mrsparky opened this issue on Jun 12, 2012 ยท 14 posts
mrsparky posted Sun, 17 June 2012 at 3:33 PM
Oh, you created make-up for people! More paintings than make up:) Full head paint jobs - like whole globes - on ill kids where the best ones. Took hours, and did the back in, but the way it made the kids feel was amazing! Nah, I used the Silly Putty on the model kit of Steve Austin.. Nice technique! We sometimes used plasticine on stuff, often as a nose weight for planes so they swing around better when being shot at with air-rifles;) Later on milliput for proper modelling. And yes, I had the 12 inch action figure. Yea thats the dude, but don't remember the panel version. Though I do recall the biotronic stickers with 2000ad. Mine ended up on a cardboard robot, now worth around 200 quid! Just googled and someone has posted a set.. http://io9.com/5725984/become-a-diy-cyborg-with-these-vintage-biontronic-stickers-from-2000-ad ...which could look way cool on a poser figure:) I also owned "Mask-atron" ...the "Fembots"... Now theres two I don't remember at all. Maybe they where a US only model, but certainly sounds like they had great play value. But the movie Westworld and Futureworld, certainly enjoyed and still do when they are shown now. Logans Run was another chessy classic! ....my dad was not about to let me get a "Barbie" doll...bloody gender stereotypes. Not sure about mine - though he did keep me well supplied with airfix and hornby. Which I'd know consider as good parenting :) Ah, childhood memories! Oh yes and beats being an adult:) Though I guess that stays with us, as a lot of my stuff has homages and references to these things. Especially the work of Gerry Anderson and Derek Meddings. Sadly though adult pressures do interfer with these joys and this is likely to be the last freebie for a while. Everyones finding it tough right now to buy and sell poser content. 3d sales are dropping way quicker than bankers get bonuses. So on a business level like other sites I'm diversifying into other areas to support the poser stuff. On a personal level I also find hard to carry on when people steal. On the last sale 45 people got stuff they didn't pay for. OK I know they wouldn't have paid anyway, but it does make you feel like giving up. Equally I'm mindfull that the majority of decent folks, like here, shouldn't lose out because of the actions of a scummy minority. Plus I think it's important to support poser when things are tight. So I'm be going to take a few weeks out and adding some new and differrent types of content to the site while also working on some new ideas.