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.

Our toy arm Argonaut Resins has a new resin figure release tomorrow
Jan. 27th 12 noon Est. in the online toystore (http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/). Sam Fout's Bone Ghost Agent - check out this awesome little movie add created by the grandmaster toy blogger Andy Heng of ToysRevil fame (http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/) hailing from Singapore!!! -


Find out more info about this designer resin release here - http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/

The Keylon Jakes 15 pieces bust sale starts now!!! 15 pieces on sale at $30 each plus shipping in the online store - http://goldmaneentertainment.bigcartel.com/ Three faux bronze versions are available -

...and 12 full color versions are available. See even more images in the earlier post below.

All come with a signed Certificate of Authenticity by writer/ creator - Robert Garrett (http://www.xmoorstudios.com/) and sculptor / producer - Eric Nocella Diaz (http://www.goldmane.net/). Sale ends Feb 28th.

Next week in the GoldMane Ent. online store (http://goldmaneentertainment.bigcartel.com/) I'll have a major sale on some bust sculpts I did for Xmoor Studios (http://www.xmoorstudios.com/) now in the form of pre-paint statues. The factory gave us a case of extra's so - guess what? That's your gain because I'm letting these go for half the normal price we usually sell them for AND to spice things up I threw in some all new faux bronze versions. This big sale will only last until the end of February 2010 - so if you ever wanted a Keylon Jakes Galtow Warrior bust at a great price - now's your chance! There will be 15 pieces on sale and up for grabs - starting Monday Jan. 25th.

Making designer resin custom toys for a charitable cause - find out more about it here - (http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/2010/01/onegatives-custom-destroyers-for.html)


Operation Smile here we come!!! (http://www.operationsmile.org/)

Charlie Meshaw's Space Monkey Al now available here in the PatchTogether store (http://www.patchtogether.com/store/store/view/id/85) and reviewed here with more detailed pictures on PlasticandPlush's toysite:
http://plasticandplush.com/2009/12/review-space-monkey-al.html
If you scroll way down on this blog I've posted pictures of the prototype I sculpted and cast up of the Space Monkey Al figure for Charlie.

Got a new designer resin toy releasing this Friday, Nov 20th @ 12 noon est. with Gold Coin called - Stick Up!!! More info about it on the toy division blog: http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/

What's Halloween with out some Halloween toys??? Our toy arm Argonaut Resins (http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/) has released a few gems yesterday in the online store (http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/).

This is why the Yankee fans hate Pedro Martinez. How could he do that to our beloved childhood TV icon??? What!?

Don't teach your wife Photoshop and watch too much Yankee's baseball - lesson learned...ehhh...okay back to work. Happy Halloween everybody!!!

GALTOW - Book 2 Director's Cut - coming to iTunes !!! I'll post the link where it can be purchased and downloaded very soon. New text added in this never before seen FULL COLOR remix for iTunes...Books 3 and 4 will also follow in this new format.

Want to win a free designer clear tint resin toy from our Argonaut Resins toy division? Enter here at the ToysRevil blogspot to win:
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2009/10/tre-contest-win-volcanic-destroyer.html

The Volcanic DESTROYER from artist O_Negative is up for grabs and it's sculpted and painted up by me. Go for it!

GALTOW is now on iTunes!!! Book 1 Directors Cut from Xmoor Studios is now available.

I just got this press release from Rob G. -

"We are smiling as we make the leap to digital seeing as how the market and Diamond have made it harder for an independent publisher to survive in this industry, we knew that the download applications would be the only way to keep our goals viable. It’s with a sigh of relief and a accumulation of several months but we are now moving forward.
So here’s the link to GALTOW Book 1 Director’s Cut:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=331975802&mt=8


For those of you who have our black and white original first book we offer you a full color version along with new dialogue and some rearrangement of sequences... it reads slightly different and may reveal a few things to those who have read the original book. To those who have never read GALTOW… welcome aboard and enjoy the adventures of our heroes Jiya, Keylon and Wu as they navigate a gladiatorial world where only the strongest will survive. We hope you like our comic and look forward to GALTOW Director’s Cut Book 2."
Welcome to the Age of GALTOW!

New DIY (do it yourself) Lord Mesa Kalua Moola designer resins in the Argonaut Resins (http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/) toy store (http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/) today 12 noon est. time.

Argonaut Resins (GoldMane's toy division) now on Twitter!!! (http://twitter.com/ArgonautResins) Lord Mesa's Kalua Moola designer resin toy gets wallpapered for it.

Argonaut Resins (the GoldMane Ent. toy division) has moved!!! I've been busy moving and setting up at our new location. We'll have a few designer resin toys from a couple of hot artists debuting at the San Diego Comic Con this year so keep an eye on the Argonaut Resins blog for all toy related goodies.

Also got another update on the Promo division - knocked out a new project for Holy Name out in Brooklyn NY...

Seems like Marisa's Pizza in Hoboken was a happy camper with the first round of staff tshirts we made for them so they went and ordered another batch with a few extra colors. Marisa's is located at 100 Hudson Street Hoboken NJ - 201 710 5094. The chicken roll they make there is delicious!


Got some news on the GoldMane toy division Argonaut Resins - is moving to a new location. Hopefully I'll get to post more updates about that as I settle in. More soon...

GoldMane's Promotional division went another round with The World's Best Bowlers Corp. and knocked out a couple of banners (a 4 footer by 10 footer and a 2 footer by 4 footer) for their second big (Father's Day Classic) bowling tournament this past weekend. Go WBB!!!

Dookie-Poo in his own commercial...awesome!!!


(* Thanks to Andy Heng on ToysRevil (http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/) for hipping me to this*)
Great job Manny Galan and crew!
Almost forgot to add this - here's a shot of the Dookie-Poo prototype wax sculpt I did for Manny Galan...

Carnival Cartoons is releasing Pierce and Nathan in... BLUE!!! This time around They teamed up with Monkeyhouse Toys (www.monkeyhousetoys.com) to bring you a very limited edition of 50 blue Pierce/Nathan vinyl toys. Pierce sports a monkey on his chest & Nathan is rockin' a monkey on his back and each set will come complete w/ a signed miniprint.

More projects coming in from the GoldMane Ent. promotional division for Marisa's Pizzeria. We knocked out some sweet staff shirts for them...If you're in town stop by for some delicious pizza, pasta and subs. Marisa's is located at 100 Hudson Street Hoboken NJ - 201 710 5094.

Plasticandplush reviews the green variant Pierce and Dogboy vinyl toys from Carnival Cartoons here:
http://www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/2009/05/review-pierce-and-dogboy-pp-exclusive.html#more
Image borrowed from the Plasticand plush website - http://www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/ There are only 50 of these available and you can order them directly from their site.