Melon Head says, "Happy Halloween Boils and Ghouls!"...

...alright, I lied! Melon Head didn't say anything. Have you looked into that cranium?! If he said anything, it'd be something like, "Ghuuurk...nnnghaaack....BWEGH!"
 I picked up this nasty little zombie bust at Quarantine Studios table at Wonderfest this year. Sculpted by the maestro of the macabre, William Paquet. I hadn't seen it before, and I picked one up on the spot. The bust is about 5 3/8" tall, so I'd say somewhere between 1/6-1/7th. scale range. Cast in cold cast porcelain, I believe. It was a pre-paint, so I had to strip off the factory finish, give it a nice clean up and primer for some beauty shots. I'm gonna' love painting this bastard! So feast your eyes on this quickly spoiling stiff before he liquefies into a stinky pool, and by all means...

  ...have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

    

   

  

Ba'al Ball

This piece is called, Ba'al Ball, sculpted by artist Calvin Lo. Calvin studied sculpture under the tutelage of master sculptor, Simon Lee, and has amassed quite the cool menagerie of demons and creepazoids under his Impulse Refinery banner. When I asked Calvin how he'd like me to paint the piece, his only request was that I keep in mind that the character was "from Hell". 

  The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Hell is Wayne Barlowe's Inferno and Brushfire volumes. One piece in particular titled, "Watchtowers" gave me pause, primarily because I felt that the unnerving, unblinking, singular eye that's embedded in each those watchful spires would work perfect for the cycloptic Ba'al Ball. So I  made an attempt to use what I thought were some of the colors that Barlowe may have used to paint that piece, and other color themes seen throughout his Inferno series. Initially I wanted to paint the bust in very dark and ashy colors, but this more fleshy crimson look prevailed.

Demon Seed

 

 


                                                                                        I can't think of an image that's more synonymous with Halloween than a pumpkin with an evil grin carved into it's thick hide. Here we have a ghoulish gourd that's boasting a grin that would peel the pants of Father Merrin and send him careening down a flight of stairs. This jack-o-lantern has teeth that look quite a lot like shark's teeth, and only an artist like Paul Komoda would think of something like that. As I understand it, Paul sculpted this piece a decade, or so, ago. It is not a production piece. My friend Norman Meyers asked me to paint this so that he could have it to display at this years Son Of Monsterpalooza show in Burbank, CA., and I was happy to oblige, of course. it's October, it's Paul Komoda, and it's awesome.  

  ** I learned a bit of information from Paul about this piece. It was sculpted by him while he worked at Art Asylum on a project called, "Psychopumps" that featured three pumpkinheaded robots. Here's some artwork by Nelson Acencio: 

  

Bloated Corpulence - Cthulhu Rising

"That is not Dead which can eternal lie..." 

 Man, I could go on and on with the quotes and descriptions, but I won't.  This is an exceptionally cool Cthulhu piece sculpted by Artist Bryan Wynia. I've been working on it for a long time, and then some! This is the first piece I've completed, outside of work, all spring and summer, so to say I'm pleased to finally have it painted and photographed is an immense understatement.  This was painted for a friend, and his only direction was for me to, " Make it Green". I loosely based some of the colors off of various paintings and digital renderings that I found interesting. Here's a link to Bryan's Cthulhu Rising resin kit.
    
   

  

 

  

  

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.