Author: Claude Raymond Design

2016 is not going to be an easy year for me….

This will be the 2nd year for me doing shows and i’m trying to do more this year.. but with the fun crap that life can throw your way no and again I may have to tone down shows for next year.. depends on how this years shows go… and if i can keep myself moving…

Lets do a run down of what i’m hoping to get done this year.

I have 2 models of small palm sized dragons that I will be make as models that i can mold and cast. In the end this will create a lower price point item… lets hope i sell some..

I finished the model of the 2 legged dragon and he has been chopped up and is ready for me to get my funds in order to buy mold materials.

here he is when i did the wing test fit on him.

I’m also making a small 4 leg dragon and here is the wing test fit for that build and his almost finished head sculpt

 

I was looking to cook up a lower price point item for my booth so i made a Magnet head that you can purchase primed and ready to be painted.

You just have to paint it to your liking and pop the eyeballs in. Then it will be ready to hold up a report card on the fridge.

 

I’ll have some with me at the Cleveland ConContion and at the next Spring Oddmall.

 

Lots of folks liked the caged Green Fairy.. i may look at a way to make more of these guys in the future as well.

 

I’ll also have some more Colorful Eye flowers with me at the next couple of shows.

 

As always ..thanks for stopping by the site and feel free to ask me any questions you may have.

Looks like 2016 will be a strange year for me. I have 5 shows booked and i’m looking to perhaps add 2 more.

My flower faces will be available for the first time at Oddmall Expedition Elsewhere on February 13th adn 14th. You can find me in booth 43 and 44.

 

These are the first beta flowers using my new castings.

 

I’ll have several single long stem flowers and 2 small bouquets

 

 

I’m also hoping to have a Goblin magnet face for kids ready for February.. The idea for this is for a child to purchase the face, paint it however he would like at home and then glue the included eyes in place.. It will then be ready to stick to the fridge and hold your report card!

 

My Dragon Tooth now has a display case. The price will be going up on the Dragon Tooth Trophy Display to reflect the case and the work on the insert. I hope this fella finds a home this year.. A wizardly write up will be added to the inside lid shortly

 

I’ll have 4 new wood sprites done this year. One poor sap stuck in a small cage. A Wood Sprite to sit on your shelf or a Wood Sprite to stand on your shelf.. and this fella with a glowing fairy orb.

 

Look for a new Unicorn Horn Trophy Mounted on a display board. I will still have ones that can be purchased and displayed on a table top stand and i’m looking at doing smaller castings of my horn. I may have an experimental short horn at the first show as well.

 

Coming up this year I should…”should”  have my small pet dragons and a larger should dragon finished up…. I’ll also have a Black Dragon Trophy head finished by mid year.
I should have some works in progress pictures come soon to my FB page for those.

 

As always feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

 

I have 5 shows booked for 2016 so far. Head on over to my event page to check them out.

 

The Year will start off with my “How to make a goblin” class on January 23^rd. The class has a $20.00 per person charge and all materials are supplied.

I’m finishing up an Customer Order for a Zombie Elf on  Shelf. You can find more build photos of him in my Gallery

I have 8 faces finished and ready to mold for my flower faces. I should have the molds made and castings going by the end of January and I expect to have some of those flowers with me at the Canton Oddmall.

 

I’ve been working to get some new Wood Sprite Creations created and have 4 to take along with me to shows. I’ll see about cooking up some more as 2016 moves on. I’ll also have some additional Pebble Sprites for 2016.

 

I have a shoulder sitting dragon build just about finished and he should be ready to join me at shows in 2016 as well. I have a little more sculpting to do on the fella then he’s ready to be primed and painted.

 

In my quest to make a lower price point item for the kiddies I have a little goblin face that I have made for a magnet. I will be selling them unfinished. You will get to take it home paint it as you like and put his eyeballs in and stick him to your fridge.

 

I have way too many projects in the pipeline and not enough time to work on them.

• Large Black Dragon Trophy Plaque
• Stone Elemental head with light.
• A Dragon tooth with glowing glyphs carved in it.
• Small fairy dragon
• Weeping Angel Xmas Tree Topper

Those are the build I have in some sort of “Started State”.

Have a great Holiday Season and see you in 2016.

 

Steve (AKA Claude Raymond Design)

 

 

 

I’ve been making silly mini Trophy head plaques for a little while now and it all started with a Brainy Smurf i made one night for a laugh. Once I finished the sculpt I realized I just had to make a book to go with him. After lots of research and tutorials I did my normal combine parts of other concepts and make my own(ish).

