MUNNYWORLD CHAMPION!

update on the kidrobot munnyworld contest.  i sadly had to forfeit my Best Foomi and Best Raffy titles........ but i win BEST IN SHOW! so excited!

check out the new winners here.

UPDATED: 6/19/201

It has come to our attention that the original Best In Show winner was in violation of our rules and to be fair it was disqualified. We now declare that “Doctor Poingeckster and Flamingor” by Kasey Tararuj is the the new 2012 grand champion of MUNNYWORLD. Because of this decision, Sean Viloria has been awarded Best RAFFY and Charles dRodriguez is now Best FOOMI.

WINNER X 2 !!!!!

i won best foomi and best raffy! 

it's the 3rd year in a row that i've won for 2 categories. i'm not gonna lie, i'm super stoked.

my buddy, the talented bill hewitt won best bub!

i told you he and i are taking over the world.

congrats to all the winners!

kidrobot blog: The New Champions of MUNNYWORLD 

cheese biscuit (and grater)

my darling cheese biscuit! this is cheese biscuit the racing giraffe and grater the rat jockey.  i made my dynamic due during the munnyworld megacontest, where i was caught off guard yet extremely ecstatic when cheese biscuit won for best raffy!! for those of you who don't know, this is a raffy (a kidrobot blank do-it-yourself figure.) i was chosen by musician erykah badu. (technically, i don't know who she is.... but i know she's famous, so i'm going to pretend to  demand bragging rights.)

i knew the moment i saw the raffy platform when it initially came out that i wanted to make a giraffe out of it. with a long tall neck and long tall legs. the shape was obviously influenced by the mighty giraffe, and i hate to do the obvious. but i thought i could really do something great with it, and i am happy i did. the fun part was trying to make him stand on his own, considering he was unbelievably top heavy.

when i finished making cheese biscuit, i had to make his little side kick, grater. i knew i wanted a small little kritter on his back, and i knew i wanted him to be a jockey. a rat just seemed to fit too well. i wanted him to look playful and/or crazed, and i'm pretty excited about the turnout of his pose.

i love to see and show the process of my pieces, so here's a tid bit of pre-paint and mid-paint.

i'm still beyond excited about the munnyworld contest win (x2!) i'm so honored and grateful for the recognition of my hour upon hour of hard work. not to mention i have an unhealthy obsession and attachment to my figures so the fact that people like them is the greatest feeling in the world.

DOUBLE WIN !

uh oh.... could it be?! did somebody get another DOUBLE win for the second year in a row? i think so.....

check it out here !!

MUNNY MUNTH WINNER! x2!

the results are in! check out the munny munth contest winners here.

so after stalking the contest for 2 weeks straight, i woke up to a nice surprise this morning.  tim and i checked out the winners and were beyond excited that betso won the grand prize.  his customs are amazing and we loved his entry. super psyched to see/get his dunny design in the new series. after scrolling down we came to my snail garth under the "looks least like a munny" category! yeah!  judged by jeff staple, he said "The character and story line are really defined. You would never guess it started off as a MUNNY."  i'm proud of my garth, especially after the long exhausting hours slaving to finish him in time, so i'm happy to see him be noticed.

i hadn't even considered my armadillo mr grubtini to win anything, but to my surprise, amanda visell judged and chose him for the "best animal" category, one of several categories not previously advertised during the contest.  this is really exciting to me just because she's been my favorite artist since i started collecting vinyl toys, and probably was the reason i even started collecting.  amanda said "I loved loved this category! Everybody did such a great job. The armadillo kicks ass, so much detail the character pops through."  hell yeah!  i have a lot of respect and admiration for her, so it's pretty awesome to have her say that.

so winning two categories is fantastic, and i'm going to continue gloating until i annoy everyone.  weee!

highlight winner!

I'M HOME! i came back to nj to find this fantastic email from kidrobot:

"I just wanted to inform you that you are our MUNNYWORLD Highlight winner this week and I would like to send you a Mini Multicolor Munny for your awesome Octopus Munny."

so i'm on the KRonikle ! they choose random winners, but i never posted this one in their flickr group, so i'm wondering how they came across it. see it here:

http://kronikle.kidrobot.com/munnyworld-highlight-4710/

yeah free stuff!