The Cyborg Space Barbarian Cometh

Here are some pics of the pretty much finalized sculpt of what I am affectionately calling the "Cyborg Space Barbarian" helmet. This is a design that's been knocking around in my head for a while now and is finally seeing the light of day. Scale-wise, it fits on the body of a vintage MOTU-style figure.
The question that I'm trying to sort out right now is that of what to do with it. I certainly want to have TGB cast some copies of this guy up in resin. From there, however, I have a couple of different options. Originally, I had the idea that I would track down some beat up and disused MOTU-style bodies from flea markets and second hand stores, swap out this head and give them a funky paint job and a good dose of TLC. Can I do that? Is that legal?
Another option would be to take about .25" off of the bottom of the helmet and use it as a new head for a Galaxxor? Would that interest people?
another option would be to do both, which is probably the most likely scenario. I'm curious to hear what other people think.
Oh yeah, as the year draws to a close, I'd like to thank everyone for their continued support in 2011. I hope that you all have a safe and happy holliday season and that your 2012 is filled with Cyborg Space Barbarians, Techno-Organic Alien Mechas and Monster Hunter Robos!

More Xenotron WIP

I just wanted to do a quick post to update the progress on my Xenotron: Techno-Organic Alien Mecha sculpt. Due to my lack of anything remotely resembling any technical sculpting skill, I move very slowly. But I'm quite pleased with how things are coming along.




Obviously, there is a great deal of work yet to be done here, in terms of cleaning things up and fine tuning certain shapes. For example, I'm thinking that I would like his forearms to taper quite a bit more towards the top.
Please feel free to send me any input or feedback that you might have on this and be certain to keep an eye on the blog for future updates!

Xenotron WIP

Above are images of the work in progress sculpt for my second figure, Xenotron: Techno-Organic Alien Mecha. As you can see, there is still quite a bit of refining (and arms!) needed. However, I wanted to get everyone an update of how this figure is coming along. As you can see, this figure is inspired by many of the same things as the Galaxxor sculpt, and is intended to be an additional figure within that hypothetical "line". Any comments or criticisms are most certainly welcome.
It's also worth noting that the coming of the Xenotron figure is in no way the end of Galaxxor figures. It has always been my intention to develop a few of these sculpts and release them all intermittently.
And, yes, I know that Xenotron is the name of a font.

A Few More Pics of the Prototype

Kirby did such a great job of photographing the Galaxxor prototype that I felt I should post a few more pics. It also provides me with the chance to show it from a few additional angles, as well.
I did speak to The Godbeast this past weekend and the mold creation process is probably underway right now. So, it shouldn't be too long before we start to see images of the first resin figures.

Galaxxor is Coming

Yes. Galaxxor is, in fact, coming. After approx 8 months of trying to figure out how to sculpt, sculpting, sanding, painting, sanding, rethinking, sanding, sculpting and painting, the prototype for Galaxxor is as complete as it's going to be and on its way to my man, Marty Hansen, aka The Godbeast. Marty is going to be using his second to none skills to clone this guy into some very limited editions of resin figures that I will then hand paint and unleash upon the world.

This blog, along with nerdcityonline.com, will be the center of the Galaxxor Universe, and will therefore be the best place to keep up to date on our progress with the project and how to get your hands on a Galaxxor of your very own.

So please stay tuned. I'm certainly learning as I go with this one, but it should be a lot of fun. Any and all input and/or advice is greatly appreciated.

Big thanks to Kirby from Rotofugi for the badass photos!