WOW! I didn't even notice the stitches by the mouth before. Paint job really brings out the detail... reminds me of 'The Thing'. Great work again Joe!
Hopefully i can add a new sculpt to the collection during nycc this year.the new splurrrt just keeps getting better.
BLobpus posted the lotto infor for the Diggler/CK set. http://blobpus.blogspot.jp/2013/10/splu ... ggler.html
Hey Guys, here is NYCC info. I will be selling at 12:00 on Saturday at booth 504, Monster Island/Clutter I'll be hanging out for the first hour or so and then my stuff will be available the whole day. I will be releasing a new Cadaver Twins run and an amazing Cadaver Kid and Usir set painted by the mighty Martin Ontiveros. I will also have a couple 1-offs and some beautiful hand paints by Rampage Toys. I'm not set up to take credit card, so will be doing cash sales only.
my pleasure! i hope i captured each toy's essence. it's always a treat to see your paint in person. is it true you won't be participating in any more gallery shows?
I'll leave the Geek! thread alone and detour my own Where's Rich TK4 was the last one I signed on for. Maybe in the future I might send in a piece or two for group shows like TK, if I think they could be a really amazing showing. I won't say never, but I'm taking a hiatus for now. It's October and I've had 3 releases in my own store. Now, I have always been an advocate for trying to elevate thoughtful, beautifully executed sofubi. It might not be the popular opinion here, but to me it's art. Especially when it's concepted, sculpted, and painted by the same person. So I've always liked supporting the galleries and the notion that toys deserve to be displayed and sold in galleries. But this has been a grueling year for me and I've really had to reevaluate the game plan. And when I reevaluated I had to make the hard decision that there are people and places out there I want to support, but I can't support them at my expense. Here's the deal, if I do a gallery show with 15 one offs that I spent weeks painting, I make as much as I do just doing an online run, that online run takes me a day or two to paint, and you guys pay half the price. That gallery show also jams up my release calendar, not just because I have to be strategic about my releases, I don't want to release too much too often, but they are extremely time consuming preparing for and not to mention stressful. There are more reasons too, but that is the main one. I work full time, more than full time, The toy making consumes what remains of my life. I know I know, I should do it for love and not care about the money, but this year was grueling and frustrating and another like it would just leave me quitting. I just want to be as smart as I can about making toys, not just in making money, but also in getting my figures out there in fair and accessible way and we all win if the emphasis is on online releases.
