don't feel bad if you didn't get in this round, hopefully the next batch of commissions will be ready next month. Here are the 5 names on the commission list now: 1- Ian's Collectibles reviews: Young Link 2- Giovanni: Super Knuckles and Super Tails 3- Dylan D: Scourge and Super Scourge 4- Ashley: O…
I have finally cleared out that backlog from 2021 so I can re-open my commissions again. To prevent this from turning into another 3 year ordeal I am only going to take FIVE commissions this time. The cost is $20 per figure plus shipping and whatever the base toy would be (whether you would have to…
So I was thinking, the new Pokemon game is gonna be in a region similar to Spain right? I decided to google some Spanish folklore to find out if there are any creatures unique to the country that they might make into pokemon. -Basa-Jaun, aka "Lord of the Woods" a kind of ogre credited with teaching…
I have a subreddit now! Yeah, I've seen a bunch of other youtubers who do this kind of thing so I went ahead and made one for myself. Here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wakeangel2001/ go ahead and post some memes, fanart, questions, whatever you want, just no requests for commissions, that's what…
I always thought Sega missed out on a big opportunity by not making any real merch of the avatar character from Sonic Forces, though it would be a bit of a logistical problem to try and make an action figure line centered around it (I was thinking an easy to dismantle figure, not unlike a mega cons…
Hey everyone, Wakeangel2001 the nitpicking fan boy here! There are a lot of problems with Wonder Woman 1984 but I have an issue with the opening scene where little kid Diana is competing in some kind of Olympic triathlon event thing. She falls off her horse, uses a slide to catch up to it and gets…
I've been seeing a lot of news about the new Xbox and Playstation consoles getting bought up by 'bots so scalpers can resell them at extortion level price mark ups, and Sony and Microsoft don't seem to be doing anything to stop it. At first I thought they might not have any incentive to, after all,…
So Hyrule Warriors 2 is coming out next month and I'm hyped, but it got me thinking about what else can be applied to that simple yet oh-so-satisfying gameplay template. I know this might not be the first thing you'd think Sonic would be able to slot into since the franchise is mostly about platfor…
So the Archie Sonic vs Wally West Flash death battle episode aired, and I guess everyone who is interested in it has seen it by now. Now, I am NOT going to complain about the result, I know a lot of people have complained about DB's apparent DC favoritism but I'm going to accept their logic for how…
Kaiju No. 8: If one of the guys who worked for Ron Perlman's character from Pacific Rim gained monster based super powers. One Punch Man: Nothing is stronger than the power of satire. One-Piece: Holy crap this is still going strong? My Hero Academia: What if X-Men lead to a more Utopian future? Har…
I was just thinking about that Transformers/MLP crossover, and I realized that just like in the Star Trek Transformers crossover my boy Powerglide was basically replaced by Windblade again. I want to reiterate, I LOVE Windblade, I voted for a female autobot that turned into a jet for the fan poll s…
After the last windows update movie maker totally stopped working, even if I downloaded it again it would only crash upon opening, I guess Windows put a bug into the last update to force people to stop using the old program, and the new one is pretty much useless for my purposes. I tried downloadin…
So, the sequel to the Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been officially announced, great! I knew it was going to happen what with it being quite well received by fans, breaking box office records for video game movies (even though its theatrical run was shortened by theaters shutting down for the corona…
Here we go...my favorite final boss fight out of all the Sonic games ever made is the battle against Merlina from Sonic and the Black Knight. Yeah that's right, one of the storybook games, and one that wasn't even that well received by fans or critics, delivered my favorite final battle out of AAAA…
Hey, I just spent the past hour and a half or so replying to messages and emails that I got DELUGED with as soon as I re-opened my commissions. I regret all of my life's decisions up to this point...I knew I had people waiting, but I didn't realize I was this popular. I don't think its going to be…
So, one thing about the Sonic games has always been that Robotnik traps small animals inside his badniks, and they never really explain WHY. I had always thought the animals were being used as the robot's CPUs, since a mammalian or avian brain can deliver more processing power for its volume and en…
Warning, spoilers, this is basically a really long comment I wrote on Angry Joe's review of the Sonic movie in response to him saying he didn't know too much about Sonic Deep lore. I know almost everything about Sonic's lore from roughly 8 or so different continuities (my only weak spot is Fleetway…
So by the end of this week the Sonic movie will be in theaters, I already got my ticket for 10:30 AM on Saturday the 15th (tried to get a friday ticket but they sold out) and I'm sure some people have seen it (probably preview screenings for reviewers and such) but I'm still going to voice my hopes…
So after 2 weeks the poll to vote for my top 10 customs of 2019 kind of stagnated, so I took all the ones that had the most votes and made a new poll, now there are only 11 to choose from! So if you couldn't decide because there were too many you liked before or the one you voted for isn't there an…
I'm sure that title grabbed your attention, but I finally got to play the HD version of Sonic Unleashed today, a game I've owned for almost 10 years but never actually played until my uncle bought himself a used xbox 360. I actually remember doing a review of the wii version of the game so long ago…
I know a lot of creators on youtube were talking about their concerns for COPPA and stuff, but I just want anyone who watches me there to know that I have no intention of changing anything. A bunch of my toy review videos and a few of my custom videos got arbitrarily marked as "made for kids" by th…
Not quite as many as the previous year, but I spent much less time unemployed. Still, I made 61 action figures total, though due to redundant characters I chose to set up the annual poll with 58 choices (to prevent the characters I made twice from cutting each others' votes in half) the poll is alr…
I think I got enough votes to decide which Rouge figure my fans liked more, so that just leaves which of my 2 Ridley figures is better. The poll is here: https://www.deviantart.com/wakeangel2001/journal/poll/7761740/
Hey everyone, I'm preparing to set up the poll for the top custom of 2019, with around 60 figures made so far I decided to streamline a bit by only listing one version of whichever character I made more than once, so I'm making a couple of pre-polls here to see which one you guys like more so that…
So the makers of the Sonic movie announced a new release date, February 14th 2020. So that means the animators have an extra 3 months to re-do Sonic's effects. Now I'm pretty certain that filming for this movie was finished quite some time ago so all that's left is post work, but I suppose it wasn'…
So, about that Sonic movie trailer. The song they used for it was Gangster's Paradise, which has nothing in common with Sonic except that it was popular in the 90's. Imagine how AMAZING that trailer could have been if it was instead set to Crush 40's Sonic Youth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOL…
I don't normally do stuff like this, but given my place in the community I kind of have to chime in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeIA0dLr_dA
