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  • Blue Skull Torino, The Start of Something Different.

    I’ve done full car body water slide wraps before, I’ve posted many in the Heavy Metal Series on different sites, but this particular piece changed a lot for me. The water slide wrap is designed in four parts, I lined the templates up differently than I used to do, making the seams much easier to…

  • Copper Plated Zamac

    Ever tried to copper plate a Hot Wheels car? It doesn’t work so well. This is one of my better attempts.

  • First Big Win!

    This custom was the first thing I every entered in a custom show. I could have started smaller than the largest show on earth, the LA Hot Wheels Nationals Show. I won the Amateur category that allowed me to compete in the professional category from that point forward. Not at all the best piece I’ve…

  • Sunny Day Dioramas

    I think most folks have an idea that I have hundreds of these dioramas sitting around the house. I post a lot of pictures of them, and to be honest, they are some of my favorite works that I’ve created over the years. Most actually get chopped up and reused, so the pics may be…

  • Chrome Zamac Anyone?

    Do you know what zamac is? It is the metal that most cheap toys are made from, and also the metal that most of the consumable world is made from. Zamac stands for Zinc, Aluminum, something, something, something, and it is a metal that, due to its cheap combination of materials, is very common and…

  • What Is A PaperMache-amal?

    Made these fellows with my son as a summer project. Paper mache bases, plus a hundred other items, were found in the Walmart clearance isles. We call them Macheamals… a silly name, but it stuck. This was the first art project that my son really took to; he made the yellow critter, and I made…

  • Is It Real Or Fake?

    Hopefully, it is hard to tell what is real and what is miniature. many of you reading this know I love to make miniature things. Partially because I can keep lots of the things I build (they take up a lot less space) but also i feel like I can use my outdated skills as…

  • My Hidden Life as a Proponent of VR.

    The Metaversity shown below is a project I’ve been involved with for about three years. The project is not just a virtual campus but a virtual classroom, virtual meeting and marketing space and houses six learning and assessment modules for various campus degree programs. The project is massive. It took a team of subject matter…

  • I’m Back Online….sort of…

    I doubt many will see this page as I won’t share the link with many people for a while. I’m revisiting my old WordPress blog, cleaning it up, and figuring things out. My plan is to start posting here instead of using Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook in the future. I think the blog format will…

  • Hello World!

    Welcome to WordPress! This is your first post. Edit or delete it to take the first step in your blogging journey.