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Post by ziritrion »

I think Jei would look better in grey(more "evilish")...
You wanna make it evil? Easy! Paint him with glowing yellow paint! The figure will glow in the dark! When I was a kid, I remeber my cousin having a Skeletor doll (the bad guy from the He-Man show) whose face (a skull, in case you don't remember ;) ) would glow in the dark. We used to go into his bedroom, then he would shut the door, turn off the light, take his ultra-evil Skeletor doll and start making creepy sounds, and I would freak out and start yelling at him. Of course, I was 5 years old at the time and a little whimp, but I've grown strong now and I can kick any ultra-evil-looking glow-in-the-dark Skeletor doll's BADWORD now :D (bravery comes from within, I'm like the old plum tree now! :lol: ).

However, if you want to make it look really, really, ultra-scary, über-freaky, so-unholy-I-think-I-pooped-my-pants, you should paint him with glowing green paint! Have you ever seen that kind of glowing green putty which was so sticky and gross that it would look like a snot? Almost all of my friends had one (in Spain it was called Blandi-Blup; I don't know about other countries, though), and just the sight of one of those things would make me retch. Even now I can't stand those things (luckily, it was just a fad long gone). Of course, that's the most evil thing I know, but I don't know if it would fit with Jei ;) .

Or you could just paint him pink. I don't know if Jei would look evil but you sure would be for messing up the figure like that ;) .
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*laughs* Ha ha! Great! *takes a breath* I think I'll just paint his eyes with glowing white...
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Ok, now seriously, I would use a dark grey for Jei's fur. I just can't see a brown wolf right. Marengo grey would be fine, perhaps a little lighter. His clothing should be pretty obvious to figure out: black kimono and bone white obi (belt).

However, the right way to go would be using glowing grey! Now that would rule! Supreme 3v1L!! Bwahahaha!! :lol: .
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Mr.sakai when your comming back to hawaii will you sign autographs??(i live by kaimuki library.)
KIIIIIYYYYAAAAHHH!!!!!
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Neko / Mogura Ninja RELEASED.

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Available now! Images of the Neko and Mogura Ninja have been posted at www.discounthobby.com (8th August 2003)

Neko x2 = $5.00
Mogura x1 = $6.00
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Neko x2 = $5.00
Mogura x1 = $6.00
Sorry, the above should be...
Neko x2 = $6.00
Mogura x1 = $5.00
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Best guess on the release date for the next Usagi Yojimbo miniatures (Usagi mkII, Kitsune, Tomoe)?
I've got 4 sculptors finishing up the last 4 for the year and should have
them end of this month for release early SEPTEMBER estimated. I will be
posting them all at the same time. Then I need to agressively increase sales so that stan and I can do another 12 next year. --- www.discounthobby.com
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Tentative schedule of DARK AGES figure releases during the months of November and December 2003.
...DECEMBER 2003
qty 4 Usagi Yojimbo comic figures NEW...
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THEY'RE HERE!
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Post by Szyszka »

Lucky you... In place I live there's no way I could buy any figures... (the worst thing is that I hardly can buy Usgi's volumes. Our publishers decided to print them from 7th up... And I'm asking WHY??? *winning*)
As for Jei painting... don't you think that glowing yellow paint should be on his eyes? ^_^
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Totally witcha homie, totally witcha...
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Post by Szyszka »

Of course we COULD buy figures here, Qion... but who has so many money? For one figure we'd have to pay as much as for 8 books of Usagi printed here.
Far away from EVERYTHING, darn...
Polish comics publishers are mad. I hate them.
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Not far away from dumb politicians and Belarussia... :wink:
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Sales are slow

Post by digulla »

Hello,

For all of you waiting for more miniatures, here is a mail from the people who make them:
All miniatures licensed from Stan Sakai have been released for the 2003 season. Orders have been slow and if any of the fans want to see another 12 new character figures for 2004 we need to sell more product.

They are produced by Dark Ages Miniatures out of Battle Creek Michigan. 30mm high cast in Tin. A painters guide and original artwork figures were based on will be available early next year as a PDF file on our site.

Figures UYM-009 through UYM-013 will only be available directly from DiscountHobby.com or our backup site DragglesTown.com and not sold to to hobby stores. If more figures are produced in 2004 they will all be sold directly through our site as production runs are too low to warrant wholesale rates. We are talking under 100 copies of each for many of the later part numbers. We only have to sell 200 of each directly from our sites to launch more figures.

Thank you for your time
Johnny
Discount Hobby, Inc.
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FREE PDF game stats & images for Usagi Miniatures finish

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We finally finished the FREE Usagi miniatures PDF file containing the following. Artwork Usagi Figures were based on. Painted versions of all the figures. Usagi Character game stats for use with the JADECLAW game system. A color 3D cut out building for use on the table to help set the mood for Usagi RPG.

This file can be located when you log onto our site, go to the DARK AGES MINIATURES section in column two, click on the USAGI link and this will bring up all the miniatures and the PDF file.

Johnny Lauck
Dark Ages Miniatures
www.DiscountHobby.com
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