Taylor's Sweet Little Art and Nerd Site: Taylor's Toy Tuesday's DIY Custom- Bib Fortuna!

Bib Fortuna Custom by Taylor Lymbery

I just recently did an art piece of Bib Fortuna, so I am not going to do a recap of Bib's history. The Bib Fortuna Kenner action figure from 1983 was incredibly cool. If you looked at my personal one from when I was a kid, you can tell I liked him. He is basically missing every accessory and his head broke off, but I managed to keep his head on by wrapping his tentacles around his body. He was broken, yet I held on to him. That's love. So this piece is made from a Creatology brand vinyl action figure. I used bake- hardening clay to build the bottom of the body, the head piece and the armor and staff. Felt was used for the under clothing and I used a heavier material for the over coat. Acrylic paint was used for the detail work and then was sealed with a clear super coater. Once I got the head done, I was surprised that I had made it well enough that the tentacles clear the body armor and allow the head to turn. The staff had to be modified from what the original Kenner action figure had. I had to leave some gap for this custom action figure to be able hold on to the staff. I really like this custom. A lot of work went into him. I am hoping to have a few more of the characters from Jabba's palace scene done soon. We'll see. Now, I've got some important updates, so more pictures will be at the end of this posting. Enjoy the pics. I've got to get back to illustrating comic books! :)

Just a quick update: I did go ahead and purchase a table for the Fan Days Convention in October. I'll be there with a ton of new work to sell, a new issue of Xenex the Bug Man and new posters. So I'll see you there!

There's been an update to the store tabs on both Xenex the Bug Man, and this site. All of the print on demand issues, cafepress stores and commissions info will be under the new store tab on both this site and the Xenex the Bug Man site. Hopefully this page makes shopping a bit easier. Go and check it out!

I just updated the Xenex the Bug Man website with rather grand news that the long awaited issue 4 is now up for order. It's a great looking comic book! Head on over to the Bug Man site and see what I'm talking about!

Now, you mighty be asking what this Marvin Dog media is. I've got answers. I had been working with a good friend of mine, Jeff McGee, before I got sick on designing logos and banners for a podcast that I am on and logos and banners of podcasts that other friends are on. I have listened to all of the shows so far and they are great! Jeff and I are on the show where we talk about toys! (Go figure, I mean Go action figure!) That show is called Talking toys with Taylor and Jeff. The other two shows are The pilot episode, where Jeff and Josh Taylor break down the Pilot Episode in TV series, and The Loosely Based Podcast where Brynna and Jeff compare the book to the movie adaptation! Again, the shows are great! If you are interested in what we got, go to Marvindogmedia.com and give us a listen. You can subscribe to the shows on itunes and get up to date info on upcoming shows on facebook:
Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff on facebook
The Loosely Based Podcast on facebook
The Pilot Episode on facebook

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