"Hey Wakeangel, you've only been back into pokemon for like 10 months, why are you pretending to care so much about it?" -shut up, I may have taken a decade and a half off the franchise but its not like I ever hated it, and like everyone else I like to share and speculate on things I care about. So…
Hey everyone, I just realized I never really made this announcement outside of my youtube channel, but I closed new commissions a few weeks ago because I have too many toys literally sitting on my floor waiting to be customized. Until I can clear those out I'm putting a freeze on new figure commiss…
Spoilers for issue 13 of the IDW Sonic comic, Eggman has developed a kind of robotocizer he calls the metallic virus. It's essentially a silvery liquid that turns whatever living tissue it touches into a machine enslaved to his will, and then any living tissue these machines touch become infected a…
I wish there had been more voters, but I finally got the top 10 video for all the customs I made last year. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGZmAxdLU2g&feature=youtu.be
Alright, almost 2 weeks into the year and it seems I hit a plateau in votes without having a definitive top 10. So I took the 13 that had the most votes so far and put them in a new poll, so all ten plus 3 honorable mentions are decided, all that's left is the order, wanna see your favorite win? OR…
There are a little over 13,000 subscribers to my youtube channel, almost 2000 more watch my deviantart gallery, and my other 4 galleries have a few hundred more between them. I know there is some overlap and a bunch of those accounts might be inactive, but so far my poll for the top 10 customs of 2…
Hey everyone! When all is said and done I completed 73 unique figures this year, and now they're all up to vote on! I did combine a few, such as putting all 5 Hard Boiled Heavies as one entry, and instead of presenting them all in the order I made them I grouped them together in a way to help with…
Hey, apparently for the first time I actually sent a figure to the wrong place. I accidentally sent theOrangeSunflower's minifigure to Virgilio, this is because when orange sent me their address they forgot to put their name in it, and that's important. When I got the name after I combined it with…
Hope everyone had a happy Halloween. I got a late start this month because of NYCC but I still managed to make stuff, and I'm gonna count some asterisk stuff because they're things I did. My Infinite costume is a proud accomplishment (especially the mask) and I'm going to count the 2 Bedlam figures…
Alright, Comic Con is over and now I'm ready to get back to making toys and doing a bunch of follow up videos related to the con, but first is my somewhat overdue recap journal for my birthday month. This month I managed 6, starting with the 9th Doctor Knuckles, Sonia the Hedgehog, Ray the flying S…
I just kind of realized that it's been years since I shared my friend code online, I'd like to try some pokemon link trades so I don't have to worry about GTS snipers (especially for shinies, it's SHOCKING how fast someone will grab a shiny once it's offered.) So here's my code: 4081-5740-1814 Go a…
Alright, we all know that Sega put a significant amount of effort into creating Sonic Forces' customizable avatar character, turning the game away from the route of being a straight up Generations sequel, but it seems they missed out on a pretty lucrative opportunity. Though toys are being made of…
Well, since I got sick this month at the same time I decided to pull back on production to avoid burnout I of course didn't make as many toys, but I still managed to get out 4; Rapid, Gemerl, Luke, and a Death Egg Robot. 2 fan characters, an official character I never made before, and another big f…
I've been getting questions from people waiting for their customs about how many people are ahead of them, so I'm putting down everyone in order: Currently working on: Trey, Chaoshog17, Comickiller_dust, and Aiden everyone else in order of the date their sent in toys arrived: Bigboss1233 Paulie VJB…
Hey, remember in the G1 cartoon how the transformers crashed here 4 million years ago and woke up in the 1980s? Well imagine if they emerged in the 1880's instead! It's a AU that's been explored before in Hearts of Steel, and MMC made some VERY nice Steam Punk Transformers including Knight Morpher…
well, this was quite a month, a record EIGHT completed figures for this July makes it my most productive month ever, despite the stress of job hunting and the malaise of wondering what I've done with my professional life...but I don't want to get you down because over the course of July I made my f…
I received another package from ebay today, it contained a Knuckles figure but there's no indication for who actually ordered it. If you are a would be commissioner who sent me a Knuckles contact me with a PM, the box has the tracking number so I can use that to confirm the sender. Also I received…
You know how in pokemon you only get one master ball, and you hold that thing forever just in case? I was thinking eventually I'd stumble across a shiny pokemon or something, but I had a real anime moment playing the game today. I had already beaten all the main quests and story elements in Moon so…
Alright, there's this thing going around with climate deniers that human activity only contributes 3% of all the new carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the rest of it is natural, so global warming isn't our fault and everything is natural and will stabilize in a couple decades or some BS like t…
Well, ToysRUs is officially closed forever and I'm officially unemployed, but I'm not going to let that stop my art, and it didn't slow me down this month either because I managed to complete 7 projects. Violet, Chaos 0, Angemon, Advance Metal Knuckles, Revali, Pinky Roe, and the Koopa Clown Car al…
so, it's been nearly 20 years since I seriously played a real pokemon game, and I only picked up Moon because of a deep clearance, but now that I've played it for a while I find myself getting really into it. I think it's because you can pet your pokemon after battles and feed them sweeties and stu…
hey...so I haven't played a pokemon game since I was in high school, but since it was 70% off I got myself a copy of Pokemon Moon, and I have a Kadabra now! Back on Gold and Crystal I had an Alakazam on my team, but back then it was easy because I was in high school and had a bunch of friends who a…
So I was able to make 5 figures this month, an average output, though I was pretty darn proud of most of them. Infinite, Heavy King, and Bunnie are the official characters and there were 2 fan characters in the form of Soul and Krista. One more bonus is that Krista was the first time I made a toy b…
I got a Silver figure in the mail today to customize, but I don't know who sent it. I have a tracking number and the name on the return address (likely the ebay seller) is Zachary Laymon. So if you sent me a Silver in the past few days please contact me with a note or PM and give me the tracking nu…
Hi, I've decided to do a bit of a tweak to my patreon reward tiers. I've been giving a hand made minifigure to $10 supporters, which for the longest time has only been one guy, but the lower supporters have given me quite a bit over all this time, so I'm going to give them minifigures too. From thi…
This was not a good month for me, mostly because I lost the first 2 weeks to my apartment being painted. I managed to make 4 figures though, and the Mario Sonic figure I posted on April Fools day should count as well even if he was made back in February (I didn't reveal it at the time.) That means…
Hey, I'm still trying to track down a place to buy physical issues of the new Sonic comic without having to pay more for shipping than the comic itself costs, but I have finally read the first 2 issues and I think it's off to a pretty good start. I was really surprised to see that it's basically a…
