Sorry all

Serious lack of updates on my blog as of late, so in order of what is to be released and when here are some updates.

The Snot Beast V.3 will be released very soon, initially i was hoping to have more but as the mold tore in a very inconvenient place I only have 5. The release was planned for Friday the 11th but as luck would have it I was far too ill to finish painting. So a new date soon.

























Next up is something I am very excited about, I started working on a warm up sculpt the other day in castilene I just so happened to do it in glyos scale, now I have decided it will be done in resin. Thanks to Eric over at OneShot toys (link anyone?) generously offered to do the molding and casting as my official collaborator, which will drastically lower costs and make a nice price point.



























Next up on my plate will be my mini-figure project which currently houses an old foe and Oculus Viri soon to have a third bloke in the mix













Last but most certainty not least is my collaboration with Michael Skattum http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghastlymichael/


A sculpt of his character here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghastlymichael/5913158870/in/photostream

Lots more soon and I will get back to posting more often but as you can see I'm busy with these and then a bunch of stuff not ready for public viewing yet.

COMMISSIONS OPEN

For those of you who would like concepts drawn up, illustrations, sculptures, customs, or collaborations from or with me now is the best time to go for it. My schedule is nearly clear.
Contact me for rates either through messages here

or my personal email: steven.patt@gmail.com

most recent works: http://www.flickr.com/photos/papagrim/

Skekiltor MINIFIED!! New WIP of fig#2

The Mace of Hades shrunk down to MIMP size, Will cast in polyurethane rubber
this stuff:(http://www.shop.brickintheyard.com/Poly-PT-Flex-60-Pint-Kit-2-Lb-PtFlex60U2.htm)
and keep him mono-chromatic like the original line.
I used some Sculpey firm and a lot of Green Stuff to sculpt this little fellow.
I'll attach turn around pictures soon.

I will also be doing some other sculpts the same scale
soon. Now here is a WIP of figure #2

He-Man's Trophy

My mother in law owns and runs a ceramic shop here in Redmond Oregon, While they were pouring slip into a mold everything was fine.
Then during demolding a slip of the hand left the skull destroyed, so I cut the face off removed the nasal canal and the eye sockets, sculpted a cowl. Once it had reached the bone dry state (ha ha) I carved the teeth a new to give it a better dental structure then proceeded to carve the area where Skeletor has the color change and decided it needed to be more armor like. I then burnished that armor area to give it the smooth sheen.

I painted this piece with a combination of acrylics and chalks, It now hangs on the shop walls but should be available online soon.

N.E.C.R.O

Alright guys here we go again! Myself and the guys at halfbad toyz have been racking our brains sense we made skekiltor on what to do in a battle beast scale, well we figured it out!
I decided a muscle style anagram would be a fun name and well here it is.

N.E.C.R.O
Nasty Enchanted Cadavers Rattling Onward

Now we are yet unsure whether we want to go resin or pvc, so input on that would rock as well!
Now we have 13 different skeletons in random garb, the intention is 2 points of articulation and accessories, paint aps etc..
So here's the deal we want you guys the community to vote it up and tell us which 3 guys we should produce first!


So have at folks feedback on pvc or resin and hit the comments and show us what you dig!

Solid color + DIY Podiagon out now!

Podiagon is here, and for those of you that prefer a solid color or a DIY blank to paint or customize, wait no further. Tonight they drop in our store. Check them out here.

Here is one of the colorways, Sea Foam, along with the tan DIY blank.

Please look for a blog post tomorrow night regarding the future of Skekiltor, the Mace of Hades!

FOEZ!#2 Podiagon is here!!

I am happy to present the second figure in our FOEZ figure line...Podiagon!

He weighs in at ten and a half ounces of resin, is five and a half inches high. He sports four points of articulation, and a removable Sludge Gun accessory.


This figure blows Skekiltor away! You can see in the photos below the side by side comparison. Podiagon is bigger, articulated and just plain awesome.

He comes in a bag, with header art by Me


You can order him at our Shop here!


We will have solid colorways available in the coming week.

