Tofujesse Castings: Announcements & Discussion
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Sounds cool, have a $50 order in my basket (though $30 of that is two Shockwave barrels). Was waiting for the SE coat and another sale lol.
It's gonna be a week plus till its done and no sales planned. I did put up a clearance section on the site. Just putting heads and parts that I have way to much of made. Will be putting more stuff in there tonight.
For dried blood on rotting skin, I suggest British Crimson with some darkish/burnt sienna. Same for light colored clothing. Blood isn't going to show up on cobra blue other than a dark stain. That's one thing that bothers me about the thousands of cobra zombie customs on the tank. That and TTT's insistence that armor rots faster than zombies.
Frell yes! Can't wait! Do you have time for a phone call Jesse? I have something I'd like to discuss.
http://youtu.be/iXhSoxUNDVw
Those turned out great Jesse, I know you didn't sculpt it, but the castings look perfect!
Those turned out great Jesse, I know you didn't sculpt it, but the castings look perfect!
Thanks man. It turned out amazing. I know I didn't have anything to do with the scuplt but I do believe casting plays a big part of the finished product.
To clarify, I meant castings of it. I can't tell which goggles are which in your store.
got my first order today and they look great i cant wait to work on the heads to use them for my customs.
I'm not being a "know-it-all" here, (That's for HT
) but I think KT and I discussed what was what somewhere else, maybe in this thread, and we think that you don't have the Dusty goggles posted...A11 - Shock Troopers - (Have this one, will fit atop a helmet, specifically the 30th blueshirt trooper)
A24 - ?? Not sure... Firefly? (I have this one and it will fit a head, not a helmet)
A25 - ? POC Hawk (or whoever else came with that mold...I have this one and it will fit a head, not a helmet)
A41 - ?? Lowlight? (They're tinted red, so I was guessing... I don't have this casting to compare it to my LL.)
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I could probably do a simple head/ parts swap with full paint up of the head/ part per week. Heres a sample of my work if you're interested:
http://figurativelyspeaking-miked.blogspot.com
Thanks guys! I already have some Jesse cast beret's painted up for a Stalker and a Beach Head custom. I'm still working on the figures but the heads and the beret's are completed.
Glad to see you here, MIKED. I loved your stuff I saw at HissTank. Hopefully we'll see you posting more around these parts!
Thanks, Mandingo! It's great to be here. I've been off the map for some time now, but I've been totally blown away with what Hasbro has been doing with GI Joe of late. That coupled with Toffujesse cranking out crisp, clean, high quality casts with fast, and accomodating service and reasonable prices makes this an awesome time to be a GI Joe customizer!
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I think you did a tutorial on eye-painting at some point... Maybe I'm wrong, I'll have to look into your site more to refresh my memory. But if you wouldn't mind doing a tutorial or letting us promote it, I'm sure we could front-page it and it'd be a huge helper to customizers and casters alike.
I feel like one of the major things holding some folks back from buying from guys like Jesse and the other casters is painting eyes.
(Just a suggestion, if you're interested, PM me or Cloud Strife about it.)
I feel like one of the major things holding some folks back from buying from guys like Jesse and the other casters is painting eyes.
(Just a suggestion, if you're interested, PM me or Cloud Strife about it.)
Always happy to help. I PM'd you the link to my painting tutorial. It has a pretty focussed portion on painting eyes. You're welcome to link to/copy/promote it however works best for you.
I'd like to see that as well...throw them up in the custom's tutorials section. Nice to have a list of them of us wanna-bes.
might as well just forward it to me or XOC if you expect it to get done before the end of the decade
might as well just forward it to me or XOC if you expect it to get done before the end of the decade
Am I a news bitch?!?
DO YOU SEE THE "INTEL" PATCH BY MY NAME? *cries*
OK... I don't want to be the cause of any civil unrest...here's the link to the tutorial for whoever wants to do anything with it:
http://figurativelyspeaking-miked.blogspot.com/2009/11/hey-all-welcome-to-my-custom-figure.html
I'll happily answer any questions or help with any problems so feel free to contact me. Thanks for the interest.
By the way... you guys are friggin' hysterical! this is such a great forum!
http://figurativelyspeaking-miked.blogspot.com/2009/11/hey-all-welcome-to-my-custom-figure.html
I'll happily answer any questions or help with any problems so feel free to contact me. Thanks for the interest.
By the way... you guys are friggin' hysterical! this is such a great forum!
Haha, thanks MIKED. I saw your PM, was going to respond to you once I figured out what to do.
We'll try and set up some sort of version of it, I'll talk to Cloud about it. It's a great painting tutorial.
We'll try and set up some sort of version of it, I'll talk to Cloud about it. It's a great painting tutorial.
If you only knew...though I do still buy casts that need eye painting in the hopes that one day I may good at it...
might as well just forward it to me or XOC if you expect it to get done before the end of the decade
*snicker*
There probably is some of that. The eyes on these damn things are tiny.
Because lets face it, no amount of tutorials is gonna make you proficient at it. Ya just got to do it, and face the fact that the process will be tedious and infuriating until you get a handle on it.
I agree with that 100 percent. Tutorials are helpful, though. They give you a roadmap to help you wade through all of the basic, technical crap (paints, tools, techniques, troubleshooting, etc.) So that you can spend your time more efficiently honing your skills rather than struggling with all that other stuff. Tutorials give you a good basis to move forward and grow.