Sunday, April 10, 2011

Custom KAWS Dunny.

Sorry about the recent bombardment of KAWS-related posts. Much like how young children go through their "cowboys and indians" phase, I'm going through my "KAWS" phase. I have some other projects and films in the works as well, but more details will come later.

KAWS "Pay the Debt to Nature"


One of Brian Donnelley's most sought after vinyl toys is his "companion" figure. The piece loosely resembles a zombified Mickey Mouse character with a skull for a head and X's for eyes. On eBay, KAWS Companions can go from anywhere between $1,000 to $1,500, so it's no surprise people love this design. One day, I hope to add one to my collection, but for the time being, the cost is way too much. But alas, there is a short term solution to feeding my KAWS appetite, a custom KAWS Dunny.

I've seen it done once before on Flickr, but in the black/white mono color scheme. So with the help of my girlfriend, who is a master of clay sculpting and detailed painting, we decided to make our own. We used multiple photos for reference and began sculpting the teeth, cross bones, and buttons. The next day we began primering and painting. A few hours of meticulous detailed painting and we were done. Jenny did a great job on all the little accents, including the iconic KAWS X's, which I think she got down perfectly.

So now, even though we don't have a real Companion to add to our collection, at least we have a 3" custom version. Because we had so much fun making the custom dunny, we plan to make the two other colorways (black and mono) in the next few weeks!

Below are some of the "making of" photos for our custom KAWS Dunny!

Primer.

Clay.

Boiling (aka Dunny Suicide).

Molding on Teeth.

Baking.

Taking Shape.

Fresh Start.

Painting Body.

Looking Good.

Painting Eyes.

Painting Eyes.

Done Painting.

Gluing.

Here it is!


And here he is in all his glory.

KAWS Companion Dunny.

KAWS Dunny (Front/Back).


And here he is in our collection.

KAWS Dunny on Display.

1 comment:

Adi said...

I like that. The Dunny looks good!