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Another entry for the Homemade Heroes contest!

Iris from Germany has created a teeny-tiny Abban figure; here’s how she did it:

Hi Peat!

I got a little entry too. I say little, because the figure is not that big. It’s about three centimetres. I never had real action figures and I donated all my dolls and barbies two years ago, so it was a little bit difficult 😉
Plus I moved from one end of germany to the other, recently and I didn’t take all of my stuff with me. But I found a little figure from a “Kinder Surprise” or also known as “Kinder egg”.  In germany it’s known as a “Überraschungsei”. I don’t know weather you know this candy, but it’s a chocolate egg with a little toy in it. And I found a figure from Unhygienix, from Asterix. And I made him into Abban 😀 I even made him a little turban.

Sincerely,

Iris

Here’s the original Unhygienix:

And here’s our favorite little Khaffit:

What a khutie!

Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:57 pm by PeatB
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Homemade Hero entries are starting to trickle in, and they have been worth the wait. There are still a few weeks left to enter before Thanksgiving, but already the bar has been set quite high. Check out this amazing entry by Justine Glass, who you may recall was one of the winners of the Warding Contest. She is ready to test for her Warding Guild license:

Hello again!

Well I’ve gotta say that this has been one of the funnest, most time consuming, projects I’ve undertaken in a long while….and probably one I will never do again! The two characters I chose were an obvious choice but my favorites from the series: Arlen and Jardir.

Ok so let me explain a little about what went into making these little dudes. First off I purchased a few Mighty Muggs from my local toy store and got to work cleaning and priming them with white plastic adhering spray paint. After three or so coats I was left with a blank surface to work with. The process of priming, sketching, painting, coloring, sculpting and sealing took about a week for each character. Arlen was the hardest because of his wards and because my sharpie and prisma markers wouldn’t adhere to the spray paint. I decided to give Arlen his infamous black robe which was hand-stitched out of heavy polyester fabric. I tell yah I’ve never sewn before but I now have an immense respect for people who do it professionally!

Jardir was my favorite piece to paint, sculpt and seal because I was able to mess around with his face a little and draw him as I imagined him from the book. His robes were the hardest part because brush paint looked to cheep and I don’t have access to an airbrush gun. So I improvised and used white charcoal pencil and a flat gray prisma marker to get the fabric-like effect. It worked out beautifully. His helmet/crown is made from sculpty clay with the turban sewn directly onto the rim. The veil is a separate piece with can be removed or positioned as seen fit. I added a button to the back for a better hold.

All-in-all I must say I love how they turned out and I hope you do to!

Sincerely,

Justine Glass

Posted on November 2, 2010 at 10:48 am by PeatB
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Who says girls’ dolls can’t be hard-core?

Lisa, from Perth, Australia, submitted this Homemade Hero of the tough little Tanner girl:

I chose Renna; demon-killing, flesh-warded, and very awesome. 🙂
I painted her skin with acrylic paint, referencing Lauren Cannon’s official series artwork for the wards. The knife is made with cardboard, jute twine, and more paint. The necklace is made from glass beads, and the clothes are black felt, black ribbon, and jute twine. I also gave her sleep eyes, and new pull strings.

Here is the Blythe doll she started with:

And here is Renna in all of her bad-ass glory:

A great job like this really sets the bar for all you other creative types out there! Don’t forget, the contest ends on Thanksgiving, so get those paintbrushes going!

Posted on October 27, 2010 at 9:40 pm by PeatB
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My fans, as I’ve often mentioned, ROCK!

Bryan Li was at a George R.R. Martin signing in the UK, and knowing how much of a fan I am, asked GRRM to sign MY book! Which he did:

Thanks, Bryan!

Posted on October 26, 2010 at 2:42 pm by PeatB
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So the other day I got an e-mail.

Well, I guess I get e-mails every day, but this one was pretty special. Here’s what it said:

From: Greg Markwardt
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 10:00 PM
To: peat@www.petervbrett.com
Subject: My New Wards Tattoo (Warded Triforce)

Hi Peat,

First I must say that I’m a huge fan which is probably pretty evident.  I recently had this tattoo done, and I figured I would e-mail the pictures so you could have a look for yourself.  I was thinking about holding out until you had another contest but I was too proud of my new wards to wait.

I’ll give you a little story about what it means to me and why I chose to do it other than being a big fan of the series.  The triforce is taken from Legend of Zelda which I’m sure given your geekdom you are at least moderately aware of.  Anyway my two close friends and I decided to get semi-matching tattoos we would each get a triforce with a different piece colored.  Each piece represents a different aspect and the three of us shaded the aspect best suited for our personality and lifestyle.  We would then decorate it as we saw fit.

The upper piece represents POWER I placed the ward for rock demons (or against rock demons) in this triangle because what demon better represents brute strength and cunning then old one-arm and his brood.  The lower left triangle represents WISDOM and the obvious choice for me was the ward for the mind demons.  The lower right triangle (my piece of the triforce) represents COURAGE and the crush ward is used to represent Arlen through out the series and courage and occasionally downright recklessness are the strongest traits for the warded man.  Then I surrounded my friendship with your amazing ward ring to center my tattoo and give it a strong bond.

Anyway there you have it I hope you are as impressed with it as I am.  I eagerly await Brayan’s Gold and The Daylight War. Keep up the amazing work.

Always Inspired,

Greg Markwardt

PS:  On a Geeky side note The Warded Man and Twilight Dancer would kick Link and Epona’s Asses.+

Pretty awesome stuff, huh? Even though Greg didn’t wait for contest, I think I can spare a signed book to send his way. I’m always shocked when people get ward tattoos. It’s an honor to have inspired people to such a degree.

The Zelda theme is also ironically appropriate, since I’ve been addicted to The Legend of Neil for the last couple of weeks.

Posted on October 19, 2010 at 1:48 pm by PeatB
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