Custom Painted Skylanders

Welcome!  I hope your weekend has been full of sky-blues, a dash of sunshine yellow, and the bright colors of Springtime...

Nah, not really...but I do hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Something I have wanted to do for a LONG time is treat some of my Skylanders to a custom paint job.  First, I think some would look cool in alternate colors.  Second, I have so freaking many of these things it will actually allow me to distinguish between them (ie is this my Sandhog Terrafin, or Brawler Terrafin).  Third, you can create customs...Think Star Strike should have been pink?  You can make it happen!  Want to have a Legendary Terrafin, a green Zap, or a Crimson Red Hex?  It is all possible!

Supplies are really cheap and all you will be out is a little time.  Granted, some are easier to paint than others and there is a lot of detail in these figures...The more details you recreate (or re-color) the longer you will be involved.

That said, I plan to give this a go an see how everyone likes it.  Judging by my families reaction I think everyone should have some interest in this.  My Nephew was very impressed, so hopefully that sentiment carries over as well.

Anyway, this post will outline the Introduction and any subsequent custom painted Skylanders.

Stay tuned for updates!

Custom Painted Skylanders : Cheesy Introduction, Art History, and Knockout Terrafin

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 1: Knockout Terrafin's Reveal
Legendary Blue Metallic Knockout Terrafin

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 2: 
Green Rattle Shake

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 3

Mystic LightCore Hex

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 4

Patriotic Blast Zone (Full Repaint!)

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 5

Heartbreaker Roller Brawl

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 6

Quicksilver Slam Bam

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 7

Legendary Blue Metallic Terrafin (Series 2)

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 8

Scarlet Stealth Elf (Series 2)

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 9

Acid Bomb Eruptor (Work in Progress)

Custom Painted Skylanders Episode 10

Savior Stump Smash (Series 2)

Custom Painted Skylanders #11

Legendary Chopper

Custom Painted Skylanders #12
Enchanted Torch

Custom Painted Skylanders #13

Legendary Blue Metallic Terrafin (Series 1)

Custom Painted Skylander #14

Blackberry Cynder

Custom Painted Skylander #15

Autumn Blast Bumble Blast

Custom Painted Skylander #16

Quick Silver Rip Tide

Custom Painted Skylander #17

Doom Raider

Custom Painted Skylander #18

Legendary Blue Metallic Shark Shooter Terrafin

Best Skylanders Game: Vote Now!

As the title implies, it is time to ratchet up the Poll Battles!

Earlier, before SWAP Force launched, I had polls on whether you liked Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, or Skylanders Giants better.  Now, with most everyone having acquired and played SWAP Force, I feel like we move on to the new, grand-daddy of them all...

Which Skylanders Game is Your Favorite?

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Skylanders Giants
Skylanders SWAP Force

I have the polls set up for "Console" and 3DS versions.  You can cast your vote and then come here and leave a comment with how you made your selection.

Spread the word and cast your vote now...Let's see how it pans out with all three Skylanders games in the mix!

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Blind Draw Battle Mode Tournamentfeaturing The Original 32

Playlist Link: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWU7DXRZFRMu7sbfU3Try7spQyZNNB-Sg

One of the most popular requests I continually get on my Channel is to do any sort of Skylanders Battle Mode.  As most of you know, I tend to record late at night and solo...It is just a product of when I have free time...I work during the day, run errands after work, make supper, take care of what has to be done, and then when I do have free time, I enjoy playing games.

Not too many folks are around at 2-3 AM during the week to join me in Battle Mode.  To make up for it, I started the Skylanders Poll Battle Series.  While it isn't quite as action oriented, it is fun, and adds a unique element to the blog and the channel.

That said, sometimes I do get an opportunity to have someone over and record with...That is usually my Nephew (aka thewalkthruking) and that was the case this past weekend.

He stayed the night Friday (school here started up today, August 26th, 2013) and we put in some time playing Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.  This was all his idea, but he decided that he wanted to do a "Blind Draw" (Pokemon Style, drawn from a cup) SSA Matchup.  He initially wanted to do ALL the Skylanders, but we need some workable number for a tournament...so we went with 32 and since he wanted the Castaways involved, we elected to go "old school" and utilize the Original 32 from SSA.

We recorded the 1st Round of 16 matches that night, and Saturday we finished up the bracket.  We both had a lot of fun.  That said, I'm use to box-stock Skylanders and many of these guys had been sitting dormant for a long time..Plus, we never really get to play Battle Mode much...needless to say there was a re-learning curve...The best path for Story Mode isn't always the best path for Battle Mode...that said, all the Skylanders were fully maxed out and we enjoyed going head-to-head.

We set the battles up as follows: No Items, No Arena Hazards, No Powerups....We wanted a true Player vs Player experience not skewed by add-ons.  Similarly, to keep it fair, each battle was randomly assigned a course by way of my Nephew closing his eyes and tilting the Nunchuck's Analog Stick left and right.

