Lunatic Fringe - Custom Kaiju Madness!

An update?? Here? Oh Wow!

2009-05-03T08:03:00.004-04:00

Hey Everybody! How have all my readers (both of them) been? Sorry I've not updated this blog in so long. Here's a breif recap of te last 4-5 months:

It Came From SKullbrain Group Show @ Super7-

The Devil Boogie Man Skullbrain is still available (as of 5-3-09) @ www.super7store.com Just search for "hello pike" ( with a space).

There's been some sadness lately- Kaiju-Taro isn't shipping V-color to the USA anymore... So the following group has been my farewell to v-color. I'll be painting until I run out, painting some things that I've always wanted to paint... hopefully. Sayonara V-color.

These two were paited for the ICFSB show, but didn't make the final cut- The Barbarian has found a new home, but the Rangeas is available if anyone is interested!

Well, thats it for now. Drop me a line is anything catches your eye. Take Care!

NEW KAIJU! Whoo!

2008-12-01T18:19:00.006-05:00

Lots of fun stuff, Kaiju style...!

First, a pair of Mashups- Wheelbarrow is awesome, I need one for myself now!

Some Gargamel Minis- I touched up Jet Zaguar a bit, and got my grubby paws on a new Bako, Tetran and Beralgon. Beralgon is sunburst!

Mmm Two new Rangeas! Shiny Blue and Agama Lizard style!

Cthulhu Redux

2008-10-24T23:28:00.004-04:00

Another take on the Blobpus/Secret Base mash-up I did a while back... think saturday afternoon monster matinee movies:

Along with the Ted Turner-ized Original version...

I sold this one, and the buyer asked me to add a little gore to it... I was more than happy to oblige:

Jet Zaguar

2008-10-12T23:04:00.006-04:00

I had one more mini to paint, a mini Zagoran, but I didn't know what I wanted to do with him. While waiting for the Eagles game I watched one of my favorite MST3K episodes- Godzilla versus Megalon and it came to me how I was going to paint the Zag. It was simple, it was all in the smile.

Jet Jaguar:

Jet Zaguar

Minis!

2008-10-12T13:06:00.002-04:00

Ever since I got KT Solid Bakobas on a whim I've wanted to paint some more Gargamel Minis... well, I managed to snag a few more and I'm loving these little guys. I was so enthused about these guys that I painted 3 of them in one day! They just have so much character. It's psyching me up for the Gargamel swap which should be wrapping up at skullbrain.org soon. Hopefully I'll have more opportunities to paint more in the future!

Last Microbrains!

2008-10-07T12:45:00.001-04:00

The last set of Microbrains are done! Clear and Orange!

Glow Mantis!

2008-10-06T11:06:00.004-04:00

I was thinking about scorpions the other day (doesn't everyone?) and how some dull looking scorpions are florescent when under UV light. I wanted to try something in that vein, to see just what my florescent V-Color could do. The only thing I wish was that there was a florescent blue available.
Hope you like it.

Halloween is just around the Corner!

2008-10-06T08:00:00.004-04:00

Halloween is coming, so here's some customs to get you in the spirit. The Obake sheet started out as just a piece to test some techniques on, as I'm not a huge fan of the Obake... but by the end I quite liked the look of it.

The Pumkinbrain is inspired by Autumn leaves and the fall in general.

Hope you like them!

Works in progress...

2008-10-06T07:45:00.007-04:00

Sometimes I'll paint, and then at the advice of others, or just through my own preference I'll change it later on in some way, hopefully as an improvement. Everything is a Work in Progress I guess, here's some of the latest updates of old favorites:

Maggie the Rangeas:

before
after.

At the advice of Gathchabert I added some detail to the horns on my last Rangeas.

The Dreamerbefore
after.

Again, bert suggested a bit of accent on the tips of the horns, which I think is a definite improvement.

Hypnos Skullwing:

beforeafter.

Here I was a little more drastic with the changes, dirtying and darkening it up. In the end I thin its a more sinister Skullwing.

This Fighter has Got a Lot of Heart!

2008-10-06T07:40:00.004-04:00

Ghost Fighter, inspiration for this guy are the amazing custom work of Kirk ToybotStudios and Paul Kaiju.

BlobPus: The Flesh-Beast!

2008-10-06T07:36:00.002-04:00

My first fullsized BlobPus figure. I went with a flesh color, with spots showing infection and decay. What do you all think?

Decaying Touch Skullbee

2008-10-06T07:33:00.003-04:00

A custom piece commissioned by a fellow skullbrainer. Hope he likes it.

More Secret Base Love!

2008-09-29T11:06:00.003-04:00

These are the latest I've painted:The Damaged Brain I did for the Swap was really well received, so I thought I'd try a twist on it. They are similar, but different enough.

