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  • enyawd72
    Maker of Monsters!
    • Oct 1, 2009
    • 7904

    My latest model...the MPC Haunted Glo-Head Ape Man!

    These are great fun little kits with a surprising amount of detail.

    I decided to go for a realistic approach...very happy with the result.

  • Capt_Kirk
    Career Member
    • Nov 22, 2011
    • 614

    #2
    Great job! Very clean. I love it.

    I just picked up a vinyl Creature from the black lagoon from eBay. It's a 12". It looks like it will be a good build. I just need to design a base and if I want to just weight the feet, attach them to the base or use magnets to keep him in place.
    "May fortune favor the foolish"

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    • Hedji
      Citizen of Gotham
      • Nov 17, 2012
      • 7246

      #3
      The fact that you're able to achieve your results without airbrush is astonishing.

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      • J.B.
        Guild Navigator
        • Jun 23, 2010
        • 2887

        #4
        Your eye for detail never ceases to amaze me. The teeth alone....
        You are transparent; I see many things... I see plans within plans.

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        • PNGwynne
          Master of Fowl Play
          • Jun 5, 2008
          • 19458

          #5
          My least favorite kit of the series, but you make it look so good.
          WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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          • enyawd72
            Maker of Monsters!
            • Oct 1, 2009
            • 7904

            #6
            Thanks guys!

            I actually have a little surprise to share...I've hired a sculptor to create two more series of Haunted Glo-Heads, which will be cast in glow resin.
            Based on my original designs, look for the Witch, Phantom, Aqua-Beast, Visitor, Frankenstein, Devil, Creeper, and Insectoid beginning in 2019!

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            • PNGwynne
              Master of Fowl Play
              • Jun 5, 2008
              • 19458

              #7
              Sounds very interesting and fun--is the Creeper Hattonesque?
              WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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              • enyawd72
                Maker of Monsters!
                • Oct 1, 2009
                • 7904

                #8
                Originally posted by PNGwynne
                Sounds very interesting and fun--is the Creeper Hattonesque?
                No...more of a realistic take on the Scooby Doo character crossed with a zombie/ghoul.

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                • newlyknighted
                  Persistent Member
                  • Feb 21, 2010
                  • 1625

                  #9
                  The paints that you do on these are always fantastic! I look forward to seeing all of your other artistic endeavors.
                  I post in thy general direction!

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                  • tay666
                    Career Member
                    • Dec 27, 2008
                    • 754

                    #10
                    Originally posted by enyawd72
                    Thanks guys!

                    I actually have a little surprise to share...I've hired a sculptor to create two more series of Haunted Glo-Heads, which will be cast in glow resin.
                    Based on my original designs, look for the Witch, Phantom, Aqua-Beast, Visitor, Frankenstein, Devil, Creeper, and Insectoid beginning in 2019!
                    That sounds really cool.
                    Will definitely be keeping my eyes open for those releases.

                    Great job on this kit.
                    I can't tell from the angle, but did you do the seam work on it?
                    I started this kit a while back, thinking it would be a nice quick build. When I saw the seams though, it kind of put the brakes on the project. Lots of detail to resculpt in that hair.

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                    • EmergencyIan
                      Museum Paramedic
                      • Aug 31, 2005
                      • 5470

                      #11
                      Looks terrific, as always!

                      - Ian
                      Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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                      • enyawd72
                        Maker of Monsters!
                        • Oct 1, 2009
                        • 7904

                        #12
                        Originally posted by tay666
                        That sounds really cool.
                        Will definitely be keeping my eyes open for those releases.

                        Great job on this kit.
                        I can't tell from the angle, but did you do the seam work on it?
                        I started this kit a while back, thinking it would be a nice quick build. When I saw the seams though, it kind of put the brakes on the project. Lots of detail to resculpt in that hair.
                        I did a little bit of seam work. I'm not too picky about seams. I eliminate them when possible, minimize them when not, and sometimes you just have to live with them. To me they're not worth sacrificing any sculpted detail.

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                        • Werewolf
                          Inhuman
                          • Jul 14, 2003
                          • 14623

                          #13
                          Neat! Did you leave any glow showing in the eyes or teeth? That would be a cool effect mixed with the realistic paints.
                          You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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                          • enyawd72
                            Maker of Monsters!
                            • Oct 1, 2009
                            • 7904

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Werewolf
                            Neat! Did you leave any glow showing in the eyes or teeth? That would be a cool effect mixed with the realistic paints.
                            No...the eyes are so small and the teeth are mostly hidden, so I just painted everything. I will probably just put together an unpainted one at some point to enjoy the glow!

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                            • PNGwynne
                              Master of Fowl Play
                              • Jun 5, 2008
                              • 19458

                              #15
                              I've always wondered how these kits would looked with washes wiped off to bring out the detail but still let them glow... I think that's how I might try to build them up. Just a few fully-painted outlines or details.
                              WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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