The finished full color Papa Legba image I submitted to John Jennings - "The Hole" pinup book. My buddy Grimbro drop some wicked colors on my lines really brought the image to life. I told him to run free on it and surprise me - and he sure did! Thank you Grimmy!!!
See more of Grimbro's awesome works here:
http://grimbro.deviantart.com/ and here: http://www.grimbro.com/

The Revenant/Ghost Zero is back in a new color scheme and with spooky blue light up eyes! See more photos of this "one of a kind" here on Dave Flora's Ghost Zero blog: http://ghost0zero.com/2008/03/25/ghost-zero-bust-mod/
Paints and lights by super uber Rick Cantu:
http://www.dragonstoothminiatures.com/

Look who's here!!! Dookie-Poo!!!


Manny Galan's funny little guy is now in vinyl. I did the prototype sculpt a few years ago and it's just great to see the little guy on the loose. You'll be able to get him at the Big NYC con in April plus a few surprises are also in store for this guy. The exclusive with more images was dropped here on Andy Heng's super uber blog Toysrevil (great job Andy!!!): http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2008/03/dookie-poo-made-vinyl-by-chaotic.html
I have a feeling this guy is gonna go quick....could a Tofu be close behind??? I hope so...
More Pooism can be enjoyed here:
http://dookie-poo.com/
and here:
http://dookiepoo.blogspot.com/
Shout out to Erick Scarecrow of ESC Toy on the overseas project management on this bad boy!
Great job guys - never thought I'd say this but Dookie looks good...pun pun...

Comics2film round 3!!!
Dave Flora's Ghost Zero (http://ghost0zero.com/) has made it into the elevator on the Comics2film (http://www.comics2film.com/index.php) website!!!
See the pitch here:
http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=31992&c=22

Comics2film round 2!!!

Another property I've done a sculpt for (Mikhail - scroll down for images of the figure and packaging) has been featured on Comics2film (http://www.comics2film.com/index.php) - Dion Floyd's Immortal Kiss for Graphic Illusion Studios.
The pitch:
http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=31673&c=22

Congrats go out to Dion Floyd for his elevator ride!!!

Comics2film!!!
Xmoor Studio's (my little indie pubilishing shindig with Robert Garrett) flagship comic book series Galtow gets featured on Comics2Film - (http://www.comics2film.com/index.php) in the "Elevator" - http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=31672&c=22

More big Xmoor Studios news real soon!

Neptoon Studios is having a DIY (do it yourself) contest with their all white Crush vinyl toy figures. Too bad there isn't a vinyl toy award show...all Crush needs is that little bow-tie...

Crush DIY vinyls are now available! See the Buy Me link here: (http://www.neptoonstudios.com/shopneptoon.html)
to get your very own...and show us what you've got - creatively... ; )

Send pictures of your original painted version of CRUSH to neptoonstudios@gmail.com

The artist with the most creative and best executed CRUSH will be the WINNER of this one of a kind, signed CRUSH OSCAR!!! And will be featured on the Neptoon's blog - (http://neptoonstudios.blogspot.com/) for all to enjoy.

The winner will be announced - May 1st 2008 ~ Good luck!

What if Skrulls infiltrated your world? What if?

Black and white teaser for the 3rd Galtow poster featuring Jiya I did for Xmoor Studios with Jesse Heagy on the colors...color version coming soon. Hopefully we'll have some full color prints of all 3 posters for sale at the big NYC con in April this year.

A little sneak peek of a something I'm working on for John Jennings Hole pin-up book for charity. I'll post all the info and the full image soon.

Another Goldmane Entertainment project off full blast - From the Immortal Kiss comic book series written and created by Dion Floyd and produced by GIstudios comes the Mikhail Vladimir resin statue and base. Mikahail stands at 8 inches and can be purcased either as a full prepaint or in a solid colored resin cast. This will be a very very limited run and more info can be found here on the GIstudios website:
http://www.gistudios.com/
GIstudios webstore:
http://www.gistudios.com/webstore.html



I'll add more full color pictures very soon so stay tuned!

Been drawing more lately. Keeps the sculpting fresh going to 2D art every now and then. Been also trying my hand at computer coloring too.