I know it's been a long time since I've done any artistic work, but we are still working at putting the house back together after it was painted (One of the bedrooms, the kitchen, and bathroom are back in order, so that just leaves my room and we'll be able to move back in, then we can do our livin…
I wasn't quite as productive this month, completing only 4 figures (though I came REALLY close to finishing a 5th, but then I got sick right at the end.) Leap the Kangaroo, Tangle the Lemur, Shade the Echidna (my favorite this month) and Starfire. I'm actually recovering from the flu I caught, mode…
So, apparently way back in 2016 Figurerealm's DrNightmare wrote this about me: "There are like 500 customs under the "Sonic" section in the Showcase and 95% of them were submitted by Wakeangel2001. That's completely nuts, especially considering how few repeat designs are in there. Even more impress…
Hey, first month of 2018 is down and boy was I ever productive, producing a total of 7 figures! I think 7 is about my upper limit as I don't really remember ever making more than that in this time. So Cassia, Chaos, Classic Metal Knuckles, Clove, Daruk, Classic Mighty, and Zachary are the January l…
Hey everyone, my youtube channel is about to reach the 10,000 subscriber mark! Plus IDW teased us with a new character for their upcoming Sonic comic, so of course I'm going to combine these things for some self-promotion. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4dhWV52QX8&feature=youtu.…
It's up! The video for the top 10 custom figures of 2017 is now on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_NwXC4j5zk&feature=youtu.be If the figure you liked didn't make the list, then maybe you should have voted XP
Hey, I've got a total of 142 votes in the top 10 poll so far, and we got a pretty commanding lead for the one in first (which was REALLY surprising to me) but everything under it is too close to call, there are a bunch of ties and others separated by only a couple votes, and I don't have anything r…
Well, 2017 is ending, and you know what that means. This year I've made 48 publicly released projects, and they're all listed on a poll in the order that I made them. To vote in the poll follow this link: https://goo.gl/GuinLV and if you're just curious to see the results follow this link: https://…
With my last custom of the year uploaded I'm prepared to do the December recap. We started this month with Scourge, then Dontamure and Mora made for a Secret Santa event, followed by the hotly anticipated Infinite figure, and finally a simply SOAP shoes Sonic to round everything out. Wow, I can't r…
Alright, the month is over and it's time to go over my accomplishments. This time I barely managed 4 figures not counting the Picky the pig minifigure (or 5 if you count Wolf Link as his own figure.) So yeah, Kragok, Julie-Su, Midna (with Wolf Link) and finally a new Aya which was completed on the…
Hey, I remember how big a stink people brought up with the Elise/Sonic thing that went on in '06, so I'm just curious what the general reaction to this is: http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1137972-archie-sonic-comics (for the record, the caption is a joke, but that IS actual artwork taken from the co…
I took a bit of a vacation in October so I was only able to complete 4 customs, not counting the Pocky minifigure I made for a patron. So Knight the Hedgehog, Commander Video, Papyrus, and another Omega were my accomplishments for the month of October. No, you didn't miss anything, Omega has not be…
So September was a pretty stressful month for me, with the holiday shopping season officially beginning at toysrus I've been getting more hours as my contempt for the common shopper grows ever more, coupled with my 32nd birthday and my ever growing backlog I feel like I'm getting more stressed, tho…
Welp, as of about 1/2 an hour ago I am officially 32 years old. I'm starting to feel self conscious about my age.
August was a pretty productive month now that I look back on it. First off I made 3 minifigures for my patreon supporters, Pingu, Scourge, and a blue Flicky, then I made quite a few action figures. Starting with my first ever post SGW Nicole, then Mipha and Darunia to settle my Zelda obsession, SNT…
I felt like I didn't have much motivation to create this month, but I think it's because I took on some fairly difficult projects. Up first was my comic styled Bunnie and the Egg Swat, which I made for a contest. Followed up by my first ever Tiara Boobowski figure, then I made a few minifigures, So…
So I decided to start posting some exclusive stuff to my patreon. Of course you only need to donate at least $1 to see it, and for now it's going to be WIPs of the figures I'm working on. If you think there's more stuff that I could put up as patreon exclusive offer some suggestions in the comments…
hmm, I guess I got too distracted this month, I only completed 4 figures. They were of course Morpho/Steve Eggman, Coco Bandicoot, Sans, and Monkey Khan. Actually, I should say I made 5, as I did complete a groom Sonic for another wedding cake topper, but I didn't officially post it since it's part…
May was pretty productive, seeing the completion of 7 figures...or 8 depending on if you count Cheese. The month started off with Cream & Cheese, followed by that Captain Metal figure I've been wanting to make forever, the Death Egg Robot that I had been working on for 4 months finally saw completi…
yep, the guys at Sega have actually put in the ability for the player to create their own custom character to play as in the upcoming game. Thankfully this has quashed the rumors that Bubsy will be in the game, though I'm sure we're going to see lookalikes of just about every anthro cartoon charact…
Hey everyone, I'm tired of dealing with constant requests for commissions in my public comments, mostly on youtube but also here. So I decided to set up a special e-mail for commissioners so you won't have to deal with the note or PM system anymore (especially youtube's unintuitive one.) the email…
I didn't bother to do a recap for March since the only thing I accomplished of note was Shiva Shredder, but I got back into my groove once I beat Breath of the Wild. This month I managed to complete 5 customs, Bayonetta, Mephiles, the Dr. Finitevus rebuild, the Tornado, and Cream & Cheese (which ar…
Hey, I know everyone talks about Breath of the Wild, but one thing I was curious about was just how big the world map actually is in real world units. I mean, it IS one of the biggest contiguous maps ever used in a Zelda game right? So I found a way to measure it because like I said when I calculat…
This was NOT a good month for me, real life obligations kept getting in the way on my days off so I didn't have as much time to work on custom figures as I would have liked. I finished only 3 custom figures this month, SGW Sally, Contagion the Amalgam, and Shovel Knight. I also finished the stage f…
Alright, I JUST finished 2 figures literally minutes ago (last night when I posted this journal on DA) and seeing how it is officially February let's do my monthly recap. This month saw the completion of 7 custom figures, though only 5 have been posted in my gallery. The first custom of the year wa…
So the CW network is putting out a new TV drama based on the Archie comic of all things. I'm watching the first episode right now and they open it with the death of Cheryl Blossom's brother of all things. It is so WEIRD to hear these characters' silly names said out loud with complete sincerity, es…
Hey, I'll be doing a proper update on January's patreon raffle once the figure is restored, but since it's already the 13th I feel I should share it now, it's going to be Rob-O the Hedge, another of my first customs.
