Once again it’s been so busy I’ve neglected this blog … if you need up to date info on what I’m doing and/or Max Toy info I post to the Max Toy site all the time : www.maxtoyco.com
Todd “Mechavirus” Robertson was in town so we figured that would be a good time to have an informal Monster Kolor paint party ! Lucky for us, Matt Walker owner and head paint guru sent along plenty of goodies for us to try !
I usually only run one hose, but bought a manifold to allow 4 airbrushes at once 😉
Todd’s sister Courtney also came along and this was her first time with an airbrush ! Todd being the good brother he is showed her the ropes. First starting off practicing on a piece of paper.
Once she got the hang of it it was onto one of Todd’s new Ammonaito soft vinyl figures.
Todd got down to business spraying a run of Yuudoku !
I found another clear green with glitter Kaiju Eyezon, so of course worked on that …
Truth be told, really can’t get much done in a group situation, I prefer to work alone. So I didn’t really spray too much .. but got a good start on this one.
Joining us was Jay222, who by now is a Monster Kolor fan.
Courtney is a photographer so she took some time out from painting to snap a few pics as well.Here’s Todd putting some serious thoughts in his work 😉
Normally I wear a respirator (face mask) while spraying …
… I have no idea why I look like this .. but i guess the fumes are getting to me 😉
Lots of new colors in this box … Monster Kolor “Shot Caller” paint was a favorite of mine … kinda a turquoise metallic colorJay222 working on a fish !
Nice color choices !
above and below some of Todd’s handy work. We didn’t get a chance to finish but got a good start to some figures.
We all agreed that Courtney was the winner today ! Her first airbrushed toy and it looked great ! Nice color selection, dare I say it was “pretty” !
With that we all had a great time, ate Hawaiian foods and learned about Team Cobra 😉 I want to give a huge Thanks to Matt Walker / Monster Kolor for his support over the years and for his awesome paint thats really helped changed the customizing world. Thanks also go out to Todd, Courtney, and Jay for making it a fun time as well.
I finally got around to seeing the new SFO Museum show called Japanese Toys ! From Kokeshi to Kaiju. For those who may not know the San Francisco airport ( SFO ) has an actual accredited museum contained within the various terminals and corridors.
Like me, you’ve probably seen various exhibits big and small while waiting for flights. I guess I never thought about the fact that these are all painstakingly designed, researched and displayed. Yes, just like a stand alone museum.
A quick back story, over a year ago I was contacted by SFO curator Nicole Mullen about participating in a group show at the SFO Museum about Japanese toys. The premise was to show a overview of toys made in Japan, from wood toys, tin toys, through modern plastic toys. Not just Monster or Kaiju toys, mind you, this aspect actually interested me. I see Kaiju toys in my room everyday, but to see other types of toys and characters I thought would make for a nice exhibit.
I was interested but did not really know how I felt about loaning out my 100+ toys for 8-9 months. While the exhibit would be about 6 months the process would involve coming to pick up the items, carefully wrapping them for travel to their offices. Once there condition reports and such were generated and they planned out how to display the 500+ items that would be the show. In fact, they would completely stage the exhibit off site before the actual display in the terminal.
Needless to say, each step of the way, the Nicole, Kelvin and Alisa and the SFO staff were not only professional but always open to communication about any of my concerns concerning any steps of the process.They were mindful to treat all items with museum gloves, archival packing and even in displaying them to be mindful of sunlight etc.
If they ever contact you about loaning items for a show I would give them all a big thumbs up 😉
Below is a brief tour of the show which is located beyond security in the domestic United terminal. Yes, the downside is you will need to be traveling to see the show ..because of 9-11, you have to go through security ;-( But, should be traveling I highly recommend taking a look before you board your plane ! There’s some really rare toys and displays that most collectors and fans don’t normally see 😉
A quick view of the exhibit down the long United terminal. I’m sorry these are not really in order of how the exhibit is laid out and I might have forgotten a display but for the most part I think I have pictures of most of the show.
Here Max and I pose in front of a classic poster image from a Bullmark toys ad, 1970s.
By the way, they have a very nice “free” brochure for the exhibit too.
Giant Inu Dog sculpture .. yes not a Cat 😉
Its a bit surreal to see “my” toys on display and looking at me 😉 But infact, as a collector you have to realize that these toys will most likely out live you and be passed onto another person down the line. Well for now I’m enjoying them and I’m glad they are on display for others to see and enjoy.
