Hey! I started to make things, then I go lazy and stopped.
That's a TF2 Sniper on the left.
Valve seems to be very picky about licensing their properties. It took forever to get some regular figures, and even still they seem pretty limited. But I really would love to see Minimates for just about all their games, and I should really finish those customs.
I do actually. They eventually sent us home because they got concerned....for the computers.
And I work in collections, so everyone tends to think I work for someone like Hank Scorpio.
*Joke about not being dead here*
You know what's great? The Zelda games! Hardly ever played a single one of them, but I love 'em. And in my excitement to go see the Zelda Symphony next month, I thought "Hey! Minimate!" Specifically of my favorite version of Link, from Wind Waker.
Made from a 2" Minimate with modified arms and legs.
Hairpiece is a custom sculpt, the hat was sculpted around styrofoam so it's not back-heavy
Sword blade came from a Lego sword, the handle is cobbled together from bits
Shield is scratch built from styrene sheets a Minimate shield parts
Wind Waker is a styrene rod with bits added to it
Maybe more updates whenever I decide to make a bow and hookshot.
So I just get finished reading my second round of Facebook birthday wishes (I changed it to March 16th earlier this year, it was mostly family that wished me one then) and I get on here and I see this in the recent topics. My first thought it "My god, how do they know?" followed by me feeling dumb.
Thanks everyone!