Alright everyone, ultimately there were 18 figures in the first poll that got at least 2 votes, so now they've been put together in a second poll, and THIS one will decide the top 10 of 2016! The new poll is here: https://www.poll-maker.com/poll942318xcf2B4F98-39 So vote for your favorite!
So I took a look at my "best of 2016" poll, and so far 62 people have cast their votes. Although there seems to be a definitive top 2 there are so many ties that I wouldn't be able to make it past a top 6 list, with 3 tied for 3rd place, 2 for 4th, 6 for 5th, and a whopping 15 tied for the 6th plac…
Well, it took me most of an hour to list every single custom I made this year on a convenient poll for you all, but it IS up. Thanks to poll maker for providing the simple format and the option to put pictures to make this easier for everyone. You can vote here: http://www.poll-maker.com/poll936690…
62, that's how many figures I produced this year, that's an average of 1.2 per week. For a one man operation where everything is made by hand and works a regular job that's not bad at all. Of course there are highs and lows and December was a low, seeing me complete only 3 figures (I made some mino…
they removed the metroidvania element! I love the Shantae series, all 3 of the previous entries are saved in my 3DS, and a big part of the fun was exploring the world and filling out the map, it made the fetch quests more time consuming but gave a nice feeling of scale to the game. Now it works a l…
So many of you who watch me probably also watch my youtube channel, and are aware of that little stop motion animation intro my friend strapper01 made for me. I love that intro and have no intention of getting rid of it, but it only really matches my custom videos and isn't appropriate for my vlogs…
Well, I accomplished pretty much nothing this month...that's November for you. When I'm not selling toys I'm buying them for the kids in my family, so ultimately I only finished 4 figures, Marine, Omochao, Princess Sally, and Ganondorf. No you didn't miss anything, I literally finished the Ganondor…
Hey, I just wanted to let everyone know that I've taken the option to upgrade my patreon. From now on anyone who wants to support me will be charged as soon as they pledge instead of at the beginning of the next month. If you want to support my work you can find my patreon here: https://www.patreon…
So as I predicted, the increased work load for the holiday season has given me less time to make toys, but I managed to complete 5 figures in October. First was Ruto (one of my favorite things I ever made ever,) then Scarlette, Ray the Flying Squirrel, Flare, and my Mecha Sonic rebuild. Also tomorr…
Hey, so today at work while I was cleaning up I noticed this 50th anniversary 3 pack for GI Joe, and there was this female cobra officer in it: http://news.hisstank.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2016/06/Female-Conbra-GIJOE-Modern-Era-2016-Line-Up-04.jpg on the Joe's side there was a 3 pack with Jo…
So this month I finished 5 figures, 2 fan characters in Adamant and Ramil, then Honey, Vaati, and Rocket Metal Sonic to finish off the month. With the holiday shopping season underway I may have much less time to work on toys so we're probably going to see a downturn in productivity.
Hey, I'm trying to get more attention to my patreon so I can have more than 3 supporters and of course dedicate more time to my art, but so far my patreon account doesn't have any exclusive content and because I work so many hours I have almost no time to do the usual patreon rewards. So to rectify…
Before I get into this, I feel I must remind you that Ristar, Atomic Robo, and Aya were all completed in July and were counted then, so will not be added to this month's total even though I posted them here in August. Still, I managed to make 7 figures this month, that's almost as much as I was doi…
Hey, as you may know I have a youtube channel, and just about every figure I make gets their own video, but most of my effort goes into making the toys themselves, and I only have very basic editing software, so the videos themselves are fairly utilitarian. But one of my commissioners, Billy-supers…
Alright, just throwing this out there, at first glance it may seem that July wasn't very productive, seeing me post only 4 figures, Post Super Genesis Wave versions of Bunnie and Antoine, Queen Aleena, and my weaponizer Strongarm repaint. HOWEVER, that is because I completed 2 more figures that I h…
So I got another sent in toy to customize today, a Silver figure, sent to me apparently by a Brandon Harper. I recall this happening last week, and telling anyone who planned to send me toys that there had to be some way for me to identify who they are from, as I receive them quite often and no, yo…
http://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/nickelodeons-loud-house-to-feature-married-gay-couple/ wow...just wow. This organization seems to be made up out of ultra conservative, bigoted, censoring busybodies. When I was made aware of this I couldn't get through the entire article because my hands…
So, I just got home from work, and well, there's this employee break room where we have our lockers and keep all our stuff, so when I punched out and was going in there I open the door to find 3 girls in their underwear...kinda hilarious, we all had a good laugh (while I stood behind a pillar facin…
Alright, we've officially reached the year's halfway point, what did I accomplish toy-wise in June? Bark, Omega, Chip, Ipequey, and Cream &Cheese. So 5 customs, that's not bad, especially considering I got my hours at work bumped up to 5 days a week. Remember I work at toysrus, and my store's locat…
dammit...the good news is I am soon going to have my beloved Ahsoka fugure as well as the Boom Shadow and Metal Sonic figures. The bad news is between the outlets I had to buy them from and shipping I spent about 80 god damn dollars! I hate myself, I'm a hopeless addict and I don't want you to live…
So as you all know I work in the ToysRUs R-Zone, selling video games, as such I need to have at least a basic knowledge of nearly all games that come out for the 4 current systems (XBone, PS4, WiiU, and 3DS) and thanks to one of my customers today I really noticed something. He had a simple request…
So I finally got the Victorion box set, 6 new fembots that combine into one giant fembot, with a TFWiki entry filled with Steven Universe jokes. Is it everything it's cracked up to be? Watch my review to find out! With over an hour of footage overall it was a bit much so I broke it down into 7 vide…
Alright, May is over, and to me this seemed to be the month of shapeways kits, making me even more want to get into 3-D printing customs, though I'm still quite a ways away from doing that since I just learned how to move primitives around in Blender. So let's go over what I did this month, startin…
So, I saw a lot of people here are moving or opening galleries on a new art site called furry network, and I made a page there just in case (as Wakeangel2001) but apparently there was a recent controversy about the new site banning cub porn (FA adopting that policy is what drove many artists to ink…
