Busy Busy March |
March 2, 2012 |
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Been busy time trying to finish all my custom projects before heading down to Wondercon (in Anaheim this year) with Five and Diamond, March 16-18 - if you headed that way, come find our booth and say hi!! After that headed on a 2 week road trip with my girl and a suitcase full of jewelry for Tawapa! It has been crunch time to get everything done. First one I finished is for Toy Art Gallery's Bellicose Bunny Show happening at their new Melrose location on March 23rd. Normally Bellicose Bunny sits on his rocket but I cut him off and flipped him over to be a scared bunny, strapped to a rocket, shooting off to space. Full pix below.
Next custom I just finished yesterday after painting for 2 14 hour days! Yipes! I now have a kink in my neck but I am super happy with the results so I don't care! Here is a teaser photo, more pix to come on Monday after I get some time this weekend (in between shifts at Five and Diamond) to do some photo shop work. This is for the So So Happy x Toy2R collaboration where 30+ artists customized 8" Qees that will tour the US during 2012. The first show will be announced soon.
Will release more photos as I get them cleaned up... And then Monday to begin my custom for the Mega My Little Pony Show, have less than 2 weeks to get it all done and ready... Phew... Wish me luck! Until next time....
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Customs and Write Ups |
February 18, 2012 |
Let me start off with the most exciting news, I am honored and pleased to announce that I have been voted Plastic and Plush's 2011 Customizer of the Year! You can read about it here: http://plasticandplush.com/2012/02/2011-papas-customizer-of-the-year.html So unexpected and so sweet! Thanks Brian for the nod! In other news have been working on lots of different customs for shows coming up this spring. WIP pictures soon to follow. Just finished a custom as a present for my friend, Spanky Stokes. He gave me 2 of his OMFG figures and told me to keep one and customize one - so I did and gave it back to him as a present. You can see the work below and read the article Spanky wrote about it here: http://www.spankystokes.com/2012/02/purple-people-eater-stroll-custom-by.html
Toysreveil did a great year end wrap up for me that you can see here: http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2012/01/11-pix-for-2011-mike-graham-aka.html
Thanks for reading! Say hi sometime! More fun WIP pix to come.
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Blamo Show went off! |
January 8, 2012 |
Wow! The Blamo Show was amazing last night! So many people came out, so much sold, and it was such fun! So much more to come on it but for now Spanky Stokes did a great write up for those who missed it. Read here: And I share with you a photo taken during the show set up!
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Blamo Show Saturday at T.A.G.! |
January 5, 2012 |
Getting really excited for the Blamo Solo Show at Toy Art Gallery this weekend. I will be headed down to L.A. soon to help with set up... If you are in the Los Angeles area, come say hello this weekend! Info below.
Blamo will be releasing one of my customs at the show:
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Need to update more frequently! |
December 26, 2011 |
Sorry if you had the feeling I was ignoring you, it wasn't intentional, things have just been hectic around these parts!! Here is a quick, catch up session of what I have done since I last updated you! At Dcon I released the Glow in the Dark version of my Chochinobake character. At the end of October, I wrapped up Z.A.P.
I did a custom for Stranger Factory's "Winter Salon."
And I made a limited edition custom Hug for Blamo Toys for the holidays...
Phew! See why I haven't updated? The future holds much in store as well! Stay tuned for:
Until next time, Happy New Year! Happy Holidays!
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So much to do, So much getting done! |
October 14, 2011 |
Getting ready for Dcon and there is much to do. This is my first year that I have a booth at Dcon and I am bringing much with me! In the last 3 days I have not slept much in order to accomplish the following: Swampy Sculpt for the Custom Swmapy Blamo Show that will preview at Dcon, Five Fuzzys - Blamo's newest character that will be unveiled at Dcon, 10 lanterns half painted, a Mr Sparkle rough sculpt (trying to have at least one there and take orders for those of you who have been waiting for them), and daily advertising for ZAP - the Zombie a Day Project that will continue through the end of the month! Phew... Now for a weekend of work at Five and Diamond and then back to toys on Monday...
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Hugo is Done and Shipped Off! |
October 4, 2011 |
Hugo Simpson, my custom for the Bewitching Show at Stranger Factory, is done and shipped off for the show this Friday night, October 7th. Now to start working on my Blamo custom for the Swampy Show that will preview at Dcon.
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Zombie Art Project has Begun!! |
October 1, 2011 |
Today is Day 1 of the Zombie Art Project (Z.A.P.). I have been working on customizing Playmobil figures into zombies that I will release 2 a day for the next 31 days until Halloween, upon which I will release a completely custom play set. Check back daily at midnight for the newest release. Also I will be giving away one pair of zombies through TOYSREVIL's Zombie Pagaent. Click here for details.
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WIP Hugo Simpson Qee sculpt |
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Zombiemonkie heading to SDCC!!! |
July 20, 2011 |
| Heading down to San Diego for Comic Con 2011, Can't wait to see you all! You can find me Sunday from 11am-1pm at Dragatomi Booth #4935, where I will be doing my first ever signing! For the show I will have 2 colorways of my new resin figure "Chochinobake" available for sale. Yellow Chochinobake will be available Thurs - Sun as an, additionaly I will be releasing A brand new colorway on Sunday during my signing (see more info below)! Also at the Dragatomi Booth, check out Blamo's new toy release, Hug, created by Spencer Hansen and custom "drooled" by me. Hope to see you there! | |
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Originally seen at Toy Art Gallery's "Resin Show" Chochinobake is the second character in my ongoing "Yokaiju" line of hand made resin figures. Based on traditional Japanese folklore, Chochinobake or the "haunted paper lantern" features 2 articulated arms and a clear hair/fire piece that sits on top of the figure. As an added bonus each Chichinobake figure comes with a battery powered tea candle that sits inside the figure lighting the hair piece up from underneath! The traditional "Yellow edition" will be available Thursday through Sunday but as an added surprise I will also be releasing a SDCC exclusive "Mystery Colorway" during my signing/sketch session at Dragatomi (Sun 11-1) . Limited to only 5, this super secret, super spooky figure will only be for sale on SUNDAY July 24th. Designed, sculpted, and hand painted by me, Chochinobake was graciously molded and poured by Motorbot of Deadbear Studios. Each colorway comes in its own Kaiju style bag/header that includes an 8X10 mini print/bio story for the character. All this hand made goodness for only $60! See you at Con!! |
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Welcome to my new website!! |
July 19. 2011 |
| Hello and welcome to the very first posting on the blog/news section of my ALL NEW website! If you have found your way here you probably know who I am, or at least have seen my work. But for the uninitiated here’s the low down: My name is Mikie Graham but I also go by the name Zombiemonkie, I’m an avid toy collector and customizer. I’ve been making my own custom figures for over 10 years now and have been working on resin casting for just over a year. This website represents the entirety of my 3D toy art. Everything I have ever worked on is represented here in some form. From my earliest customs, 4 batman T.A.S. action figures I made over 10 years ago, to my newest vinyl and resin monstrosities. What you see before you is the earliest incarnation of steadily evolving website. Make sure to check back to this page on a regular basis as this is the place I will be announcing all of my upcoming projects, shows, figures and anything else I think might interest you my reader. Thank you so much for checking out my work, and I hope you like what you see. -ZMG |
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