Andrew's Wii character

If you are familiar with the Nintendo Wii system then you may recognize this character as resembling some of the Mii characters that you can create for games like Wii Sports and Wii Fit. This little guy is a character designed by my son Andrew. When Andrew first added him to the game, he was intended to be a character who was terrible at every sport (notice how miserable he looks?). Since then, Andrew has allowed him to get a lot better, but he will still always have the same miserable, but kind of cute, face.
For this figure, I thought I would try something new: legs! It makes the figure a little taller than others that I've made, but I suppose there's nothing wrong with that. I like how he turned out, and my kids think he's great!

Maurice 'Rocket' Richard

I had been thinking about making some hockey hero figurines for a while, and recently I completed my first one. This figure is of one of the greatest players ever: Maurice 'Rocket' Richard from the Montreal Canadiens.
I am very pleased with how he turned out. It took a few tries to make a stick that would work, but I finally came up with something that I think does the job. For a while I thought that maybe he would have to go without a stick, but a hockey player just wouldn't look right without it. As you can see in the last picture, the stick is removable and the head can be turned.
Painting took about 6 hours. When you look at the figure now, it seems hard to figure how it could take that long, but details such as straight lines take time! They very first thing that I painted was the logo. First the white background, then the red 'C' and finally the blue. The last part of the uniform to be painted was all the red. The figure is 6.5 cm tall (2.5 inches)
This is yet another figurine (head and body) to be made from a set of old table legs that my neighbor was throwing out with the trash a couple years age. Absolutely excellent wood. Recycling at work!

Ichabod and the Headless Horseman

Here are some brand new versions of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A few interesting features on these: The pumpkins face glows in the dark and Ichabod's head can turn and be removed.

Droids R2-D2

R2-D2 from the Droids cartoon is now finished! This one was quite a project and a lot different from any other figure that I've ever made. The post that enables him to fit in vehicles and playsets is removable, his head can turn and is also removable and his legs can move. The color scheme may look unusual and inaccurate to the movies, but this is how R2 looked in Droids.
This is actually the second Droids R2-D2 that I have made. The first one was made back in July 2008 and was a lot simpler. You can see the original in the bottom picture.

A work in progress

It looks like Mungo Baobab is about to get a droid!

Star Wars Droids: Mungo Baobab

Here is a fun character from the 1985 cartoon Star Wars Droids. Mungo Baobab was the master of C-3PO and R2-D2.

Sesame Street Christmas Play

"Welcome, oh welcome, to our little play..."
Here are four of the characters who took part in the Christmas play on the Merry Christmas from Sesame Street record.

Bert

This new Bert is based off of a play that was featured on the Merry Christmas From Sesame Street record from 1975. Poor Bert was stuck with playing the part of the Christmas tree. The Christmas lights are removable, and like Ernie, Bert's head can turn.

Ernie

This new Ernie has a lot more detail than the one that I made last year, including arms, a three dimensional nose, and a head that can turn.

Frazzle

This is the second time that I have made Frazzle. If you search through the posts from last year you should be able to find the old one. Both times I have found it difficult to get him to look how I wanted.

Elmo