TMNT CUSTOM CONTEST MARK VI: Team Battle

[Patraw]

ONLY ABOUT 5 1/2 MORE DAYS TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!!!

Topsu: Got your PM and entry and hit you back, thanks!

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Here's what I've been working on since Sunday afternoon for this contest. The Foot Soldier/Ball are pretty much complete, but I intend to make a flattened Mikey figure to go along with it, but I haven't decided whether I'm going to make it truly 2D or sculpt it in relief for a bit more depth.

[Loco]

theses Foot Soldiers are pretty neat , love the new one, greatwork
I have a question , they are blue here but weren't they purple usually, except in this game , which is ?

[Patraw]

You're correct that the first "proper" color for Foot Soldiers from the original animation is purple, but Konami introduced all sorts of crazy colors in their TMNT video games. Mine are blue 'cuz they're both blue in the game they're from (TMNT III: The Manhattan Project). I did consider making this one a different hue, as the previous one I made for my Mother Mouser was already blue, but decided to go for accuracy.

[Loco]

oh okay I see , that's tight. Hue Purple btw I never played this game , only have a great nintendo poster of it

[Patraw]

About 3 1/2 days left to get your submissions in . . .

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Anyhoo, my entry is done, and I have dubbed it "Mikey Fought The Ball (And The Ball Won)."

Materials:
Newsprint, tissue paper, lined notebook paper, white glue, acrylic paint, super glue, and plastic (transparent base only).

Dimensions:
Foot Soldier: 3.0 cm/1.2 in. x 7.3 cm/2.9 in. (widest point x highest point)
(4.3 cm/1.7 in. high excluding the ball)
Flattened Michelangelo: 4.5 cm/1.8 in. x 0.3 cm/0.1 in. (widest point x highest point)

Time:
Four days: January 9, 10, 11, and 13 (2011).







And this is how it'll look in the voting thread:

[Ninjinister]

That's just f***ing awesome.

[ToSte]

Oh man I heart that squished mikey.

[Topsu]

That Mikey's very good, I love it <3

[Hellturtle]

Great Foot Soldier Patraw

My 2 Submissions - Raphael Movie Star - Michaelangelo Movie Star

[Patraw]

(Now that the deadline has passed, Krang/Shredder, feel free to unsticky this thread at your leisure).

Okay, that's it, deadline has passed and the contest entry period is now closed. I received six entries total, which was just enough to make three teams of two--I wish I could have gotten more submissions, but that's certainly enough to proceed.

Anyhoo, the teams, as randomly determined by drawing slips of paper with the participant names on them, are:

Team Purple: Party Wagon (Loco) + Mikey Fought The Ball (Patraw)

Team Red: Turtle Shredder (Loco) + Raphael Movie Star (Hellturtle)

Team Blue: Usagi Yojimbo (Topsu) + Michelangelo Movie Star (Hellturtle)

My thanks to everyone who put the time/effort into crafting an entry for the contest! Now, head on over to the voting thread and voice your opinion on which team(s) you think did the best job!

[KittenBunny]

Aw man Patraw I really love your customs, you have such a gift for minitures, so amazing! I wish I could swap something for one, to have one on my shelf would be dreamy! Keep up the good work

[Patraw]

Thanks for the kind words. I was contemplating making a similar figure for the recent Battle Damage Custom Contest at Figure Realm, which ends tonight, [either a torched Turtle (like what happens when Granitor gets you with his flamethrower in the Arcade game) or another squished Turtle (accordian-style, rather than flat, like Mikey) with a Foot Soldier toting a sledgehammer], but I've been busy with other stuff and haven't gotten around to doing any sculpting for a while now.

[KittenBunny]

Originally Posted by Patraw

Thanks for the kind words. I was contemplating making a similar figure for the recent Battle Damage Custom Contest at Figure Realm, which ends tonight, [either a torched Turtle (like what happens when Granitor gets you with his flamethrower in the Arcade game) or another squished Turtle (accordian-style, rather than flat, like Mikey) with a Foot Soldier toting a sledgehammer], but I've been busy with other stuff and haven't gotten around to doing any sculpting for a while now.

Thats ok, I've always a kind word when a kind word is due... I think you should try some unique personal creations one day too? Have you ever tried other personal characters?? PS I think flame turtle sounds cool! Squished turtles make me sad aw. But I like the soldier with sledge hammer too

[Patraw]

I don't have a lot of interest in making original characters. Once in a great while I make something from my own head, but not very often.

I'm kind of surprised I've never seen a custom of a charred turtle from the video games, as it'd be a really easy custom to do--some black paint on the head/shoulders and you'd pretty much be done.

[Loco]

where is the other thread about this contest ? I want to get one picture but can't find it anymore.

[Krang]

Here you go.

[Loco]

thank you my lord