The DTDS February Newsletter Happy Saint Penitent Day! Hello unrepentant ones, We have a Valentine’s Day Sale coming up on February 14th! If you use coupon code [brokenheart] at checkout, you’ll get 14% off your entire order before shipping. The only limitations for this coupon is that it won’t work with other coupons, or on […]
Continue readingHandy Hand Drill
A few weeks ago I got myself a new tool. A nice little hand drill and plenty of small and tiny drill bits. Thanks for reading! Always feel free to comment or ask questions! We are here to help and learn along the way!
Continue readingOdds and Ends and Super Glue
Brett and Paris won’t be too happy about this post, but I gotta make myself interesting Haha Here’s how you can build things from scratch.
Continue readingWinners of the Ciao 2021 DTDS contest!
Hi everyone! So we drew the three numbers at 2PM on January 1st to see who would win the three numbers. It was exciting for us because we were remembering each order and happy when each name came up! Here are the three bundles that we raffled off: Here are the three winners in order: […]
Continue readingCiao 2021 DTDS contest
Only a few days left in 2021, and we want to thank everybody for their support – yet again. I know we say it often, but we mean it! We are very grateful to be able to work at something we love and enjoy. We also appreciate the contact it gives us with fellow customizers […]
Continue readingMerry Christmas,
Happy Holidays,
Happy New Year 2022!
DTDS Christmas 2021 Newsletter SHIPPING Shipping has been all over the place lately, and we don’t only mean around the entire world, which it has been! We are so happy to send orders far away, it is so exciting! But seriously, the costs have been going up, so we had to increase our flat-rate shipping […]
Continue readingCustom Mirage Mikey
Some weeks ago, I painted a black and white Raphael loosely inspired by the early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. It was a cool project but I wanted to do better… Back in the day, before the movies, even before the cartoon and the toys, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s creation was a dark and […]
Continue readingCustom Monster Faker
One thing I love to do, beside painting ML parts for DTDS, is having fun with my Masters of the Universe Origins still growing collection. I have almost everything Mattel has released so far and I proudly keep them unopened on my shelves. I have a lot of loose figures too to play with my […]
Continue readingMix it once and use it when needed.
This little trick might save you a lot of time and frustrations! Also try to take some notes while you are mixing your colors. Who knows when you will need a new batch?
Continue readingDo not seek perfection.
I was working on this weird paint job last week when the truth dawned on me : Do not seek perfection. I got into toy customization because I thought It looked fun…and I intend to make it so. Spending too much time painting a single little detail to make it perfect can be frustrating and discouraging. […]
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