11.25.2012

Syclodoc!

The Armodoc design has finally received a brand new head! This new sculpt is a tribute to the various cycloptic characters that we all grew up with, from the Zakus of Mobile Suit Gundam to Shockwave from the Transformers and especially those bad guy robots from the old Berzerk arcade game by Stern (and more than a little bit of Breakman from Megaman thrown in).

I sculpted the master during our recent trip to China, working on it in the hotel room at night and at the factory during the day. My favorite tools managed to make the trip, so that made the process feel much more natural, even though I wasn't in my normal zone. Thanks to Ron whipping up a quick dome buck before we left, I had a solid foundation to chop away at.

I imagine that this new Armodoc operates more like a machine than a free thinking being, created to do the bidding of some very controlling entities who don't like curious travelers...


 Specially developed for dark missions of questionable intent by Glyaxia Command, the Sycloriun Engineered Armodoc, or "Syclodoc", possesses nearly limitless destructive capabilities.

Through the use of stolen Sycloriun technology, this new breed of Armodoc has been specifically created to obey the direct orders of Glyaxia Command alone, not subject to the same core directives of previous models.

Moving to secure its dominion over all of Glyos, Glyaxia Command dispatches a lone Syclodoc to investigate a particularly strange gathering near the Edge of Space...


More pics later today as well as the list of stuff for this coming week! I've been editing like a maniac!



19 comments:

  1. Hooray! Looks amazing Matt! Great sculpt, and great color. I'm seeing a little It Came From Outer Space too.

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  2. So this pretty much confirms my view of Glyaxia Command as being chess-masters out for their own gain. Kinda hoping the rest of Glyos puts up a bit of resistance to it all...

    And the sculpt itself adds a really nice dimension to the figure! It's strangely cute, while at the same time being quietly menacing. Even more, due to the coloration, it looks a bit like it's Armorvor-powered. Can't wait to see how its story unfolds!

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  3. Wow, just wow! Great work, love the colors, it looks mean. This is gonna be a looong week.

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  4. Hmnnn...
    The blues you posted earlier have a symbol that resembles the Gendrone Revolution badge...
    Glyaxia high command has an agenda...
    Is a Civil War brewing in the Glyosverse?

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    2. I said some seriously embarrassing stuff in retrospect! To summarize:
      "I love creatures and robots with more/less eyes than 2!"
      "As a clyopian robot, Shockwave has always been my favourite Transformer, in all the incarnations of the character."
      "Being poor sucks, I wish I had more money to throw at Onell!"

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  6. As an enormous fan of both Zeonic suits and Shockwave(my favorite TF), I'm losing my mind over this. My girlfriend should go similarly ape when she sees this.

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  7. Also my favorite color scheme... Char would be proud. Thank you so much Matt!

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  8. Matt, initially we did not know where Armodocs came from, now we understand that glyans Galaxia Empire copy them and reprogrammed(we see the first reprogrammed in team esploration Zorennor), but who have stolen technology Sycloriun?And what this tecnology is?

    obviously look to the list!

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  9. Isthat it for the old head or will the new one be available as an add on?

    Love the new one!! Looks like the Red comet has come to Glyos!

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  10. This just looks amazing... the mention of Glyaxia command has my curiosity piqued! Images of metallic blue and metallic gold Glyaxia Command members (Travelers, Sarvos, Glyans) are dancing in my head

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  11. Thoroughly bad ass! Great sculpt, definitely recognizable as an Armodoc but still quite menacing. Although I'll be tempted to paint out that white dot in the visor.
    And I've been collecting Glyos long enough to know that I should ask: What's the back of the head look like?

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  12. Hadn't planned on buying any vinyl.... until now. That thing is a beast. Thank you, good sir, for the gift of mono-optic mecha! The color's pretty sweet as well.!

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  13. Wow, what a crown jewel to the Armodoc collection! This is a must have have!

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  14. I like it! And I love the Glyaxia symbol. I'm in!

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  15. We need an update! The suspense is killing me

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  16. Yeah, Break Man hulked up! Or in custom ride armor? (does the Break Man whistle)

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