Avagddu

I painted this awesome piece several years ago at my friend Norman Meyer's home, way out in Los Angeles, CA. The character is named, Avagddu, and it's from a comic book called Slaine the King, illustrated by Glenn Fabry, and written by Pat Mills and Mike McMahon. Here's a short description of Avagddu found on the internet: "

"Avagddu is the son of the earth goddess and a tainted, brute of a demon. Avagddu is misshaped and covered with boils; he also has only one good eye. He is the dark side of the Earth Power personified."

  

 

                                           

                  Above is an illustration of Avagddu by Glenn Fabry from the pages of Slaine the King. As you can see, Norman did an exemplary job capturing all the nuances of Glenn's depiction of Avagddu. I actually applied some of Norman's facial hair to some of the boils to push the loathsome factor. Visit Artist Proof Studio webstore to purchase a casting of Avagddu here: http://artistproofstudio.bigcartel.com/product/slaine-the-king-avagddu-resin-bust-2000-ad

*Photos courtesy of Nitai Kearney*

Melon Head

I picked up this grim little gem from Quarantine Studios table at Wonderfest 2013. Sculpted by the undisputed sculptural Master of the Macabre, William Paquet. Melonhead was a pre-painted statue with very pale skin tone. I stripped off the factory paint finish with a soaking in Easy-Off oven cleaner, and scrubbed like a fiend until it was all removed. 

Since the original paint was light, I knew that I wanted to apply a more drab finish, and ultimately went for a dark, sepulchral green appearance. 

Bloater

  









Here we have another piece sculpted by John Schuster which is based on a character from a video game. This is a Bloater, and it's one of the ugly creatures from the Playstation 3 game, The Last of Us. I'm not familiar with the storyline, or why these things are completely festooned with fungi and all manner of neat looking mushrooms, but it's an interesting twist on the zombie mythos. John's Bloater bust is pretty small, measuring at 4.25" tall, but it's imbued with lots of very nicely executed details, and I really enjoyed painting it. 

Master of Fist

  This is a nice piece sculpted by John Schuster.  Akuma character is from the Capcom game, Street Fighter. An excellent study of a strained and exaggerated musculature. I used a 4x4" block of wood for the base, and I decided to incorporate the kanji symbol which appears on Akuma's back at certain times.

   

Thinning the Herd

I'm moving out some Monsters. The sculptor and name of the piece will be listed below. Contact me at creaturekore7@yahoo.com if you see anything you're interested in.


   

                                     
                                            Yeti resin bust, sculpted by Aris Kolokontes

"Bloater" resin mini bust, (character from "The Last of Us" Playstation game), sculpted by John Schuster.

  
                                      Brainsynch resin mini bust, sculpted by Dominic Qwek



 

            

                                             Goblin latex bust, sculpted by King Unicorn
                
                
       
 

                                    Karloffstein, Wonderfest '08 exclusive, sculpted by Moses Jaen                        

                                         Zombie Queen resin busts, sculpted by Jason Crager
     

                                      
                                     Cthulhu Fetus resin, based on an Allen Willliams sketch

   
 

                                    

                                

                 

                                

Hopper Bust

Greetings, my Friends. I'm very happy to share with you my first painted piece of the year 2015. It's  a piece that I've been eager to paint for nearly three years. Sculptor Dominic Qwek originally released a smaller version of this Hopper bust back in early 2012, and I waited around long enough for him to release a larger version of the same piece to do so. 

  This larger version measures 7.5" at the top of the head, not counting the antennae which put the total height at 9.5". This larger version is about twice the size of the smaller piece that Dominic released in 2012. It will be available very soon, and if you're fortunate enough to attend the upcoming Monsterpalooza show in Burbank, CA., you'll have the opportunity to snag one of these and see the other amazing creatures that Dominic Qwek will have available at there. Thanks for having a look, and Happy New Year! 

  
  

Man Grasshopper with Spider - Unpainted

 It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of unpainted, un-assembled resin kits, so I'll start things back up with an interesting gem from Japan called Man Grasshopper with Spider. This 1/6 scale resin kit is sculpted by Keisuke Yoneyama, and produced by Hellpainter.

 First let me start off by saying that if you're interested in bizarre, science fiction and horror based original designs, and have not heard of Hellpainter from Japan, then visit their website, like... yesterday: http://hellpainter.com/

  Sculptor Keisuke Yoneyama is a fantastic artist as you will clearly see from the pictures posted below. The delicate manner in which he fleshed out this character with it's organic, bone-like forms and chitinous armor flowing throughout is quite impressive, and his style very much reminds me of the work of Master sculptor, Takayuki Takeya. In fact, this piece very much reminds me of a piece released from Fewture Models in 1994 called,  Pusher Hopper: http://thesepulcher.blogspot.com/2009/12/fewture-metamorphosis-addict-1-hopper.html 
  
  I could ramble on and on about how much I enjoy this piece, but I'll simply let the pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy. 





                                                                 Instruction Sheet     

                                                          Main Grasshopper Man Body

                                                                 Mutant Spider Base

                                                                       Spider Head Detail

                                                              

                                                             Grasshopper Hand Detail

                                                        

                                                                 Grasshopper Head
                     

                                                                Grasshopper Leg Detail

                                                                Spider Base Detail