Sonic and My Little Dalek

Who's a cute little Dalek?

Seeing as my one Doctor Who custom sold in about 20 minutes last year, I figured I'd better make another this year.  And why not?  Who doesn't love the Doctor?

The pony this time is Sonic.  She's TARDIS blue, with silver hair, and a sonic screwdriver as her symbol.  You may notice she looks a little worried.  Well, she is being followed around by a tiny Dalek, wouldn't you be concerned?  Think carefully about that, if you take her home, her pet Dalek comes too!

Sonic has been fully repainted and sealed and rehaired in Raincloud nylon hair.  Her tiny Dalek is made of Fimo and wire, with a core of tinfoil.  They will both be for sale at Geek Market in October.

Elf

Storm

Alright folks, over the next few weeks I'll be showing off the customs I've completed for Geek Market (actually, I've got more customs than weeks, so you'll be seeing some of them after Geek Market too.)  I decided to start off with my X-men themed pony.

Storm was made from a blank pony.  Her costume is completely painted on.  I chose to portray Storm from the 80s, when she was leading the team, had a kick-ass costume, and a mohawk.  That's my favourite Storm.

Storm has her original hair.  She has been fully repainted.  Her symbol is a silver lightning bolt on each hip.  Her eyes are pearlized.

Storm will be for sale at Ottawa Geek Market in October.

Elf

More WIP pics

This week, a few more pictures of WIP for Ottawa Geek Market.  Since the geeky custom ponies sold so well (and quickly!) last year, I'm hoping to arrive with several more in tow for this year.  I've got so much rehairing in front of me, though.

"Who" might this be?

My little Dalek?

Geeks and Gamer Ponies

Elf

Works in Progress

Last weekend being a long one, and me being alone in the house (with five cats), I got quite a bit of customizing done.  These are all works in progress (WIP) for Ottawa Geek Market in October.  I must say, I'm quite happy with the progress and I may actually get all 12 customs I have planned done in time.

So many full body repaints...

So far I'm working on 9 customs all at the same time.  There are three others I'd like to do before the event, if I have time.  Most of them are G4 so far, but there will be a few G3 as well.  The three I haven't started yet will also be G3 if I get to them in time.  Since the FBRs have gone so well, I'm hopeful everyone will get done, but it will depend on how the rehairing goes too.

Can you guess who I will be?

Elf

Ottawa Geek Market: Year 2

Last year, in October, Roomy and I shared a table at the inaugural Ottawa Geek Market.  Geek Market is an event that's something of a cross between a convention, an artists' marketplace, and a geeky garage sale.  Not only did we have a great time, but we did pretty darn well in our sales too (Roomy was selling her books, I was selling my customs, and we had a bunch of older figures for sale too.)

This year the Geek Market is two days, taking place October 19th and 20th.  We are really looking forward to the event again, and hoping this year we'll get a bit more time to do some shopping for ourselves.  I'm also working on a whole slew of geeky custom ponies that will be ready to go to new homes by then.  Here's a sneak peek at the custom prep that's been done so far.  There'll be sneak peeks and updates from now until October.

Also, if anyone's planning to attend and has any vintage ponies they're interested in selling, I'd be happy to take them off your hands.  If it's a pony toy with "Hasbro" somewhere on the bottom of the foot, I'll be interested.  If you're not sure, I'd be happy to take a look at pictures emailed to me to advise.  Elfpony @ yahoo.com.  (end shameless plug)

Elf

We're officially moved in...

The Geek Cave is unpacked!

It's not totally organized.  We still need more shelving.  There's a bunch of stuff stuck in the closet.  But there's no more moving boxes in there!  It feels good to be so far along in the process only five months after we moved.  I think it's the first time I've felt like the Ponies have a permanent home.

View from the Door - this is Roomy's MOTU corner

G1s with various merch on the top of the shelves

More G1s and G3s and G4s

G2s, G3s, and playsets of all gens

More G3s and blind bags

More G3s

Eventually, I want to have the ponies spaced out, so they're not all facing forward and crowded together.  I also need to do some better organization than just by generation (putting families together and such.)  Fun times are ahead!  :D

Elf

And now for something completely different.

This week: a commissioned rehair.

I was contacted some time ago to do a rehair on a Cardcaptor Sakura doll by someone who had seen one of my Custom Panels at a con.  Since I wasn't familiar with the doll, I had several questions before I agreed, but I was interested in trying this project out.  Luckily, my commissioner was patient, because it took me quite awhile to finish her off, but she turned out quite nicely.

With the rehairing done, she looks like Cousin It!

I have no idea what kind of hair was in there to start off, but it was rotting and you could pull it out with no effort at all.  It was also discoloured and smelly - very odd.  I rehaired with DH Gingerbread.  The rehairing should have been easy - the doll head was a nice flexible plastic and the holes were well defined.  But my rehairing tool was against me for some reason, and the needle kept popping out forcing me to reglue it in and wait until it had completely dried - multiple times.  Finally, it decided to stay put and I was able to finish the project.  The hair was then cut and styled.  My commissioner was quite happy with the results, so much so that she's asked me to do the same treatment to five other dolls.  :)

Here's the finished product.

Elf