The only real disadvantage for me is that I let him select his character first...every time.  In the future we might set up teams, rotate, or let me pick the characters first, bahahahaha!

Anyway, to try and keep dropped frames a non-issue we recorded each match individually...Ironically only one match had any drops even worth noting.  Go figure.  That said, my issue is that they take a LONG time to edit...I combined Round 1 of Brackets 1 & 2 and the rendering took several hours...as such, I kind of modified the plan and broke it down into groups of 4 Battles...which is interestingly, what we had planned to do early on...then we changed course.  Again, go figure.

Without further ado, here is our Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Original 32 Blind Draw Tournament!
*Please note, due to editing and other issues, the "Parts" I speak of may not match up to what you see below...When in doubt, go with the blog.  That said, the video titles and upload order (as well as the playlist) will set you in the right direction.

Skylanders Arena Rumble Battle Tournament, Blind Draw Part 1: Round 1, Brackets 1-2

Bracket 1-Round 1

Chop Chop (Wiisdom) vs Drobot (WTK)
Zook (Wiisdom) vs Slam Bam (WTK)
Double Trouble (Wiisdom) vs Cynder (WTK)
Gill Grunt (Wiisdom) vs Eruptor

Bracket 2-Round 1

Voodood (Wiisdom) vs Hex (WTK)
Camo (Wiisdom) vs Ghost Roaster (WTK)
Trigger Happy ( vs Stump Smash ()
Zap (WTK) vs Wrecking Ball (Wiisdom)

Skylanders Arena Rumble Battle Tournament, Blind Draw Part 2: Round 1, Bracket 3

Bracket 3-Round 1

Stealth Elf (WTK) vs Prism Break (Wiisdom)
Bash (WTK) vs Drill Sergeant (Wiisdom)
Sunburn (Wiisdom) vs Sonic Boom (WTK)
Warnado (WTK) vs Flameslinger (Wiisdom)

Skylanders Arena Rumble Battle Tournament, Blind Draw Part 3: Round 1, Bracket 4

Bracket 4-Round 1

Ignitor (WTK) vs Dino-Rang (Wiisdom)
Spyro (WTK) vs Whirlwind (Wiisdom)
Wham-Shell (Wiisdom) vs Lightning Rod (WTK)
Terrafin (WTK) vs Boomer (Wiisdom)

Skylanders Arena Rumble Battle Tournament, Blind Draw Part 4: Round 2, Brackets 1-2

Round 2 Matches, Brackets 1-2

Chop Chop (Wiisdom) vs Slam Bam (WTK)
Double Trouble (WTK) vs Gill Grunt (Wiisdom)
Voodood (Wiisdom) vs Ghost Roaster (WTK)
Stum Smash (Wiisdom) vs Zap (WTK)

Skylanders Arena Rumble Battle Tournament, Blind Draw Part 5: Round 2, Brackets 3-4

Round 2 Matches, Brackets 3-4

Stealth Elf (WTK) vs Bash (Wiisdom)

Sunburn (Wiisdom) vs Flameslinger (WTK)

Dino-Rang (Wiisdom) vs Spyro (WTK)

Wham-Shell (Wiisdom) vs Boomer (WTK)

Skylanders Arena Rumble Battle Tournament, Blind Draw Part 6: Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Slam Bam (WTK) vs Double Trouble (Wiisdom)

Voodood (WTK) vs Stump Smash (Wiisdom)

Stealth Elf (WTK) vs Sunburn (Wiisdom)

Spyro (WTK) vs Boomer (Wiisdom)

Skylanders Arena Rumble Battle Tournament, Blind Draw Part 7: 

Semifinals and Championship

Semifinal Matchups

Slam Bam (WTK) vs Stump Smash (Wiisdom)
Sunburn (Wiisdom) vs Spyro (WTK)

Championship Matchup

Stump Smash (Wiisdom) vs Spyro (WTK)

Bonus Matches

Dark Spyro (Wiisdom) vs Spyro (WTK)
Dark Spyro (WTK) vs Spyro (Wiisdom)

That wraps it up!  We hope that you enjoyed our SSA Throwback Tournament!  If time allows, we will continue to record Skylanders Battle Tournaments!

Blog Poll #42 Results: Skylanders Giants Castaways vs Newlanders

After a grueling cycle, Round 1 of our Castaways vs Newlanders is in the book!

Here is a look at the results:

*I will add the blog polls later.*

Please feel free to chime in with how you'd like to see this one continued....

A "season" approach where each Newlander battles every Castaway...

Some sort of means to make it 4 Castaways vs 4 Newlanders and progress etc.

It's pretty late and I've got to get some sleep...I definitely plan to keep this one going, just have to figure out what would work best!  Stay tuned!

Here is the original blog post outlining the series:
http://1ofwiisdom.blogspot.com/2013/02/blog-poll-42-castaways-vs-newlanders.html