Mr. Kilpithiri
SEC-95
Dune Crawler G-9
Twig weapon
It started with a tuk-tuk.
From Thalassery, Kannur. Building in Dubai.
BOB-98, prototype BallTankerAround 2017, a banker in Dubai built a tiny auto-rickshaw.
It was meant to be a one-off, a little piece of home from Thalassery. People online loved it, and before long I was invited onto a live Malayalam radio show on Club FM in Dubai to talk about it.
That was the push I needed. I never went to art school. I learned by trying things, breaking them and trying again, usually at the kitchen table late at night, after the working day was done.
Who says kitbashing needs expensive model kits?
Today the kitchen table is the workshop of Mr. Kilpithiri Inc., a company with one employee and a very strict security droid. An empty deodorant stick became a space tanker. A table tennis ball became SEC-95. Anju's old paintbrushes keep turning into weapons.
A tuk-tuk from scrap
The first miniature: an auto-rickshaw. It caught attention on social media.
Live on Club FM
Invited onto a live show on Dubai's Malayalam radio station to talk about the build.
A Batarang that works
A fan build that performs in action too.
The droid years
SEC-95 from a table tennis ball, BOB-98 from Christmas baubles, ST-O385 from a deodorant stick.
Twigs and paintbrushes
Miniature weapons carved from things found outside and in Anju's art box.
Mechs
G-7 Mech-Spider, Dune Crawler G-9 and the Scorpion Tail armor.