Jindo's Workshop

I made a couple magnets. They rode a few towns over with me on the tailgate today to go pick blueberries at Linebergers Farm in Dallas NC.

Han Quokka Dino Rider! Took a mini Han Quokka token and his reliable dino steed with me to the farm. Had him pose on a tractor.

Linebergers is a great 'pick your own' working farm that lets the public pick their own veggies, blueberries (my favorite in yogurt), blackberries, strawberries, and figs. Just grab a quart or gallon carton from one of their bins and hike out to the right field. Pick whatever berry or fruit calls to you and make it back to the main building to pay. 16$ for a GALLON of blueberries I thought was absolutely worth the trip. I usually freeze most of them and toss a handful in yogurt for months on end.

It was only 89 degrees Fahrenheit this morning with a humidity of 50%. The blueberry fields are mostly shaded so it wasn't soul crushing to pick them.

Some background shots from building Wolf Chan and Pekkle the duck.

Some inset rare earth magnets on both. I use two on the 2" tall 'mini' skzoo, and was a bit worried that three wasn't enough for the taller, wider tokens, but they made it up I-85 no problem. You can't see since I have added a bit of sawdust and wood glue, but i almost drilled too far deep right on Pekkle's chest for the magnet hole. There was a tiny pin prick of light you could see through. Usually I'll methodically set the drill press depth gauge but did these 3 token just by feel. I would have been devastated if I had to sacrifice Pekkle and make another.

As these 3 are magnets the observer is never going to 'see' the backside, but I like to give them tails and finish them anyway. I altered the design on Wolf Chan just a tiny bit so his red shorts gave a bit more contrast.

Now that the Govball Freebies are done and have been handed out, I am doing a few sets of SKZoo coin tokens.

Wide Eyes Leebit with Jureumi.

FOxiNY with Maknae on Top on one side and Wolf Chan or Dwaekki bodyguard on the other.

Chandora in all their Splendor with Wolf Chan on the obverse.

More mini SKZoo tokens. Lots of FoxiNY, his profile is just easier to cut out than some of the others. Eventually I'll do a Jiniret with a Kiwi Slice on the opposite side and Dwaekki with Munchlax on his flip side.

I did one wooden domino with Han quokka's head in the center line and 'AYE AYE AYE' above and below, while the other side of the rectagular token had 8 pips for the 8 members; but I don't have a picture of the first one. It was the unique item I made for my friend who took all the freebies I made to Govball with them. I will edit this post when I make a second one.

Saw a post last week talking about how SKZ merch sometimes misses the mark and 'useful everyday' items might be better received. That paired with another post of how a STAY was stitching together a masterpiece but had to sort all their thread first onto bobbins.

I've seen the flat wooden rabbits and sheep bobbins made with a wood laser and figured I could make my own, one off.

Here is a normal SKZoo token and a mini magnet for size comparison.

It looked alright on natural wood, but the stain looks nice too. Red Sedona 222, my go to mainstay.

I've finally caught up on my backlog of SKZoo and related projects.

It is ALWAYS incredibly satisfying when finishing a crate of SKZoo. Especially so for freebies. These were all for the 2026 New York Governors Ball Festival that SKZ is playing at today, June 6th.

It doesn't always 'feel' like a lot, but when spread out I can remember how long it took.

I like to use the S-Class jacket outfits for their basic color scheme and contrast.

The Karma blue and black colors are always a solid choice and easy to burn and paint.

DOIT, pink and black.

Han Quokka outfit from Oddinary had script and text on his pants. I tried my own simplified version.

As you may be able to tell from my endless SKZoo posts, that I usually make 2 to 4 of each version so I can show the front and back designs as well as make creating them a tiny bit easier while also giving some variation. An example here is 3 each of Han Quokka with guitar from two of his solo performances, 'Hold My Hand' and 'Back to Life'. I once was going to try and make a full set of Han with a guitar; but I've found over 30 examples on Pinterest alone and will not be pursuing that project.

More Step Out 2026 and SKZ Airlines Airport outfits. I tried to keep pace with labeled sticky notes and digital folders but still lost a bit of who wore what and where.

Star Wars, From May the Fourth!

Some other favorites from SKZoo Airlines.

Baseball PuppyM, Burberry Dandy PuppyM, Blue Zinchoi styled Hanbok stage outfit, Pokémon jacket Dwaekki and my Favorite Dwaekki version so far, Honda Racing Dwaekki. I actually had the Honda one on my keys for ages until I drove someone else's car and had my keys in my thigh pocket and SNAP, his head sheared off. I fixed it twice, but now he just stands guard over my pocket change in a safe place.

SKZ Family, Wolf Chan 'I'm FOIVE'. Just added the FOIVE on the back of his overalls like those old leather patches you would see on the back pocket on Levi Jeans.

