75. Building an empire...(kinda). Giveaway annoucement!!

I'm trying to re connect my internet life.

And by that I mean I'm trying to build up all of my stuff.

The Cardboard Cartographer has been on hiatus for too long to be honest.
I want to bring it back. The Twitter account has 200 followers now!
I'm really happy about it, but I need to start producing content for the e-zone again.

Hopefully I'll get that going again soon.


My YouTube and Twitch endeavors have stalled a little.
Editing videos is time consuming, and I don't think the things I stream make for great YouTube videos in the first place....so I'm considering my options in that corner for the world.

That being said, I kinda enjoy streaming...it gives me a regular outlet for the games I choose to stream.
I've also been considering a hobby stream....but to do that I need that sweet, sweet new microphone and camera haha.


With streaming in mind, I thought I'd announce a little thing.

I'm going to be doing a give away!
Yup.
I announced this on stream on Tuesday.
When I hit 15 followers on Twitch, I'm going to give away a digital copy of the Starbomb album!
A bit of a random thing to give away, but it something I think gamers will enjoy, so...

This will be done through random chance.
All of my followers will be automatically entered.

So if you read my blog the go follow me on Twitch (and YouTube while you're at it!!)

Anyway, until next time
Peace!

-DH-

69. Speaking of Super Smash Brothers... and Brothers. Dr Mario Amiiibo part 2.

I mean, that's what I last posted about, right?
Right!

So I've been on a bit of a painting roll right now.
Not something that happens too often so I'm taking it as far as it will go.
I've set myself a few projects to do while I'm in the zone, and one of them was to finish my Dr Mario custom Amiibo I started on post 59.

Cutting right to the chase he's about done!



So, because I'd used significantly less masking tape than required to do this guy (read as none at all), I had to repaint everything; the pill, the hair, the skin... all of it.

But yeah, all of those bits are painted now, and he just needs his base cleaned up and he's done!

2 Amiibo's in the bank, and more to come for sure!

If you'd like to get a sneak peak at what I'm working on, I usually post it on my instagram as and when I'm doing it, so go heck that out!

On occasion I may stream a painting session, so you can go follow me on Twitch for that (and other stuff, mainly Chronicle: Runescape Legends at the moment).

If you have any questions about this, or anything else I do (or other comments/ constuctive criticism/ praise) then feel free to leave a comment on this blog/ my instgram/ tweet me (@DarKHaZZl3).
This includes questions about commissions.

Anyway, that's all for now.
More blog activity heading your way soon (I know, quite a lot recently, right??)
Peace!

-DH-

59. Just What The Doctor Ordered. Dr Mario Amiibo part 1.

I know. it has been a long time since an update across all of my blogs.
I can make all the excuses in the world, but I just haven't made the time I should for this, or any of my other blogs.

That's going to change...hopefully.
I want to get back to weekly updates, even if they end up being diary like entries again.
I've alreayd made a start here, and over at The Underhive Hero where I've posted baout my Lizardmen Bloodbowl team!


Back to the task at hand....

Today I have something new!


If you follow my Instagram this will not be that new too you, but if you don't then enjoy!

A while back I posted an update about my completed Kirby Amiiibo in semi tribute to Ross from GameGrumps/ Steam Train.

Well, I thought it was time for more custom Amiiibo work.
This time round it is a Dr Mario repaint.



On the now rare occasion me and my brother play Super Smash Brothers (especially Melee) with each other we always end up having a final showdown between our two best characters; Marth being mine (despite Jigglypuff being my favorite), and Dr Mario being my brothers.

It is his birthday in a few days, so as well as something practical, I thought I'd get him something a little more unique, personally and thoughtful.
Also, it gave me an excuse to customise another Amiibo!

My brother always play Dr Mario wearing his black costume;



So naturally that is what I set out to do.
One session in and here we are!



All of the Dr's coat is done, the shirt and time are fine too.
A pretty simple paint job in all honesty, and just using citadel paints (Abbadon Black, Mechanicus standard Grey, Mephiston Red and Evil Sunz Scarlet), and a bit of satin varnish between layers to help it stick to the figure.

I just need to do a little more work on the boots, legs and the head in general, but it's a good start!