I really like how everything is laid out. It’s hard to see but each figure has a wire support behind the leg, with a clear rubber waist support. They are all securely attached without taking away from the display of the figure.
Kaiju display, the super duper sized Red King in the middle is a super duper rare Popy store display from the King Rory collection. Very nice to see one up close.
If you’ve followed me for awhile you know I’m a huge fan and supporter of the various craftsmen in Japan, who still to this day, make these Japanese toys. I was happy to provide some items and images of Shimizu-san, who casts all of the Max Toys we make in Japan.Shown here are also vintage Popy molds from the 70s as well as original Kaiju Drazoran sculpt, test shots and paint masks.
The two items ( middle and left side ) are an Ultraman Jack and Lion Maru ride both circa 70s Japan. The one facing the other way is Kamen Rider V3 ( from Kimono My House collection ). I love these rides and was thrilled to see them elevated and displayed like this ! If only my toy room was so big I’d display them like this too ;-P
Another case with various Ultra goodies from my collection 😉
I’m trying to get in to touch my toys 😉
So yes there are other cases in this exhibit besides my Ultra stuff … here’s some vintage tin robots. A few of these are from my collection as well 😉 Circa 50-60s Japan.
another view of the giant Inu Dog .. really cool !
above and below some paper items, kites, fans various toys and ceramic dolls.
While I’m not a doll collector, these were really cool examples of vintage Japanese girls dolls with kimonos.
Knowing that quite a few West coast folks not only saw Ultraman, but Kikaida figures from my collection were also included.
Max poses with a blow up of Ultraman, from the Marusan tin box.
More paper items, Menko cards, trading cards also used to play games with.
cool tiger / cat figure 😉
Various vintage Kokeshi dolls and wooden figures.
Probably eclipsing Godzilla as a recognizable character in the states, is Hello Kitty. I;m sure my fellow Godzilla collectors will be up in arms about this 😉
vintage Hello Kitty items from Sanrio collection.
and of course, this crazy Hello Kitty dress worn by Lady Gaga ;-P
But of course whats near and dear to my heart is of course Ultraman … and here’s myself and Max in front of my Ultraman suit.
I need to find some boots for him 😉
Well, there you have it I most excellent show ! I hope you have the time to see it as it runs thru April 2014. I was told through the whole run of the show, tens of thousands of traveling people will see it as they go thru the terminal. I hope it sparks the imagination of some kid to collect or create their own Kaiju of the future !
Ok in my ongoing effort to try to catch up with various Mark Nagata / Max Toy events … here’s some pics from my recent trip to Tokyo, and Design Festa #38. This was my second trip to Japan this year (2013) and I made may usual trips to the vinyl factory to see Shimizu-san and to the paint factory, the Maruyama Brothers. But the main focus was to attend the Design Festa show. I’ve actually been to Design Festa many years ago in my previous incarnation as toy shop / magazine owner… this time was a bit different in that I had a table and sold Max Toy stuff. DF is actually more a DIY / Artists show .. both art works and performance arts. I really like the vibe of this show and what little time I got to walk around enjoyed it. The range of talent is very impressive, I have to say.
So here’s the pics with spares comments ;-P
This would mark my second trip for 2013 to Tokyo, though so much has happened this year that it felt like a year ago since I last was here. For Jay222 this was his very first trip and I could tell he was very excited 😉
Todd Robertson and Jay222 looking over the menu ..we all agreed anything ordered would be good !! We each traveled from 12-14 hours to get to Tokyo.sushi selection…of course amazing !
various grilled items .. all yummy ! We were all super tired and called it a night as we would need to get up very early the next morning to set up at Design Festa.
Random Japanese TV commercial 😉
the hotel room we stayed in for Design Festa was really nice. More room than i am use to ;-P
the calm before the storm at Design Festa … time to set up !
above various Todd Robertson customs
above and below, artists Todd Robertson, Javier Jimenez and Jay222 set up there work
above Jayy222 and his work
far right, thats Yamomark, I want that Chicken Kaiju ! ( below )
Blobpus table, sorry this is after most all his stuff sold .. the table had some goodies but I didn’t get to take a pic.
above, artist Joe Somers also set up with us
Sunguts and his triple tier of awesome stuff !
above, Dol Roffo and his wonderful Amigurumi figures Right side, OneUp and Dream Rocket figures
above/below Dream Rocket and his glow in the dark figures !
yamomark, Jay222 and friend 😉
I need one of these suits 😉
Dol Roffo gave me this super cute figure he made !
