This is the final post in my “Octoyber” series of toy shots. Sorry it’s a couple days late, but I had my end-of-the-month “administrative” posts to get up here. But… IT’S FINALLY OVER!!!

I love discovering new things I can do with my Apple Watch and thus further justify jumping ship to a product I wasn’t initially sold on.

Wow! I can’t believe ol’ Snap-P is still alive after all these years!

Here is part 2 of the Octoyber theme and photos I have taken to meet the prompts.

At the same time I’ve been working on Hobie, I got to do some more work to Duke/Jack Bauer.

I’m finally making serious headway into painting the head for Nate’s Hobie/Spider Punk (unmasked).

This month, I’m taking part in a 31-day toy photography challenge by Articulated Comic Book Art titled “Octoyber.” Each day, a new prompt is available to which we need to fit some toys in a photo.

I pray the placement of these containers on Nate’s dresser is purely coincidental.

There was a point in time when I collected Funko POP vinyl statues/figures. I didn’t have a ton but what I had, I displayed in my office at work back when I had to report to a physical workplace.

Earlier today, Nate and I attended Brick Convention: A LEGO Fan Event at the DuPage County Fairgrounds about a half hour from us. Much like the LEGO event I attended way back in 2010, it was a combination of builders displaying their stuff and vendors selling their stuff. It was cool.

So much for abstaining from purchasing an Apple Watch, eh?

Since I’m able to solve 3x3x3 and 2x2x2 Rubik’s Cubes without issue anymore and I only really focus on improving my solve time, I kinda want a new challenge.

Happy Friday the 13th, folks! I mentioned on Sunday that I’d be hosting my Jason Voorhees photo collab again all week long and I did. So here are my photos and the accompanying poetry I wrote for each…

One of my favorite holidays is coming up this week… Friday the 13th!!! And, of course, being me, I have to celebrate with my annual toy photography challenge… A Week of Victims!!!

Duke’s new head has arrived!!!

Duke’s dye job is done but I need to do some touch-up work.

Why does it look like Duke is dangling in a quagmire of crap? Well, only his arms are.

Remember the Tiger Force Duke redesign project? It has started. It’s slower than I’d like, but I hope that means the end product will be quality.

Oh. My. Gods. Star Wars: Outlaws looks like such an amazing game! I want to play it so badly!!

I’m delving into full-on modding of an action figure. It’s okay. It’s a figure I don’t really like of a character that always kinda annoyed me.

If you were sitting there reading a book and you saw this peering out at you, would you find it adorable or threatening?

Nate and I went to the Chicago Toy Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds near our house today for their summer show. It was our first time attending the summer edition as we prefer the weather in the spring and fall, but we had C2E2 in the spring and we will likely miss fall for other reasons.

Not sure how many of you follow my toy photography, but every month that we have a Friday the 13th (at least for the last two or so years), I’ve run an event called “A Week of Victims.”

You’re broken, bruised, battered, and you’ve been discarded on the side of the road.

I just had a dust up with a fellow toy collector about women and minorities and their representation in toy lines and I just can’t  this was too much.

I’m truly sorry this is coming so late in the game, but Happy Pride Month, y’all!

In addition to the Hobie head I have to paint for Nate, I received a couple blank head prints from my toy photog buddy Charley that I’m looking forward to trying my hand at…

Time to start a project I promised to do for Nate nearly a year ago.

On these annual company business trips that I just wrapped yesterday, we do a big group activity on the workday where we split into teams and play along with some fictional storyline that is developed by an outside company intended to promote team building.

A week or so ago, I re-upped Sirius/XM for Katie for Mother’s Day.

Nate and his buddy Mason got together for a Nerf war today. And they dragged in a few other neighborhood kids, one of whom has never owned a Nerf gun in her life. So Nate gave her one to keep.

Every once in a while, you have to recharge your creative batteries and step away from the serious effects-laden photos and do something simple… and cute… and fun.

Here is a photo (or two) of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man going through some post editing.

FINALLY!! A high-quality figure of Hammerhead (currently known as Momaw Nadon) from the original Star Wars (currently known as Episode IV - A New Hope)!

Just a quick step-by-step process of a photo I created today that will be posted next weekend.