by Beedo Sookcool
on 2026-02-04, 12:02:39
DESPERADOS
In looking for alcoholic beverages to pair up the Retro TVC Cantina Adventure Set Aliens for a four-part mini-series, I’d pretty much decided on all of them except for Walrusman. And then my eyes settled on a display of Desperados beer. Perfect, I thought. Little did I know it would ...
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by Bill Cable
on 2026-02-04, 08:38:16
Last week I finished the pencils for my Droids Nien Nunb. So the next step in the process was to ink! And speaking of steps, here's a step-by-step walkthrough on how I went about it. The first thing I worked on was the main character's face:
Man, I really nailed an expression of anguish there, I think! After that I did his whole body, and the foreground that overlapped it.
Note how I drew Chewie's hands since they're over top Nunb's arms. And that's how I typically do it... focus on the foreground. Now that Nunb was done, it was time to move on to Chewie (and any overlapping elements).
As I noted in a previous article, this custom was gonna require an inordinate amount of inking. And this whole thing was done over both Saturday and Sunday. My next session was working on the dashboard.
After that I worked on the left side of the cockpit.
After that I drew the chairs (which I neglected to photograph), and then finished off the rest of the cockpit:
All that was left was to erase the pencils! Check out the final art:
Next up is coloring the thing in Photoshop. And with as complex as the art is, that's gonna take a while. But that's not a bad thing. I'm booked solid the next 3 weekends, so I won't be able to assemble the customs until February 28th at the earlies, anyway. Looks like I'll be able to take my time then on the colors. All those little buttons and switches...
This is gonna be a blast!...
by Beedo Sookcool
on 2026-01-29, 06:11:35
COSMIC DROP BERRY PUNCH BEER
I’ll just come right out and say it: I was hoping that this Berry Punch Beer from Beavertown Brewery in London would be lovely, because it’s flavoured with blueberries and raspberries, both of which I love, and it’s brewed with oats, which tends to make fruity ...
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by Bill Cable
on 2026-01-28, 10:56:46
In addition to being an accomplished artist, journalist, software engineer, and world-traveler, I'm also a gamer. And as a Star Wars fan, I end up playing all the major release SW games (at least the ones that come out on PlayStation... dang you KotOR). Given the mixed reviews, I held ...
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by Bill Cable
on 2026-01-28, 09:35:09
Just a quick update this week to let you know I finished the pencils for Nien Nunb...
I looked at reference photos of the Millennium Falcon cockpit to get the background right. And as I finished I looked at the thing and thought "Oh man, that's gonna be a TON of inking!" So I should probably get on that...
The bigger news of the week is that I discovered I've been misspelling Nien Nunb's name for the past 40 years. You can search the CreatureCantina Archive to see I've been spelling it Nein on here as far back as 2014. And even a search through the entire archive back to 2001 doesn't have a single example of me spelling it correctly.
AND NONE OF YOU EVER CORRECTED ME!!!
This is Wookie-level of negligence, and I'm disappointed in all of us. That's assuming I haven't discovered a new instance of the Mandela effect...
by Beedo Sookcool
on 2026-01-22, 11:20:53
DEAD MAN’S FINGERS GOLDEN SPICED RUM
Since I can’t seem to get Guatemalan rum in England any more, I’ve been experimenting with new brands to see if I can find anything else approaching their quality. The first high-quality rum I tried was Red Leg Rum back in 2022, and that ...
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by Bill Cable
on 2026-01-21, 09:29:26
The holidays are over, and we're well into 2026. That means it's time for me to start drawing. I didn't have any idea which character I was going to do next until an idea popped into my head. A rivalry. So I began with some sketches to get my head around how to compose it.
That was enough to get me started. Scene: two copilots jostling for the copilot chair. I looked up some diagrams of the Millennium Falcon cockpit, roughed out the geography, and started adding the characters...
And... it just wasn't working. The poses were not dynamic like I'd hoped. I was aiming for a slap fight sort of thing, which is difficult to convey in a static image. There's like no room on either side of the chair for it to actually make sense. So, I decided to erase it all and try something different.
Instead of a slap fight, what if Chewie just decided to yoink Nein Numb out of his chair? And it worked, at least compositionally. It was next time to actually draw some characters...
It was working out nicely! I'm particularly happy with the expression of dread I got out of Nein Numb's face... not something easy to achieve with a dead-eyed alien!
After that, I got working on the Falcon cockpit. I found some behind-the-scenes photos and CG renderings that gave me a good idea what the console and dashboard look like.
All that's left now is the background, which I hope to pencil over the next few days. I expect by next week I'll be sharing those and even some inks!
by Bill Cable
on 2026-01-14, 10:07:11
Hello readers! Happy New Year (14 days too late). How about we start out 2026 with a deep cut?
Back in 2004, as part of my character focus goal of getting C-3PO on every Kenner cardback, I scored a MOC that stood out. I posted about the find in the RebelScum ...
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by Beedo Sookcool
on 2026-01-14, 06:59:15
MARKS & SPENCER / VOCATION BREWERY BLACK FOREST STOUT
Black Forest cake is one of my all-time favourite desserts. So when I saw this on the shelves at Marks & Spencer, I snagged a couple of cans, and was eager to get into them. Well . . . more on that ...
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by Beedo Sookcool
on 2026-01-07, 06:29:18
NORTHERN MONK SCREWBALL
I don’t often get a chance to use GoBots in these articles, but if you really want to be pedantic – and of course you do – this is technically a Machine Robo figure, Rod Drill, as he appears in the Revenge of Cronos movie. But for those ...
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