Bob Harris

Not really a custom, at least not a mate-realated, but you can see it as a teaser, since I'm working on other Watchmen: Post-mortem Comedian badge I made the yellow smiley badge and put the red ink on top of the finished badge, so it's a little more like the haptic curdled blood drop feeling. Up next are two Watchmen - one wearing black, the other purple pants - but right now both are in queue, because I'm trying to work on a mate for Luke314pi's awesome "Balck & White Contest" presented by his astonishing Minimate Factory.

Thanks a lot Luke, I knew you would be helpful!

I used the search a few times with different keywords, but I didn't find a solution. I do want to change the "Topic Description", that little topic explanation beneath the topic's title, but I haven't found out how to do this. I want to change my customs topic description to make clear it's updated like everybody else does, but I'm just way to stupid. I guess. Somehow. Médico... por favor.

Happy Birthday folks!

Thanks for the response, Luke. I've never worked with a vector software, I usually use Photoshop or the Gimp for my needs. But nevertheless I'm really looking forward to see your tutorial!

I'm not so much into Escape from New York and I personally think that Kurt Russel plays in the same league of bad action actors as Steven Seagal does ( ), but your Snake Plissken is an awesome custom! I like the way he's realy simple in some way. And in fact I was looking for a way to put decals effectivly on a black mate. The grey shade you used looks exactly like what I was looking for. I'm trying to use that idea... Say, how do you create your decals? You draw them by hand I guess, and I see you're pretty gifted in that case, but what kind of examples and references do you use to draw face expressions that look minimatish? Do you take a pic of the real Russel/Pissken and do a freehand sketch, or do you arrange them by using other face samples, like Nick Fury's patch, Cpt. Kirk's mouth, etc. that might fit? Or are these the secrets you'd never reveal? Oh, and by the way, the goons and the union jack are pretty adorable as well. Of course.

A friend of mine was a teacher for several years and quit to become a speech therapist. She's pretty happy with her new job, so maybe that would be a possibility for you as well, because you can use your knowledge somehow. (At least she does. In Germany there is something like a postgraduate course for educators who are wanting to become a speech therapist.) Anyway, I can encourage you to change your profession, if you have the feeling to do it. Don't be hasty and rush it, but like bhm said, do what you really might enjoy. Money is pretty important, not only these days, but in the end it's not everything. I myself was an orderly for about 3 years (plus 3 years in apprenticeship), feeling to not beeing satisfied at all, so I quit and went to university 4 years ago. I'm still a student which means that my financial situation was getting worse, but I'm really happy and pleased to do so.

I guess we can use a doc on the board sometimes, so welcome to the multimate miniverse!

Wait a minute?!? Bob, ...that's Bob as in..... bob on the ocean,as in ...a man with no arms or legs does not swim he will actually bob, ....er ....um ....Bob Ah, phew, just another case of being lost in translation and not the introduction of a flamefest... Thanks.

Welcome on board, man! And welcome to the world of cliché as well! *puts on his Sauerkraut and eats his Lederhosen*

Happy Birthday!!! :hughhefnersuperbirthdaybabessmiley:

Wait a minute?!?

You're very welcome, Dinobot! Like I said, there are way more details and ideas to find in Watchmen, I think are outstanding. Go, take your time and re-read it. Maybe this time you won't waste two weeks of your life, but gain an amazing time during the three weeks re-reading! :tongue:

I see your concern, Massivecarnage. But we have like 7500 replies on non-minimate topics dealing with toys and games and around 41000 replies on minimates, the whole "management" section, flea market and arms topics not counted. That's over 85% of the replies talking about our beloved mates. Statisticly we still are the one and only Minimates Multiverse!

I did the one in the picture myself. I do have a button-maker-machine-thingy so I just made the yellow smiley button and dropped red ink on top of it, so it's more like the haptic blood drop feeling. In any case, this is way cooler than anything you're going to be able to buy! :tongue:

I don't want to skip BHM doing his job as MMMV's Christiane Amanpour ( ), and I don't want to ignore the debate either, and I also do think that the internet is real, since there are human beings outthere reading and writing these thoughts (no offence, TM2! I don't want to argue here!), but I'm not into this whole theater of war, so: Count me in, NorthRaider!

