All My Best Friends Love No Contact For Months!

Well, OK, they don't - maybe no-one does. But it's been hectic in my life for a while, like it or not! And I sure didn't. Mostly. Some of it was fun. And hey, it keeps things interesting. But I digress.... 

Hello!

It's been rather a while without much word from me - so for that, I do apologise. I'm a harsh inconsiderate motherfucker but it's nothing personal. I love you guys. Well, apart from Charles Marsh, he's almost as bad as me! ;-)


Anyway, to business. Hopefully those of you who finished your Metalheads months ago can dust them off in the next couple of weeks. And those of you who still haven't, don't despair! I'm now back in let's-get-this-baby-going mode so updates will be often and rambling. And if you're someone who I've said I'd get a Metalhead over to, I just sorted it all out so they're on their way. 


All of your patience is vastly appreciated.


And so it is (with much preamble) that I welcome you back to this, the official unofficial All My Best Friends Are Metalhead online custom show, brought to you in association with October Toys and Toy Break. 

So, first order of business: how's everyone's September looking for a final, actual, due date for this baby?

Participants List

Screen Name / Real Name	Need MH?	MH Posted?
monsterforge / Charles Marsh	No	-
LittleGeorge / George Gasper	Yes	Yes
Halfbad Toyz / Adam	No	-
MagFitch / Christopher Fitch	Yes	No
Dan Cox	Yes	No
L. Designs	?	-
oOMoSOo / Steve	No	-
Friff	No	-
redjarojam / Jared DeCosta	Yes	Yes
TroyStith / Troy Stith	?	-
WCsMinion / Larry	No	-
WolverineBurger	No	-
dms / Dan Small	Yes	No
Nikejerk / Jared	Yes	Yes
chauskoskis / Walter Jacott	Yes	No
NiStuff	No	No
valleydweller / Jeremy Dale	?	-
Freak Studio	No	-
ralph / Ralph Niese	Yes	Yes
dory / Daniel	Yes	No
turboPISTOLA / Daniel	Yes	No
erisco / Eric Sorrells	Yes	Yes
idle. / Daniel	Yes	No
Prometheum5 / Ben	No	-
mistuh_thye	?	-
BleedingEdges	No	-
BenfromNerdCity / Ben	?	-
Kurtis Smith	No	-

If you're not on the list and you want to get involved, let me know!

A Few More Details...

OK, so I've kept interest bubbling away semi-covertly for long enough, I reckon. Here're some more details:

Deadline in Q2
The current working deadline is 'late May'. Deadlines are useful, for sure, but this is a pretty loose one. If this didn't happen until June or even July, it wouldn't be the end of the world!

Photos to me
I'll provide everyone with my email address, to send photos of the completed piece to, whenever that time arrives!

Customs to Toy Break
It'd be nice to get all the customs in once place (in the tradition of a physical show) and it'd be great to have 'em featured on an episode of Toy Break - so when they're done, send 'em to George at the Toy Break address (which I'll provide).

Then what?
I've a few ideas with what we might do with the customs once they've all been shown to the world but nothing's set in stone. I'm also open to suggestions. But we shall see!

So who's in?
The list of those involved (and whether or not y'all need a free Metalhead provided) is presently as follows:
{SEE ABOVE}
If you're not on the list and you want to get involved, let me know!

All My Best Friends Love TMNT Customs

Well, OK, they don't - some of them have probably never even seen a custom Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy. Hell, some of them probably never even watched that kooky show. Yes, yes, I know: what could possibly possess me to hold friends who don't love the heroes in a half shell? Well, what can I say? I'm a friendly guy!

Anyway, to the point...

Most of us here will be familiar with the TMNT line of toys released in the 80s and 90s but perhaps not with just how awesome the sculpts hiding under those camp 80s paint jobs actually were. The character designs as a whole pretty much blew everything else of the time out of the water, and the sculpts particularly reflected that. Paints, not so much (as much as I love them). 


But all it takes is a little skillful application of paint to turn a cool 80s/90s TMNT into something really very special, as Charles 'Monsterforge' Marsh demonstrates:

Which brings me to Metalhead. After Monsterforge threw that Mutagen Man together on commission for me, we got to talking about what to do next. Metalhead, that evil-turtledroid-gone-good, was an obvious choice.

But looking at him and mulling over what to do with him led me to the conclusion that this lad has just so much potential that one simple commission wasn't going to cut it. In jest I suggested we put on a custom show of sorts amongst the online community, with Metalhead as the base.




And so it is (with much preamble) that I welcome you to this, the official unofficial All My Best Friends Are Metalhead online custom show, brought to you in association with October Toys and Toy Break. 


The concept is simple: an anything-goes, just-for-fun artists show entirely based on everyone's favourite TMNT, Metalhead. Repainting, kitbashing, resculpting, rubbing it vigorously for luck - it's all good! As long as it started out Metalhead, it counts.


I'll have a number of these to provide to artists for free, but of course customisers are free to pick up their own if they prefer. 


More details to follow!