The Three Musketeers

This picture by Kate Beaton (of Hark! A Vagrant) pretty much sums up my feelings about the new Three Musketeers movie.

If you haven't seen the trailer yet, you should go watch it.  It's supremely ridiculous.  I am totally going to see it.  Titus Pullo is in it.  Der Humpink is in it.  This brilliant actor is also there.  It will be amazing.  And stupid.

Stay tuned!

New Custom Order!

Hi everyone! I know it's been a while since I've been around here, but we've been working our butts off over here. We actually finished a new character too! It's a custom order I made for a co-worker who is obsessed with Wolverine. She said she didn't care if it was old school or Hugh Jackman Wolverine, so we went with Hugh Jackman. Take a look!
At first I wasn't sure about the jacket, but I think it turned out really well. If you're familiar at all with the movies I think it's really recognizable. You can take his jacket off, too, if you like the tank top look. I also like his belt buckle, which really isn't an "X" (except when he's in his little leather X-men outfit, but not when he's in his casual clothes) but I like it. I think the cigar really pulls everything together.
This gives you a better picture of his hair. His hair is actually made the same way as the other characters, it's just styled so that it stick out on the sides. You can see his sideburns, too. And his claws are just made out of sculpey and then shoved into the ends of his arms. They are kind of bendable, but really sharp.


And a closeup of his dog tags. You can actually kind of read the numbers and the word "Wolverine" that's carved on them, but they are really tiny.

Anyway, let me know what you think! Do you think he looks Wolverine-ish, or would you have preferred the classic yellow and blue jumpsuit thingy better? Anyway, I hope everyone had a great weekend! Stay tuned for more creations coming soon!

Oh, it looks like Wolfie and Hellboy got into a fight over which cigars are the best. They're kind of fighting.
Bad mutants!

Look! Up in the sky!

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...a plain looking amigurumi business man?

Huh. Well, that's kind of boring. But wait! He's taking his jacket off...
No wait, it's Superman! Ha ha. This little Superman is so cool! He can change into Clark Kent and everything. Okay, here's how it works.

The blue jacket (from the first picture) has the gray undershirt and tie all sewn together. It has working buttons to keep everything together. Yeah--they actually work. Then, when you want to change him into Superman, you unbutton the jacket, take the jacket and glasses off, spin the little jerry curl that's hidden under his hairline (I thought that part was especially hilarious) and attach his cape. The cape has little hooks sewn on, and I sewed the loops directly onto Superman's body. The way the cape is positioned, you can't even see the hooks!

We used Gorilla Glue to glue on his "S" so that there wouldn't be any holes, like there would have been if I had sewn it on. Let me just tell you--Gorilla Glue is AWESOME. That stuff is crazy strong. That "S" is not coming off anytime soon.


I am so pleased with how this turned out. I think he looks fantastic, and I absolutely love how he can change costumes. Let me know what you guys think! We're hoping to get lots done on this three-day weekend, so hopefully I'll have another post for you guys tomorrow.