Its been almost two years ago since I first showed one of the custom figures (Trooper Toad) related to this project out here in the Battle Beasts area HERE. A custom figure done by PlasticPlayhouse that turned out so awesome I directly informed if he had time to make me a couple more customs. In the same line as that first figure I forwarded him the remaining Reptiles/Amphibians that can be found amongst the 76 Battle Beasts with the request to paint them up according to some references. A couple of months or maybe a year later 8 great figures returned and they turned out so well I wanted to do them even more justice so I contacted our well known and respected sketch artist Peter Hernandez with the request to transform these 8 Battle Beasts into a sketch version similar to the traditional Battle Beasts drawings which are present on the boxes and packaging. After having forwarded him some side views of each individual figure and a lot of discussions back and forth I received the final version of the sketch (digital) last month. With this artwork I hope I'll be able to honor both of these artists as well as an important message launching this project:
These are the members of the Earth Squad and each one of these is a protector of the ecosystem in which they live and they are all asigned with individual qualities so that they can operate as a team to protect and restore the balance on our planet Earth as a team.
The whole project has been quite a challenge most probably for the artists themselves as well but as always its been a privilege for me to work with these great guys because without them I would not have been able to create such a project and add such awesome figures and artwork to my private collection so I'd like to thank them again because they both deserve all the honor and credits here;
PlasticPlayhouse
Peterh01
More info and pics of the figs and about this project can be found on the blog.
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Edited by GJNL, 15 December 2013 - 02:43 PM.