Sgt. Krugg, Hippo Titan Soldier Drops 05.24.13 at Noon CDT

 

From the planet Kabagiff, in the solar system that revolves around the blue star Anubis 5, comes Sgt. Krugg, Hippo Titan Soldier! Under the benevolent rule of Imperator Zog, the Kabagiffian are a heroic and militaristic race who rebelled against General Gorgax and his Evil Mutant Legion with the help of Galaxxor 001. Given the divine sanction of The Seven Space Gods, The Kabagiffian Army staunchly defends its planet from invasion and also lends assistance to peacekeeping Galaxxors when additional support is required.

 

Sgt. Krugg was designed, sculpted and mashed up by Ben Spencer and engineered and produced in resin by ManOrMonster? Studios. He features 3 points of magnetic articulation (waist and shoulders), as well as a blunderbuss accessory, which can be held in his hand or magnetically mounted on his hip or back. Krugg was hand painted by Ben Spencer. This figure is limited to an edition of 5 and will never be released in this colorway ever again.

 

The added element of the magnetic articulation adds a really cool "play" value to The Hippo Titan Soldier, which is an exciting new thing for my toys. It's also worth noting that the magnet system is completely compatible with all ManOrMonster? figures, including the awesome Warlords of Wor line. Magnets! How do they work?

 

Sgt. Krugg, Hippo Titan Soldier will be available at noon CDT on 05.24.13 for $85 each, exclusively from The Galaxxor Online Store.

Galaxxorverse 05.16.13

 

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...and there's LOTS more on the way! There will be full info on the Sgt. Krugg drop on Monday.

Also, if you're so inclined, fee free to vote for Galaxxor in the "Best Resin" category of The Designer Toy Awards. As we say in Chicago, "Vote early. Vote Often."

Sgt. Krugg, Hippo Titan Soldier Prototype WIP

 

C2E2 was an absolute blast and an overwhelming success. Special thanks to all of my friends who came out to the Nerd City booth to hand out, support my figures, or bring their own awesome work to sell/show off. Speaking of showing off, I unveiled this sweet little WIP prototype of my first Hippo Titan Soldier figure, Sgt. Krugg. Hippo Titan Soldier is a Galaxxorverse project that I'm doing in Conjunction with ManOrMonster? Studios. So, his articulation at his waist and hips will be of the magnetic variety that you've come to know and love from Brandon. The Hippo's blunderbuss accessory will also have a magnet in its stock, so that it can be displayed on his thigh(shown), back, or in his hand. The magnetic joints will also be compatible with all of MOM's other figures. This paintjob is a bit rushed and will be tightened up a pinch, but I figured that it was time to officially share on the blog, since there are already plenty of pics of him floating around the intertubes.

I do hope to get a drop of 5 done in this colorway in the next month, or so. 

Stay tuned!!!

Oh yeah! If you need to get your Galaxxorverse fix before this dude drops, head over to the Galaxxor Store to grab the final remaining Gorgax, Devourer of Worlds figure that I did with Skinner.http://www.theartofskinner.com/

Gorgax, Devourer of Worlds C2E2 Exclusive from Galaxxor x Skinner

Pretty much anyone who's had the opportunity to chat with me for more than 5 minutes is probably already well aware of how much of a fan I am of the art of Skinner. As we began discussing the upcoming C2E2 and it became clear that Skinner was probably going to be a guest, I couldn't help but approach him about the idea of him doing a custom run of one of my figures. skinner was down and it was decided that Skinner would tackle none other than the big bad of The Galaxxorverse, himself, General Gorgax!

Channeling the only other world crushing cosmic supervillain that could give Gorgax a run for him money, Galactus, Skinner came up with this absolutely stunning colorway for Gorgax, Devourer of Worlds!

 

Gorgax, Devourer of Worlds is a 5.5" art toy that features 2 points of articulation (shoulders). The original was sculpted/designed by Ben Spencer and then engineered/produced in resin by Marty "The Godbeast". Finally it was expertly painted by none other than Skinner, himself! Gorgax, Devourer of Worlds will be $125 each and limited to an edition of 3. They will be exclusively available at Skinner's Critical Hit booth #965 (right next ti Nerd City!) at C2E2, on Saturday, April 27th, at noon.

