Sarah has become a fan of my work. I didn't take much... She had a cake I made for my niece and she was sold. Her husband was the lucky recipient of the Milenium Falcon this past winter, and she warned me a few weeks later that the little man's birthday was at the end of the summer. Sure enough a reminder email came in:
"Jen... Skylander cake... go!"
That pretty much summed up the conversation. I swear she was describing it in Greek or Mandarin.... Barely any words made sense. I got cake, figure and online out of it.
So Skylander (which is not Highlander in space, much to my disappointment) is uber popular for the little guys these days. Apparently. Do you know Skylander? I didn't have a clue. So you get an action figure to play with in real life, then a stand for it that acts as an online portal... place the figure on the base and you get to play with that character in an online world. Or so I'm told. If you place 2 on it... apparently they will go into battle mode. Fancy!
"Sure Sarah. I can make that work"
Research away, and yep... A streamlined cake for a family dinner was easily doable. I could have gone into crazy detail for this, but as usual, timing wasn't easy (I have to stop taking orders on weekends I'm working). I knew cutting a few corners wouldn't take anything away from the cake, and little W would know it right away.
I decided to get a little fancy and make it in action... it glows to tell you the character is online. So I had some fun with bright orange for the portal and the fun symbols around the side.
I got carried away doing the stone effect, but I think it looks great.
Sarah was blown away, and I can't wait to hear how the little guy liked it. And hopefully I'll get a picture with his new figure on the cake, making it look all official like.
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