I am finally moving my website to a cheaper webhost. Hostway was way too expensive, and I wasn’t getting enough traffic to justify the cost. I have now moved to Host Monster. I think I have everything transferred over correctly, but if you see anything a little buggy, I would really appreciate the heads up at donald.c.kennedy2@gmail.com. Thanks for being supportive of my website. I have a bunch of cool things coming up, including a few more customized board games, and some other figures that may surprise you.

I have finally finished my Gutsman Operation game. This is a working game that works just like regular operation, except the board is using a Jazwares Gutsman vinyl, so the board is a little more 3D. I used an Ironman Operation game for the little pieces ,the graphics for the cards, and the frame for the game. I used wire to line the holes for the pieces and I just wired the old Operation insides to work with this. I damaged the cards and money to match the stressed look of the board.

The money, box art, and instructions were custom made in Photoshop. It was a lot of fun putting together all these pieces to get a great game together. If you would like to see more pictures, please go to My Flickr Page. I also have video showing that it really works on Youtube. I haven’t decided whether I am going to sell this one yet, but when I do, I will let you know here. I may save it for El Paso Comic Con, but it will depend on how much notice I get with it also.

This wasn’t the only game I am working on. The next one will be a lot of fun. I will give you a hint, the next one will have to do with the classic game Hungry, Hungry, Hippos.

This is the first time that I have tried doing a Sonic the Hedgehog figure. It’s not that I have anything against Sonic, but the figures that are out right now are hard to work with. I found this Giant 90s style Sonic, and I new I had to turn him to a Mech. I used a 10 inch vinyl Sonic, a 2 inch Sonic figure, LEGO laptops, straight pins for the rivets, a Playmobil computer keyboard, and a piece from a Halo Ghost for the cockpit.

I had a few issues with getting this figure together, but the end result was worth the hassle. I need to get some pictures of Mecha Sonic, Mecha Mario, and Mecha Yoshi fighting. If you would like to see more pictures, please go to My Flickr Page. Currently this is not for sale, but if that changes I will be sure to post it here.

Kevin Berryman from Kevinberryman.com. He won my Dr. Mario statue in my very first contest on my website. I will probably try to do one every year, so keep an eye out for my next contest. I really hope he enjoys my custom and I hope everyone had fun giving me some ideas. I really appreciate all the brainstorming. It has given me some new inspiration. Thanks again everyone.

I have been wanting a custom set of bookends for a long time. I saw a Minimates pirate ship and thought it would be perfect for an airship. I have a bunch of Furuta Mario figures, so I picked the different Koopa kids for the ship. The front of the ship is a Bowser head that I cut and sculpted to fit the front. The propellers are LEGO pieces. The rest is mainly figure placement and repaint. I made the bookends blue to seem like it was flying in the sky. Unfortunately, this is not for sale, but if you would like to see more pictures, go to My Flickr Page.

This is the last week to enter to win this awesome custom figure. All you have to do to win is leave a comment here with an idea for a custom figure. Contest ends on February 27th at midnight. I will try to get a winner announced within a couple of days. Good luck everyone.

I was recently nominated for the Visual Artist Category for The List: Soirée Electoral. Voting is until February 28th, and you can vote by going to this facebook page and like my picture. Whoever gets the most likes, wins the category. Voting started yesterday and I have two weeks. I am behind for now, but I didn’t even know I was nominated until this morning, so now I am asking everyone to vote. Here is a description about the event:

THE LIST: Soirée Electoral

Mode+11ivy+Hommework+Downtown Niche

This was originally designed for a commission, but the money never came through. I know I already did Zombie Peach, but this is a bit different, and it has her latest victim Mario’s head. I wanted it to seem like she was at her zombie lair, so I put bones from other victims around her “dinner table.”

I used a hard to find vinyl Princess Peach figure from China, so I couldn’t remake this if I wanted to. The mushroom is actually from the same Peach figure, and the bones are from these skeletons I got from target this year at Halloween time.

Since I originally made this for a commission that fell through, I have put this up in My Store for the same price as the commission. If you want to see more pictures, please go to My Flickr Page.

Iam8bit has ended, and my Dr. Mario sculpture did not sell. Instead of putting it in my store to sell, and to celebrate my new blog layout, I have decided to give it to someone out there. There is one catch, I need some good ideas for customs. I want this to be a sort of brainstorming session. Give me ideas, even if they are a little out there. I prefer video game customs, but I know there are a lot of other good ideas out there to, so don’t limit it to video games. Here is what you have to do to win:

• Place a comment on this post with your idea for a cool custom figure.
• A winner will be picked at RANDOM from the posts
• Drawing will be on February 27th (My birthday!)
• International Entries allowed. I will ship it to wherever it needs to go.
• One Entry Per Person Please

I know a lot of people have been wanting a custom, so here is your chance to get Dr. Mario and Nurse Peach for your collection. For more pictures, you can go to My Flickr Page. Good luck everyone!

I recently played Cave Story and I fell in love with it. I wanted to make a figure from that game. I looked up some pictures and found a great picture by glitcher from Deviantart.

I wanted to do this, but I was faced with a couple of problems…mainly the bubble. I was racking my brain, until I stumbled across a musical snow globe that would work perfectly. The dome is plastic, so the paint won’t come off of it as easily as it would glass. The dome is also removable so that you can get a better look at the figures.

I thought that the Pinky Street form would work great, so I used them as the base. Quote’s head is Ash’s head from a pokemon figure.

If you want to see more pictures, pleas go to My Flickr Page.