Maknae on Top, SOPA, Tiger Jacket, Blue Jacket, Cheese music video, and sparkly silver top FoxiNY. His SKZoo's head is wider than the others and as such I can only make about 8 of his per board unlike the others who usually get 10. So FoxiNY has the most unique tokens with no repeats.

DWAEKKI!!! DominAte jersey, S-Class, Honda Jersey and Pokémon Trainer Munchlax Jacket!!!

T1 Faker Uniform for Bbokari since he is such a huge fanboy. ISAC Leebit.

DominATE tanktops for Dwaekki, Bbokari, and FoxiNY.

Truman Bbokari. I should have made a Han version, but had already burned and cut his tokens. No adding more in the last couple of weeks.

So many different SKZoo tokens. Leading the charge is the outfits from the DOIT Overdrive music video, as requested by my friend that took 131 of these to give out at Govball's Promenade in the Park yesterday. Right now at the second of this post, they are battling the crowds and heat of Flushing Meadows Park in the throngs of other amazing STAYS.

I'll have to make at least one or three follow up posts to cover all the designs I tried to add. Lots of Han Quokka in here. Especially from his recent solo 'Back to Life'. Yes each of the guitars has a phrase on it even though they will be glued on and never actually seen. Princess, Dino II, and Cheesecake. There are two with his red jacket and white shirt. I am not a good enough artist to add a tiny detailed horse head on the white shirt area, so I just wrote the word 'Horse' a few times. Then one version with no red jacket, it says 'Dreams' on the front with his dog tags hanging, but you can see a bit where my previous 'horse' phrases bled through. I'll let it dry longer next time.

Have you ever seen the image of Changin holding a sign for a promotional ad that says FREE HUGS but looks sad?! I HATE making the sad or unhappy expressions on my tokens. So in the few instances that I do, I make them reversible and the opposite side has a more joyful expression.

Felix/Bbokari Arise tank top. I don't know what apperance this was, but I know a year or so ago my friend was looking into making their own shirt as they hadn't bought one yet. I learned lots of neat things at the library that year. I think that Felix and LiSA also had a duet called 'ReAwakeR' around the same time. The song they sang together was the opening theme for the anime 'Solo Leveling'. The main character in that often says 'ARISE' as part of his powers set. It must have stuck with me, as I definitly made a previous version of this Bbokari with an ARISE shirt instead of ARIES (like the god of war) that I should have made. Ooops.

The upside down half crescent moon I see worn by LOTS of idols, but I don't know the fashion brand.

The 'Awesome Me Time Today' is a variation of the stage shirt Felix wore during the music video for 'The Party Isn't Over Yet'.

Worlds Fair and AMF or Americans Machine and Foundry made and operated the 1964-65 Worlds Fair Monorail. The red shirt with the AMF is just a nod to the history of Flushing Park where the 2026 Governors Ball is being held.

The last major version of Bbokari is the look from the Happiz Cider commercials. The red jacket version had the best contrast.

Governors Ball New York Shirts based on SKZoo and the statue of Liberty. I like the idea, but couldn't do well on the execution.

Some SKZoo in the outfits from the Step Out 2026 video. I like Wolf Chans sweater the best of all of them. I thought about making a little stoplight block with little bunny rabbit head silhouettes on the red, yellow and green parts like seen in the video to link with a Leebit, but never got around to it.

Sometimes when I want to pair two SKZoo that have different ear types, I'll put one of them in a character headband. As seen here, Bbokari is wearing those chambray style pants and has a Jiniret headband on one side and Jiniret has a complimenting outfit from their promotional gig on the other.

Some additional Jiniret tokes, Aries Shirt, Red Lights, S-Class, and blue eyed Khun from Tower of God of which SKZ sang several of their theme songs.

Leebit variations; Youth, Jurassic Park Dr. El-Lee-Bit, Karma Jersey, S-Class jacket, and ISAC.

Of few of my favorites overall. Dwaekki with his airplane fit. Leebit and Bbokari sleep masks on. Unfortunately the colored pencil I used smeared a bit when adding the poly top coat. Oddinary Han had an image of a man on his original shirt, I couldn't manage that amount of detail but tried to add a pin version of Bbokari. Dino Han!

DOIT pink tweed jacket Wolf Chan is always a nice contrast. I have a few mini versions of this I have made and almost always have one one me. One day I'll find a STAY in the wild and have SKZoo trinkets ready for them. Han Qwoukki is just... Awesome.

PuppyM and his Chrome corset, red hanbok style by Zinchoi; I can never do these outfits the justice they deserve. Rebel Pilot PuppyM!! For the Alliance!

Star Wars DAY!!! It was May Fourth (Be With You!) over a month ago I know, but I made these based on a Threads post I saw of folks looking for SKZoo/Star Wars crossover art. My simple illustrations might not have been what they really wanted, but I enjoyed doing a new SKZoo Star Wars set.