So folks, sometimes when I buy figures for customs they come with a part to the larger build-a-figure that I can't use because I'm not trying to collect the whole wave. Rather than let the parts gather dust I figured I'd help some people out if they missed their chance. I currently have 3 BAF parts…
TL,DR: This game would be great except that the controls totally suck and nintendo needs to give us a patch that allows them to be customized. Now, for specifics, here we go... Holy shit man, these controls, these controls man...they tried SO HARD to replicate the greatness of Star Fox 64 in every…
April was a little bit of a slow month for customs, as I only made 4; Bean, Antoine, Razor, and T-Bone...that is Razor the Wyvern, not Razor the Swat Kat which I made over a month before. Hopefully I'll be able to increase the output this month. PS: I know Nautica is at the bottom of the poll but s…
Hey, since I'm almost done with all the personal projects I put on my last poll I decided to put the next one up. If you can vote in DA polls it is right here: http://wakeangel2001.deviantart.com/journal/poll/5838112/ but if not you can post your pick from the list in my comments. Remember, everyth…
I just got a question from DA user billy-superskullz on whether I believed 3-D printing could replace the mold casting techniques in the toy industry, and I thought the answer would be interesting enough to share in a journal. Both techniques have strengths and weaknesses, molds are of course faste…
Alright, another month, another 5 figures completed. This month I made SATAM Sally, Razor from the Swat Kats, Hydro the waterhog, another Rouge, and SATAM Bunnie. Overall, not a bad month to retire to. Thank you all for supporting me this long, I'll leave my gallery up as a remembrance, but I'm off…
February was a decent month for me, I completed 6 figures as well as a couple more minifigures that I haven't shared anywhere yet. We started off with Zonic the Zone cop, followed by Billy Hatcher after a 2 week lull, then Zector, Breezy, and Chip all completed on the same day, followed up a couple…
So, some guy on the youtube made the incredibly original and brand new observation that Supersonic is similar to a Super Sayan from Dragonball Z, and on my latest custom video for Zonic the Zone cop he said that the writers for the comic didn't have any original ideas so they ripped off Sailor Moon…
My 3DS is back, once again in perfect working order. I'm so happy to have my little device back in my pocket.
I googled the upcoming toys that Tomy is going to make for the 25th anniversary of Sonic, a couple of which are actually Classic characters NOT based on Sonic Boom! (barring of course a cameo from the classic characters in season 2 of course) View them all here in my DA scraps: http://fav.me/d9qb1i…
So i just got an e-mail from nintendo telling me they have just shipped my 3DS back to me, it should be arriving in a couple days. Isn't that awesome?! I mean it's only been like 5 days (including a weekend) since I shipped it out and in that time they repaired my damage and sent it back already, t…
Well, first month of the new year is already done, and I finished 5 figures: A Megaman repaint, Eve the Vulture, Post Super Genesis Wave Rotor, Twister the Wisp, and Mephiles the Dark. I also finished a couple other minifigures that I'm not quite ready to reveal. A pretty average month for me all t…
I'm sure that title piqued some interest. So my new 3DSXL came down with a bad case of "insensitive B button," meaning I have to press the B button really hard to get it to respond, and that just doesn't work when you're playing a game where split second timing is necessary. So I went to Nintendo's…
alright! After all those polls the order is finally set, watch the video of the top 10 customs I made over the year 2015 right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkXpL-ke8Ec&feature=youtu.be
the voting in that last poll was pretty lopsided in favor of one of them so I decided to just finish this by breaking the last tie, it was a big 6 way tie so I'm leaving this one up a bit longer, just vote in the poll here: http://wakeangel2001.deviantart.com/journal/poll/5641576/ and we'll have ou…
well, I got plenty of votes in just a few hours to decide on how to break the second place tie. So let's move on to the third place tie, which only has 2 figures in it, the poll for it is here: http://wakeangel2001.deviantart.com/journal/poll/
alright, it's been just over a week and I feel Strawpoll has done its job. All of my most popular figures from this year have been selected, but a few of them got the same number of votes so I'm going to spend the next few days breaking those ties with secondary polls on DA. These won't be up as lo…
well, not wanting to split my poll between 5 or 6 deviant polls I decided to host the choices on straw poll. Consider which one you like the most, but only choose ONE. There are 2 polls because the max number I could put on any one was 30, but I only want you to vote in one of them. http://strawpol…
Happy New Year everyone! The holiday season is finally over and it's time for the winter doldrums to set in. This means I'll have more free time and be able to get back to making many more figures for all of you. That said, I only completed 3 figures this month, Omega, Perci, and red mail Link. Tho…
Well, November wasn't a very productive month, seeing the completion of only 3 figures, Tornado the Vulture, Sonic Man, and M'Eggaman. But I DID get through 90% of one more figure which should be ready in the next few days, if you want to know what it is check out 4chan's /toy thread, look in the c…
Hey there, I know I never really talked about this, but I freaking LOVE Don Bluth's work. In case you don't know, he's the creative genius behind classic animated movies such as An American Tale, All Dogs go to Heaven, The Land Before Time, the Secret of Nimh, Titan A.E. and a bunch of others. In f…
well, I have 2 out of 3 of the takara legends decepticon ladies, and I'm starting to wish I had Blackarachnia...I stand by what I said about her, she's 90% of what I wanted but the pinched off waist looks off and the translucent plastic used in her chest is a total deal breaker...at that price poin…
well, Halloween has come and gone, I had an excuse to wear an Olaf the Snowman mask all day at work and before I get to bed I feel I should share what I accomplished in the world of figure making this month. October is always a busy month or me because of NYCC, after attending it I spend the entire…
So I set up a poll on my DA page to help decide what order to put my future non commissioned projects in, but I don't want just my DA followers to make the decision, so I'm going to link to it on all my other galleries. You may need to sign up a username in order to vote in it...but those things ar…