Neptoon Studios did a interview with a roving reporter for Toybreak in episode #24 featured here on the Toysrevil blog (thanks again Andy - nice work on the Neptoon only edit!):
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2008/02/toy-break-episode-24-neptoon-studios.html

They actually show the fully painted Crush and Harry designer vinyl toy prototypes I did for them together for the first time. Did I hear them say 3 colorways for Harry??? Niiice...Thanks for the mention Todd and Mark...I enjoy working with those megatalented guys...15 years each in animation?! Yowza! I could only muster up 5 max...

On another few notes:
Dookie-Poo is at it again - funniest blog going right now:
http://dookiepoo.blogspot.com/
Rumor has it there's some wicked looking merchandise in the works...hmmmm....

There's also new hot toy forum in town run by a few pals of mine called Vinyl Toy Freaks:
http://vinyltoyfreaks.com/index.php
Matt Beers was gracious enough to give me a artist corner over there where I'll be posting all kinds of cool stuff AND will be starting up a contest where a new vinyl toy that I sculpted up will be given away real soon. Swing by join up and drop some posts - they have a really cool and supportive group there - and they love toys...

Crush loot!!! Finally got a batch of Crush designer vinyl toys from Neptoon Studios...thank you Todd and Mark!!! Another project I truly enjoyed working on.If you'd like to get your hands on one of these bad boys go here -
http://www.neptoonstudios.com/shopneptoon.html
They have some DIY's too...

The Revenant bust I produced for Dave Flora's Tales of the Revenant/Ghost Zero has been reviewed in this month's Amazing Figure Modeller #40. Dave was kind enough to put this little promo together and send it to me since I can't seem to find the AFM mag on sale near me. See more of Dave's awesome Ghost Zero goodness here:
http://ghost0zero.com/
The unpainted grey resin garage kit version of this bust is still available ($65 plus S&H) and we'll be offering a limited run of fully painted verions (below) of the bust with the release of Dave new printed comic book series.

Some quick turnaround art of Lord Wu Reymos for Xmoor Studios Galtow property.

Some shots of the resin castings for Neptoon Studio's Harry Weinerski vinyl toy proto. See the making of journey here:
http://www.vinylabuse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2909&sid=afcc481b2d60798c22136b3be764b5b2
along with the behind the scenes on the Crush sculpt I did for Neptoon last year:

Color pics up next! I brought in the talented paintmaster Andrew Scribner (painted the Crush toy prototype too) to sling the paint on this bad boy.

Harriet Carney of Carnival Cartoons takes fourth place for best sculpting in PlasticandPlush's 2007 Toy Awards!!! http://www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/2007_toy_awards/index.html
Buzz Carney got third place for sculpting in their 2006 Toy Awards:
http://www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/2006_toy_awards/index.html
Just want to say congrats to Jared Deal and Garnet Syberg Olsen (two awesome artists and designers - you guys are on a roll!!!). Thanks also goes out to Plasticandplush for including the Carney toys in their awards and to Erick Scarecrow for overseas project management. That's all you get because my writers are on strike too...no red carpet coverage either...sorry.

Plastic&Plush's Designer Toy Fix Episode 3 features a chat with Erick Scarecrow of ESC-Toy (with an update on the Still Depressed sculpt...) Thanks for the props E!!! The Still Depressed sculpt was quite a challenging project for me to say the least (when you see it in the flesh you'll see why). I had a great time working with Scarecrow on this project - the kid is a wicked designer with some cool stuff lined up for this year.
Picture borrowage from ToysRevil's blog (best blog on the planet right now):
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/
Got the damn links working right finally.....

I use several painters for all my projects. Every now and then I'll send an older piece out and see what the painters can come up with. Warming up some stuff for 2008...it's going to be a interesting year and I hope I can get most of what's planned off the ground....

My Harry Weinerski sculpt for Neptoon Studios is finally finished. Resins and full color (just been approved!) images next. This designer vinyl toy series is shaping up to be very interesting. Character design work by the uber talented Todd Kaufman -
http://neptoonstudios.blogspot.com/

Couple of web banners for Xmoor Studios...

