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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2015 1:54:03 GMT -5
Now that we have a dedicated section for Toys & Collectibles, I thought it was time to resurrect this thread... As soon as I finish the refit of the office and comic room caused by my wife's decision to rearrange pretty much the entire house while on vacation last week, I'll post pics of the new set up. I'm still amidst redoing the studio then have to clean up the other room where everything was stored for the move yet, so could be a week or so before I get pics up. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 21:18:45 GMT -5
Ok just about done with the office/studio, so took some pics to share with you all...still have a few minor details to wrap up (fill in some space on some shelves, etc.) Ok the view from the doorway, left side then right side of the room   from inside the room, this is the corner you can't see from the entryway because the door is in the way...  the curio case in the corner is the sole holdout from when this was the spare bedroom, but it holds a ton of Amy's knickknacks and mementos so it stays put. from the opposite corner here is the doorway where the first pics were taken...  Next post will offer some close ups & detail shots. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 21:28:06 GMT -5
The closet door in the room and area around it...  to the left of the door are a pair of Charles Vess prints form the Ballads and Sagas portfolio, above the door is Millennium's Doc Savage Man of Bronze #1 signed by Daryl Banks (interior artists) and Secret Origins #10 featuringt he Phantom Stranger signed by Mike W. Barr, the writer of one of the 4 stories inside. Amy got tha tmask on a visit to New Orleans before we met, and the calendar is the DC Bombshells calendar, Sept is Wonder Woman month. Behind the door are some knick knack shelves..  featuring the new Dewback Wal-Mart exclusive Pop Vinyl, Amy's Star Wars Micro Machines ships form the late 90s releases, and my shelf of Dr. Strange tsotchkes, including the Clea 7-11 cup, Hero Clix the 3.75 Dr. Strange action figure and the Doc figure from the old Spider-Man series released in conjunction with the 90s animated series. Here's the Doc Strange wall...  featuring the limited Kevin Nowlan print and some of my favorite Doc covers, the Marvel Milestone collecting hte first appearances of Doc and the last Doc annual signed by Kyle Hotz, the interior artist. the far side of the room...  featuring a snifty wooden spinning display rack I just picked up at an estate sale this pass weekend, it displays/stores Amy and I's rpg books, and is guarded by the colossal Red Dragon form the D&D Miniatures line. You can see my djembe next to it as well, plus some Alex Ross prints and other stuff on the wall. More to follow... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 21:36:02 GMT -5
On the wall next to the closet, we have a few bookcases and some art on the walls...  The two shelves feature my art and art reference books and the History of Middle Earth by Tolkien. On the wall my replica Egyptian papyri, a Darwyn Cooke Justice League variant cover, and a facsimile edition of Nick Fury #4 from the Marvel ELgends action fiugure line-one of my favorite Steranko covers. YOu can also see the oversized Pen and Ink edition of Hit #2 a great noir comic published by BOOM! featuring gorgeous art by Vanesa R. Del Rey, Sim's Guide to Self-Publishing, the Batman '66 Batmobile Pop Vinyl, a great Greek status I picked up from an estate sale and a bunch of Snoopy PVC figures. A close up of the Pen & Ink book...  and the statue (you can see the Ross Supes print in the background)  the rest of those bookshelves...  including my writing reference books, fantasy and sci-fi prose fiction, etc. More to come... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 21:46:05 GMT -5
In the corner next to the window we have my media shelf featuring comic related DVD, Blue Rays and prose books...  the corner next to it holds my museum replica Templar broadsword....  You can see a Finder cover sketch print by Carla Speed MacNeil in the background as well, that was inserted in a random comic I bought for a buck at a shop several years ago. Next to the media case is the Wonder-Wall, a sketch cover and original art sketch page featuring Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman vs. Red Sonja by Brian Lattimer, one of the artists from our local comics scene. The original page I bought in a charity auction for the Heroes Initiative and I commissioned the sketch cover from Brian at the same con. The other 2 are Bombshell variant covers featuring Wonder Woman.  Above the media shelf there is a copy of Donatello #1 Colorr reprint from IDW signed by Kevin Eastman when I met him at a con last year, a Tellos print by Mike Wieringo, and the Darwyn Cook variant to the Fox #1, singed by Mark Waid, the writer of the issue. Plus you can see some of the comic-related prose I won.  This is the mess that is my deak, complete with Hawkman and Ghost Rider figures...  and this is my drawing table, above it you can see a promo poster for the Wilderlands of High Fantasy revised edition featuring Frazetta art, and the original Basic and Expert Rules for D&D both signed by artist Erol Otus at Gen Con several years back.  That completes the Studio tour. I'll do the comic room when I get it finishe din the next week or two... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 22:09:45 GMT -5
