Why there are delays with new episodes of Alien Mercenaries:

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Customs-palooza! O_O!!

While the snow on my set melts away (stay tuned for an update on this soon), I've been busy making more customs characters with the newest parts I have. Some stuff was posted on the forum, and some stuff is going to be posted here. So be sure to check the Octobertoys.com "Ranic's Custom Configurations section () for other stuff.

Heavy Arms Construction Genedrone: I made this guy WAY back in late may/early june, and I'm pretty sure I never posted the pics anywhere. I invisioned this genedrone being used for repairing damaged vehicles, buildings, space ships as well as being used in construction of buildings. Their large arms provide them with incredible strength and 2 laser-cutters/welders are mounted on their backs to help during building. As they have the back-pack (i.e. "drone") head, they have a very low intelligence and fulfil their functions without much problems.

This configuration eventually evolved into the Zov'rass character from Alien Mercenaries, and as I never got a chance to order more greay phase arms or yellow buildmen parts, I've not had the option of re-creating him. I may re-create this design for other purposes down the road, so don't be surprised if it pops up in one of my photo-comics.

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S.O.D. (Security Optical Drone): This was just something I threw together with some spare parts for fun one day. It's since been disassembled but can easily be re-assembled as it's just made up of 13 parts (4 shins, 4 Gobon Discs, 1 Gobon Sphere, 2 Phase Arm Male/Femal connectors, 1 Bean-bot Pelvis & 1 Crayboth arm). I picture these things walking around highly top-secret labs using their enhanced eye-sight to search for any intruders. Laser cannons are mounted underneith them and have both paralyze & energy-blast settings.


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(Next to Scar Phyden for scale)

Antixx Ground Trooper: Had the thought for this guy a little while ago, back in December I think, and it took a bit of configuring before I got the shape juuuust right. The head was fun to make, and I really love the colors of green & black; they just REALLY pop together.

As I mentioned in my last post, the Antixx are a very dangerous race of large ant-like creatures that have been plaguing the galaxy for several years. They're really hard to get rid of, and tend to just cause more harm then good once they show up. None of this is done out of malcious or evil intent though; they're very much just like standard Earth ants except bigger and a bit nastier. The ground troopers have 6 limbs (an Aerial Warrior has 2 legs, 2 arms & a pair of wings), two being used for manipulating objects, & two used in conjunction with arm cannons

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(Comm. Grott & Rdd'rum encounter!)

Comm. Grott: "An Antixx? HERE??"

Rdd'rum: "Quick! Shoot it before its too late! If one knows, they'll ALL know!"

-Bah'glenn

Nature Shot: Antixx Ground Trooper v1 outside

Took this picture a few weeks ago back before the snow fell & covered every square inch of my photo-shooting areas. Will take a few more pics of this guy tonight & upload them here or on the forums when I get the chance. Also have another antixx sub-species to photograph, but I have a few more pieces to sculpt on it before I do that.

Antixx Ground Trooper


Brief info about him: The Antixx are a race of ant-like aliens that spread out over the galaxy, constantly sending scouting parties to find new worlds to extract food & resources from. Once one of them discovers the planet they're on is suitable for colonization, they'll send out a signal to the other scouts who then all send a joint-message to the main colony of their findings. The planet will soon be covered in swarms of antixx in less then a week. VERY dangerous and nearly impossible to get rid of once they've begun planet-fall. Have become a more recent threat in the galaxy, around the time period of the Alien Mercenaries.

(OH & that purple guy in the background is a Violos Buildman with some clear pieces. He's the starting of another character, so when he's all finished expect him on the blog/in the Glyos Forums soon.)

Happy Holidays from Bah'glenn Creations!!

Happy Holidays to everyone out there in reader-land. Here's a BIG group shot of alot of my custom figures. Some are never before seen, others are newer versions of older customs. How many can YOU identify? O_o



HAPPY HOLIDAYS everybody!!

Alien Mercenaries Season 2: Episode 26 starts right NOW

Hey guys, sorry for the delay again (I really need to try & set up a steady schedule for Alien Mercenaries), here's Episode #26 of Alien Mercenaries Season 2. I hope it was worth the wait, as it proves to be a cool one with some new things to look at.































Haven't shot anymore episodes yet, but plan on it once I A) have more free time & B) all 2 feet of snow melts away from my set (accursed random snow-storms!). Until then, I'll be posting more pics of new creations I've made, as well as misc. other things to fill the time between episodes. Take care gang!

New inhabitants from the planet Holi'daz: the Ecks'mss Region!

