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If only Trevor and I did start our own company, huh? The very thought makes me wanna 
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If only Trevor and I did start our own company, huh? The very thought makes me wanna 
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Pretty sure we have the same dress on River. Is it from D-Art? I have mine on a Babydoll body, and Nathan`s paint matches perfectly.
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Oh, just the thought of it makes my bank account smaller. 
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Here's my River. I wish my lousy pictures did Trevor's sculpt and Nathan's paint justice.
She looks great, Jon! Thanks for posting her. I so rarely get to see the heads I paint built up like that. It helps me realize what a great figure I helped create.
Just curious. Is it the way the light is hitting the eyes that is making them look a little foggy in those pics? They look normal in person, I hope.
Just curious. Is it the way the light is hitting the eyes that is making them look a little foggy in those pics? They look normal in person, I hope.
Gonna pm you about that, because I think I've guessed a trick...and yes Jon, mine is in the D-Art dress as well. Funny how the thread photographs green, but seems to match the dress in hand.
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Yes, it's absolutely the light and/or my photography skills making the eyes look like that. In person, they look superb.
Thank goodness. I was wondering if my gloss had a strange reaction all of the sudden.
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Whoa, that River looks excellent!
Posted by Kotobukiya on Facebook today as a teaser, and this is on its way to me right now from Erick Sosa for paint.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
Speaking purely of the paint work, which company offers more fun for you, Koto or Sideshow, they seem quite different in style so I was curious which speaks more to you as a painter.
Apples and oranges. Both have their challenges and rewards.
Koto gives me the chance to work on stuff in a format more like the old model kits I used to build (sanding and puttying parts, painting, and assembling which I always enjoyed), and I have some freedom to paint them how I like within the bounds of the character design. That, and I am able to show it off within a week or two of finishing it. The only downside is that I am not a huge comic fan and don't collect statues, especially comic related stuff (cause I tend to be a completist and there's just too much of it), so the stuff I do for them isn't stuff I collect. I'm proud to be part of making cool pieces like that though.
Erick and I will be doing stuff for Yamato though, and fantasy females are something I will collect. Same format as Koto work, but different subject matter.
When painting for Sideshow, I was mostly just doing parts of a given piece, so I was rarely able to see the finised product until it was finally revealed. The upside was that I got to be part of making the figures I myself really wanted and that have a huge fan base, ie, Boba Fett, the upcoming Darth Vader, Jason PF, etc. The biggest downside being that it's sometimes quite a while between paint and reveal and then again to final product release. Like, Boba Fett is due out at the end of this month, just about a year to the day that I actually painted the parts for it. And there's stuff I painted over a year ago that still haven't been revealed, though I think we'll see some of it at SDCC this year.
Koto gives me the chance to work on stuff in a format more like the old model kits I used to build (sanding and puttying parts, painting, and assembling which I always enjoyed), and I have some freedom to paint them how I like within the bounds of the character design. That, and I am able to show it off within a week or two of finishing it. The only downside is that I am not a huge comic fan and don't collect statues, especially comic related stuff (cause I tend to be a completist and there's just too much of it), so the stuff I do for them isn't stuff I collect. I'm proud to be part of making cool pieces like that though.
Erick and I will be doing stuff for Yamato though, and fantasy females are something I will collect. Same format as Koto work, but different subject matter.
When painting for Sideshow, I was mostly just doing parts of a given piece, so I was rarely able to see the finised product until it was finally revealed. The upside was that I got to be part of making the figures I myself really wanted and that have a huge fan base, ie, Boba Fett, the upcoming Darth Vader, Jason PF, etc. The biggest downside being that it's sometimes quite a while between paint and reveal and then again to final product release. Like, Boba Fett is due out at the end of this month, just about a year to the day that I actually painted the parts for it. And there's stuff I painted over a year ago that still haven't been revealed, though I think we'll see some of it at SDCC this year.
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Thanks for sharing, I find these sorts of things interesting about the hobby and the products seem so different I figured there were significant differences working on them. Have you ever built Godzilla model kits?
I still think Sideshow sucks for letting you go. Koto must be quite happy to have a talent like you on board now. But enough glorification from my side. Dont want to make you too selfconfident.
I appreciate that. Self confidence can be a double-edged sword. My ego has gotten me in plenty of trouble in the past.
Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
I have built many, many, many, many Godzilla kits. In the late 90's/early 00's I was absolutely obsessed with Godzilla and went into a lot of credit card debt hunting down and collecting the best collection of kits I knew of. I ended up selling almost all of it off again though when my interests switched to Sideshow figures. I still have a handful of very nice Godzilla pieces though, like the 1:1 M1 Godzilla '89 head cast from the original molds. I also love Gamera. Mostly just '96 though.
Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
I have built many, many, many, many Godzilla kits. In the late 90's/early 00's I was absolutely obsessed with Godzilla and went into a lot of credit card debt hunting down and collecting the best collection of kits I knew of. I ended up selling almost all of it off again though when my interests switched to Sideshow figures. I still have a handful of very nice Godzilla pieces though, like the 1:1 M1 Godzilla '89 head cast from the original molds. I also love Gamera. Mostly just '96 though.
There is a great satisfaction in securing a beloved Godzilla piece, as they seem so hard to come by. The gems of my collection are the Kaiyodo 1:400 1984 Godzilla and the 1:1 '54 Godzilla head that came with the DVD collection in Japan. Having that bust finally in hand, I can just imagine your '89's size, bet it looks great in person.
Oh yeah, the Kaiyodo 400 scale series was the core of my collections for a long time. The M1 bust of '89 has more neck than the '54 head I think. Very cool in person.
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