For Flashback Friday, I just posted on FB some comparisons of what my Comic Room looked like when we bought the house, and what it looks like right now. . LOL. . so I FINALLY have some pics I can share here! The deal was that Nick got the Garage, and I got the larger Guest room to be my Comics room. Here's what it looked like after we just moved in:   and as of right now:   |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 22:11:45 GMT -5
The Bookshelves between the door & closet (used to be DVDs, CDs and Trades). . .  Now replaced with a bigger, larger bookshelf, that's almost all trades, or comic/music related books, as well as statues:   Closer look. . in addition to the comics Trades and books: Very top Several figure sets, and KISS Pop Vinyl. . top shelf is Batgirl Statue, Poison Ivy bust, Scarecrow Batman figure. 2nd shelf: Platinum statue, Bungled Jungle eyeball, Poison Ivy Statue. 3rd shelf: Custom Metal Men Platinum figure, assorted minifigs. 4th shelf: Francine and Kachoo Busts, Batmobile. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 22:14:33 GMT -5
Looking towards the Walk In Closet 8 years ago:  and now:   what it used to look like in the closet. (along the left wall are 36 long boxes. .stacked 6 wide & 6 deep). Now you can't get in. ..stacks of stuff completely fill it up:    |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 22:38:31 GMT -5
My wife and I have that same hummingbird girl pic by Lawrence Williams on the wall in our living room (above your stereo cabinet below the collector's plates. She got it at Origins or Gen Con several years back (it's 30/500). She also has a mermaid piece of his whichis hanging on another wall in there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2015 0:22:07 GMT -5
My wife and I have that same hummingbird girl pic by Lawrence Williams on the wall in our living room (above your stereo cabinet below the collector's plates. She got it at Origins or Gen Con several years back (it's 30/500). She also has a mermaid piece of his whichis hanging on another wall in there. -M Just went and looked. .mine is 125/500. . .not sure how long I've had it (obviously since 2007 at least, tho likely earlier), and I got it at Dragon*con. the art hanging around it. . starting counter clockwise on the left: Elementals #4 page of original art signed by Willingham Elementals #4 comic page (of the art) Kachoo by Terry Moore Black Canary by Brian Stelfreeze Bloodstorm original costume concept (rejected by Marvel for being "too sexy") by Colleen Doran DevilMan Litho by go Nagi Metal Men Plate by Alex Ross JLA Plate Alex Ross  (I have lots of art not up, that I really need to get framed, including signed pieces by Dave Stevens, Nightwing pages & Covers by Scott McDaniel/Karl Story, and a ton of other stuff I just don't have space to display). |
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Post by marvelmaniac on Oct 14, 2015 6:50:53 GMT -5
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Post by marvelmaniac on Oct 14, 2015 6:55:36 GMT -5
Forgot This.  |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 15, 2015 4:39:21 GMT -5
Love those book/record sets!!
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 15, 2015 8:48:26 GMT -5
Okay, I've put this off long enough. Here's a quick and dirty look at my Sanctum Sanctorum. I'd intended to get those piles of comics put away, redo the labels on my short boxes (I reorganized recently), and move around some posters, but this will have to do:  The long corridor from the stairs to my finished attic. That's the Post-Crisis Superman run I'm currently reviewing being displayed on the wall. The many stacks of comics resting on top of my short boxes aren't supposed to be there. I just need to find time to put them all away. Adam Warlock will also recognize a structure made of Constux in the foreground right. In the distance is my framed original clippings of the Joker's first appearance in the 1943 Batman comic strip.  The main part of my office, complete with reading couch. On the coffee table are some 1990s X-Men figures I picked up at my LCS the other day, along with my collection of Hammer Dracula films.  Reverse angle view. You'll note that those posters have not been moved since I added the stereo and speakers atop those shelves. I really need to get around to that. Above them are my three original art pieces: two original pages from Breyfogle's Life with Archie, and one commissioned Usagi Yojimbo piece from Stan Sakai. Also, I do own more than three shelves worth of actual books. I only keep my absolute favorites, as well as ones I'm currently reading, in the attic. We have shelves and shelves of other books in other rooms.  The chair I'm sitting at right now, and what's behind it.  Reverse angle view I must...move...in... |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 15, 2015 9:41:25 GMT -5
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