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  • yokaijohn
    Keep it coolin', baby
    • Oct 1, 2008
    • 1439

    Yamabiko(the Echo of the Mountins)

    In Japanese folklore it was believed that it was the spirits in the mountain,the Yamabiko(やまびこ)who echoes their voice when they shout at the sides of the mountains.In Japan this Yokai's name has come to mean echo.
    Here's my Yamabiko action figure.I sculpted his head from clay over a Castaway super hero head.For the body I used a CTVT torso,arms(I gave them Doc Mego hands),and right leg.I sculpted his sandal from clay(it is removable).I carved his walking stick from a wooden chopstick(I painted with water thinned acrylic paint).I made his grass robe and hood from twine rope(my wife finished the hood part).My wife Tomoko sewed his blue kimono.You can see more pics here:Pictures by yokaijohn001 - Photobucket



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  • Meule
    Verbose Member
    • Nov 14, 2004
    • 28720

    #2
    That head reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it... some old sci-fi movie perhaps?
    "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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    • El Diablo Blanco
      Member
      • Dec 29, 2010
      • 52

      #3
      Originally posted by Meule
      That head reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it... some old sci-fi movie perhaps?
      A broom with eyes?

      Dude I love these guys. I want one of my own!
      We come for your daughter, Chuck.

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      • SlipperyLilSuckers
        MeGoing
        • May 14, 2003
        • 9031

        #4
        What a cute little face

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        • YANOULI
          Part-Time Timelord
          • Jan 9, 2006
          • 2209

          #5
          Originally posted by Meule
          That head reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it... some old sci-fi movie perhaps?
          Tusken Raider ( Sand Person ) from Star Wars?
          " But you can't kill me, i'm a Genius "

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          • piecemaker
            There's no need to fear..
            • Jan 26, 2009
            • 4634

            #6
            Another Cool looking Yokai!

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            • Meule
              Verbose Member
              • Nov 14, 2004
              • 28720

              #7
              Originally posted by YANOULI
              Tusken Raider ( Sand Person ) from Star Wars?
              OF COURSE, that's what it reminds me of, thanks Ian
              "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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              • yokaijohn
                Keep it coolin', baby
                • Oct 1, 2008
                • 1439

                #8
                Thanks for the feedback everyone.And Thomas & Ian,yes I thought he kind of looks like a Tuskan Raider(from StarWars)or one of the creatures the Movie 9,but actually I got his look by mixing the way he appears in the 2005 Japanese movie "Yokai Daisenso"(The Great Yokai War)with the way he appears in the works of Shigeru Mizuki, Shigeru Mizuki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZYaIsyGARg (and trailer for the movie)
                Last edited by yokaijohn; Jan 14, '11, 4:29 PM.
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