TLAR Models 10 Year Anniversary Promotional Figure.

[Rhino]

Initial packaging. The Artwork may vary as the 2025 campaign goes on.
I know, I know. It's a year away. I'm the kind of a Man that likes to be prepared. Casting continues.

 

[Rhino]

Mark Karolus asks for a rum bottle "like Captain Jack Sparrows" for his Rick Raccoon figure.
Teresa found me an interesting wooden bead, I installed a bit of brass tube, chuck it up in the Dremel and start shaping!
I should think a proper cork would be in order as well. I'm making just the one bottle.
The 10th anniversary release date is coming right up!

 

[moon puppy]

Neat, like the rum.

 

[Rhino]

I'm pretty sure Mark will want a cork for his pirate rum bottle.
He'll probably wish for a Pusser's Rum label too.

 

[Rhino]

The 10th Anniversary TLAR Models new Rick Raccoon Limited figure kit has been released!

TLAR Models 10th Anniversary Rick Raccoon figure kit #625

Over the years, I have had a few requests to mold and cast the original Rick raccoon figure, but since his creator passed away, I felt unwilling to risk the hand-painted finish on a hand-carved gift I have treasured since 2010. "What about a new Rick raccoon figure, you big marshmallow? One...

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[Rhino]

The 10 year is a big deal to me. I wanted to do something really cool for my TLARians. I couldn't bring myself to wait until June when the actual chronological anniversary is. That, and I own the friggin' company.
2 sales already!
20 more New Raccoons stand ready!

 

[moon puppy]

Something worth celebrating the year round!

 

[Rhino]

I hadn't cast much of anything in quite a while, so I figgered it was time to get back to work.
The upcoming 1/700 1833 US revenue cutter Roger B. Taney upgrades and Rick's new rum bottle progress. I cast the molds this evening and had good results on the cutter parts. The new bottle trapped a big air bubble but the stopper and the Chianti bottle fared better.
The cannon forest mold worked as it always does.

Thanks for looking in!

 

[Rhino]

Better. This one I can ship.

 

[moon puppy]

RUM!

 

[Rhino]

RUM!

Why is the rum always gone?

 

[moon puppy]

Why is the rum always gone?

There's a hole in the bottle?

 

[Rhino]

Silver, then Tamiya clear orange, then a mist on a coat of clear blue, gives Mark's bottle the dark, swarthy color of a Pusser's rum bottle. Downsizing and printing decal labels will wrap up my buddy Mark's special request.

 

[moon puppy]

Nice glazing, who would have thought it would turn out green?

 

[Rhino]

I was supposed to look like burnt sienna. I should have left it clear orange!