Step-by-Step Customizing the Fshizzy Resin Toy

Recently, Fshizzy creator Alexander Gurlich (blog, Twitter) shipped me his Fshizzy resin toy and asked that I customize it. Well, after a bit of travel I finally had this weekend to play with the toy, and here I’ve got pics of the process from resin toy blank to final custom toy. Enjoy, guys!

First we start with the blank toy. Take a look at this post at Alexander’s blog to see more shots of the guy as a blank. He didn’t stay blank for long once I tackled him with the . . .

. . . plumber’s compound. Matt Doughty (Onell Design) turned me on to this stuff and I love it. It hardens super fast and works great with resin. An entire tube of the stuff and a few hours later and it was time for the primer.

Once the primer dried I painted the entire guy white. I’ve found a base coat of white really helps make the rest of the colors pop better. Below you can see the toy after I sprayed it with white paint. After that dried I moved on with a blast of . . .

. . . hot pink spray paint. This color won’t dominate when I finish, but bits of the pink will peek through the final design (but by then it won’t be quite pink). I’ve used this trick a couple of times now and I’ve always loved the end result.

Once the pink was dry I used a nasty green acrylic paint and completely covered the toy. Acting fast, I used paper towels to wipe off a lot of the green. This gets the color into all kinds of cracks and helps when I hit the toy with . . .

. . . a heavy wash, as you can see below. I used dark green, black, and blue paint washes. Multiple coats of watery paint but after about three hours the wash was dry.

The final paint apps used a mix of green and yellow dry brushing and a hell of a lot of layers over the dome. What is this thing? Some kind of weird plant monster, no doubt, but don’t ask me to tell you exactly what kind.

The photo below gives you a close look at the main dome. There you can see how the different layers or paint all came together.

Once the paint was dry I sealed the guy with about five coats of gloss. It gives the toy a great shine and keeps everything locked together. All told it was just about 48 hours from when I started the project until it was completed; not bad for a beast like this.

Thanks, Alexander, for the chance to play with your toy. I hope you’re happy with how he turned out. And thanks, everyone, for scanning through these pics. I hope this gave some of you ideas, and if you’ve got any tips for me please feel free to leave a comment or two.