Sculptor Michael Norman has worked all over the toy industry from SOTA Toys, to Sideshow Collectibles to Gentle Giant. Now he is striking off on his own with a new action figure Kickstarter program for 3.75″ customizable figures. Check out the details below and then head over to the Blanx Kickstarter page for even more information!
The Blanx Figures:
These figures are the beginning of an ongoing series called Blanx. They are intended as a body buck or “blank” for action figure customizers, modelers or even artists to use as pose models.
The design of these figures began many years ago in a galaxy, well very near here in fact.
Blanx design development
Some custom figures done on the Alpha base body…
To see many more custom figures done on the Alpha Blanx body, visit the Galleries here…
The Blanx figures are in 1:18th scale and are 3 3/4″ tall. Except the ones who aren’t. The comparative height of each figure is shown in inches and heads tall below, the height of each individual figure is also indicated. They are sculpted in heroic proportions with the standard being 8 heads tall. Heroic proportions for a dwarf being something else entirely.
Inches tall…
Heads tall…
They are highly articulated for a figure of this scale: ball joint at the top and bottom of the neck, ball jointed shoulders and elbows, swivel wrists, ball jointed waist and hips, one ball joint and one hinge joint in each knee, and hinged ankles. These joints are designed and sculpted for a very wide range of motion, allowing for infinite posing. If you have that kind of time.
The page needed some color, so here is this…
Alpha Blanx waiting patiently for the rest of his team…
Body construction is based on the O-ring type body style, allowing for ease of disassembly, and reassembly. They are manufactured unpainted, cast in neutral gray and flesh-tone, with a very slight texture on the surface to allow good paint and glue adhesion by the customizer.
Blanx body construction parts
The Blanx family prototyped and ready to go into production
The series is to include…
Beta -male- 3 3/4 inches. A lean and very defined musculature. Some suggested uses, thinner or younger superheroes, realistic types, anime characters, elves, agile types.
Beta Turns
Gamma -female- 3 1/2 inches. Petite but strong and well built. Removable hair. Uses could include youthful or dainty female superheroes, elfish types, fairies, realistic females, damsels in distress.
Gamma Turns
Delta -male- 3 3/4 inches. Clothed, looser garments. Suitable for casual clothing, military types, realistic guys or superheroes in the alter ego disguise (shh, it’s a secret!) Lower pant legs are removable to create a boot.
Delta Turns
Epsilon -male- 4 1/2 inches tall. Big guy, a head taller than Alpha and Beta, and even more muscled than the Superhero Zeta. The heavy. The bruiser. Larger superhero types, super villains, orcs, giants.
Epsilon Turns
Zeta -male- 3 7/8 inches tall. Superhero, slightly taller than Alpha and very heavily muscled. Barbarians, bodybuilders and bears, oh my!
Zeta Turns
Eta -male- 3 inches tall. Small guy, muscled, but even shorter than the female Gamma. He looks cuddly but he’s the toughest of them all.
Eta Turns
They will be sold in simple blister card type packaging.
