New Grody Shogun pics

Pics I shot the other day at the Fort:

Base vinyl for "squeaky wheel" release

I called this mashup "Pieta."

Luke is nuts about this figure, which is made by a Japanese company. The character is very old and based on a long forgotten property. To get the Monster heads to fit, he had to use a sculpting tool like a shoehorn.

Clear Ugly Unicorns. (Later, I'll have a separate post about Jon's plan for these figures.)

 And a bit of Cherry Vinyl:

More pics:

Seagool head

I shot this pic after Design Festa, as I sat at a restaurant sorting DF pics.

Tara McPherson's George the Vampire proto silicon molds

Here are a couple more behind the scenes in development shots of Tara McPherson's upcoming sofubi figure: George the Vampire. The figure, which was previously made in resin, is being produced by Cherry Vinyl, a joint toy-ad-venture between Lulubell and Pretty in Plastic.

Both halves of the head mold

These are silicon molds for the head and heart pieces. Wax is poured into them, and when it hardens, the wax proto is used to make the final copper molds.

Both head mold pieces + 1 of the heart molds

Here's a shot of the original sculpt from which the above mold was made:

Click here to see more shots of the prototype sculpt.

Cherry Vinyl x Tara McPherson sofubi George prototype sculpt

Cherry Vinyl (a joint project between Lulubell and Pretty in Plastic) is starting to fire on all cylinders. This week at NYCC, they're releasing a new version of Femke's Le Chat sofubi figure as well as resin versions of Nathan Jurevicius's Akis and Tara McPherson's George the Vampire. (Click here for pics of all that.)

Tara's fans will be happy to know that George (which was sculpted by Julie B of Pretty in Plastic) is set to get the sofubi treatment. The prep work is being handled by Luke the Grodmeister in his Koenji Fort.

Here are pics of the final sculpt, used to make the copper molds from which the sofubi figures will be pulled.

I really like the sculpt on this figure. Great job Julie!

Very bold figure design with the leg lean.

Slot for a removable sofubi heart. So cool!

Really nice detail on the hands too, and again a bold design as they're in a cupped, "claws out" posture.