Alright, this is the weekend of New York Comic Con! For the first time I will be attending all 4 days and also for the first time I will be attending the con as PRESS! I've only set up a couple of interviews because I wanted to stick with topics I'm familiar with so I don't look like an idiot my fi…
SCIENCE TIME! It's September 27th, meaning tonight is the supermoon lunar eclipse! The Supermoon is what we call the full moon when it is at the closest point in its orbit around the Earth, making it unusually large and bright, but right now we're going to be treated to a much rarer event, an eclip…
Hey guys, since I announced the contest to make the Funko Pop female blank into a custom for my patreon supporters I've received several suggestions, but no actual entries. You see, in order for your suggestion to make it into the drawing you need to donate $2 to my patreon this month (it doesn't e…
Hey there, I just realized that I forgot to update my patreon gallery for a little while so I went ahead and did that, plus I added a new pledge reward! Anyone who pledges at least $2 in the month of September (that's this month) will be entered in a drawing to decide what I will make a blank Pop V…
Well, another month down...but now I've been working more hours and now that the holiday shopping season is coming up I'll have even less time to make toys for you, so I only managed to make 4 figures, Krystal, Lumina, the Iron Queen, and the Arwing repaint. I wish I could say I'll pick up producti…
Hey there! Well like many artists before me I have decided to get into crowd funding to help my art in times of rising living expenses. I'm really new to this kind of thing so I don't really know the best way to proceed, right now I have it set to monthly and there aren't any goals or rewards set u…
July wasn't a very productive month for me since I lost a week to a family vacation and I got even more hours at my job. Actually I was wondering if I should sign up for patreon, between my youtube channel and my galleries I have thousands of followers, if even a fraction of them pledged a little m…
Bill Freiberger just tweeted about my Sonic Boom vlogs! https://mobile.twitter.com/BillFreiberger/status/624486656171618304?p=v He's the voice actor for comedy chimp and the mother walrus (as well as a producer and writer for a bunch of other shows like Drawn Together, the PJ's, Greg the Bunny, and…
Hey, I just finished a new custom figure, Snively! But it's a human figure and this site is for anthro art so I can't submit it, but you can still watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keby3OZIQxw&feature=youtu.be
alright, so I got 4 people interested in getting my custom Paradron medic. 2 were from DA, 1 from YT, and 1 more from FA. The guy on youtube didn't provide a picture so unfortunately he's disqualified, but the other 3 made some pretty compelling cases. Boojigg3r wanted her to be a companion piece t…
Alright, July is here and it's time to review what I did this month. Well my hours at work have doubled due to Summer Vacation starting so I haven't had much time to work on figures, as a result I only completed 4. The Paradron Medic, King Max, Black Knight Shard, and Honey the Cat. The first figur…
So, June is in its last week and there's something I can't help but notice, nobody has put in any kind of bid for my Flareup custom, and I only got ONE entry in my contest to win a FREE custom Paradron Medic. Everybody told me that both of those customs came out really nice but apparently I literal…
Hey everyone, remember my Flareup custom from a few months ago? https://www.weasyl.com/submission/767355/wakeangel2k1-custom-knight-flareup Well I was lucky enough to get my hands on an official one, as seen here in my review video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Hx4aBhAzA So that means now I do…
Hey folks, I just got home from a weekend trip to Awesomecon in Washington DC (expect MANY videos on the subject) so I was without regular internet access for a few days. Therefore the journal is being posted now, okay? good. So this month I did the Samus shoulder fix, Mighty, Hedgehog X, Nack, and…
Hey, I know the Jazwares toyline is effectively cancelled and you are unlikely to find them in your local retailers, BUT they are still available online, in particular toywiz.com is a good place to find most of them. In particular you can get Metal Sonic and Amy for $10, Silver for $11, the werehog…
So this has come up on Alex Milne's tumblr, his designs for 5 new female transformers in the MTMTE comic: http://fav.me/d8tai2l The thing is, there's 5 of them, and one of them has been stated to be really tall, like almost Ultra Magnus or Megatron tall, so that says to me that it is highly likely…
April was not a good month for my customs, completing only 4 figures (though I came really REALLY close to finishing a 5th and I made a couple of smaller minifigures that I'll reveal later.) Sally, Nicole, Rotor, and a fanverse version of Sonic are my major accomplishments this month toy wise, thou…
The point of this episode was that it was referencing how a kid would deal with the death of a pet. I'm not sure that death even exists in Equestria because I don't think they'll ever kill off any characters, but Tank's hibernation was an allegory for a pet dying and Rainbow Dash's irrational behav…
yeah, I saw the preview commercials and saw they were doing a spoof of some 8-bit games, which I really like...so I decided to give the show the benefit of the doubt and watch it. The result was...actually not bad, I really liked the art style and animation, plus the jokes were legitimately funny.…
So, I'm sure this has been around for a while but nintendo has announced that they're going to start releasing more characters as DLC, and they're even taking some fan polls so we can vote for characters we'd like to see, even 3rd party characters are valid choices. So Nintendo is likely to add at…
hey, I got a nasty stomach bug that I'm riding out in bed and I'm watching the new Regular Show episode. The gist of it is that they're fighting a toy company (Playco) that makes cheap, poorly made toys, and when they were shown the prototypes of their figures they looked A LOT like the 3 inch Regu…
Alright, we got one more day left this month but I don't think I'm going to finish anything else so let's do this month's recap. This time I made 6 figures (I also completed some minifigures for a larger commission I haven't shown anyone, but I won't count them until all 16 are done.) Esmeralda the…
Alright, another month and so another recap. This month I completed 7 figures, beating January by one! I made an articulated Sprocket, 3 fan characters (Skylor, McCartney, and Damien) and 3 official characters (Lightning Lynx, Antoine, and Fiona.) Sadly...I still haven't officially completed any co…
I found this neat little meme and figured why not? I have a lot of opinions to share about Sonic. 01. What was the first Sonic game you ever played? Sonic the Hedgehog on the Genesis, which was also the first game I ever seriously played. 02. What was the first Sonic Game you ever beat? Sonic Adven…