Welcome to the Official GoldMane Entertainment News blog!!!
Starting today I will be using this blog page for all news updates and info for my company GoldMane Entertainment (and Xmoor Studios!).

The NEWS button on my Goldmane website will send everyone here starting asap - this is a much faster way for me to add information since I have so many things planned for 2008 and want to post up sneak peeks of works in progress, tutorials, 2D artworks, shows I'll be attending and all my Xmoor Studios (indie comic book publishing company that publishes Galtow) endeavours as well. There will hopefully be some big changes and happenings for GoldMane in 2008 (and Xmoor Studios too!)

Just want to say thanks to all my friends, clients, associates and family for their unwavering support in 2007. It was a interesting year for me as I got to break out and do some of the things
I always wanted to do artistically for a very long time now.
On that, I'll close with my favorite phrase:

"Passion...will build you bridges from nowhere - to somewhere..."
END

The Crush vinyl toy is finally here!!!
...aaand....he has a friend (Harry) in progress on the Neptoon Studios blog:
http://neptoonstudios.blogspot.com/

Lord Wu Reymos poster tease for the Galtow comic book series...coming soon.

My second art jam over at DWdeathwish's page on Deviantart. I did the Yellow Jacket (blue arrow). I have one more jam I did based on SpiderMan's villian's that I'll post soon as it goes up. Art jams are fun when you have time for them.

Almost done...

Want win a FREE Harriet Carney vinyl toy made by Carnival Cartoons (and sculpted by me)? Plasticandplush is having a contest and is giving one away here:

http://www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/2007/11/contest-win-a-h.html#comments

www.plasticandplush.com

I'm off to vacation! See ya in a week...

I'm dying to see how Marvel Comics concludes World War Hulk in issue #5. John Romita Jr. is doing some awesome work in that series...got my money on the Hulk...

Fanart for my friend and fellow indie publisher Stacey Robinson ( creator/artist of Abraham the Young Lion comic book series). Check him out on Devart:
http://blackstar-shabach.deviantart.com/

Hehe...

Some single panel fan art for my buddy Jan Michael Franklin awesome comic book series Deadly Artisans. Check him out at www.epsalonpress.com
He's got 3 issues out and a fourth in the works.

Another Surfer...who will be next on the sketch list???

The sketching continues...Silver Surfer...

Hmmm....what's this all about??? Check out Andy's Toysrevil blog:
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/search/label/dookiepoo
...and the Dookie Poo site:
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/search/label/dookiepoo
...and hilarious blog:
http://dookiepoo.blogspot.com/


I finally took part in a art jam over at Deviant art (months ago...) trying to get back to drawing more often lately. I did the tiny Atom drawing on the bottom right. Just want to say thanks to DWDeathWish for the invite to jam with him and his crew...now to shake the rust off...

My Darkseid bust painted up by the uber talented Rick Cantu. Wait till you see what we got comin up next...

The first wave of Tales of the Haunted - Revenant busts are here and ready to ship!!! Each bust comes in all grey resin (some assembly required) with a signed Certificate of Authenticity signed by artist creator Dave Flora and myself as sculptor and each will have a mini step by step sculpt booklet showing the bust being sculpted in various stages to finish. Check the info
on the bottom image on how to order one.

Off to the painter!

Photoshop paint over of a wax bust sculpt.

Harriet and her son Buzz Carney made their debut at the San Diego Comic Con at the DKE Toys booth. For more info on these toys check out www.carnivalcartoons.com and Jared Deal's blog:
http://jareddeal.blogspot.com/ (if you check the archives you can find some step by step shots of the Harriet sculpt in progress that I sent to Jared while I was sculpting her up).

Picture from coverage at www.palsticandplush.com

The Revenant in color!!!
Doug McCord is the first to take a shot at painting up a Revenant bust - and as you can see from the results he was not fooling around (great job Doug!!!)...this is the first of many different color schemes to come for this bust. Since it's a "paint it yourself" garage kit who knows what will show up down the road.