Gumtaro and his new Gizalla figure
I wish i had more time to walk around, but there was an exhibit of these super realistic Cats made out of felt (!) simply amazing work !!
day one was a blur, we sold out of most of what we brought ;-P Tasty dinner … !
I was beat and fell asleep quickly .. one more Design Festa day to go.
since we already set up already we had a relaxing all you can eat breakfast .. the little grilled fish were awesome !
Javier sketching away, the kid can draw !
a visit from Doctor Tulip ( kaiju gals artist) ! I’m not sure of the exact theme of her booth but i think it had to do with giving you a cure ;-P of some sort .. haha …can you tell we ate alot ? lunch options at Design Festa …
gift from Sunguts … it’s a mushroom and not something else ;-P
yajima-san and myself strike an action pose .. not bad for two old guys !
a gift from this talented artist Tomohito Yamada ( kneeling in the blue shirt)
I have to say my favorite discovery was this super cute Cat figure !
each had hand painted faces … I really like this figure 😉
Kaiju Gals artists Hikari Banbi and winner Teresa
Viking dinner after Design Festa ! Thats an all you can eat place … of course, everything was super tasty ! Many thanks to Joe Somers for picking up the tab (!)
Made our way after dinner to our HQ the Kadoya Hotel in Shinjuku. Of course we could not sleep, so we walked around a bit and found this game center ;-P
funny prizes
followed by late night snacks !
another early morning nothing like Japanese TV to get you started
so across the way we have this on going joke about a foot doctor, called Dr Foot, because the logo looks like me !?! You be the judge …
So this day was free to do toy shopping .. I had but one request and that was to go to the Bullmark shop. I had no idea where it was but showed Yo a web site so he planned it out .. it was over by an amusement part in Asakusa. We made our way through the Sensō-ji temple … very cool …
incense you fan over yourself before going into the temple to pray
We walked past the temple and saw this ride twirling in the sky
after some confusion in trying to find the Bullmark store it looked like the store was located in this amusement park. We had to pay to get in. Three grown men going to a amusement park for 8 year olds … hmmm, come to think of it we are about 8 so maybe thats not an issue … ;-P
to say this all seemed like a bizarre David Lynch movie wouldn’t describe it .. but thats close enough … these rides have all seen their heyday .. it’s like this place was forzen in the late 70s. I guess the land has been sold, so it seems like this won’t be here much longer … glad I was able to experience it 😉
Pika Pika
so there’s these crazy Panda rides randomly placed around the park .. you could activate it for 500 yen ( about $5.00 ) but most kids were sitting on them and trying to make them move along …
this big kid tried the same … check out the kid to the right ;-P
Jay222 took a ride on a crazy spinning thing ( I have a video I need to upload) and got his fortune from this machine.
creepy haunted house ride i’m sure someone will make a sofubi from this giant Ape 😉
here’s Jay222 waiting for his ride …haha …
Ok so we finally found the Bullmark store, well actually section … I did buy a few things but i really wanted a canvas bag with Bullmark logo on it and of course they don’t sell it any more ..drat !
time out for ramen 😉 and time to go to Nakano Mall and more toy shopping
Nakano Mall … all things Otaku here 😉
took a break at Mr Donut
made our way to OneUp store at Akihabara where we ( Todd, Javier, Jay and Myself ) had a mini Eyezon exhibit. Everything sold 😉
Elevator door with Max Toy logo ;-P
ONeUp owner Ken treted us all to a nice dinner 😉 I order Steak with Foie Gras … sorry to my Veggie friends, but it was tasty.
Long day is over, next day is visiting Shimizu-san vinyl factory and Maruyama Brothers painting and vinyl factory.
quick breakfast in the morning
I never tire of visiting Master Shimizu-san and his vinyl factory. I’ve posted several videos of this Master at work like this one :
Shimizu-san wasn’t casting this day, but you can see the Salt chemical in it’s solid form .. it’s heated by gas falme and will melt into a super hot liquid state … the molds filled with liquid vinyl are then place into the hot bath for various amounts of time .. the heated molds “cook” the vinyl in them .. and when pulled form the mold form the various pieces for the toys.
various iron molds of Max Toy figures ( and tanks ! )
I picked up this sweet test shot of Kaiju Axron, our latest vinyl Kaiju figure from Max Toy Company.
