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The Munny Contest

Over the years, students have challenged me to a Munny contest, where we buy the DIY toy "Munny" and sculpt it.

One year, a student even challenged me to create the package design!

Below are some of the contestants over the years, and the winners!

Year One
The Balrog  This is a large munny too - around 10-12 inches. It's a heavy model - you can't quite see the wings in the pictures, but they are there. The students who challenged me to this first contest never finished - this foe was beyond any of them!

Gandalf


If you're going to do the Balrog, you have to do Gandalf. This munny is only 4 inches, but still looks pretty tought. I never finished painting it because the challengers gave up when they saw the sculpt in progress. Glamdring was made from plasticard and sculpt - I'm really looking forward to finishing the painting... one of these days.


 * Year Three **

Dave (as in Michelangelo's David)
This is one of my favorite sculpts, and also one of the most difficult. You can see and read more of my process here: http://keaneymunny.wikispaces.com/Keaney I saw the actual statue of David in Florence and was blown away but it's power and majesty. I just had to try it as a munny.



Here are the few students who finished, or at least came close to finishing their munny;




 * Year Four **

Cthulhu
This is the first year the students challenged me to both the package design, and the finished sculpted munny. Five students signed up for the challenge, only one student finished. The students voted on the best one, and choose Emily Montoya as the winner!





Emily Montoya's "Muffie"



The pictures really don't do either one of the sculpts any justice. The level of detail and texture was really quite nice on both. Emily's "Muffie" was cut out in the middle so you could see the creatures spine and heart! Truly awesome!