I will be posting up more painted examples, and better photos as the week goes on. We really want to explore the diversity of this figure, and you will see some wild stuff in our gallery and shop.

Resin show at TAG

Skekiltor will be there with some seriously great resin cohorts! If you're in the area go check it out!

Skeletor

I found a crazy blank toy from roseart the color blanks, nabbed a few up and this one was perfect for skeletor. I hit him up with some polymer sculpted away and painted him up with acrylics and a semi gloss clear coat, metal chain and a cloth cape.

for sale on my etsy shop for $45.00 here:
www.etsy.com/shop/oOMoSOo?ref=pr_shop

The birth of toy

I have now been making resin toys for just about one year (will be a year as of may 6th which was the release of my first snot beast)

Over the course of that year i learned a lot i made a lot of resins and wasted even more resin, as i mixed and poured i found i was have excess in the bottom of the cup. I decided to see what would happen and i started just pouring it on cardboard and throwing glitter and wasted resin bits on it a little paint here and there. During that year the experiment grew into a piece i rather enjoyed, i sculpted up a border and “feet” on it to have it stand as a center piece for a dinner table or coffee table.

Point is I am putting it up for sale on my etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/oOMoSOo?ref=pr_shop

it measures about 10in front to back and about 11 inches side to side.

It is now available for you to enjoy and this beast really makes a statement!

Grocery store toy review: darkness warriors

DARKNESS WARRIORS!

So our local Thriftway grocers has a small KO toy section, I just so happen to find so much charm in knockoffs bootlegs etc.. no matter how odd. I buy them often but this guy screamed for documentation. The card simply says Darkness Warriors with some pictures of the other toys along with caution ramblings.

























See what i mean? wonderful crap that just begs to be torn off the peg and played with! I suppose that is what i do find so charming about a KO no background story rarely a name and often as in this case more accessories than you can shake a stick at!

In scale with imaginext: well sorta














Much more so with the figures from the beginning of their lines and just the perfect size for play.

As for mentioned accessories up the kazoo, not really all seemingly belonging to him but well sculpted and crazy morbid details. The skeletal hand staff is a very soft pvc-esque plastic as is the cage the rest a harder plastic to be similar to a green army man.






















Articulation:

Articulated at his waist that makes me cringe and feel asthough the soft pvc he is made off may rip, the arms however swivel quite well.

















All in all I love this figure! very little paint work what it does have is sloppy at best, what else can i expect from this much toy for $1.99? If you enjoy KO as much as i do i recommend picking some of these buggers up if you can find them they have a very ram-man-esque one at the store i will be picking up asap.

FOE gallery exclusive skekiltor!

FOE Gallery X Halfbad Toyz presents "Poison Cherry" Skekiltor!

This version is a semi-translucent, with glitter and a high "candy" gloss finish!

Color slightly varies from piece to piece and quite honestly is bloody gorgeous!

He will be available starting April 16th!



There are more exclusives on the way more info here: http://www.halfbadtoyz.com/2011/03/skekiltor-update.html

More soon!

FOEZ! released!

The beast is loose and is ready to ravage the land. The painted up version is done up by halfbad.

The prices are more than fair have a looksie!!

Info: www.halfbadtoyz.com/

store: halfbadtoys.bigcartel.com/

I will be doing two one offs myself in the coming weeks so keep your eyes peeled for more putrid beasts.

Collaboration with halfbad toys

Not saying much yet just that this is a happening project more info on their blog here:
http://www.halfbadtoyz.com/

and that its been awesome thus far and i cant wait for these guys to get cast up.

The Snot Beast V.3

That's right hes back, been thinking about this for a long long while now made the decision to go ahead with it! Not sure on price or release date but more information.

Run and hide! He is coming for your nose and that will make for a nasty sinus infection.


















Hours ago i captured the snot beast in this containment jar and soon after sealed him in silicone. I have my test shot brewing in the mold now... Its just a matter of time before he spreads....












Test shot came out nice gotta watch one bubble catching spot aside from that were way ahead of schedule thinking about release dates now.