Hey there, I know some of you have been eager to hear this, I am going to re-open the option to send me toys to customize to get past a large portion of my queue (which at the time of this post is 174 names long.) Last time I did this I didn't have any kinds of restrictions, and that resulted in me…
well, I THOUGHT I was going to get Mastermind's "Not Solus Prime" figure as my first ever 3rd party transformer, but it turned out I gave myself to Iron Factory instead when I put in a pre-order for IF-EX05, aka "not legends windblade." Partly because I'm a huge windblade fan but mostly because at…
Hey, you know what? I can actually claim to have sold the very last wild Lucario amiibo in the state! Yep, Lucario is the toysrus exclusive so I know that with the exception of the Nintendo Store (which I was told had no lucario figures in stock) you can't buy them anywhere else. Lucario of course…
Alright, I'm going to do this on the last day of the month from now on. I will do a count of how many figures I completed to keep track of how productive I am. So over the month of January I made 6 figures; Duke the Echidna, Predator Hawk, Zero the Hedgehog, Falco, Flying Frog, and Sgt. Simian. I t…
So it's been pretty definitively confirmed that Jazwares has canceled their Sonic line, not only will there be no new Sonic figures from them but they will stop making their old ones, so once the ones that are out there are sold there will be no more. This of course presents a problem to me, since…
Hey there, I just finished reading the latest issue of Sonic the Hedgehog. I won't go into too many details, but this should entice you to pick it up if you weren't already: it is an adaptation of Sonic the Fighters, and it introduces Scratch, Grounder, Coconuts, and FREAKING BREEZY AND HONEY to th…
hey out there, I know this journal title may look strange, but somehow a fairly large portion of my fanbase seems to assume I am a fan of this weird horror game called Five Nights at Freddy's. I've had MANY invites to fan groups and several people have simply asked me to make customs of the charact…
Hey everybody! I want to do a countdown of my top 10 best custom projects of 2014, so I linked to all of them in a poll so you can vote on your favorite. There were 46 entries in all (Some of which involve multiple figures, such as the freedom fighters and robotocized masters) and since you can onl…
So I just saw a commercial for some new feature of a cell phone where you can make your text messages talk out loud. The demo showed it being used to portray sarcasm (something that can be hard to express in the written word) or even to make it sound like you're singing. I couldn't help but think…
hey everyone! It is time to sell the robotocized masters, a whole lot of 10. The total price is $300, which is $50 less than if they were individually commissioned. I made a video showcasing the lot and how they look now, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkAhtr9z-AA&feature=youtu.be
Thanks to everyone who entered my fanart contest! I got 20 entries which is really awesome, you can see them all posted here: https://www.weasyl.com/submission/777564/wakeangel2k1-fanart-contest-entries I'm going to take a day or so to go over the entries and mull things over and then decide who wi…
Hey, did you guys know I'm a huge transformers fan as well as a Sonic fan? Did you also know that I love seeing action figures of female characters, especially from franchises dominated by male characters? Alright now that all of that is out of the way I'm noticing that there are more female charac…
Alright, some of my followers probably know that I've been doing reviews of Tomy's new Sonic Boom toyline over the past week, and because certain sets come with multiple figures I have a few redundant ones now. I was thinking of using them to make customs, but I decided to see if I can get my fans…
Hey there, well in case you haven't heard, Sonic Boom's american release date is confirmed to be November 8th, about a month from now. The structure of the show will be in the form of 12 minute vignettes with a lighter tone and quirky characters...from what I understand this could feel like a Sonic…
Do you know why I use Jazwares figures so much for my customs? It's because the plastic they're made out of is relatively soft and that makes them easy to dismantle, paint, and reassemble. That said, I just saw some new Teen Titans Go! figures while I was cleaning up the store today and saw great p…
Edit: I found out that the space dog was not Laika, but actually Cosmo, another really obscure Marvel character (obviously based on Laika in that he was a dog launched into space by the Russians, except this guy fell into a worm hole and got exposed to cosmic radiation that made him intelligent and…
So, I'm getting pretty close to finishing Rouge Woman, and that means the Robotocized masters series is nearly done, so what do I have planned for personal projects once that is over? Well...did you know that there is going to be a new female character in the upcoming Transformers cartoon? Her name…
Hey there, this video is very relevant to people who have been making requests, suggestions, or are planning to get a commission from me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWro-5lCGxk&feature=youtu.be
Alright, as a followup to my Ladycon showcase video here is my Fembot showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12VmrjewJaw&feature=youtu.be
Hey, this video took nearly 24 hours to upload because of my crappy internet connection! It's a vlog about my ladycon collection, I hope you like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsemE429mNE&feature=youtu.be
yeah, figurerealm had some really good contests that I wanted to get into last month. This time I decided to make an entry for their "hocus pocus" contest. As per usual the rules forbid me from revealing which one I made, but check out all the contest entries here: http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcu…
So I got a few comments on youtube that I couldn't stand not replying to, but I can't post replies on youtube since I don't want to join google+, so I did it in video form. You can see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEcwtri38fA&feature=youtu.be If this kind of video is popular I ma…
Here's something I was totally surprised to find in the store yesterday, the Silver Superposer figure! He's...uh...not terrible? Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKiFTw-1e1I&feature=youtu.be
A few months ago I got an offer from Crunchyroll to get a 20% discount on the S.H. Figuart Mario if I pre-ordered it through them. Then I mostly forgot about it until saturday when it arrived in the mail...when I wasn't home. So first thing monday morning I go to pick up my package at the post offi…
Ever since Sonic Boom was announced as a new spinoff game/cartoon universe I've been getting requests to make the Sonic Boom version of the cast as figures. These requests increased a couple days ago when it was revealed that Sticks the Badger was a new character and not just Boom's version of Mari…