More full color images can be seen here:
http://hauntedrevenant.blogspot.com/

The webcomic it's based on can be read here:
http://www.drunkduck.com/Tales_of_the_Revenant/

Dave Flora's Comicspace site:
http://www.comicspace.com/dave_flora/

The Revenant bust kit is now available for pre-order. For more info hit Dave (daveflora1968@yahoo.com) or myself (eric@goldmane.net) up via email. The Revenant bust kit retails for $65 (plus S&H) and will be very limited.

My next project from GoldMane Entertainment is:





“The Revenant!!!” - A resin kit sculpted by myself and produced by GoldMane Entertainment (www.goldmane.net). The sculpt is based off of a ghostly occult detective created by artist Dave Flora and featured in the noir webcomic “Tales of the Revenant”, currently hosted on DrunkDuck
(http://www.drunkduck.com/Tales_of_the_Revenant/?p=132906])....This beautiful, 6 1/2 inch tall 3-piece kit cast in a light grey resin includes great box art with a certificate of authenticity signed by both Dave Flora and myself (and a step by step booklet showing how the sculpt was made). It‘s priced at $65, and can be primed and painted or, since the webcomic is in a moody black and white, it can be enjoyed right out of the box!

If you are interested in purchasing one of these garage kits, feel free to email either Eric or David at - eric@goldmane.net or - daveflora1968@yahoo.com

Dave Flora's blog:
http://hauntedrevenant.blogspot.com/
Dave Flora's Comicspace:
http://www.comicspace.com/dave_flora/
Devart page:
http://roguehill.deviantart.com/

This is the second garage kit I have ever produced and the followup to the Xmoor Studios Keylon Jakes Galtow Warrior prepainted bust (still on sale in the online store at www.xmoorstudios.com...)

The Buzz Carney vinyl toy makes his television debut on the hot TV show - Miami Ink!!! The episode titled..."Staff,Staff,Staff" will air again on July 3rd @ 8pm!!! Luk Mah - wheeze orn TEE VEE!!!


You can see more images here on Jared Deal's blog:
http://jareddeal.blogspot.com/
Harriet!!! Come out and pla - ay!!!

My Shiitake DIY Parade plush custom entry:



Erick Scarecrow's show was a big success at the Toyqube store out in Flushing Queens NYC earlier this month...To see the other awesome mushroom plushtoy customs go here on Scarecrows blog:
http://erickscarecrow.blogspot.com/
...and here at the Toyqube store where they all went up for sale:
http://www.toyqube.com/index.php?cPath=21_97
...and more coverage here on the Toysrevil blog (where I swiped the above pic - thanks Andy!!!):
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2007/06/shiitakes-parade-event-and-custom.html

Big thanks to Erick Scarecrow for inviting me to take part in his awesome show.

June is the month for contests and FREE stuff!!! Want to win some MoneyGrip vinyl toys??? Designed by Kano and sculpted up by yours truly...



All the details on how to win right here:
http://arthammer.deviantart.com/

Enter to win a free uber rare (only 5 made!) all grey maquette variant of the Keylon Jakes Galtow Warrior bust sponsored by Action Figure Times!!!! Go here for AFT:
www.aftimes.com

...and here for the rules and more info to enter and win (not much to do but enter and submit online - that's it!) Good luck...:
http://www.aftimes.com/cgi-bin/newspub/search.cgi?mpos=begin&category=1&keyword=galtowcontest123&submit.x=10&submit.y=5

It's so on next weekend!!!
I don't do a lot of customs (especially plush, actually never plush, LOL) - so when Erick Scarecrow of ESC Toy asked me to do a custom on his new line of DIY mushroom toys for his show - I said why not...Customizing plush is not easy I'll tell ya that! Took forever to come up with a idea and get everything together to pull it off....and yeah I'm late with it too (sorry E! hehe...) But I will have a customized piece in the show (don't screw me up Mr. Post Office!!!). This show is shaping up to be a blast from the lineup on the flyer and all the late additions...Oh - all the white DIY's SOLD OUT!
Better watch this Scarecrow kid - no sleeping here...nope.

ESC Green Liberty vinyl toy - sold out!
ESC Pink Liberty vinyl toy - sold out!
ESC White DIY plush shiitake mushroom's - sold out!

Kid's no joke...

Stay tuned for my free MoneyGrip vinyl toy (by Kano) free give away contest - that's next...