herbiehancock

still trying to figure out this mobile blogger thing. Happy holidays from Mr. Pinwheel! And me too I guess...

Or maybe it should be called Arts and Crafts Time Zag. All it is missing is potpourri and popsicle sticks. My second entry for the Super7 Contest. It is a rainbowed clear v-color hodge podge... red around the clear center belly, radiating out... blue and purple on his back A little white on teeth and eye to make them stand out a bit. Silk flowers stuffed inside! And of course the strategically placed daisies in the belly and face behind the eye. The first shot is of the figure before I painted it but had the flowers in already.

This is my first entry for the Super7 Zag Contest. The DC character Bizarro was the inspiration, although all along the plan wasn't to have it look just like Bizarro. It's more like the negative image of a black and white Zag I guess. I used a white paint pen to outline all the cracks on the figure... that step took quite awhile. It gave sort of a cool, 3D helix look to the figure with the clear vinyl. I was going to use clear smoke paint, but my bottle was all dried up from Kaiju-Taro :( so instead I used light coats of black inside the figure along the back, hips, shoulders, and head... so the outside stays nice and shiny and the black behind the white really makes the white cracks pop. I left the belly clear also At first I had left the teeth unpainted, but on good advice, I painted them white.Unfortunately my brush skills suck. Oh well.

I will be entering this contest. I have 2 clear, blank Zags on the way! Gargamel x Super7 x You Zag Contest! The Zags are here and shipping today. They should start arriving at your homes next week. We need to get these out today so we do not have time to make special arrangements to ship these items. Here is what you need to know: • All Entries will need to be received at Super7 by Wednesday June 4th. • Include your contact info with you custom Zag so we know where to return it. • All entries will be displayed at the Super7 store from Sat 7th until the 28th. • Enter as many times as you wish. • There is a $10 entry fee per figure. This entry fee will be applied to return shipping cost. There winning entry will be made into a real production run by Super7 and Gargamel!!!

Bwana Spoons is an artist from Portland, Oregon. His paintings (which can be viewed at his own grasshut corp ) have a style that is very recognizeable as his own. They are very organic and illustrative. I'm not sure when it happened, but Bwana moved into the world of toy production as well with figures like Steven the Bat and Edward the Gator I assume from his paintings, and then kaiju pieces produced with the help of Gargamel. Bwana has what appears to be a fantastic working relationship with Gargamel as he has released a whole series of figures with his unique coloring style including this figure, the Papastroyer, the Killer whales, Bakobas, the pet of Papa and Eriagun, and all the minis that correspond. I think there is a little story behind the series of Gargamel Hedoran colorways, which was a real drawing point for me. Each figure (except for the mini Pupstroyer) came with a print of an accompanying Bwana painting of the figure. The paintings themselves create characters out o...

Another commission piece from Paul Kaiju www.paulkaiju.com The palette: The inspiration: The finished product! (photo snagged from PaulKaiju) Cool as ice! I picked up this Gargamel Hedoran on eBay awhile ago for much cheaper than I have seen it anywhere else... I believe it was overflow stock from kaiju-taro that makes its way to the bay on occasion. I never really cared for it all that much, honestly. It was my first Gargamel figure, and I was excited to get it at a great price, but I guess the yellow never really did it for me. I was sending Paul the Tepeto to change into a Dada clone, so I sent this along for the ride with the photo of the Bumble the abominable snowman from the old stop-animation Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer cartoon.  I got this paint scheme back and I think it turned out great! There is nice fading between colors on the belly especially, and I like his pink mouth. Glad to see the trademark Gargamel shiny eyes stayed also. It is a little hard t...