If you're interested in my work, then feel free to leave me a comment, hit me up on Twitter or, if you want to see what I'm working on sooner rather than later, then follow me on Instagram.

Just for the record, I'm totally down to do commission work ;)

Anyway, that is all for now.
Hopefully this will see more regular updates, along with my other blogs, so stay tuned!

Peace Out.

-DH-

51. Rubber Ross Kirby Amiibo complete!

I finished my Rubber Ross inspired Kirby Amiibo project!



It was just a case of adding a final layer of blue to the shoes, covering up any slip ups on the body and defining the mouth.
Also, scraping the the paint of the base. Note to self: More masking tape next time.

It was all finished off with a coat of satin spray varnish (purity seal)


You can check out the whole project from start to finish in pictures over on my Flickr account.


All constructive feedback welcome!
If you'd like to know anything about the project then feel free to get in touch.
Also, if you have any custom Amiibo's you'd like me to do, then throw a suggestion/ request at me.

Either way drop me a comment, or tweet me @DarkHaZZl3


That is all for now.

Check back for more projects, both old and new coming soon.

Peace
-DH-

47. Moar Amiibo stuff!

Yup, I've been doing some more work on my creative projects, namely my Amiibo's.

Most time has been spent on Kirby so far.

So I started with the base layer...







I know it looks totally odd, but it does get better.

The first layer of light blue;



And with the 'final' shade of light blue with the cheeks and eyes done.




I'd like to throw out a thanks to my friend Mike who helped me pick out the paints to paint this guy.
As far as colour selection goes it looks pretty sweet.

I know the cheeks are not totally symmetrical which is annoying, and the paint finish is a bit rough due to one too many layers, but that is the purpose of trying these things out.

I know the mistakes I made this time round and how to correct them for the future.

Kirby isn't finished yet mind.
I've just applied a layer of satin varnish before I start work on the feet and then it is on to the touch ups.

I also did a little more work on Pikachu.
I glued the goggles into place and sculpted the straps of the goggles.






Need to sculpt the buckle, fill in the gaps under the goggles and join the lenses to the straps before I start painting this one up.
Not actually going to change the colour of Pikachu, just paint the headgear so it shouldn't take anywhere near as long as Kirby to paint.

That's all for now.

Let me know what you think in the comments, tweet me  @darkhazzl3 or follow me on instagram @darkhazzl3 where I'll post sporadic updates of whatever I'm doing at the time.

Peace
-DH-

46. New stuff and a Gallery

So after the last post I've been trying to crack on with some more creative projects.

First port of call was to find a way to share these with you.
I created a personal Flickr account so I can share pictures on here. It can be found via the Gallery link in the navigation bar.
Alternatively you can click here.

With that out the way, I set about doing some drawing, painting and other stuff.

The later is what I want to show you today!

Sometime back I bought some Amiibo's with the sole intention of customising them and selling them.
While I still think I'll do this, it wont be with these ones.
These are more of a test for personal use.


So, first up we have Kirby.


My Kirby Amiibo is named Rubber Ross in honour of Ross from Game Grumps. Therefore it had to be blue!

I set about prepping the Amiibo for painting when I noticed the horrendous mold lines.


If I'm going to do these things, I'm going to do them right, so that had to be filled.



Much better.

While that dried I thought I'd get started on the second one.


My second Amiibo is Pikachu.
I was slightly disappointing to find that Pichu was not in Smash Bro's Wiiu.
While browsing the different colours and costumes in the game I noticed that there was a Pikachu with goggle, much like the Pichu with goggles from the older versions of the game.
Therefore Pichu Sr was born!


This one would require less painting, but more sculpting to create the goggles.
Luckily the Wiiu has a stage with a mirror so i could see all the angles I needed.


I started out by marking a rough set of goggles using a pen and some low tack modelling masking tape.


I then took a piece of plasticard...


...and cut out some goggles.


Using this method again I started to make templates for the straps.


To make the straps I used some expoy putty. I rolled it into sausage shapes and then smoothed those shapes over the templates.

When these are starting to dry I'll attach them to the Amiibo and start shaping them.

That is all for now.

Until next time

-DH-