Over at vinylmationworld they are reporting that Bob Garner found this special surprise in a Juniors 7 In Space box. It’s a red variant of the green chaser. So it’s a Variant Chaser.
What do you think of variants in the junior series? Is it as cool as the 3″ or pointless?
For more information about Aaralyn:
“Like” her art page on Facebook at facebook.com/artworksbyaaralyn
Follow Aaralyn on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest: @ArtistAaralyn
Visit her website for customs, Disney photography and more at artworksbyaaralyn.com
@ctizz36 tweeted out this picture earlier today. Just a quick look at the new Whiskers & Tails set of vinylmation. Nothing too crazy here, just the first good look at Tito’s crazy hair piece. Check it out in the top right corner. Fun!
Another regular here at Destination Vinylmation is the custom artist Crazy4Vinyls. We heard he had a great set of Rescue Ranger figures and we asked for more details. This is what he said.
Destination Vinylmation: What was your interest in doing a set of Rescue Rangers?
Crazy4Vinyl: I was actually contacted by a collector who wanted me to create a rescue ranger custom for him. I believe the first one I made for him was Gadget. He wanted her to go with the official rescue ranger set. After he got her he was so pleased that he contacted me wanting an entire set.
DV: I love that you included Zipper as a Jr. You have great choices in characters, how did you choice which ones include?
C4V: The person who I created these for is the one who picked all of the characters so the credit goes to him, I just created them.
DV: Are you a fan of the show?
C4V: I shouldn’t admit this but I have never seen an episode of the cartoon, ever.
DV: That must make it harder to do a set. What was the most challenging part of this set to design/create?
C4V: The hardest part for me was to try and capture an expression or look for each character. I was trying to stay away from the normal generic faces and tried to create these customs as if they came right out of the cartoon.
DV: What is your favorite Disney created Vinyl these days?
C4V: Most everyone knows me for my love (obsession) of the LGM from park series 2. This was the first vinylmation that I purchased while on a trip to WDW and continues to be my favorite. I have now collected 23 of this figure.
DV: Don’t worry. Nick’s collected armies like that of Stormtroopers, Bees, and several other figures. In case they don’t remember, where can people see your stuff and do you take commissions?
C4V: You can find me on facebook in two ways:
Customs page: Crazy4Vinyls Customs by Josh Edwards. You can send me a message there.
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You can send me a message through my regular facebook page Josh Edwards
You can also contact me through e-mail: edwardsjmn123 at comcast.net
DV: Thanks again for sharing these with us. Let us know the next time you have something interesting to share!
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Destination Vinylmation: Welcome back Rust, explain your latest set.
Rust This World: Vinylmation 2-Tone is the culmination of several months work. My intention was to create an extremely stylized but also cohesive set of 12 figures. Since I incorporate a lot of shading into my figures anyway, I wanted to see what it would be like in a 2-toned black and white only style, giving it a super contrasted comic-book look.
DV: It looks great! What characters did you use?
RTW: Included in the set are Ariel, Beast, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, Cheshire Cat, Jessica Rabbit, Buzz Lightyear, Maleficent, The Evil Queen, Scar, The Hatbox Ghost, and Sorceror Mickey. There 3 different versions of Mickey because as soon as I showed him off on Facebook, I got over 10 messages of people wanting him.
DV: I don’t blame them, these figures look great! How can I get one?
RTW: There are 14 figures in all and in order to make it fair to everyone who wishes to purchase a figure, I will be selling them blindbox. The price will be $65 per blind box and they will be sold exclusively through my online store at rustthisworld.bigcartel.com starting at 10 am PST (1 PM EST) on Sunday, January 13th and will be available until they’re gone. There is no set limit on how many you can purchase.
DV: Here’s $650. Can I have 10? Just kidding. Good luck on the sale. Where can people find more of yours?
RTW: Visit my website at rustthisworld.com or become a fan on facebook at facebook.com/rustthisworld or follow me on twitter @rustthisworld
DV: Can you tease us about what you’re doing next?