Hey there, I put up a couple new review videos about a set of cool minifigures. Check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj4DDLMgy8M&feature=youtu.be That's the review of the minifigure set itself. The follow up is a comparison of various minifigures that I happen to have: https://www.y…
Hey there, I just posted an entry into figurerealm.com's latest contest, the "Cheapskate Challenge." Now I can't reveal the entry anywhere until voting starts June 1st, then I can't post it anywhere else until the voting ends on the 7th. But I will say that it IS Sonic related and the base toy cost…
There actually is a major problem I have with the Zelda timeline, and that is the inclusion of the Oracles games and Link's awakening in the "hero is defeated" timeline. You see, this does not make sense based on what happens in the Oracle games. After playing through both titles and getting the fi…
I've been getting questions about apoxie sculpt, so I posted a video about how the stuff works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sICVkV858c
Hey, weren't these plushies supposed to be cancelled? Well I don't collect this particular series of plush toys but if you've been wanting a classic Amy or Metal Sonic plush check out my new video (recorded on my 3DS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAGlpAafPbU&feature=youtu.be I know a few people…
You must buy this thing...watch the review here: http://wakeangel2001.deviantart.com/journal/Wakeangel2K1-reviews-Cherno-Alpha-450206573
This is actually a really nice toy, I wholeheartedly recommend it, watch the review video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QZcsNnB5WM&feature=youtu.be
When a toy reviewer puts a bunch of his old collection up for sale and you find a figure you've wanted for years in the lot, you pick it up and tell everyone. Watch the review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThRKiZzEp7o&feature=youtu.be
Here's a review I wanted to make for a while, mostly because this is a really great toy and I love Blurr so much... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9OV3_FUV4w&feature=youtu.be
hey, I made a video about my little pony toys! If you aren't unwatching me for being a brony then you might want to watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGCRmc1I8U&feature=youtu.be
I wasn't going to buy this set at first, but I gotta make another Silver Sonic so I grabbed it up. Since I got it I figured I should share my opinions on those new emeralds so you can decide if the set is worth picking up for you. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBew-8a2eHY&featur…
So hasbro put out a transformer combiner the size and price of a deluxe figure by making it out of minicons. For someone like me who always wanted one but found them too big and expensive this is quite a boon, but is the set any good? Watch the video to find out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v2R…
For a bit of context, you may want to watch this behind the scenes video brought to my attention by DA user darkspeeds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK6uQyteDOU showing the creators and voice actors talking about the game and show. 1 the redesign: When the first teaser image was released I and man…
Okay, toy fair has passed and we got lots of previews of all the nifty stuff that's coming out this year, though the most important stuff to me is the new Sonic Boom toyline and the fan built transformer coming out for the Generations line. Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6R7d…
well...that only took about a month and a half longer than I wanted it to...but my review of the Tenkai Titan figure is finally up. BTW, the best part about the thing is the potential for customizing, if anyone makes cool Tenkai customs let me see them. Watch the review here: http://www.youtube.com…
I just know I'm gonna be asked about this, so I'm getting my opinion out right now. Sega has released pictures of what the cast of Sonic Boom is going to look like: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bf0CXjpIgAARTqC.jpg:large along with a gameplay trailer: http://video.lefigaro.fr/figaro/video/la-bande-an…
I made another Princess Sally figure, the third part of Caleb's commission. I didn't take any pictures because you've seen Sally enough times and this new laptop doesn't have any picture editing software yet so...yeah. HOWEVER! The video is actually another of those in depth "how to" videos like my…
hey, a fellow youtube user "Alwayscallback" brought up something Zelda fans such as myself might be interested in. It is an online petition endorsing a re-release of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for the 3DS. If you wish to sign the petition (as I have) follow this link: http://www.petitiononl…
I was starting to think I'd never get one of these, but it came in the mail a couple days ago and I'm so excited to share I'm putting the Tenkai Titan review on hold! Watch the review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I5fNROGOgc&feature=youtu.be But remember to post comments here.
You know, I realize that I tend to favor my DA gallery more than all of my others, especially when it comes to updating the journals, so from now on whenever I post a new toy review video I'll do the same thing on all my galleries as long as people are interested. Of course keep in mind I don't hav…
heh, time was to edit a video from my HD camera took several hours, even if it was as short as 15 minutes. I had to set it up to render then go to bed. Assuming the computer didn't crash overnight it would be waiting for me in the morning. On this new computer the video actually takes less time to…
Hey folks, I'm working on another custom figure right now, and I am making a special video for it. I get a lot of questions about how I make my custom toys, the tools and materials, techniques, that kind of stuff. So my next video is going to be much more in depth than usual, rather than showing si…
So, I've gone through the first couple stages in Sonic Lost World. Lots of game to go through still but I wanna share something about it. This game is different...like REALLY different. Let me explain...well...alright like this. When I played Sonic Generations I felt like I was playing a game I had…
it's not really a "reboot," at least not on the level of One More Day or the New 52. It's kind of more like a soft or partial reboot if anything. Actually this might have been foreshadowed in Sonic Universe #50, when Eggman activated his new Metal Sonic, he mentioned a "soft reboot" whenever it sho…
My friend just posted a short video of us at Wizard World Comic Con in Philadelphia. Seeing myself from an outside perspective I kind of come off as a little bit of a douche...but that's just my opinion, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQZ6eKxMlww
I made a video about the new Smash bros game, discussing what characters I think would be good to see. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps71i4Nwt7Y&feature=youtu.be
