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Here’s a peak at the new display case I debuted at the Walnut Studios open house a couple weeks ago. Twas was a grand ol’ time!

Laird Henderson December 6, 2012

Laird Henderson October 10, 2012

HQ Promo Shots! - Ghost Pig

Design - Laird Henderson

Sculpt - Laird Henderson

Mold/Cast - Laird Henderson

Paint - Tara Krebs

On sale HERE!

Laird Henderson October 10, 2012

HQ Promo Shots! - Leader Idol

Design - Jamiyla Lowe

Sculpt - Laird Henderson

Mold/Cast - Laird Henderson

Paint - Laird Henderson

Laird Henderson October 10, 2012

HQ Promo Shots! - God: Incognito

These are much nicer than the con pictures from last month. I think it also shows off the dynamic of the two faces much better.

Design - Phil Woollam

Sculpt - Phil Woollam/Laird Henderson (smoothing)

Mold/Cast - Laird Henderson

Paint/Flock - Tara Krebs

Laird Henderson October 10, 2012

Leader

This is based on an illustration by Jamiyla Lowe. I have known Jamiyla since highschool and we both ended up in Toronto at OCAD.

I saw “Leader” at Le Gallery a couple years back and knew I had to make a toy of it. This is the I… — Leader

This is based on an illustration by Jamiyla Lowe. I have known Jamiyla since highschool and we both ended up in Toronto at OCAD.

I saw “Leader” at Le Gallery a couple years back and knew I had to make a toy of it. This is the Idol version. Another version with a realistic paint job and worshipping monks will be coming in the future.

Laird Henderson August 28, 2012

God: Incognito

This bust is a sculpt and design by my ally Phil Woollam. I smoothed out the sculpt, molded, casted, painted (with help from Tara Krebs) and flocked. Phil has been concentrating on his poster art lately and this character was born ou… — God: Incognito

This bust is a sculpt and design by my ally Phil Woollam. I smoothed out the sculpt, molded, casted, painted (with help from Tara Krebs) and flocked. Phil has been concentrating on his poster art lately and this character was born out of the style he’s been developing.

He is a God who is trying to blend into human society, but his two faces make it harder than expected to conceal his Godliness.

Like the Ghost Pig he will be up in the shop soon. I will keep you all posted.

Laird Henderson August 28, 2012

Ghost Pigs!
This is my concept and execution. I was inspired by the fact that my studio is in close proximity to a slaughter house. It gets pretty creepy there late at night. The mind tends to play tricks on you. I was thinking that if I encountered… — Ghost Pigs!

This is my concept and execution. I was inspired by the fact that my studio is in close proximity to a slaughter house. It gets pretty creepy there late at night. The mind tends to play tricks on you. I was thinking that if I encountered a ghost it would probably be a Ghost Pig and out popped the idea for this piece.

These were first available at Fan Expo. I plan on doing a maximum edition of 20. When I get a handful more cast I will open up my shop and have my first online sale. Stay tuned.

Laird Henderson August 28, 2012

My designer toy label is having it’s debut at Fan Expo in Toronto right now! Come see us in Artist Alley at booth A218. I will post some close ups soon.

Laird Henderson August 25, 2012

Laird Henderson June 15, 2012

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Waiting for the graduates! #OCADU2018

The Canadian resin toy crew ( #toyronto ) is having a show in Philly @mothershipartgallery ! It's an impressive group of artists including most of the line up from last years Action Statue and several new additions. It's curated by @labmonkeynumber9 and @trashbury Have a great show dudes and dudettes! @greatbeard_sculptures @modulicious @miawcomic @rawzzzy @liege_toys @squiggly_mcpickins @darth_salesman @blughost_productions @toxicfumestoys @naomiknaff @theangrybeast @ericclementart

Check out Zombie Lab on Kickstarter. It's in it's last 12 hours. It's a 1:18 scale (4") action figure line of Survivors vs. Zombies. The sculpts are all by Boss Fight Studios and are compatible with their HACKS line of figures. http://kck.st/2wZicj5 (I will put this link in my profile as well) The project is spearheaded by Andy Wu, Boss Fight's chinese factory liason and distrubutor. He also has experience working for Mattel and Hasbro. The project is in good hands. The campaign is fully funded but has a few more stretch goals to hit. The "All In" option is an incredible value at this point. I can't wait to get my horde and pit them against my Joes. It will also be nice to finally have some civilians in this scale. Pictures courtesy of @toyark (I hope it's cool that I used them. They are by far the best images of these figures)

Bob from Twin Peaks by @originalfunko #twinpeaks #actionfigures

My birthday present from @tarakrebsart back in April. The Boglins pin I was coveting from @cavitycolors comes in a tiny reproduction of the original toy box. The (incredibly comfortable) undies and socks from @sockittomeinc came in a delightfully personalized package complete with a sketch and a retro Mr. T card!

Tony is having a little misunderstanding with my new Synthetic Humanoid by @1000toys.

I got this for @tarakrebsart for her birthday a couple years ago. She kept recognizing the Princess of Power characters that I was getting through MOTUC, and we tracked it down to one of these old Colorforms Vinyl Play Sets. I found one still sealed from 1985. It is in perfect condition. #colorforms #princessofpower #shera #mastersoftheuniverse #pop #motu #vintagetoys

The MOTU library is growing! At this point it seems like Dark Horse has covered almost everything. I think one book based solely on documenting all the toys (in order of release) would finish off the set. #motu #motuc #mastersoftheuniverse

I am Groots #marvellegends #gotg2 #actionfigures #groot #babygroot

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