We had lunch with Shimizu-san, he actually treated us (!) I was humbled that he would offer … my only regret is i could not converse with him .. but maybe this was a good thing as I would have grilled him about the soft vinyl history and to be honest this is a job for him and he’s not concerned about us toy guys ( haha )
Todd enjoying his first baby ( toy ). After lunch we went to visit the Maruyama Brothers factory, I did not take pictures mostly because their were other peoples toys there and didn’t want to “reveal” something that I shouldn’t ;-P Avoiding Toy Politics and all ;-P Had a good meeting and bid them farewell till next time. By the way if you buy our Negora they are the ones that paint them all ..really amazing job to hand paint each one.
the wonderful thing about Tokyo is of course the subways can get you just about everywhere … still even the sub ways can be a big mass of various lines and what not, so Yo’s help in navigating was much needed.
Our final dinner was to celebrate artist Teresa and her Kaiju Gals win … a all you can eat Brazilian meat restaurant in Harajuku.
while the idea of all you can eat meat sounds great, after a few rounds the tummy was so full … I had to throw in the towel … ;-P It was very tasty though !
we left the restaurant an followed Teresa to a designers studio near by….
I’m sorry I did not take many pics but we met half of the two guy studio that is Zarigani Works Very famous studio and we had fun with this new remote camera that took pictures in a crazy fish eye way … hard to explain but you will see this product out in the market soon … sorry the product name escapes me at the moment ( ! ) I also picked up another fav toy .. this wooden Ultraman figure !
well here’s a fried shrimp hot dog for breakfast .. it was Ok .. i think the mayo was too much for me ;-P
on the way home via bus to Narita airport, yes Cats are everywhere in Japan !
final airport meal and back home. As always an exciting trip to Tokyo and already plans to return again for a show and more 😉
Many Thanks to my travel mates, Jay222, Todd, Javier for making this a super fun trip. My many toy friends for your continued support and of course this wouldn’t be a Max Toy trip without Yo Miyamoto’s continued support and friendship. Till next time in Kaiju Land !!!
Well it’s been awhile since last posting here …. been so busy with various Max Toy events … and I’m way late on posting this … the show is long over but we had a fantastic turn out for the opening ( Thank you to everyone who came out and traveled to the show ! )
Held every two years, it’s been what 7 years since the first one ?!! Crazy really .. who’d have thought Kaiju could be so popular and still going strong !
Rotofugi Kirby, Myself and Rotofugi Whitney. Without their ongoing support there would be no Toy Karma. Besides being great supporters of the Art Toy scene, they are good people, period … who work really hard to make it all work.
Myself and my son, Max … hard to believe he’s my size now ;-P
Making the trip from Boston, is Mechavirus himself ! artist Todd Robertson ! All his pieces sold 😉 This is Rotofugi .. or rather Fugi … really cool doggie ! He runs the place 😉
In my opinion, Rotofugi has the best combination of store/gallery space. The historic building has really high ceilings and wonderful wood floors lending to the over all atmosphere.
artist Mechavirus, artist Alex Wald, Me, and long time Japanese toy collector Mark K.
Wow, @orangecatsandkaiju showing off the almost completed Negora tattoo ! Most impressive !
Well hopefully I have shots of everything in the show … I think I did ;-P Once again, a huge thanks to Rotofugi’s staff, Gallery Dave for another beautiful and flawless set up and show ( and for fixing the frame ! ) , all the participating artists, Yo Miyamoto for his help in Japan. Most importantly the Fans who show up every two years for the show ! If it wasn’t for you guys there would be no Toy Karma … i wish you all the best Toy Karma !!!
Opening this Saturday, October 5th at Rotofugi store and gallery is the 4th installment of Toy Karma ! Held every 2 years, I have to say, I can’t believe it’s been nearly eight years I’ve been curating this Kaiju show. I’ll be there for the opening and look forward to seeing old and new fans of Kaiju toys !
The image above has a few of the customs I’ll have in the show .. but go to this link: http://www.toykarma.rotofugi.com/ for updated info on exclusives and other artwork in the show.
Been busy preparing for many projects and shows the blog has been left alone awhile ;-P So in order for me to get back to more Kaiju work here’s a bunch of stuff for recent events and upcoming ones as well … thanks for every ones support !
