainly I think it's because Minimates don't call the cops on me when I take pictures of them. ...and they told me what it sounds like when doves cry.

Just something quick-and-dirty. (Click for the 2X)

Of my many character flaws, one of the most frustrating is my inability (unwillingness?) to finish a project. So... New Project Time! Since an Enterprise-D vehicle with removable captain's chair seemed unlikely to see release, I made my own captains chair. Then I thought, "Why not do the whole damn bridge?" Then, "Oh, I could do the observation lounge and the ready room too." "Engineering, gotta do engineering with a light up warp core." "Shuttlecraft!" "Runabouts!" "Oh hell, DS9 promenade!" Is AdderAll available OTC?

Hey, at least they're listed: http://www.minimatedatabase.com/series.php?i=35&n=Wal-Mart+Canada+%282003%29 Maybe one day it'll be complete.

Don't be so sure. There are many things in this world that can not yet be explained by science. Not every Twilight Zone episode was fiction.Ever hear of Betty Mae's Lyrics of Love? Small Wonder Version 2.0? Fascination Time with Uncle Edwin? The Twinkie Sunset Brigade of Northern Idaho? Brad and Carl Teach Cool Algebra? Mr. Robot Loves You? The Suite Life of Zach and Cody? No? You're welcome.

This is all Blender. But it uses the Cycles Render engine instead of the Blender engine. With that you've got a lot more control over the rendering settings. It's also a ton more complicated. Here's the material node I used for the x-ray bones. (click to enlarge) I didn't come up with that myself. I took the basics from a forum post and tweaked some of the values to get the look I wanted. It's like learning Blender materials all over again. I didn't realize it until BHM brought it up but the images do look more like MRIs than X-Rays. Thankfully I don't have much experience with either. Apart from the stealing medical records part... Lobsterman, I'm not sure what you're looking for. A scaled image to print at Minimate size? Or something more complicated? Maybe I'm just tired and confused. Nervous, I actually worked on a skull & crossbones image six years ago, but the output wasn't great. I like to think I've improved... Obviously there's a bit of bone stretching to get the proportions right. I just assume they came from a three incher.

Another skeleton related update to Minimate Labs. We're headed to the radiology ward. More images at the site. (post permalink)

Thank you guys. I'm glad you like them as much as I do. This was another project I was smiling all the way through. A lot of fun all around. I've definitely got more plans for this skeleton. I should have new posts on the site Tuesday and Thursday next week. Probably not as cool as this initial stuff, but you've got to lead strong, right?

I do my little turn on the catwalk... Just updated Minimate Labs with a post showing what's inside a Minimate. More (and larger) images on the main page. (permalink)

It appears we have consensus, thanks all. Hopefully I'll have the update posted tonight. Ni!

I knew GB2 was in the Apocrypha.

I'm of two minds about this so I thought I'd get some outside opinions. From the neck down, are these two different figures? (Left: MM51, Right: TRU17) (Please ignore the alternate head and helmet on TRU17, it does come with the exact same head and helmet as MM51, I just didn't shoot that photo.) The difference comes down to the different shoulder pieces. Currently I have them as the same entry on the Minimate Database. But that was set up before I had TRU17 in hand. I'm leaning toward separate entries now, but I don't know. Are they different enough? Pedants welcome.

Posts on Minimate Labs resume next Tuesday, 11/19. It's mainly stuff I've already posted in this thread and elsewhere on the 'verse, so avid MMMV readers have likely already seen them. But it feels good to clear out the backlog and get back into a creative mindset.

In TM2's defense, I do remember this being brought up before... ...And after a bit of research I found this thread: Possession of Rarities. (Tread lightly, some long lost friends in there.) Some do, some don't. My loose blue one does, but both my loose red and green ones don't. EDIT: After checking my packaged blanks, I've found red, green, and yellow (in addition to the blue above) that have the copyright text. These packaged ones all have the Wizard World sticker, so I'm not sure if the non-copyrighted versions came from San Diego or Toy Fair. I've picked up more blanks since 2007, but not many. All my SDCCs (RGBY), and Wizard Worlds (RGY) have the text. I currently don't have any sealed Toy Fair packs. But there are a couple opened TF baggies so I'm assuming that's where the naked ones came from. Not as much rigor in those days.