Life being "wacky" again...& a new custom!

Ok, will try to get back on some sort of regular schedule as soon as my fiancee Beth & I move into our new apartment. We've only been here since Sept 21st, and were told over the phone that we need to be out by March 1st so the landlady's daughter can move in. Wish I had known this was going to happen back when we first took the apartment, cause I'd have chosen the 2nd place we were looking at instead. Ah well, hind-sight is 20/20, so there's not much to change the past.

Good news though is we found a new place to live that's only $25 more expensive then our old place (which isn't bad as it's included utilities allow us to cancel one we got ourselves in our old apartment). Also, it's closer to both of our jobs, our friends/family, and seems a bit bigger then our current place. The new landlord is really awesome aswell, so I don't foresee us having any problems with him. We should be out of here and moved in to our new place before the end of the weekend, so I'm very glad things are starting to straighten out again.

New Custom time!
I had this guy laying around from back before the poo hit the fan over here, but now that I have a break from packing, I figure I'll show it off.

Name: Speed-Freek ("speed-freak")
Role: "Hyper Fast Warrior"
Bio: "In the begining, Speed-Freek was known as Cahgn ('can') and was never punctual or on time for anything. When his family was killed in the crossfire of two rival criminals, he blamed himself; if he had been there when he was supposed to, they would have been gone by the time the criminals showed up. He locked himself away in his home for years, pouring over numerous books and texts looking for a way to travel back in time and prevent his family's death. Failing to find anything that could help, he fell deeper into depression. One day, a stranger needed someone else as knowledgeable in the subject of time travel to assist him with his own experiment and Cahgn readily agreed. The two worked for a month before the device was ready, but at the time of activation an unpredicted calamity occurred. A malfunction caused an explosion which destroyed the machine and all notes on its construction. The stranger, believing the experiment was not worth revisiting and Cahgn was dead, left town to return to whence he came. Cahgn, was piloting the time machine during the explosion and had been bombarded with temporal energy which triggered a transformation within him. His body shifted and changed, re-forming itself into a newer, faster, sleeker shape. Dubed the name 'Speed-Freek' due to his odd appearance, Cahgn uses his new body to stop anyone who would harm the innocent. Speed-Freek can travel at speeds of up to 1,000 MPH, in addition to seemingly being in more then one place at once. This is due to the temporal energy that transformed him literally pulling different versions of himself from the immediate past or future, that return from whence they came in a blink of an eye. Backpack used for storing objects during super-fast travel, in addition to possessing mentally-linked air-breaks for additional control when needed. Even though Speed-Freek works best on his own, he is currently being secretly observed by the P.C.C. for possible recruitment in their unit."

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Close-Up


Angled Close-Up


Running "Super-Fast"


This was just a quickie I threw together while making Sy'lkk's body a few weeks back. Basically, I'd started out wanting to sculpt something else...and then this head showed up instead. It came out really nice, and I'm not sure if I'll be adding anymore details to it or just leaving it as is. The body is just a Aves Exellis figure with a different torso (one with the backpack socket, not entirely needed, as the figure design works great with the Aves torso too). I had this idea of, as I don't have alot of parts I can use for figures right now (running low on thighs/arms), taking any of the Founders figures and making them into new non Pheyden/Exellis characters with heads that match the bodies. Speed-Freek is the first of this "experiment", but I hope to make more soon.

-Bah'glenn

Customs-palooza! O_O!!

While the snow on my set melts away (stay tuned for an update on this soon), I've been busy making more customs characters with the newest parts I have. Some stuff was posted on the forum, and some stuff is going to be posted here. So be sure to check the Octobertoys.com "Ranic's Custom Configurations section () for other stuff.



Heavy Arms Construction Genedrone: I made this guy WAY back in late may/early june, and I'm pretty sure I never posted the pics anywhere. I invisioned this genedrone being used for repairing damaged vehicles, buildings, space ships as well as being used in construction of buildings. Their large arms provide them with incredible strength and 2 laser-cutters/welders are mounted on their backs to help during building. As they have the back-pack (i.e. "drone") head, they have a very low intelligence and fulfil their functions without much problems.



This configuration eventually evolved into the Zov'rass character from Alien Mercenaries, and as I never got a chance to order more greay phase arms or yellow buildmen parts, I've not had the option of re-creating him. I may re-create this design for other purposes down the road, so don't be surprised if it pops up in one of my photo-comics.



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S.O.D. (Security Optical Drone): This was just something I threw together with some spare parts for fun one day. It's since been disassembled but can easily be re-assembled as it's just made up of 13 parts (4 shins, 4 Gobon Discs, 1 Gobon Sphere, 2 Phase Arm Male/Femal connectors, 1 Bean-bot Pelvis & 1 Crayboth arm). I picture these things walking around highly top-secret labs using their enhanced eye-sight to search for any intruders. Laser cannons are mounted underneith them and have both paralyze & energy-blast settings.





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(Next to Scar Phyden for scale)







Antixx Ground Trooper: Had the thought for this guy a little while ago, back in December I think, and it took a bit of configuring before I got the shape juuuust right. The head was fun to make, and I really love the colors of green & black; they just REALLY pop together.