I am still very Ham Solo (Dwaekki) in my mindset, but a Han Qwoukki and a Han Solo Quokka with SKZ in aurebesh on the back of his vest seemed to fit the themes of the day fairly well.

Leebit as a space outlaw that has one of his Loth Cats in a sling so they can see the galaxy just had to be done.

After going to the UDM market and watching my friend spend an eyewatering amount at gacha machines I tried to make my ususally 4.5" tall wooden tokens 'smaller'.

Now they are 2 and 1/8th inches tall. Not quite small enough for the only two gacha pods I had on hand.

This is an attempt to try and SAVE EVERY SCRAP of wood after making the larger tokens and keychains. I used mini Dino Wrangler Han Quokka as my guide.

I'm still experimenting getting just the 'right' smaller size. Too small and I personally am unable of burning and painting the details. Too big and I might as well just make the 4.5" tokens instead. Lots of trial and error.

I used the Karma Jerseys for the first mini set from scraps and for the most part they turned out well. I've been clipping them to the back of the truck when it isn't raining to see how well they stay. Traffic and speed humps have yet to dislodge them. They are sealed with polyacrylic topcoat but enough moisture exposure will still make them warp a bit.

Eventually I'd like to fill this 5 gallon Lowes bucket with the mini skzoo. Might take me all year though.

For now though I'm keeping most of them on the workshop fridge or in this old metal tin that had glow in the dark stick on stars.

SKZoo Airport/Airline Staff!!! The Seoul SKZ Pop up with the airport them was magical to see posts about. I have heard the US version was not quite as well decorated.

We have Flight and Desk attendants Bbokari, Dwaekki, Han Quokka and PuppyM. It is difficult in most of my posts to see the edge, but here you can see I painted the epaulets on PuppyM and where the sleeve ends too. Marking and painting the edge is the one plus doing all of these by hand and not using a laser that I don't have (my ancient computer would probably have a stroke trying to talk to a laser anyway).

Worked on various sets of Han Quokka for Govball freebies. Walking on Water music video Han from the Jetski, a promotional shoot, an outfit from Oddinary, Hold My Hand with Red Guitar, and the Jurassic Park dino Hans.

People NEVER see the backs of the little guitars as they are glued to the tokens backside 99% of the time. I still like to give them names though.

Several weeks ago, or maybe a month now? There was a an SKZ Code where Han, Seungmin and IN went to play the gacha machines and Han geeked out over DINOSAURS.

My first thought was to make a little wooden dinosaur like how Lego horses work. With a little gap for my wooden tokens to 'sit' in like a saddle.

I used 3 panels of 5mm thick plywood. Glued and clamped them together. Han Quokka out dino wrangler has his denim jeans and a flannel on. If I ever make another one of these, I might scale it up a bit so i can shape the spikes on the dinosaurs back a bit better and to sand and shape the head more.

With Dinosaurs on the mind, Jurassic Park of course jumps to the forefront. So here are Dr. Han Grant Quokka and Dr. Lee-Ellie-bit. They are dressed as their counterparts from the original Jurassic Park. Ellie has her radio and Grant has that T-Rex luring red flare in the back on his belt.

Made more hanging tigers. Four, 5mm thick plywood panels. They are all based on Derpy from K-Pop Demon Hunters.

Dallas Cowboys colored Tiger.

Ateez San, purple tiger.

Detroit Tigers. I made its head just a bit too large.

A Bengal Cat.

Cringer/Battlecat from He-Man.

A BTS purple Tiger.

Saw a post of someone who had a Mingi AniTeez plush perched on their bag and made the statement they had him out peacocking.

So, I asked if I could try their idea and Mingi Peacock was created. The outfit is from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Ghost Busters 3 Racha. Wooden tokens painted with acrylics.

Bbokari Poultry-gheist.

Bonus Wolf Chan with a proton pack accessory.

2026 Governors Ball SKZoo wooden token prep. More archived images that I am just now getting around to posting. I spent months finishing all of these.

One 2 foot by 4 foot board usually lets me make around 70+ SKZoo tokens. Slightly less of the AniTeez tokens as their heads and ears are a bit wider. Here, you can see I fit about 8 to 10 SKZoo per each 5 inch tall 2 foot wide board.

Then I finish sketching the details and chop them into blocks for easier sorting and for cutting the outlines.

After that I still need to file and sand the edge of each and every token.

I TRY to get all the slightly rough edges, but don't always succeed.

Then sketch and burn the back/tail side and the edges.

When I have months of prep time I try to only do about 10 a week. Sometimes though it is a bit more than that. Painting and clear coats take the most time.

I keep making more unusual things because of various comments on Threads. Saw someone talk about how they saw a cat heard shaped door pull at IKEA and how it made them think of Wooyoung from Ateez.

I thought, hmmmm, maybe I can make that?