As we brace for another big snowstorm that is due to arrive early tomorrow morning, I wanted to start 2014 off with a few pics of a couple pocket survivors that have been hanging around with me since December. One point of interest is the head on the blue build, which comes from the legendary Mel Birnkrant's awesome design for his Outer Space Woman, Horroscope. I'm crazy about the look of this particular head, as it screams classic sci-fi with just a dash of Lovecraft mixed in. The Four Horsemen did an excellent job sculpting Mel's concept, and the finished product is really fun to incorporate across the lines.
The metallic red Protoclone is a little upgrade to the Gatekeeper Protoclone shown a few days ago, now sporting a more fortified form. The knee construction on this little brawler allows for some neat posing options, and overall the build holds up well to extensive play. I've had Little Red here in the rotation nonstop since putting it together.
Speaking of fortified forms (ha!), our long time collaborator and extended family member Marty Hansen, AKA The GodBeast, will be releasing his very first full production figure, Kabuto Mushi, this Friday night! The road to Kabuto Mushi's PVC form has been filled with some great moments, and I'm very happy to have been along for the ride. Marty's worked like a maniac for many years and been through his fair share of trials and tribulations. He might be a fiery son of a gun sometimes, but his heart beats for the right reasons. Friday night should be pretty fun.
More on Kabuto Mushi as Marty leads up to the release!
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Now that's a build! Horroscope is one of my absolute favorite glyos heads ever.
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DeleteThanks Rez!
Check this out:
http://melbirnkrant.com/arc/page18.html
I love Mel.
Happy New Year, Onell! Matt, those are some pretty sweet builds. I am also looking forward to Friday night. Kabuto Mushi is a great addition to the Glyos extended family!
ReplyDeleteThanks for everything this year, Pete!
DeleteI love that you have known Marty for such a long time, and have watched the entire creative cycle that led up to Kabuto Mushi being fully realized.
It's truly a lucky thing to have an old friend who's always in your corner.
Happy new year, Matt and co! To echo GL's comment above, the builds are really nicely done, and both show off the texture of the new torso piece. (Almost like a tech-mesh sweater, in a weird way.)
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Kabuto Mushi drop has inspired even more excitement after a long holiday pair of weeks! Can't wait to see Marty's brainchild finally come to fruition!
DeleteThanks Roy! The design of the new chest is meant to echo the Capture Suits that Rechlen and Aves use. This particular Protoclone build is playing on the old Aves design, and even had the gloves, belt and boots in the Ivorinium at one point. Maybe i'll stick them back on there.
DeleteI'm so excited to see Marty's "third son" adventure out into the world! The amount of work that went into this project has been intense! I'm pretty sure Marty wanted to kill me on many an occasion throughout the process. Ha!
Thanks for everything Matt, hope 2014 is a great one!
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