Glyaxia Heavy Armored Block Trooper

Another older build, slightly modified and updated with the recent Glyaxia wave of parts.

I still play around with the original version of this Block Trooper, so getting a chance to make a few in the yellow and blue has been a lot of fun! These beefballs pay direct homage to the classic series, Armored Trooper VOTOMS, as well as the late era Microman Armored Suits of legend.

Big Brother

After crossing over some extremely rough terrain, the trio finally catch up to what they've been tracking for the past few weeks:  The Heavy Caliber MCT. 

Thought to have been destroyed since vanishing on its last mission, the massive machine slowly begins to let its guard down upon recognizing the smaller prototype MCT.

This larger build was one of the first things I made with a production Block in combination with some Conversion Kits. The paint job has a brighter finish on one side and a darker finish on the other, so that each mode has a slightly different feel. These customs were fun to beat up on the rocks of Gloucester.

Test Type Trio

Some shots of Hades, Klace and the Mobile Conversion Tank. I imagine that Klace has teamed up with Hades, having been selected to join the mysterious Classified Division, where only the darkest missions are assigned. Looks like they might be tracking something in this sequence.

I don't know why I like having the Travelers crouch on this thing so much, but it just seems to always end up that way! Maybe I should change the tank's name to the Continuous Crouching Platform.

Mobile Conversion Tank

Some more detailed shots of the Mobile Conversion Tank, which is made up completely of Conversion Kits with holes cut in specific spots for the connection points. The proportions are paying homage to all the beefy little compact tanks that starred in so many old school video games. Having the ability to twist into a few configurations adds some spice to the mix and makes the toy more fun to play with, especially outside (where I've been spending more time than usual lately).

I'm working on another tank, one that will serve as the final prototype for what I want to build with the upcoming Real Type wave, which is due this month. A functioning cockpit should work its way into the next design, as this current version is more like a Test Type, seeing lots of action on its missions to gain more technical data.

The Rocks

The areas in these shots continue to be major places I still play "games" in. You know, running around on the rocks at the age of 39, pretending that I'm on an alien planet while making a fool of myself.

Outside

Spent the last few weeks getting adjusted to our summer schedule and preparing for the July drop. My apologies for the posting dry spell, but I've been in extra Dad mode while helping the girls get squared away now that they're home all day.

Over the past weekend I took Hades on his latest adventure, this time up to Gloucester, MA. Had some fun taking a batch of "on location" pictures, from daybreak until nightfall. The rocks made for a neat backdrop (and so did the fire pit -more on that later).

Chicken Palm

Heavy Runner in Reverse Mode. There are a number of other forms as well, but I think I like this BSG Viper influenced one the best of them. The Switch Pin looking like a big headlight (or maybe a Phase Cannon) is kind of fun.

Also shown above, an outdoor pic of the SDD Variable Suit, sitting like a baby chicken in the palm of my hand.

Did I mention we actually now have twelve baby chickens living with us? Maybe we'll start sending eggs out with the toys before the year is over.

The Shipping Dimension

Michelle, Megan and I worked double time over the last 48 hours and knocked out just about every order from last week's drop. I have to wait until Monday morning to bring the majority down to the Post, but after that, orders should start landing at your homes (three huge bags did make it yesterday afternoon though).

Above are a few shots of a pretty simple "Heavy Runner" that I've been playing around with. I kind of imagine Cane looks like this when he hangs around with the SDD.  There is a Megazone 23 Garland vibe going on with this one, which was one of my favorite mecha designs from back in the day. More proof of Shinji Aramaki's genius!

Variable Suit

Some more pushing and pulling with the light sources. The SDD Variable Suit has been outfitted with an opening cockpit that stays attached to the build when opened due to the "hose" that connects it to the bottom part of the construction. The parts fit tight with no "wobble" and give Neo Voss Pheyden some extra head room for his big melon.

I've been thinking about the Stealth Dimension Division as I've been working and I like the idea that this team is like a Deep Science Unit, working on concepts in a special Phase Dimensional Environment which allows for unlimited creativity:

 With the ability to easily manipulate everything around them and rapidly test new designs, the SDD are responsible for many technological advances and innovative applications of existing hardware. The SDD come up with ideas, soft test them as "Phase Phantoms" and then send their plans to the Experimental Mechanics Division (EMD), who really push the designs and bring them into the "real" world. 

Shipping is moving along at a good clip and is on schedule. Doing an overnighter with Megan this evening that should result in a hefty round being ready for a post run tomorrow afternoon.

Light Show

Before the Block Fortress came down I took a few pics of an SDD Variable Suit with the lighting switched up a bit. This time everything was lit from behind, giving a very moody look to the shots.

There was some "creative" cutting done on this build, with lots of little options to beef up or slim down the frame. I really wanted to have something that my Neo Voss Pheyden could chill out in while we pack for the next bunch of days.

Enter the Stealth Dimension!

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Here is a little back story on the Remnant Pheyden:

When other runs of figures are done at our factory, sometimes there is a little extra plastic left over. The recent Cosmic Creators Series of the OSM were run in some really great soft metallic base colors, so when I was looking over the shots, I thought it might be cool to run Pheyden in the "remnants" of the green PVC that was used for parts of the upcoming 4H colored Astro Nautilus. The effect is tough to capture, but there is very light metallic swirl in the green, similar to how Legion Pheyden has a less swirly dark metallic flavor. If you guys dig these oddball style Travelers then we'll try to do it again. Special thanks to the 4H for letting us play with their awesome color selections.

Thanks as well  to everybody who was part of the drop tonight! The Travelers still seem like they have a little life left in their old molds after nearly five years in full production. Thanks for still supporting that little dimensional dude after all this time.


NOTE -I replaced the above Remnant Pheyden pic with a less saturated image to show more of the metallic aspect. Yes, I have OCD.

Saucerama

The central platform of the Stealth Dimension Base started out as this kind of geometric UFO for Pheyden.

Building off the central "ball" inspired design, the Saucer has three Blocks integrated into its structure, with one located in the center of the ball and one inside each outer "wing". I imagine that since the Wedges are little semi-sentient creations in my tiny mind, the entire combined ship can reconfigure very quickly, and by summoning more Wedges can become the main hub for a central base setup.

Depending on what kind of Traveler is "Blocked" inside the main ball, the connected constructs become imbued with abilities that reflect that contained Traveler's own specific powers. The Traveler can then take control of the complete structure and alter its entire form with simply a thought.

I have definitely been playing with this stuff for too many weeks in a row! Hope you guys enjoy the pics of this odd build.

Next up: A Battle to Balance

Smoke on the Horizon

Some pics of the SDD Base while everyone on the team is at dinner.

Well, everyone except for that moody Smoke Glyan.
He had a big lunch.