The First Brainy Smurf Trophy Plaque sold when I took him to the Oddmall so I made a second one that now hangs on the walls of The Malted Meeple in Hudson Ohio. You can also see a couple of baby dragons that I have made and other small trophy wall plaques of various goblins and brownies. Oh and My Unicorn Trophy Plaque is also on display at The Malted Meeple

This is the Brainy Smurf Trophy wall Plaque hanging out at The Malted Meeple.

All the Plaques are for sale at The Malted Meeple so if you have any interest just contact me.

I made a 3rd Brainy Smurf Trophy Wall Plaque so that I could keep one up at The Malted Meeple while I have another to take to shows. This guy is just about done. I’m going to have to move him to a new Plaque so that there is room for the slightly larger book.

The books are all hand made and I suppose could be considered “real” books. The book can be opened, flipped through and written in.

Want to learn a little sculpting and make your own goblin trophy wall plaque? Sign up for my How to make a Goblin Head Class that will be held at The Malted Meeple on Saturday January 23rd at noon.

 

As always if you have a question feel free to ask away.

Well I finished my Dragon Tooth and I must say it turned out better than I expected.

 

The Dragon tooth is about a foot tall and about 9 or 10 inch round at the root. The Dragon Tooth was designed to look like it was pulled from a large Dragons Jaw after the Dragon had been dispatched by a might party of adventures.  This Dragon tooth build was done from scratch and is a one of a kind build. I am looking at making a second one that I will mold and cast and add some fancy glowing ruins too while i can then also offer a lower cost piece as well.

 

If the Dragon Tooth doesn’t sell at a local show over the next few weeks I’ll have it listed over at Etsy where you can purchase it to add to your gaming room trophy wall. Which is something I think every good gamer should start making.

If you would like to see it in person I’ll have it at the Oddmall on October 31st and November 1st.

Here are some pictures of the finished Dragon tooth.

 

 

 

 

As always if you have any questions please feel free to contact me..

 

Steve

Its been a little while since my last post because I’m so busy with builds and such..and um..how else can I say I just haven’t spent the time on it..

 

Anyhoooooo….

 

The Con on the Cob is a week away and on Halloween and Nov 1^st you will find me at The Oddmall down in Akron Ohio.

 

I have some Halloween themed items I’ll be taking with me…

• Zombie Bride with Groom
• Zombie Groom with Bride
• Zombie Elf on the Shelf
• Evil Red Eye Black Roses.

I will have my Unicorn Head Trophy Mount as well as a baby Red Dragon and I should have a small Red Cap Goblin head on a plaque.. Stop on by the booth to take a look and I’m totally fine with someone wanting to take one home with them

My other Fantasy critters coming down there include:

• Bonsai Tree Ents
• Tree Sprite
• Bobble Head Pocket Critters
• Small trophy head mounts
• Baby Goblins
• Pebble Sprites.
• Unicorn horns in white and one in black
• A dragon tooth for your display shelf.
• And other Odds and Ends.

Other in the pipeline projects include.

• Large stone/Earth Elemental head with glowing eyes
• Medium sized Black Dragon Trophy mount
• Some caged Imps

I also will have the new booth that I built for shows being used for the first time…let’s see how that goes.

As always thanks for finding my site and feel free to send me any questions you may have.

 

 

I decided to take a shot at doing my first public “how to” class and it will be a step by step how to make a head that we will then mount to a trophy plaque.

 

All the supplies will be provided and it will be hosted by the folks at The Malted Meeple. After the class you can spend some time playing games, and have a tasty beverage.

 

The class has a cost of $20.00 to cover all the supplies need for the tutorial and you can register for it now or stop in at The Malted Meeple the day of the class and see if I have any walk in openings.

• CLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT AND REGISTER NOW.

 

 

I decided to giveaway my first completed Unicorn Horn Trophy and all you have to do is head over to the give away page and fill in your email address and name…oh and a subject line.. Just click on the below link to head over to the page.

Unicorn Horn Trophy Give Away.

Each horn comes from the mold of my original and is finished with a hand made pedicle and painted to give it a life like bone finish. The display stand is not part of the giveaway however I’m looking into selling them in the future.

I will be bringing several horns to the October Con on the Cob and I will also have them at the October Oddmall. In addition I have a Black Unicorn Horn listed here on my site and a standard finish Unicorn Horn for sale over at my Etsy store.

As always …

Thanks for finding me and my site. If you have any questions please send them my way and i’ll do my best to answer them.