I don't want to add fuel to the flames, but throw in my two Euro-Cents worth. I don't know how one can explain how "you get that special something" off of a work of fiction, whatever medium it evokes from. Explain someone why Tchaikovsky's "Overture 1812" is breathtaking, Caspar David Friedrich's "Abend in Wolken" gives you a feeling of augustness, Joyce's "Ulysses" is as outstanding as it is unreadable and Bryan Adams is the most boring artist on earth. I guess, that's not the way it works. What we are able to try is, talking about what one work might offers to it's reader, hearer or viewer, that others might not have and regarding this, it might be a good reason for telling it is a great work of art, but not why someone would actually love it. (Vice verse you might love Bryan Adam's music as well.) Watchmen in this case offers a lot, I guess, besides the actual story about finding a murder. For sure there is way to much mentionable to be mentioned here, but I'd like to give you some examples, why I'm thinking that this book is a masterstroke. Just take the "Under The Hood" chapters as an example. I've never read anything that came that close to a reasonable and realistic motivation to explain why and how one might come up with the idea of becoming a superhero. The way Mason discusses the pros and cons of wearing a cape are superb! But like I already said, I really love the theoretical stuff, the meta levels others might find boring and sober. (It's work-related.) In that case, take the whole polyphonic structure of the story and it's characters. (Polyphonic is a term of literary criticism, refering to an open dialog, in which "right or wrong" depends on the perspective you adopt. Usually literature, movies and what so ever do use a structure that, at least in the end, offer a solution, a catharsis or what ever you want to call it.) It is pretty hard to create an authentic polyphonic narration and therefore there are few examples. (Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" is the only example that comes to mind.). In Watchmen I guess there is no classical protagonist you are able to identify with completely, like you might do with Peter Parker, Aragorn or the Skywalkers. You can stick to one of the (at least) six heroes only one at a time, as long as you don't want to get in an inner conflict. Trying to accept all of them, I felt like juggling with six balls, but you can only hold one or two in your hands at once. If you hold Rorschach in your hand, you have to give up at least Veidt and Manhattan, and holding the Comedian you're loosing everybody else. And the bad thing is, you have to make a decision. The brilliant thing is, that Moore succeeds in not giving any of his characters or ways of thinking a major advantage. The whole story and it's little episodes are open to the end, and it's up to the reader to find a solution. Not in the book, but in your own thinking. Another thing, and that's the last i'd like to mention is, that it is impressive how Moore is able to comment and reflect things within his story. He not only annotates the whole Watchmen story within itself (Take the the Black Freighter for example as a whole commentary on everything that happens in the non-superheroe world in Watchmen. But there are a lot more of those commentaries.), he also comments on the history of superheroes itself: The "Minutemen" are the typical golden age heroes: strong, physical, stereotypical and with these dumb and boastful phrases. The Comedian is the one who develops from golden to silver age - not only his costume - and for that, the physical golden age hero Hooded Justice has no possibility to attack him anymore. ("This is what you like, huh? This is what gets you hot...") The Comedian works on a whole different level and is able to reflect the superhero status and finaly deconstructs it. You can see that even in the moment the Crimebusters should be set up - of course by golden age hero Cap Metropolis - the Comedian is able to transcendent and develop from silver age to post silver age "hero", leaving even Veidt behind. These are details I absolutely enjoy in Watchmen and love to talk about - even if English beeing not my native language, I feel a little clumsy explaining these thoughts -, but that won't help anybody to actually "feel" the same. But if it's that you have problems reading comics as a medium in generall, you might have a closer look at "Understanding Comics" by author Scott McCloud. Maybe that will help you somehow. (But beware: it's a pretty theoretical paper!) I guess comics are the most underrated medium nowadays. It's way more than just reading a book that has lots of pictures in it. I guess it is a whole different way of dealing with a medium.

Luke Cage sucks a lot! I mean, I really do like the character, but he really is one of the worst mates ever, isn't he? I'm speaking of the original mate. I do love your custom, Punisher! The face fits perfectly and the beanie, gloves and clothes are pretty well, too! Who's jacket did you use? Nice!

Just stopped by to say, that I finally opened my Secret Santa gift on Christmas eve and I got a gorgeous Mrs. Marvel, who was on my wishlist, and a Nick Fury with accessories, which I indeed love! Thanks gledzee and merry christmas!

I just packed my bags - including a full one with presents - and I'm driving home for Christmas right now. Merry Christmas to all of you, see you next year!

It's all yesterday's news, klicke-di-klick Use the Search, Minimatter. The Search can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.

Same for Wolvie's face. It's a really nice idea and I do appreciate DST/AA is giving us loads of new mates and I don't want to be a total bitch (BHM, copy that?) here, but I'm not really pleased with the way these prototypes look like. Especially the heroes (ecxept Spidey, but then, who really needs him just getting wave 24?) and Red Skull. But they do offer some neat possibilities for customs.

The stuff you kept as a secret in that gallery is pretty impressive. I like the Clark Kent / Superman transformation a lot. And a question on the incredibly Avengers pic: what did you use for your Thor custom? Head and hairpiece? I like that very much, since I do love the Ultimates' Thor appearance. And: Ha-ha: I spotted Leonidas' spot-on-eness before you, BHM!

Woohoo, happy birthday BS and merry christmas as well!

Same thought here. The shadows and different layers of colors you use seem to qualify you being "arty" Your customs have a different way of outlines - not as sharp, edged and to the point as the originals. For that, they look a little more impressionistic in some way. More Monet, less Lichtenstein. Very charming! Anyway, nice work Graham! I really like the Leonidas with his cocktail stick!