Mr.Den goes BIG with life sized "Robotic Mickey"

During all the hype that was surrounding the Play Imaginative x Disney group show of Mickey Mouse customs, artist Mr.Den was quietly working on a HUGE undertaking that he was commissioned to do by a private collector whom previously bought artwork from him. Oh, and the fact that he was doing this during the Mickey custom barrage was purely coincidence! Mr.Den mentions that talking between artist and collector, they were not sure as to what the piece was going to be... but it had to be a pop culture icon... and it had to be big! That being said, after throwing ideas back and forth they came up with the GIGANTIC robot Mickey that you see above!!!

The result is just fantastic, and the fact that this is 100% scratch built really blows my mind! Mr. Den tells us that it was pretty challenging, but a fun piece to do. Challenging because he had never sculpted anything this big - fun because, well, he loves the creative part of making stuff!!! Like mentioned above, the sculpture was made from scratch - using thick armature wire, spray foam, magic sculpt, and sheet metal... all of which was constructed into an amazing robotic mouse... and just look at the size of it... WOW! The WIP shots can be seen on Mr. Den's Facebook page HERE, which really give you a true appreciation for all the work that went into this project! Oh, and if you all recall... prior to Robot Mickey, the biggest piece Mr. Den completed was the Rat Fink (custom Labbit and Munny) we posted about HERE - fun fact: Ed Roth made up Rat Fink because he hated Mickey Mouse so much. hahaha... so fitting!!! Great work man... truly impressive!!!!!