Pirate paper toy and a sort of galleon.

I've tweaked my Josh Homme Box Ed and made a pirate. Not much tweaking necessary but he needs a hat really . . . and a parrot . . . and a wooden leg . . . and a hook for a hand . . . maybe a cutlass . . . and treasure!!! 

Well he's got a galleon . . . sort of . . . a basic model but he'll be shivering timbers on the seven seas once I add some design and a splash of colour . . . and some cannons . . . and a plank to walk off . . . and he needs an eye patch. Well he's just gonna have to wait isn't he!!! He's got skulls on his shoes and belt buckle which will have to do him for the time being.

Paper toy fairy and tree house

Firstly, the photography is terrible, not my speciality. But if you can get past that you'll see the progress I've made with the latest version of my fairy.

She's had a bit of a make over - different hair style, a bit of rouge on her cheeks, a few frills on her dress and some accessories . . . well mushrooms and toadstools and a treehouse to play in!!! What more could a 21st century fairy ask for!?!

All this was made from 14 sheets of A3 paper and half a roll of sticky tape. I've popped a lego man in on a couple of pics for perspective.

Box Eds Homes

I've always seen papertoys as having an extended life after they've been built. Collections look cool sat on the shelf, but the audience I've always had in mind has been kids and kids love to roleplay. So I've been working on prototypes for 'homes' where Box Edward and Box Edwina can live and play! 

There's two versions of the stadium, the second has a little more height than the first. You can see some bits of design in the treehouse but I felt I needed to get the structures right as this will dictate how the designs are illustrated. I got desperate for parts at one stage with the treehouse and stole some bits from one of the fairies! 

I'll put up colour versions in a couple of weeks, hopefully I'll get some time over the holiday season. Both the treehouse and the second stadium stand at about 40cm high.

Posh printed Fairy Edwina

And even more!!!

Posh printed Footy Ed

There's more! Bugger! Forgot to get the ball in there.

I was a teenage hand model.

Busy, busy, busy! Like Little Barry Bee buzzing about in Buzzville, Bees Town, Beeland, Arizona. Three lots of stuff that is getting real close to the finished article. Well two and a half really, got lots to do on my Josh Homme Box Ed. Speaking of which . . .