Ever since the Secret Base X Grapple collaboration was released I've been wanting to do this. I lucked out recently and scored a Sharkman so I finally got to do it! Great White Sharkman is born.
Ahh the Microbrains. Initially I was just going to do each of the original 4 colors, but the reception on these guys has been so overwhelming I decided to do sets. Each set has an Orange Microbrain (everyone's favorite) and a companion. This is the 2nd set of Microbrains I've painted. The first was Orange and Yellow. The Third set is coming soon! Keep an eye out!

Tripasu!

2008-09-29T11:00:00.002-04:00

This was the first Cronic Piece I've had the pleasure of painting. Tripasu, a collaboration between Max Toy Co. and the aforementioned Cronic. I was really excited when I first saw images of this figure, but to be honest I wasn't as thrilled with it once I got it. So it languished for a while unpainted. Eventually I picked it back up and tried a bit of a Zoidberg colorscheme and it turned out really nice. Unfortunately it has a lot of pearly colors that don't show up as well in the pictures as I'd like. Its really one you should see in person.

Rangeas #2

2008-09-29T10:51:00.003-04:00

I gotta keep updated- The Rangeas figure has got to be my #2 favorite Sculpt of all the Kaiju/Neo Kaiju/Fight Figure genre right after the Secret Base Skull-style figures. I traded my "Hunter" Rangeas/Skullwing a while back and have always missed it. Then I got a bit of a deal on a SDCC '08 Rangeas and got paint another one! A while back a friend suggested I paint a monster Purple and green, and I guess subliminally I went with those colors, so I named it after her. It's Maggie the Rangeas! I've since added a little shading to the horns, but I haven't taken any new pictures yet.

So Yeah, I MC'd that Secret Base Swap

2008-09-29T10:35:00.003-04:00

I ran the 2nd custom figure swap @ skullbrain.org a while back, it theme was Secret Base fight figures and it went over great. We had like 10 Awesome entries- These two were what I painted. The Damaged Brain was my entry and the Skullbee was a prize figure for the most impressive. The Damaged Brain went over really well!

Microbrain Jack

2008-08-21T01:53:00.002-04:00

The companion to Microbrain John.
Microbrain John and Microbrain Jack

CLowning Around

2008-08-21T01:51:00.003-04:00

Just clowning around a bit.

Gargamel!

2008-08-21T01:48:00.003-04:00

Trying my hand at some new stuff. Hope you like it!

Dreams, Dreamers and Nightmares

2008-07-21T13:07:00.005-04:00

Cthulhu- BlobPus x Secret Base mashup.
Hypnos Skullwing
The Dreamer
Shadowtrooper Squirm
Acro-Wing, companion piece to the Microbrain.

Microbrain

2008-06-11T07:43:00.004-04:00

So I recently finally got the seemingly elusive "DBM Skullbrain", and its a sortof a tribute to 'King Walder', a villain from the old Takara toy line Henshin Cyborg. I thought, who could he fight? How about an homage of my own? Not of Henshin Cyborg, but of its direct decendants Microman. Enter, the Microbrain.

Custom Updates!

2008-06-05T11:39:00.003-04:00

I've updated two of the Customs I've recently been working on-

I added some gold to the Skullmerry:

Before:

After:

And a big update to the Visitor, I totally changed his body and arms.

Before:

After:

Daily Custom Day #5 - The Enigma!

2008-06-03T23:39:00.003-04:00

Who is the Enigma? What is his purpose on this Earth? Is he a mystical being, or crazed pyscho? And what could be under the Mask?

DAily Custom #4 - 2 For Tuesday

2008-06-03T12:22:00.005-04:00

Its double-shot Tuesday, and I have to run to work:

My favorite vinyl figure has to be the Skullwing, and I love painting them. This was a experiment in splatter technique as well as a but of an homage to a LASH custom I saw once.

The second custom of the day is the only non-Secretbase figure in this set of daily customs. I wanted to go with a Pacific Giant Octopus color scheme. Its simple, but I likes it.

Tomorrow:

Merry Monday

2008-06-02T06:37:00.003-04:00

So yeah, thing one was fun to do, and expensive. I saw one of those larger SKullmerry's and realized "Hey I like that Skull Head better then the small skullmerry head." So I bought a big skullmerry (a pink one) and then while I was waiting for it, asked the important question, whether or not it would fit... Turns out after a little cutting it fits fine, and looks not too bad, right? I had fun painting this one; the body is translucent which you can't really see in these pictures, but then held up to the light the color is a bit like dry blood.

I'd like to paint another one of these, but I doubt it'll happen unless SB releases a cheaper large Skullmerry, but if not, its still neat.