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

    Koboku-no-kai

    Koboku-no-kai(こぼくのかい) are spirits of old trees. One such tree spirit was encountered by Tarōemon, a man who lived in Niigata prefecture long ago. One drunken night, Tarōemon noticed a prowler standing next to the old tree in front of his house. He stepped outside to confront the stranger, and they started fighting. Tarōemon subdued the man and managed to drag him inside, only to discover that he had transformed into a large tree branch. The next morning, Tarōemon took the branch to a nearby temple. The resident priest told Tarōemon that the old tree in front of his house was occupied by a spirit. After the priest recited a chant, the tree never caused any trouble again.
    Here's my Koboku-no-kai action figure.I sculpted his head from clay.For his body I sculpted(with clay)over a brown Emce body(I got in a recent trade),which was missing forearms to which I added some brown biceps(which were in the bag of parts from my recent trade as well).I painted the entire figure with acrylics and sealed with modpodge.







    You can see more of my Yokai Action Figures here:
    Pictures by yokaijohn001 - Photobucket
    Monsters and much more by YokaiJohn on Etsy
  • SlipperyLilSuckers
    MeGoing
    • May 14, 2003
    • 9031

    #2
    I like him, he has a kindly face

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    • SUP-Ronin
      Stuck in a laundry shoot.
      • Oct 8, 2007
      • 3146

      #3
      He's like an Asian Tree-beard. I like him.
      "Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."

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

        #4
        Thanks Cat and Ronin.I was looking at pics of Pat Morita when I sculpted his head.
        Monsters and much more by YokaiJohn on Etsy

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

          #5
          Very nice sculpting,GREAT job!

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

            #6
            Thanks PM!
            Monsters and much more by YokaiJohn on Etsy

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            • Meule
              Verbose Member
              • Nov 14, 2004
              • 28720

              #7
              Excellent job on the sculpts and paints, John.
              "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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              • Type3Toys
                Home Of The Type3 Body
                • Jan 18, 2005
                • 629

                #8
                I am really enjoying these figures you are making. I am also ahving a great time watching your sculpting ability evolve and improve. This figure really gave me the impression I was looking at a tree before I read the story.
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                • yokaijohn
                  Keep it coolin', baby
                  • Oct 1, 2008
                  • 1439

                  #9
                  Thanks Thomas and John,glade you guys approve.
                  Monsters and much more by YokaiJohn on Etsy

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