Monster Kolor Kaiju Show opens this Saturday September 21, 2013. Group show with Blobpus, Dream Rocket and Sunguts. I painted some micro Negoras and a TriPasu. Plus made some resin Alien Xam heads. All using Monster Kolor paints and products 😉
above and below, clear Tripasu with c-thru Monster Kolor paints.
below, assorted micro Negora customs 😉
Here’s some pics of the process for these Alien Xam heads. I made a sculpt using Ave’s Apoxie sculpt. Using SmoothOn made a silicon mold from the original sculpt. It was a one piece mold so easy to make …
the video shows the cool way the resin solidifies in the mold … !
These are fully painted and finished Alien Xamm heads … I’ll have an assortment in the Monster Kolor show.
Above, a portfolio, tee shirt and post card using the art i did for the Tsuburaya 50th show ( see previous post ). All licensed by Tsuburaya Pro. but for sale in Japan only. Still was cool to see the image used on these products. 😉
and New Kaiju Eyezon is also in the web store now ! Painted and cast in Japan using bright yellow vinyl. The colorway is a tribute to classic Bullmark Japanese toys.
And don’t forget to Vote for your favorite Kaiju character design .. more info here on ToysREvil link and Facebook page !
Sorry for the lack of posts but it’s been non stop here at Max Toys ;-P Also prepping new figures and art for the upcoming Toy Karma show at Rotofugi gallery in Chicago .. opens October 5th !!
Here’s a quick step by step of a painting I did for the UMI ( meaning ocean or sea ) show that opens this Saturday August 17th 2013 at Q Pop gallery in Los Angeles. All the profit will be donated to Ocean Conservancy organization. More info about this organization here: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/
“Queen of the Sea”, acrylics on board about 5×12 inches.
I’ve had to keep this under wraps for a few months now, but now I can reveal this painting ! In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Tsuburaya Productions there will be an on going, multi year show that will travel Japan. The show will have original art, new toy designs based on Tsuburaya characters and more. I was honred to be invited to participate and to be honest would have been crushed if I was not asked (haha). For my part, I decided to paint Ultraman based on several influences. Of course, for those who have followed me thru the years, the major influence on me was the original Ultraman TV show and toys of the 60s. Once I figured out how many vintage toys there were of him .. well my life was consumed with tracking them all down ( my web site with some of my collection is here : www.ultramantoys.com ). The other major influence on me is the artist Jack Kirby and Marvel Comic books. As I thought about these two influences it occurred to me that to my knowledge Kirby never illustrated Ultraman. I’m not even sure if he was aware of the Ultraman shows .. but, I thought, What if Jack Kirby had illustrated Ultraman ??
With that permise I began thinking about doing a tribute painting for the 50th Anniversary show… combining Ultraman and Kirby, with of course myself ;-P
“Marvelous Ultraman” is the title of the painting and the process I took in creating it is below. The original will be on display for this show in Japan so if you are there I hope you go visit it for me 😉
With that I generated this first sketch featuring Ultraman’s foe, Alien Baltan in the background. And I’m trying my best to use a Kirby style but not so much that it doesn’t feel like my own art .. it’s a tough line to follow …
My designs had to be approved by Tsuburaya Productions and Bandai .. but this first draft was rejected and Baltan had to be changed or removed (do to the style I rendered him in )
Not wanting to sacrifice the style, I decided to use another foe, Alien Mefilas instead … and this time I got the approval 😉
I projected the sketch onto hot press illustration board and as my working method is made a full value pencil sketch onto the board.Once the pencil work was completed, I started blocking in the darks in the background .. yes had to use “Kirby Krackle” 😉 I mostly work from back ground to fore ground …
Also I’m trying to keep things sorat flat like an old comic but not too flat ;-P
Adding color to the space back ground … using acrylic paints …
I wanted the Earth to be fully dimensional .. to play off the flatness of some parts of the artSlowly each section is masked off and sprayed with an airbrush and hand painting …adding chrome balls 😉 I’ve been airbrushing chrome balls ( ok no jokes about that ! ) since the late 80s … so I thought it would be a nice touch to add ;-Pworking on Mefilas …this time I’m spraying fairly dark as i will pull out the mid tones and high lights as below …adjusting colors over my pencil work …Time for Ultraman .. this part was a challenge .. again trying to keep the Kirby style but adding some depth to it as well .. and on top of all that some of my own style …after spraying Ultraman, all the masks are removed and I go back in to clean up edges and make any adjustments .. pushing parts forward or knocking them back into the back ground .. and below, there you have it ! I had to complete this painting fairly quickly, in all about 4 days worth, framed it, packed it up and sent it off to Japan.
