Well, I was at the San Diego Comic Con last Friday. I think I've been going to it now for about 19 years. Technically 20, but I didn't actually get to go in that very first trip (still annoyed about that). I know it's been 19 years because the very first thing I ever bought at the Comic Con was the Dragon Gundam from G Gundam, and that came out in 1994. Crazy that I remember that after all these years. Hell, I remember a few of the other things I bought on that trip. My oldest brother bought be a Geara Doga from Char's Counterattack and my dad bought me a vinyl kaiju of Gudon from Ultraman. I seem to recall that my dad also bought me the GI Joe Ghoststriker X-16 jet fighter at Toys R Us that day while we were killing time. Awesome day.
I'm rambling a little, I know. The Comic Con just isn't the same as it was back then though. Back then, there wasn't really any internet, so there was no online shopping. All the stuff I'm into these days, Japanese toys and models and whatnot, I couldn't buy those with just a click of the mouse like I can now. SDCC used to be pretty much the only time of the year when I could easily get them. I used to look forward to it so much. Plus, we used to be able to get a hotel over the weekend, went to the convention multiple days, attended the costume contest, hell, you could even actually attend panels back then and even walk through the sales floor's aisles without having to shove people out of your way. The 'Con is a very different beast these days. Way too bloated and overblown thanks to Hollywood pretty much taking the thing over. Anyway, I have a few pics from the convention. When I get around to uploading the rest to my computer, I'll go ahead and post them here as well.
This crowd shot is from early in the day, taken from the front of the convention center. That crowd is nothing compared to what was inside and what would be there later in the day. Also, that street I'm aiming at, that's where Syfy had their Defiance Cafe. I have pics of it which I'll get around to posting at some point.
Adult Swim had this fun house in a parking lot to the side of the convention center, towards Petco Park. I'd have gone in, but you had to pay.
This was in the same parking lot. They have a Walking Dead Run and I guess it starts here. I don't know who this guy is, he was busy posing when I was trying to take the picture. One thing that was kind of neat though, in the convention center itself, the Walking Dead booth was done up like a big prison yard with prisoner zombies milling about you could take photos with. Huge line though to do it (naturally) and I guess cast members would go in there to have their pictures taken with the zombies.
Dr. Who. Yeah, I'm a Who fan. The show's 50th anniversary is coming up soon and it was quite a big deal at SDCC. A large portion of the convention's brochure was dedicated to Dr. Who with guest art and articles. Sadly, the panel for Dr. Who was on Sunday, so I couldn't go. Apparently most of the main cast was present. I'm still rather disappointed to see Matt Smith, the current Doctor leaving the roll. It's always a shame to see an actor leave the roll, really. Hopefully he goes out with a blast and not whining about not wanting to go like Tennant did. Maybe they'll surprise me and replace Smith with Benedict Cumberbatch (I wish!) or maybe Mark Gatiss will step out from his production roll and play the Doctor. That would be kind of cool. He's apparently been in the show before.
I had to take this photo. I wish it wasn't sideways. Hasbro announced at SDCC that they're going to be doing Dungeons & Dragons Kreo sets. That' spretty damn cool. I have some pictures of the prototype figures they had on display, but I'll have to upload them later. They looked decent though. I kind of hope that they try working the toys into the actual game system, but I know that'll never happen.
Now, I've been told I've been slacking off in posting miniature pictures. So, I have a couple to share. First up, a couple weeks ago I picked up some Bones zombies and painted them up. They've been done for over a week, but I just haven't gotten around to posting images yet. I swear these guys look like they're dancing. Not the best pose for the first zombie figure. At least the Kickstarter is giving us a better looking zombie with a more neutral stance. I'll have to grab a handful of them when they come out to retail. With these guys, I figured I'd try reposing and using different color schemes to differentiate them a bit more. They're not so bad once they're in different poses. They glue together surprisingly well too, which kind of surprised me since the material is so flexible.
Here's a work in progress of my third Mercs Kemvar figure: the Assassin. I've got the sniper all painted up and dipped. I need to pick her up on Friday and do some touchup, especially since I dropped her twice during the dipping process and scratched off a fair bit of paint from her backpack. Anyway, onto the assassin. This guy probably has the worst mold quality of the three I've done. Huge mold lines all over. Plus, his groin has almost no definition to it. All of the details seem to be missing, not to mention there was a huge blob of metal between his legs (sounds bad, I know) that wasn't supposed to be there. And the flash. Good lord the flash! It was everywhere! Well, that's all done now though. I've got to wait for the greenstuff to cure, then I'll prime and probably paint him tomorrow night, hopefully. I thought I'd do something a bit different and actually texture the greenstuff on this figure. I thought I'd go for more of a rocky, rubble-y look as opposed to the muddy look of the other two.
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