Back in late August, I'd gotten my newest order of Glyos stuff, and set to building some new guys with the parts at my disposal. The Halso Buildman I got (I'd have preferred to have bought two, but that extra $8 went towards an Armodoc which was very much worth the purchase) immediately went towords making this new race from the planet Holi'daz. As I didn't want him to be without troops, and had just gotten a bunch of white Buildmen Genedrones, I gave him two troops. So, from the Ecks'mss region on the planet Holi'daz, come a Treeza Commander with two Snw'mnn troopers:



Treeza ('Tree-zah'): "The Treeza are plant like beings whose heads bare a slight resemblance to pine trees. They are typically of very solid builds and stand a foot or so taller then the average individual. Functioning as the leaders & center-pieces in many Ecks'mss armies, so you'll see at least 1 per unit directing the troops in their command. They live for centuries, are immune to the damaging effects of cold weather, possess incredible strength & are very hard to kill. During large battles with their ancient rivals, the Jkk'Olurntrns from the Hallow'Een region, a treeza commander will often be the only survivor to their regiment, fighting until the end. Weapon preferences are large blunt weapons such as clubs or morning-stars, or even just their bare fists. Seeing a Treeza wading through a wave of enemy troops, tossing them around like rag-dolls is not entirely an uncommon sight. "

Snoo'mn ('Snew-men'): "As every army needs crazy, easily created/expendable troops, the Ecks'mss region has the Snw'mn. These beings are snow given sentience & possess great physical strength & resistance to damage. While in cold/arctic regions, they can re-form themselves after seemingly being destroyed to continue fighting. They are able to survive in more temperate/warmer climates, but if killed there, they'll truly be dead. They usually travel in teams of 2 or 4 & never speak, communicating with each other through facial expressions & hand gestures. Their silence on the battle field often sends chills through enemy warriors, who can never be sure exactly what their battle plan is. The only race they tend to fear, are the Bunn'e warriors from the Eas'tarr region who have a penchant for eating their carrot noses. "

"Ah've been fightin' them Ecks'mss guys fer years now, and everytime I run into the battlefield those Snow-heads still freak me right the shnoop out....and I come from one of the scariest regions on all of Holi'daz!"- Slack Jaw, Jkk'Olurntrn soldier for the Hallow'Een region

Their looks have changed slightly since I took this picture back in August, and the Treeza Commander actually has some red parts now & a red cloak (I'll post pictures of that in this post once I'm home & can take pictures of them). Currently there are only these 2 races in the Ecks'mss region, but more will probably be "discovered" (i.e. created & added by me) at some future time.

I like toys that are fun, and wackiness is always fun if done right. ^_^

-Bah'glenn

Alien Mercenaries Season 2: Episode 25 is here!

Hey gang, so sorry for the delay inbetween episodes 24 and 25. I kept trying to go outside to do a photo shoot but each time I had a day off, AND time to go outside, it was raining like crazy. OR it had rained like crazy the night before and everything outside was soaked. This past Tuesday I had a free 3 hours and managed to shoot episodes 25 & 26 (so expect 26 sometime this week most likely), with hopefully 27 and 28 getting shot today as the weather is nice again.

This being the 25th episode of Alien Mercenaries is an important milestone for me, as this photo-comic is the LONGEST run photo-comic I've ever made. I actually made several photo-comics over the years, but never really showed them to anyone aside from a few friends. Back then, if I made 2 episodes consecutively it was an accomplishment, so seeing 25 of them done is mind-blowing to me. Thanks again to everyone who's been reading it for all this time and I can't wait to see how I've taken the story by the time we're at episode 50!

So, without further time-wasting, read on true believers and I hope you enjoy it!





























Okay, so this episode was a bit of a change for the strip & I'll tell you what happened to bump it 3 months into the future:

Back in July, I shot the 4-part season finale and episode 24 all at the same time. After that task was completed, I was exhausted mentally and took a break for the remainder of the summer & put out the Monstrokk Hunters mini-series as a way to fill the gap from July to September. With moving my fiancee back up from Florida, finding and then moving into our first apartment, bad weather AND working didn't give me much free time to shoot more episodes of season 2.

So, as time marched forward, my parent's backyard (the set that Alien Mercenaries takes place in...although you might not ever know it from their perspective) changed a bit. The landing site where the Alien Mercenaries first landed had become largely over-grown and everytime I looked at the first/second episodes and looked at that patch of land it amazed me what could change in a few months. So, now that things looked so different I started thinking of how to get the next season to make sense...so I decided to fast-forward time a bit.

With three months past, SO much has changed in the lives of the Alien Mercenaries. Greh'eck, Gr'owwgle and the little yellow creature (whose name will be revealed soon, stay tuned..) have tried a few dozen times to get into the P.M.P., but often met with failure. Greh'eck has had the shnoop kicked outta him, as is evident by the damage done to his face (heck, I think he even has 1 or 2 chipped/broken teeth now). In addition to this, he's now the de-fault "leader" of the AM's and that's not a responsibility he wants in the slightest. So, as it's been forced upon him he's growing more and more frustrated with how his plans keep going wrong and nothing seems to be going right for them. They're alive as Men'tohst doesn't view them as a viable threat, but hurting bad. These next few episodes are going to be interesting as we see more and more what has changed in the time that's passed.

Stay tuned to the forums and this blog for when episode 26 goes up, as it should be a cool one (especially the ending). ;-)

-Bah'glenn