Lunch Time on Skull Island, part two

So I guess I got a little carried away with Skull Island and used the whole bag and two Dollarama bracelets worth of smaller skulls to build these four diorama  pieces, and I ain't stopping here. I've also been exploring the world of ebay (so late to the party I know) and did bid on a couple of things for the AHT builds, man they really try to get you with the shipping, crazy. I think that we're going to have to go even crazier with these pieces and keep piling the skulls up really high, let's call it "Going full Conan", the comic magazines not the new film of course, and maybe add some crazy chimpanzees roaming about.

I'll been hanging a show of paintings at the Wilson 96 today, it's on College Str. in Toronto, right across from the Royal Cinema, check out the flying chair paintings over at the other blog (see links "mad craft shoppe") they are bee-u-tiful.

lots to do, lots to do.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

OVERRUN BY GOBBLERS!

Though they won't be appearing in an AHT story for quite awhile (Book Four I think if my notes are correct) I just couldn't wait any longer to post photos of Gobblers and their home in an ruined village. If you sense a heavy influence from the "Tremors" movie series, you'd be correct. That Turkey bodied one just makes me laugh out loud. Send us some thoughts, show the photos to your kids, I'd love to hear what they think!
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

Lunch Time on Skull Island, part one

Glued down three of the big bag o'skulls that I just bought (see post below) and had a great and funny idea for a small diorama, not story related but I think it will be pretty funny when I'm finished. Here's the base coated image without figures, paint or background. So glad it's Hallowe'en (according to Dollarama) so I can load up on skulls.
 A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

"Death of a Franchise ?"

I didn't see "Tron Legacy" I had absolutely zero interest in checking it out, except for the soundtrack by Daft Punk (but then again I was also excited that Mastodon did the music for "Jonah Hex" so...) I really don't have the connection to the film that other people do. I wasn't even very good at the video game, but I did like this Kevin Flynn action figure when I saw it, these did retail at about $13.00 each when the film came out, and oh how the mighty have fallen to my price point. Did I mention they light up ? See that Kenobi bathrobe thing that's grey ? That thing lights up, and on the other dude those orange chest dots light up.

I was really happy to find that guy (the other dude) I've been writing notes about a group of Bounty Hunters who end up coming to Any How Town and I needed an infamous one, I needed my own Boba Fett for the AHT mythology so when I saw this guy with  his ant like helmet I knew I would have something cool to work with, once I start gluing bits all over him.

I've been doing some other really cool building for the world of AHT, I hope to have some great action shots to post here tomorrow.

best,

ASH

madcraftshoppe@live.com

You Wanna See a Real American Hero ?

Check out the look on this guy's face! He's just so eager to go out and wrestle someone for America that I just had to buy him. Unfortunately, if you compare him to wee Anakin over there (who plays the part of Oliver Stinson in the Any How Town dioraramas) I think he's just too big to fit into the world comfortably, I thought maybe I would paint him up to be "The Gomez" (see character profiles) but I don't know if he'll fit in the jail set that I built. But I do like his giant head and winning facial expression.
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

Hallowe'en In August

According to Dollarama, Hallowe'en is just around the corner and I picked up this great bag of skulls, each is about the size of a plum, I will probably build some kind of spooky old temple "set" with them, covered with moss and snakes. It may not even be for an Any How Town story. I started building a Haunted House diorama maybe I'll add some of these to it and build some kind of giant Hallowe'en themed set to distribute the candy with when the kids come to the house.

I have a few paintings that I need to finish (see the madcraftshoppe) so the next draft of Book One has stalled, hopefully I can devote the entire month of September to Book One and Two and work uninterrupted, it really throws me off trying to both paint and write.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Shotgun Wedding Band Album Cover

I haven't been able to do much writing for AHT in the past week, I've been busy designing the cover for Shotgun Wedding Band's new album, but it does fall into the parameters of an AHT post as I was able to build a diorama for the cover instead of doing a straight painting or photograph. I'm really happy with the way this turned out, hope you enjoy it too.
Here's the bands Myspace page, check'em out http://www.myspace.com/jamesplouffe

back to the pen and paper,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Three Headed Kitten and Friend

You may remember the three headed dragon from a few posts ago, well now he has a pet, this three headed kitten. I also love this build that used the heads from the Three headed dragon attached to some geese, this is possibly my favourite build yet and given my love of multiples I'm sure I'll make 9 or 10 more, it will make for an amazing action diorama and I've already written the chicken lizards into a story in AHT, it's not until Book 6 or so, but it will be a doozy.
 Haven't been able to write as much as I would like to this week, working on an album cover (see link "the mad craft shoppe for progress) and TShirt Designs etc. and they've been eating up most of my time.
 Off to Captain America tonight with my best girl to see my all time favourite superhero, the Red Skull.
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com



First Meeting of the Any How Town Modelling Club Cont'd

1) Snow and Sea Mobile

2) Sea and Sky racer

3) Unnamed Vehicle, but those red engines tell me that it sure goes fast!

and here are NRH's three vehicles that he built at the Modeller's club meeting and don't they look fine. I'd like to thank my fellow Engineer's for adding their modelling skills to the ever growing roster of Any How Town vehicles, some of them just might show up in a story somewhere down the road.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

First Meeting of the Any How Town Modelling Club

 Heli Ski - operates both in the air and on snow

Mach 1 Lawn Mower - needs no explanation

Swamp Crawler with Turret- Swamp combat vehicle.

The first meeting of the "Any How Town Modelling Club" took place the past week at an undisclosed location on the Lake of Bays. We gathered around a table, popsicle sticks, wood bits and glue bottles and paints in hand. Here's what my fellow engineers BHH and NRH came up with. Stay Tuned for Part Two!

back in town and working on long hand draft of Book Three (!)
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

 If you would like to contribute to the funding of the Any How Town project, please head to the Press Club (850 Dundas West, Toronto) and buy a painting (see blog, "The Mad Craft Shoppe" in links section) to see what's there for the month of August.