Ah, but there’s more that I worked on … ;-P I got another few approvals but for now I can not say what it is .. but I’m pretty excited about it all (!!) Hopefully we can reveal these things very soon … so stay tuned. I’ll also post more specific information about the venue, dates etc for this show. I had a blast doing this art and hope you enjoy it too !
Artist Will Long ( @buildbots ) has done it again ! For those not familiar with Wills look you are in for a real treat and for those who know his work, he tops it again !
Feast your eyes on his Kaiju TriPus and Mecha Nekoron customs below …. stunning !
All of these are for sale and if they have not already sold to the max Toy email list they will post to the web store this weekend – http://www.maxtoyco.com/Shop_home.php
Some quick updates with stuff coming up in shows … First up is this one off custom of Kaiju Negora or Devil Cat Negora … my homage for the Go Nagai tribute show at Q Pop gallery. The show opens Saturday, June 1st and from their past shows will no doubt be filled with many wonderful art and toys 😉 Check out their overview on Go Nagai … I learned lots from it ;-D
and coming up at One Up Store in Japan is a show with toy maker Yamomark figures.I was sent 4 different figures to paint up .. I prefer to not mess with the toys appearance by adding extra sculpted details ( just my thing ) so decided on some nice painted details 😉
above, each figure is sprayed black and has silver spray over it .. using an airbrush and paint brush to bring out the details.
above “dry” brushing silver Monster Kolor over the bumps 😉 and jumping way ahead the final figures all sealed with a glossy coat and color change flakes. The flakes are bests een under a halogen type of light or in the Sun….
I sometimes do what I call the “Galaxy” look on these toys… the surface of this one was perfect so i was able to add some planets as well … it’s a pain when there’s rough surface detail. And as you can see each star is hand done … dot, dot, dot … repeat !
Most guys do not show the bottoms of the toys they paint, but I thought I would and to take the time to say each piece I customize has a clear coat over it from top to bottom. One reason is to me it looks sloppy to have the feet not be clear coated. But mostly it’s something i learned from the Japanese model kits I use to build in the 90s. They would put insane details and even sculpt the under side of feet or in some cases sculpt details that would be covered or glued over. I use to think why they would do that, but read that the sculptor felt by not adding these details not only would he know that they were missing but the Spirit of the model would not convey the proper feeling to the model maker and viewer. Whoa. From that point on when i paint a picture or a figure I do my best to not skimp on the process and even if 99.9% of the people looking at the figure won’t see the bottom of the toy .. I know it’s complete and the toy will know too ;-P
Anyways these all will be up for sale soon, so contact One-Up view their web site if you have any interest in them. Ok back to painting, have tons more to do for an upcoming show in Japan, SDCC 2013, Wonderfest Japan … Of those events, I’ll only be attending SDCC this year and it will be my last official appearance so hope to see you all at Rotofugi’s booth. I will keep attending these conventions but as a Fan from this point forward. But fear not I’m not exactly fading away… this will allow me to concentrate on Kaiju shows and other similar types of events.
Oh and don’t forget Toy Karma 4 in Chicago at Rotofugi .. I will be there in person 😉
Once again it’s been so busy I’ve neglected this blog … if you need up to date info on what I’m doing and/or Max Toy info I post to the Max Toy site all the time : www.maxtoyco.com
I usually only run one hose, but bought a manifold to allow 4 airbrushes at once 😉
Once she got the hang of it it was onto one of Todd’s new Ammonaito soft vinyl figures.
Todd got down to business spraying a run of Yuudoku !
I found another clear green with glitter Kaiju Eyezon, so of course worked on that …
Truth be told, really can’t get much done in a group situation, I prefer to work alone. So I didn’t really spray too much .. but got a good start on this one.
Joining us was Jay222, who by now is a Monster Kolor fan.
Courtney is a photographer so she took some time out from painting to snap a few pics as well.
Here’s Todd putting some serious thoughts in his work 😉
… I have no idea why I look like this .. but i guess the fumes are getting to me 😉
Lots of new colors in this box … Monster Kolor “Shot Caller” paint was a favorite of mine … kinda a turquoise metallic color
Jay222 working on a fish !
Nice color choices !
above and below some of Todd’s handy work. We didn’t get a chance to finish but got a good start to some figures.
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