Puppy Headed Vege-Roos !

And here's a photo of Puppy Headed Vege-Roo's feasting on foliage! Like this doesn't just make your day!
A.Shay Hahn
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Make Your Own Rock Jumping Chameleon Pack Whatevers!

I figure everyone in the World probably wants to know how to do this, either for themselves or to impress their children, so here we go. One important factor when purchasing a dog, tiger etc to attach the head of your TRex  or raptor to is to make sure that the necks of both animals are approximately the same size. Here the tiger and TRex were close, but I wanted to blend them more so I added a mixture of sawdust and glue (also known as "pig poo") around the area.

STEP 1: Cut the head off of both animals, this is easily done with any old knife, make sure that the animals you buy are HOLLOW and this won't be a problem, if they aren't hollow, you'll probably need a saw.

STEP 2; (SEE PHOTO ONE) get Super Glue, I like the Dollar Store Super Glue Gel for this job and rim around the neck of the animal, push dinosaur head and tiger body together, hold for about a minute, add extra gel where needed and let dry to a ROCK HARD finish.

STEP 3: (SEE PHOTO TWO) Base coat the entire animal with a mixture of black and brown Dollar Store acrylic paint, brush off any excess paint, you don't want to put it on too thick! Let dry

STEP 4: (SEE PHOTO THREE) Do another light coat of just brown on the animal, you should see variation between the two colours, and once again, don't let any excess paint fill in the grooves of the fur or scales, we're going to need those for, wait for it and Ding Dong....

STEP 5:(SEE PHOTO FOUR) Do a very light "dry brush" coat of browns, sienna's, ochre and finally little white highlights on the teeth and claws. BUT WAIT!  What is drybrushing ?

Okay, this is very important and will make all of your models look great and you won't be a loser anymore, it's this easy. Mix some of the brown with a lighter colour, a sienna or ochre, then on a rag or your pants, remove a bunch of the paint from your brush, once you think there's only just the slightest amount of paint on your brush, lightly dust it over the figure and you will see the details of the animal's scales and fur really start to POP. You can add a little more of a lighter tone and continue to add subtle coats of drybrushing to the figure until you think it looks amazing.

And there you go! I've made four already, think you can catch me ?
A.Shay Hahn
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Puppy Headed Vege-Roos ! (Rainy day activities Part II)

This part of the project was my girl's idea and I think they'll look great when they're all painted. I'll get some fake trees and do some shots of the Vege-Roos having a treetop meal. I hope a great publishing company finds this blog soon.
A.Shay Hahn
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Rock Jumping Chameleon Pack Lizards!

Rainy Weekend Activity! buy four plastic dinosaurs and four plastic ( I stress PLASTIC) dogs and swap their heads! Never a dull moment in Any How Town! That's right, boredom is for boring folks and I can always find something to do, come to think of it, this would be a great activity to share with your kids all you need are dollar store animals, superglue, a sharp knife and a paint set.

                     What happened to the Dog's heads and Dinosaur's bodies? STAY TUNED!

A.Shay Hahn

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The Work of Marc Gai-Miniet

Every once in a while you get pointed towards an artist whose work you instantly admire, this is Marc Gai-Miniet and some of his boxes or "boites" I can't reccomend checking this out enough. Here's the link.
http://www.marc-giai-miniet.com/page19.html  so maybe actually building Any How Town isn't so crazy after all.
A.Shay Hahn
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Battlefield Captain America and Me

This is Battlefield Captain America, I am obsessed (for no good reason) with this action figure, I look at it everytime I go into the Silver Snail. I have never spent over $3.99 for a figure at the Silver Snail, when I buy figures I try to buy the MOST NORMAL looking dudes you ever did see. People who look like they could live in AHT. You see there aren't any "super" heroes in AHT, there are people who are tall, strong, very smart etc. There is a comic hero in AHT and I have yet to introduce him on this blog. But I think the real reason that I stare at this figure so much is that it's the same size as the on SALE figures that I buy, it's made of the same materials, comes in similar packaging and COSTS TWENTY DOLLARS! I will not list the things that I can buy to advance my life with $20.00 but I tell ya brother, that list is long and I'm sure yours is too.

I will not buy this figure and it doesn't matter, the minute I can actually afford the ludicrous price I will march into the Silver Snail and this thing will be gone, but if you want to get it for me and mail it to the studio I will not protest.

nuff said.

A.Shay Hahn

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The Mud Bug (TM) Construction Company cont'd

The Mud Bug (TM) Construction Company Lil' Big Digger,

with driver,( or can be rented)

A.Shay Hahn

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The Mud Bug Construction Company vehicles #1

Shown here is the Mud Bug (TM) Construction Company's Chainsaw rig. Mud Bug have a variety of rig's based on Sputterjack designs and are available to build in almost any environment. These highly maneuverable machines can negotiate the tightest passages to get in and get the job done.

A.Shay Hahn

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