RTW: My next project after this series is working with 11 other artists for the Custom Artist Project series 2. For info on that, join our group facebook.com/groups/ArtistProject/
DV: That project last year was beautiful, I can’t want to see what they do this year. Thanks again, and keep on collecting!
Straight from barneys.com, a sale of epic proportions. $195 vinylmations for only $49 dollars. This means that these sale vinyl are close to being the cheapest things on the Barney site!
Did you pick one of these up for full price? Will you pick one up now that they are cheaper? Let us know!
“First let me introduce myself, my name is Josh Edwards a.k.a. Crazy4Vinyls
and I have been making custom vinylmations for over a year now. I’m not
sure how many I have created since I first started but what happened to
me recently took me by surprise. I recently finished a custom 12 piece
Simpsons set that I created for a couple of reasons. The first was my
love of the show and second I was inspired by a recent blue sky article
on Vinylmation Kingdom. After I finished the set I listed most of the
customs on ebay and thought nothing of it. A few days went by and I
went to check on the listings and discovered that all of them were
removed except for one. I saw in my messages that ebay was contacted by
20th Century Fox. This was considered a copyright infringement. I am
not here to argue what they did was wrong because Fox does own the show
and have the right to have the items removed. I was surprised because I
have created numerous non-disney customs but this was the first time
I’ve had items removed.
We found custom artist Lawrence Sharma online last week showing off his almost completed Monster’s Inc customs. When he finished them we got a chance to speak with him about his work.
Destination Vinylmation: How long have you been an artist?
Lawrence Sharma: I’ve been doing art since I was really young. I mostly dabbled in pencil sketches and comic book styled art until high school when I tried my hand at more digital mediums of art (graphic design, photography, photo manipulation). It actually wasn’t until a couple years ago that I picked up a paint brush to start painting my own clay figures. Then I found out about vinyl toys…that’s a whole different story.
DV: How long have you been doing custom vinyl? How did you first get into vinyl?
LS: I actually just started customizing vinyls quite recently. A couple of years ago I first made a robot mascot out of a Munny for a company my friends and I were trying to start up. I also was able to make a Ron Weasley out of a Munny about a year ago, and that where it ended before I found out about the Vinylmation series. My friends collected vinyl toys and the “DIY” aspect of them just appealed to me.
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DV: That’s cool. What’s your favorite Disney designed Vinylmation?
LS: My absolute favorite vinylmation is the Urban 5 3D Mickey Chaser! It really stood out to me when I first started collecting. It was just so creative.
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DV: Your Monster’s Inc set is incredible. What made you make this set?
LS: Thanks a lot! I made this set mostly because I wanted to do a Disney custom instead of more customs inspired by comic book characters. My friend BK gave me a Vinylmation Jr. he didn’t want so I immediately knew I would use it for a custom. My girlfriend, Chelcie, actually really loves Monster’s Inc. so I decided to make a set based on the characters.
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DV: Sounds like a good place to start. While making this set of three characters, what was the biggest challenge?
LS: The biggest challenge had to be finding time to paint the figures. I had done the sculpting and mutilation of Mike a couple months before I actually was able to sit down and paint the figures. School and work just ate up a lot of my time, but the monsters were always sitting in the back of my mind.
DV: I know the feeling. When you got the chance to sit down and paint, what ended up being easier then you expected?
LS: The painting, actually! I’m still figuring out how to paint my figures since it is a relatively new medium for me. I was so surprised at how quickly I was able to paint them once I got started. I just got in the zone, I guess.
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DV: I really like your choice to use just the head and feet for Mike. How did you get the arms into his head?
LS: I want to say I used a drill because it seems easiest…but since I didn’t have a drill lying around I had to poke holes on each side with box cutters and I “drilled” into the head with a screwdriver. After some cleaning and sanding, he had the arm holes he needed!
DV: Wow. Well that’s certainly a unique way of doing it. Anything else about the set you want to talk about?
LS: Just that I’m really happy with how it came out and I’m grateful to everyone for all the nice comments and props I’ve been receiving. Thanks everyone! KCCO!
DV: They came out excellent, especially for a first time Vinylmation custom artist. How can people see your other work or request commissions?
