Cropsy

 

I finished painting this little 1/6 scale offering sculpted by artist John Desser a few weeks ago. It's a study of a character named, Cropsy from the 1981 slasher film, the Burning. Cropsy was the victim of a summer camp prank gone horrifically wrong resulting in terrifyingly disfiguring burns all over his body; most notably his face. And of course, he comes back to pick the culprits off one by one.Get with John at: johhnydesser@gmail.com to see about his cool pieces that are available.

 

  

Mr. Wrinkles Unpainted

 











     This is a piece called Mr. Wrinkles, sculpted by artist Jon Payne. A few months ago I happened upon photos of this sculpture, and it instantly concurred with my interests. Everything was right about this piece. I took a trip out to California for Monsterpalooza last month, and I had the good fortune of running into Mr. Wrinkles at Jon Payne's table. I had actually totally forgotten about the piece, (I had assumed that it was a one-off), so unexpectedly seeing it there at the show was a big surprise, and I instantly picked up a casting. I'm going to work on this piece in between some other projects that I have going on, so I wanted to share the unpainted resin shots of this creepy and curious piece. Enjoy. 

 

Julia Resurrected

 I should start by saying that painting this piece was an exercise in restrain. I say that because Paul Komoda, the sculptor of this piece, is one of the most imaginative artists alive today in my opinion. You can gaze upon the night sky and see into infinity, and with regards to Paul's sculpture work, the details seem to go on and on as far as the eye can see. You just have to know when to stop painting them.

 Julia literally sucked the life from the poor bastard. He was brought from the Channard institute to be a flesh offering unto her by Dr. Channard himself. Standing by with dark desire, he watched as the insane patient was finally granted his wish to free himself of the insects that he thought were crawling all over his body with the straight razor Channard gave to him. His blood flowed upon the mattress and Julia was birthed from it, straight from the grasp of the Cenobites in Hell! His blood for her flesh, and he was left a withered stiff, crumpled and broken on the mattress.

  This piece can be obtained through Artist Proof Studio. Check out their macabre menagerie here: http://artistproofstudio.blogspot.com/ or e-mail them directly at: zombiejesus11@gmail.com

 

Duality

  Well, two popular comic book characters in a row... Most definitely a change of pace. Nothing wrong with riding a different horse for a while. Using different colors and expecting different things from myself. This little 1/6 scale head sculpted by John Desser is one tight little sculpture. The ol' Bats looks like he's been through a few brawls; been through a few bottles of the tough stuff to get through the memories of those brawls, too. 

   

 

The Joker

  














   This is the first comic book or Superhero related piece that I've ever painted. Not that I don't enjoy comic books, I do. But I've never really gotten into painting the popular characters from the DC and Marvel universes. They were never really dirty or ugly enough for me. But this Joker! From what I understand, this design is from a new imagining of the DC Universe in which a character named, "Dollman" cuts the Jokers face off. The Joker later retrieves his face and reapplies it with a belt and some staples. It all sounded dirty and ugly enough for my liking.

  This 1/6 scale head was sculpted by artist John Desser. 

     

Buri Bust: Shiflett Brothers

 


    I think the power of this piece speaks for itself. Sculpted and produced by the Shiflett Brothers. Buri is a one piece casting standing at about three inches in height, and he has more testosterone in his jaw than an entire mosh pit at a Lamb of God show. Brandon and Jarrod have captured the raw, rough energy of a warrior you might see posing on top of a pile of hewn bodies in a Frank Frazetta painting. I wanted to paint the bust somewhere along that aesthetic.