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Customers loved the Octopus Submersible that I released for my November Patreon so much that I decided to create another submersible for December. This time I pulled the Anglerfish from the long list of kit ideas I have on my whiteboard. It’s a well-known fish due to the light dangling…
After two steampunk fish-shaped submersibles, a jelly-fish, and the squid-shaped submersible, I thought I might try my hand at finally creating an octopus-shaped submersible to go with them. My original plan from a decade ago involved turning the arms into long corkscrew propeller blades, however what looked fine in the…
One of my first collaborations for Industria Mechanika products was with an artist named Ian McQue, famous for his diesel-punk airship designs. I was a huge fan of his work and as it turns out, he was also a fan of mine. Over the next decade, I sculpted four 1/35…
While trying to decide what kind of potential mini-rig or other action-figure-sized vehicle to make after the INT-4f, I thought it might be cool to explore what a Mon Calamari Starfighter (aside from the B-Wing) would look like. I wanted it to match not only the overall look and feel…
This insect inspired design started off as either a sci-fi hovertank or a steampunk walker. I posted the base armor design up on my Patreon and ran a poll to let my customers decide what they wanted more. They chose the hovertank so I continued work on the design in…
I created a lot of different insect ornithopters, but birds always eluded me. Over the years I’ve designed many different attempts at bird wings for one, but nothing seemed to be just the right combination of functional and aesthetically pleasing. Some used photoetch, some laser-cut parts, others solid sculpts. Finally…
I had picked up a 3.75″ AT-ST Driver figure as I wanted to make some action-figure sized “Star Wars” releases. Just to whet my pallet, I decided to remake the INT-4 again. This was a Kenner Minirig toy that was never shown in any of the films. The last time…
A few years prior I created a one-off 1/6 scale figure with a mechanical barn-owl head, hakama kimono, and instead of hands, feathered wing blades. It got a lot of attention from my various communities and I wanted to make another at some point as I had sold the original…