Infection Galaxxor C2E2 Exclusive from Galaxxor x TGB x Onell Design

Having had such an overwhelmingly great reaction to the NYCC exclusive Galaxxor 010, we always knew that we had to do another version of the figure sporting that expertly designed head by Onell Design's Matt Doughty. Marty "The Godbeast" Hansen and I knew that it looked like he was going to be bringing back his iconic translucent red  Infection colorway at C2E2 this year with a batch of Mini Galaxxors, various Armorvor head and an exclusive launch of Infection red production Glyos Armorvors. It only made sense that the Infection should spread to Galaxxor!

Infection Galaxxor is a 5.5" art toy that features 3 points of articulation (shoulders and neck). The body was sculpted/designed by Ben Spencer and the head was sculpted/designed by Matt Doughty. The figure was cast in translucent Infection red resin by Marty "The Godbeast" Hansen and painted by Ben Spencer. Infection Galaxxor will be $125 each and limited to an edition of 10. The figure will be exclusively available at Nerd city's booth #967 at C2E2, April 26-28th.

I'm truly honored to continue to get the opportunity to collaborate with dudes like Matt and Marty. The work that those guys do in their own creative universes is truly inspirational stuff, and they sure have made my humble little creation look a little bit sweeter!

Stay tuned for 2 or 3 more C2E2 Exclusive announcements in the upcoming week, including some things that you never even expected...

Space Knight Eldrus for the Toys Are Us Group Show

 

I was very excited to be given the opportunity to participate in the upcoming Toys Are Us group art show at the Rockford Art Deli. Curated by the good people at Killer Bootlegs and Monster Kolor, this show features many of my heroes, friends and favorite artists. The opening reception will be April 5th from 5-10pm and April 6th from 3-10pm, and the show will remain up until May 8th. The Rockford art Deli is located at 402 E. State Street Rockford, IL.

 

For my contribution to Toys Are Us, I created a 1/1 figure called Space Knight Eldrus. If the Space Knight look goes over well, I might think about revisiting this build, but will not be doing a Space Knight in this colorway (which came out particularly well, if I do say so, myself) ever again.

Can't make the show, yet also can't live without Eldrus? No problem. All of the pieces from the show are also going to be available in the Rockford Art Deli Online Store.

Hippos and Titans and Soldiers and Men and Monsters and Astronauts (Oh My!)

 

How cool is this? It's a test shot of my new Hippo Titan Soldier figure that I'm doing as a collaboration with ManOrMonster? Studios. ManOrMonster? is the mastermind behind the awesome Warlords of Wor and MOTUMU lines of magnetically articulated 5.5" resin designer action figures. Much like other ManOrMonster? productions, Hippo Titan Soldier will have magnetic articulation. In this case, the articulation will be at the arms and waist and HTS will be fully compatible with WoW and MOTUMU's.

 Additionally, Hippo Titan Toldier will include a blunderbuss accessory, which will be able to be magnetically stored on either his thigh or back. These are in the works now, and I am going to TRY to get a small batch done for C2E2 at the end of April. I have quite a few exciting projects for C2E2, including the Infection Galaxxor collab with The Godbeast and Onell design, Lucha Shark Rudo Rey Mar, a Shawnimals collab Galaxxor, as well as a Skinner General Gorgax! So yeah, I'm busy. I will,at the very least, premiere a painted sample of the first HTS figure at C2E2. We'll just have to see...
It's also worth noting that this design and concept owes a great deal of debt to the Giff from the currently inactive Spelljammer D&D campaign setting.  Anyone who's the least bit interested is wholeheartedly advised to check Spelljammer out!

 

I had posted about this before, but one of the coolest projects in the world right now is the Mini Comics Included Kickstarter by my friends Michael Moreci, Steve Seeley, and Tim Seeley!  One of the incentives for the project was a super exclusive Galaxxor, which sold out immediately. But fear not! New incentives have been added, including this super cool Murder figure (from Hoax Hunters) which just happens to feature some Hippo Titan soldier parts sculpted by yours truly, along with other parts by ManorMonster Studios!