Heads up ! I just sent this custom Kaiju Eyezon for this upcoming auction in Chicago. The auction is to benefit the JASC – Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago.
A direct link to the auction where you’ll find other items for bid is HERE.
Of course using Monster Kolor paints, on a black vinyl base Eyezon figure.
and the back side 
I’m donating 100% of the proceeds of this auction .. Good Luck and Happy Bidding !!!
Well the Kaiju work here at Max Toy’s continues at such a hectic pace ;-O .. case in point this newest Kaiju Eyezon custom for an upcoming show at OneUp store in Japan .. the theme is land animals or something like that .. hmmm, I’m stumped as to what to do .. for some reason in my head I want to do a flaming skull .. well .. a skull usually ends up in the gorund .. so thats sorta like the land ;-P Ok, thats it I’m doing a darn skull !!
Here’s a very quick step by step … I used Monster Kolor paints .. starting out with a black soft vinyl figure of Kaiju Eyezon I sprayed the whole figure with MK Charcoal. Once this dried .. I started sketching the skull and flames with a white colored pencil .. though you could also use colors, like yellow etc to sketch too.
Once the basic drawing was down I used brushes to paint in the skull and flames .. it was a slow build up of white MK paint… I left out a small amount of white to “dry” out or become thicker … this I would use during the last parts of painting as a more opaque layer.
You can see as i add layers of white to the skull it starts to take on dimension and volume. This stage I’m still using a paint brush.
This stage the basic under painting is done. To be honest I have never attempted a painting like this on a toy before .. nor use MK paints in quite this way. Over all it was a good learning experience ;-P Ok so the next step is to airbrush the various elements.
I started airbrushing white first as shown on the right here. The flames, skull, lightening etc …
After that, MK CThru colors are airbrushed over the painted white areas. Basically tinting each section slowly building up the colors.
After spraying I went back in with a paint brush and tightened up any areas that became too mushy …
And back again to spraying more colors and white to pop the skull even more. Finally the whole piece is sprayed with MK Color Change flakes ( will give it a glittery effect ) and finally a nice glossy coat to seal in the paint and to bring out the depth.
and the backside with a grave stone and full moon of course
So there you have it, Flaming Skull Eyezon ! Ok now it’s your turn
Quick post with new pictures of the upcoming King Negora figure ! We’re taking Pre Orders right now via the Max Toy site thru Sunday only. At which point I’ll be stopping Pre Orders and going into production on them.
Whats cool about this design by it’s sculptor, Makino-san of TTToys, is he designed it to be posable .. and King can sit like a Baby, stand like Godzilla or be on all fours .. well like a Cat ! ;-P So cool !!!
And the entire line of Negora’s in this pic
Yes I know you’re waiting for the Micro Negora .. it’s being painted right now at the factory in Japan .. so we should have them very soon !
Thanks again for the support, Negora Fever continues !!!
Kaiju Zanga is designed and sculpted by Yuichi Yamashita of Nakayoshi toys in Japan. As you can see this upcoming new soft vinyl figure from Max Toys is Massive ! So massive that we might have an issue with the casting of it > < … haha .. but fear not, Zanga will debut at San Diego Comic Con and Japan’s Wonderfest in July 2012. More as we move into the final phases of production …
In other news, looks I was able to move all the content from my old blog to this one ( hurray ! ) It’s funny seeing Max back in 2006 .. such a little tike …folks time flies .. so if you’re thinking of doing something .. well anything … do yourself a favor and get off your butt and do it .. take a chance … try something out of your comfort zone .. stay positive and pay it forward.
.. Toy Karma !!!
I’m still getting use to this new blog .. but I see the future here Ok a quick update, this weekend saw our man, Yo-san set up and sell at Japan’s Design Festa show in Tokyo, Japan !!!
Here’s a shot of the table before the onslaught … courtesy of Kaiju Korner blog …
As soon as the doors opened … a line of nearly 40 fans appeared .. and quickly all the Negoras were gone .. minis, micros and Kings ! Fans also snatched up Lady Darkness and Lady Maxx figures .. leaving only 3 of each at the end of the day ! It was so crazy for Yo-san that he needed his fmaily to help plus several other toy makers to help keep the line in order ! This sign says that this person is the last one in line ..haha..
By the end of Saturday, Yo-san emailed me that he had almost nothing left to sell .. so we dug into our inventory and decided to sell unpainted glow in the dark mini Negora’s for Sunday…as a surprise ;-P
Of course all of them were sold out as well as the rest of the Lady figures … ! Usually we do not do this well at Design Festa .. so thank you so much to all the fans who came out to support us ;-D
Oh but there was more .. we had a vinyl test shot of the Frenzy Captain Maxx whose looking very cool !!!
and the debut of .. Kaiju Zanga !!! Holy Moly … it’s HUGE !!!
if all goes well .. this guy will debut at Comic Con and Wonderfest Japan in July 2012 !!!
Also, we announced to Japanese fans about our upcoming Dave Dorman and Son collab, plus I have a collab with artist TOUMA in the works as well ! Look for more info on both of those collabs at Comic Con as well !
and finally we are now taking Pre Orders for the first fully painted US release of King Negora with Oh Nezumi Rat figure via the Max Toy web store here !
So far the Pre Orders have exceed my estimates .. the Pre Ordering will be open thru this coming week at which time we’ll close them and go into production on them. Complete details via the link above.
Finally for those who ordered last week the Design Festa items, sorry the box didn’t show up, but should be here early this coming week .. I’ll get every ones orders out quickly.
Phew … more news in a few days !
Yep, I’m moving the Toy Karma blog … over here, folks www.toykarma.com !!!
Hope you make the move over to the new blog site … See you there !!!
By the way, the email listed here as my contact is NOT my email, FYI …