LS: You can follow me on instagram @Lsharma or go to my facebook page www.facebook.com/lawrencesharmaart (slowly updating it) to request commissioned work or to see some work I’ve done in the past. Don’t be shy!
DV: So what do you think about the upcoming prequel, Monster’s University?
LS: My initial reaction to it was disappointment because I wanted to see Boo
again and I don’t like the idea of Sulley being a bully. However, the
more we see of it, the more excited we are. She still bugs me to buy her
the for armed monsters University sweater from the website too.
DV: Those are pretty awesome. Thanks for letting us pick your brain. Let us know the next time you have something cool to show off. And don’t forget to keep on collecting!
LS: Thanks!
Aarayln has started the final vote for what should be on her latest custom series, Tiny Tails. Read more about it, then vote at facebook.com/artworksbyaaralyn.
 “I am very excited to announce my very first custom Vinylmation series: Tiny Tails! This thirteen piece series will include Disney animals as babies. Last week, I put a poll on my Facebook page, to narrow down the characters that my fans would like to see in the series. The Top 25 results are below. I have reposted the poll with these characters. The characters that are voted into the Top 8 will for certain be included in the set. The remaining five characters, including the chaser, will be artist’s choice. Please go to my Facebook page at: facebook.com/artworksbyaaralyn to vote by Friday, January 25, 2013. I have included some of my favorite character pictures and quotes below for the Top 5 characters. If you have some favorite quotes or movie moments from any Disney animal characters, please feel free to share them in the comments! |
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1. Stitch – “This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good.” There are not many people who can resist the cuteness that is Stitch. Although he destroys small cites made of books, he also makes friends with ducklings and it doesn’t get more adorable than that. |
| 2. Raja – Being a huge fan of big cats, Raja has always been a favorite of mine. He’s loyal and protective, and he doesn’t shred the curtains like my cat used to do |
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3. Pegasus – Big Eyes, Pastel colors, Cute wings…need I say more? |
| 4. Cheshire Cat – “You may have noticed that I’m not all there myself.” While there’s not as much cuteness factor in Ches’s character, he is still a fan favorite due to his madness. Just don’t ask him for directions. |
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5. Pascal – He likes kids, he puts up with Rapunzel’s ventriloquist acts, and he’s fearless when facing a foe. The little guy has a ton of charm |
6. Pluto
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7. Chip and Dale
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8. Lady
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9. Thumper
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10. Oliver
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11. Tigger
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12. Roo
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13. Tramp
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14. Dumbo
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15. Dug
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16. Marie
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17. Meeko
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18. Donald Duck
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19. Figment
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20. Roger Rabbit
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21. Squirt
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22. Simba
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23. Bolt
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24. Mittens
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25. Copper
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| Also with similar voting numbers: Robin Hood, Turk, and Figaro” | |
This week Aaralyn showed off her latest Vinylmation custom, the most recent princess in her princesses as babies style. We asked her for a few words about it…
“I have quite a few upcoming projects that I am really excited about. My next project is Tiny Tails, my first custom series and I will also be working on additional 9” customs in a slightly different theme/style than previous works. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy my latest custom!
When I first started creating custom Vinylmations in December of 2011, once of the first projects I planned was creating a set of Baby Disney Princesses. Although my style has evolved since I started, I still plan to finish the series that started with Cinderella, then Ariel and now includes the fariest of them all, Snow White.
The hardest part of designing this custom were her eyes. I sketched out quite a few different styles until one stood out. In the design stage, the eyes are the aspect that always seems to get the most sketch time.
Like the other baby princesses I’ve done, I also had the task of picking out an animal friend to include. One of my favorite scenes from the movie is when the baby bluebird tries to out-sing Snow White and the little bird goes out of tune, making its parents wince. I thought he was a perfect addition to the custom.
For more information about Aaralyn:
“Like” her art page on Facebook at facebook.com/artworksbyaaralyn
Follow Aaralyn on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest: @ArtistAaralyn
Visit her website for customs, Disney photography and more at artworksbyaaralyn.com“
Thanks again to Aaralyn for showing off such awesome artwork!
