Merry Christmas from GoldMane Entertainment and Argonaut Resins!!

Lovely holiday Tuttz photo courtesy of Sloan and Domina - THANK YOU!

Happy Holidays! I hope Santa hooks everybody up this year...

This Friday December 24, 12 Midnight Est. time - I'm dropping a 15 piece Xmas Tuttz designer resin cat collectible release. Be there - argonautresins.bigcartel.com

I'm going to be dropping some Xmas Tuttz designer resin collectible cats very soon at Argonaut Resins -

There are also some Kings Of Atlantis designer resin collectible skulls still available in the Argonaut Resins online store here and the Cookies-N-Cream online shop here and the Dragatomi online shop here and here.

Coming soon....Kings of Atlantis - Pearl series.

I'm now selling some limited run Tuttz resin cats at Sedona's Boutique in my home town of Hoboken NJ. Sales have been great and I will be restocking them shortly with a few more Pearl white Tuttz made exclusively for their store and I threw in a few of the black and gold Tuttz OG's for them to carry as well.

Phil and his wife Daisy sell some beautiful hand crafted jewelry and bags out of their high end shop Sedona on Washington Ave. in Hoboken. If you're in town try and stop by and I promise you that you won't be disappointed with their products.

I'm teaming up with the awesome Dragatomi toy peeps on the West Coast and dropping some resin goodies at their booth for Designer Con show on Nov. 2oth. The Bronze Edition resin Tuttz cats will be making their debut there (only 6 pieces will be made and will be exclusive only to Dragatomi) along with my new resin series the Kings Of Atlantis resin skulls (and Talisman magnets).

My apologies for the sparse posts as my life has taken on some big changes. More to come.

My 2010 New York Comic Con wrap up is all here!

Hey all - if you noticed the GoldMane Promotions links and blog no longer functioning it's because that division has been shut down. We have some major changes and restructuring in the works for all of GoldMane Entertainment Inc. happening throughout the rest of this year. All sculpture and prototyping projects will now go through our toy and collectibles division Argonaut Resins until further notice.

For all of our Promotional customers we'd like to send out a big Thank You for using our services to help your companies move forward and be seen. All future changes will be posted here on this blog concerning the future of Goldmane Entertainment.

Want to win a this free OG Tuttz resin from our toy division - Argonaut Resins??? Find out how right here!

Welcome to a day in the artist's life post # 1. Today's post is for a Revenant/Ghost zero resin bust order that went out today (yes we have a few left and we still sell them). Dave Flora the writer creator of Ghost Zero needed to fill a order for a sale but sold out of all of his copies (of the bust I sculpted up for him) so I shipped out one from my batch to keep him covered. On to the good stuff!

1 - 2 Shred up some black, gray and white paper to make the ghostly confetti - well the Ghost Zero comics are in black and white after all Makes sense to me. You can order Dave Flora's books online here and here. I love these books and I'm sure you will too.
3 - 6 Cut out printed custom box, fold it and glue it up. My trusty Elmers Glue has never let me down, good stuff.
7 - 8 Add in one handy dandy step by step mini printed booklet of the actual bust in progress - all the way to completion! Extra treats are always good and make the customers happy.
9 - How about that? A certificate of authenticity signed by the writer creator Dave Flora and myself as sculptor/producer right on the back of the box! Dave and I can be quite clever when we want to be...
10 - Pack everything up and fill and layer everything up with some ghostly confetti as filler and it's a wrap.
Thanks for reading!

The Reds are coming sooner than you think! Here's the Tuttz Hellion chase from the wave 1 six piece set -

Find out all about this exclusive release getting ready to drop at ToysRevil here.

The Argonaut Resins toy arm of GoldMane Ent. Inc. has been busy. Wave 2 for the Tuttz resins and wave 3 of the Agents are in the works...***UPDATED!***

Gold Edition Exclusives - Going on sale this Saturday – June 19th, 2010 at 10:00am EST. The Cookies-N-Cream mobile shop will be parked at the corner of Prince street & Broadway street in the Soho section of New York City. Find out more here - http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/

...and here on the Cookies-N-Cream website - http://www.bakedinny.com/

Update # 2 -

Argonaut Resins X ToysRevil......watch for it.

Sam Fout's Bone Ghost Agents releasing tonight at 9PM Est. here in the Argonaut Resins online store (http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/)


...and coming up next week at Argonaut Resins - Bubble Gum Tuttz wave # 2...watch for it.

Guess who's back?


Sam Fout's Bone Ghost Agents in Wave 2 mode that's who! More images, info on pricing and release dates coming soon here on our toy arm blog Argonaut Resins - http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/

My Xmoor Studio's - [http://www.xmoorstudios.com/] publishing biz partner Robert Garrett will be at the ECCBAC - [http://ecbacc.com/wordpress/] this Sat. May 15th in Philly with a bunch of freshly printed comic titles. He'll have Ajala, Galtow trade paperback, Inheritor's #1 and Galtow book #1 full color reprint. We decided to reprint Galtow issue #1 in full color as the black and white issues have all sold out and figured it would a great way to introduce new readers to our ongoing flagship title. To find out more info on all these titles check out our Xmoor Studios blog - [http://xmoorstudios.blogspot.com/] We hope to see some of you there!

