Taylor's Sweet Little Art and Nerd Site: Taylor's Toy Tuesday's DIY Custom- The Emperor's Royal Guard!

Royal Guard by Taylor Lymbery

This is not the first time I have oohed and awed about the Emperor's Royal Guard. You really have to work hard to not like the simplistic and organic design of these guys.They have a nice predatory bird look designed in their helmet. They have are in al red and covered in awesomely designed robes. They have those scary soulless visors built into their helmets. Dude! What I'm trying to say is this, "These guys look really cool!"

For this custom toy, I used a Roseart Color Blank body. I tried to keep the simple look of the Royal Guard uniform by not adding to much detail in how I made pieces. Here's an example: Instead of shaping a shoulder piece of the cowl to fit to the helmet, I dropped that feature and focused on the detail painting in the helmet. I extended the legs and painted the body to mimic the dark maroon of the Kenner Action figure. I then painted black lines in to be the stitching. I cut an under-skirt of red felt and stitched it in the back. To finish off the toy, I cut a red cape and glued it with foil for shaping and a dark red for the inside. I put it over the neck spoke and popped the head on. I then made a force pike and trimmed it to fit in the Guard's hand. I do have plans to make another Guard. I would like to pair them with an Emperor Custom. We shall 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! :)

All throughout the month of Movember, I'll be growing a mustache to raise awareness of prostate cancer and I'll be taking donations for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Do you want to donate?! Head on over to my Movember page to see photos of me struggling to make a blonde mustache show and to donate!

Just to let you know all know, I am taking commissions. If you would like to commission me for original artwork, head over to the commissions tab in store to see how.

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!

If you have not heard about the Podcast called, "Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff", then it's time I let you know! Jeff and I are on the show where we talk about toys! (Go figure, I mean Go action figure!) Seems simple enough. We pick out a toy line to discuss in each show. We share our childhood memories, our favorite five, and talk about the one toy in the line that got away. Jeff talks about how he cherished his toys and I talk about how they ended up in the garden! 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! 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:
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