As I mentioned in my last post, the Antixx are a very dangerous race of large ant-like creatures that have been plaguing the galaxy for several years. They're really hard to get rid of, and tend to just cause more harm then good once they show up. None of this is done out of malcious or evil intent though; they're very much just like standard Earth ants except bigger and a bit nastier. The ground troopers have 6 limbs (an Aerial Warrior has 2 legs, 2 arms & a pair of wings), two being used for manipulating objects, & two used in conjunction with arm cannons



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(Comm. Grott & Rdd'rum encounter!)

Comm. Grott: "An Antixx? HERE??"
Rdd'rum: "Quick! Shoot it before its too late! If one knows, they'll ALL know!"
-Bah'glenn


Nature Shot: Antixx Ground Trooper v1 outside

Took this picture a few weeks ago back before the snow fell & covered every square inch of my photo-shooting areas. Will take a few more pics of this guy tonight & upload them here or on the forums when I get the chance. Also have another antixx sub-species to photograph, but I have a few more pieces to sculpt on it before I do that.

Antixx Ground Trooper


Brief info about him: The Antixx are a race of ant-like aliens that spread out over the galaxy, constantly sending scouting parties to find new worlds to extract food & resources from. Once one of them discovers the planet they're on is suitable for colonization, they'll send out a signal to the other scouts who then all send a joint-message to the main colony of their findings. The planet will soon be covered in swarms of antixx in less then a week. VERY dangerous and nearly impossible to get rid of once they've begun planet-fall. Have become a more recent threat in the galaxy, around the time period of the Alien Mercenaries.

(OH & that purple guy in the background is a Violos Buildman with some clear pieces. He's the starting of another character, so when he's all finished expect him on the blog/in the Glyos Forums soon.)

Happy Holidays from Bah'glenn Creations!!

Happy Holidays to everyone out there in reader-land. Here's a BIG group shot of alot of my custom figures. Some are never before seen, others are newer versions of older customs. How many can YOU identify? O_o



HAPPY HOLIDAYS everybody!!

Alien Mercenaries Season 2: Episode 26 starts right NOW

Hey guys, sorry for the delay again (I really need to try & set up a steady schedule for Alien Mercenaries), here's Episode #26 of Alien Mercenaries Season 2. I hope it was worth the wait, as it proves to be a cool one with some new things to look at.































Haven't shot anymore episodes yet, but plan on it once I A) have more free time & B) all 2 feet of snow melts away from my set (accursed random snow-storms!). Until then, I'll be posting more pics of new creations I've made, as well as misc. other things to fill the time between episodes. Take care gang!

New inhabitants from the planet Holi'daz: the Ecks'mss Region!

Back in late August, I'd gotten my newest order of Glyos stuff, and set to building some new guys with the parts at my disposal. The Halso Buildman I got (I'd have preferred to have bought two, but that extra $8 went towards an Armodoc which was very much worth the purchase) immediately went towords making this new race from the planet Holi'daz. As I didn't want him to be without troops, and had just gotten a bunch of white Buildmen Genedrones, I gave him two troops. So, from the Ecks'mss region on the planet Holi'daz, come a Treeza Commander with two Snw'mnn troopers:



Treeza ('Tree-zah'): "The Treeza are plant like beings whose heads bare a slight resemblance to pine trees. They are typically of very solid builds and stand a foot or so taller then the average individual. Functioning as the leaders & center-pieces in many Ecks'mss armies, so you'll see at least 1 per unit directing the troops in their command. They live for centuries, are immune to the damaging effects of cold weather, possess incredible strength & are very hard to kill. During large battles with their ancient rivals, the Jkk'Olurntrns from the Hallow'Een region, a treeza commander will often be the only survivor to their regiment, fighting until the end. Weapon preferences are large blunt weapons such as clubs or morning-stars, or even just their bare fists. Seeing a Treeza wading through a wave of enemy troops, tossing them around like rag-dolls is not entirely an uncommon sight. "

Snoo'mn ('Snew-men'): "As every army needs crazy, easily created/expendable troops, the Ecks'mss region has the Snw'mn. These beings are snow given sentience & possess great physical strength & resistance to damage. While in cold/arctic regions, they can re-form themselves after seemingly being destroyed to continue fighting. They are able to survive in more temperate/warmer climates, but if killed there, they'll truly be dead. They usually travel in teams of 2 or 4 & never speak, communicating with each other through facial expressions & hand gestures. Their silence on the battle field often sends chills through enemy warriors, who can never be sure exactly what their battle plan is. The only race they tend to fear, are the Bunn'e warriors from the Eas'tarr region who have a penchant for eating their carrot noses. "

"Ah've been fightin' them Ecks'mss guys fer years now, and everytime I run into the battlefield those Snow-heads still freak me right the shnoop out....and I come from one of the scariest regions on all of Holi'daz!"- Slack Jaw, Jkk'Olurntrn soldier for the Hallow'Een region

Their looks have changed slightly since I took this picture back in August, and the Treeza Commander actually has some red parts now & a red cloak (I'll post pictures of that in this post once I'm home & can take pictures of them). Currently there are only these 2 races in the Ecks'mss region, but more will probably be "discovered" (i.e. created & added by me) at some future time.

I like toys that are fun, and wackiness is always fun if done right. ^_^

-Bah'glenn