SpankyStokes.com and Argonaut Resins (our toy and collectibles division) are pleased to announce that the release of a exclusive "Ash" edition Tuttz is going down today, Wednesday May 12th at Noon PST (West Coast Time) in the SpankyStokes online store here - http://spankystokes.bigcartel.com/ We will be releasing wave 1 featuring 6 limited edition "Ash" Tuttz colorways to the public... 5 of which are different tints of gray, not one being the same and then the exclusive chase figure that is dark gray, almost black, clear tint with gold trim painted by END. These are going to be sold Blind Boxed for $50 each plus shipping, so you have a 1-in-6 shot at that chase. All figures will come in custom packaging with signed Certificates of Authenticity by END.

The toy division (Argonaut Resins - http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/ ) is on the move with some new Tuttz Bubble Gum Edition resin cats with custom hand sewn vinyl bag packaging for sale. I brought in master bag maker Terrence O'Neal of Obed (http://www.obedboardbags.blogspot.com/) to hook up the vinyl bag packaging for these cats.

We're only making 24 cats and bags total for this Edition and you can get the first 12 in wave 1 now online here: http: //argonautresins.bigcartel.com/

I've been invited to the Dragatomi "Not Vinyl Show" in early May. I'll have some designer resin pieces up for sale in this show. My new Tuttz resin cat may make an appearance! For more info check Dragatomi's blog - (http://dragatomi.blogspot.com/) and their website/store - (http://www.dragatomi.com/servlet/StoreFront)

I got interviewed on Neon Monster...
Jeremy Brautman (http://www.jeremyriad.com/) did the honors of hooking this interview up (thanks man!) on the awesome Neon Monster site. It has some never before seen pictures of my first paid sculpt gigs from waaay back in 1996 and a lot of what I've been doing since then. You can check it all out here -

http://blog.neonmonster.com/gallery/meet-your-maker-eric-nocella-diaz/#more-1579

King Tut's cat...

...is coming soon. Stay tuned.

I'll have a table featuring designer resin sculptures from my toy division Argonaut Resins (http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/) here at the Toy Street show sponsored by Cookies-N-Cream (http://www.bakedinny.com/) this Friday from 4-9PM, NYC.

We're finally taking the toy show on the road - look out!!!

DeadKaijuSamurai - my custom SketchBot revealed!

See all the images here (couple of making of shots too) - http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/
This custom is now up for sale in the MyPlasticHeart online store with all the other customs from the show - http://www.myplasticheart.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=MPH&Category_Code=0000SKETCHBOT

SketchBot Custom show tonight!!

I have been invited by the uber talented Steve Talkowski to take part in his custom toy show for his SketchBot vinyl toy at the MyPlasticHeart toy store in NYC opening tonight. I don't normally make many customs these days but this was on a awesome "robot" platform (and I looove me some robots!!!) so I had to break out the paints and take a shot at it. Below is all the show info on Steve's amazing flyer for all the mega talented artists involved, time and place -


Check out Steve's site and get even more and some sneak peeks of the customs that will be in the show here:
http://sketchbot.blogspot.com/
Here is a sneak peek of what my custom SketchBot will look like -

See you at the show!!!

Finally got a chance to download the rest of the Toy Fair project images of the sculpt I was working on in the live demo at the show. This guy is six inches tall and very clunky. Maybe one day I'll finish it, but you can get a overall idea where I was going with the design.

Our GoldMane Entertainment Promotions blog is up and running. Need some custom promos?
http://goldmanepromotions.blogspot.com/

This is the sculpt I was working on for the 2010 Toy Fair live sculpting demo for the Creative Factor (based off a character in my sketchbook). I didn't finish it but you can get an idea of where it was going. I also want to give a big shout out THANK YOU to Brett Klisch for always inviting me down to be a part of his Creative Factor crew.

Toy Fair day 1 was fun. I got to catch up with some old friends, make new ones and saw a ton of amazing products from all the big companies. The snapshot below is some of my work featured in my day 1 set up that included vinyl toys, resin toys, maquettes and a garage kit bust. I'll have a slightly different arrangement and pieces for day 2 and will try and get a shot of the demo sculpt I'll be working on live next.

I will be at Toy Fair (http://www.toyassociation.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Toy_Fair) this year at the Jacob Javitts Center in New York City on Feb. 14th - 16th. I will be doing some type of sculpt demo (how to work in Azbro Toy Wax) at the Creative Factor booth and showing a few designer resins/waxes (depending on room and display space) at this show. My set up hours at the Creative Factor - Booth # 4822 will be as follows -
Sunday Feb. 14th: 11AM - 2PM
Monday Feb 15th: 2PM - 5PM
Tuesday Feb 16th: 11AM - 2PM

If you are at the show feel free to stop by and talk shop! I hope to see some of you there and if you have any questions feel free to email me at - eric(at)goldmane.net

CyberAnt is back!
Remember this guy? (http://www.cybernetikhomicide.com/#) Just got a email from a client I did a prototype sculpt for a few years back that he posted it up on PatchTogether - http://www.patchtogether.com/designs/cyberant-2808.html


I'll post the full color shots of him later (the full color paint was by master painter Rick Cantu of http://dragonstoothminiatures.net/ - or just go check them out on the PatchTogether link above.