Video Game Monster Madness

Hey, here's a gallery of all of my sculptures that I'd like to share (mostly video game creatures). Click on any thumbnail to go to that figure's individual web page to see more photos/info:

http://www.angelfire.com/ult/ace/figure_index.html

I've found Bogleech's sprite archives useful on several occasions as reference material, and in some cases, like Majyuuou (King of Demons), was how I discovered the game source material even existed (so, thanks!).

This is unexpected!
Your name and gallery have popped up in discussion before, though I forget in which thread it took place.
You have some very neat stuff.
Welcome, welcome to the bog!

This is, as they say, awesome.

Macgyver...take me into your arms and never let go.

Awesome: Bonus-kun. Ever think about doing Fernandeath/Fernandez

Some remembers Shadow Warrior. Baseball wrong....

I also like Hikaru and Akane (Incidentally, I made mecha space ship versions of them in Spore) .

Dear lord, all of these are... beautiful

Your talent is unparalleled in what I have seen in such things, you sir or madame, are a godsend

Wellcome MacGyver and by the way you Chuck d head figure is pure awesome. Most of your stuff is very cool.

Welcome MacGyver! By an amazing coincidence, I discovered your impressive work and posted a thread about it only a few days ago:

http://z3.invisionfree.com/bogleech/index.php?showtopic=1662

In any case, weclome to the Bog! Your work is truly professional, and even inspires me to give paper mache a try!

Oh man, you're that guy! I commented when others posted about you but didn't really scrape the surface of my opinion. You've sculpted stuff that I used to draw obsessively as a kid.

My favorite of yours is the Zeela from Metroid, and I don't know HOW THE HELL I missed your Weed Killer from Swamp Thing, that's totally how he would have to look if they (for whatever bizarre reason) resurrected the old toy line.

Have you ever tried to make something huge? Like, life size?

add me to the chorus of "hey I've seen your work, you're awesome!" I love you stuff man. The shear wealth of characters you've sculpted is impressive not even counting how skilled they are.

Thanks for the great feedback, everybody!

Scythemantis: Well, Weed Killer was a relatively recent addition to my site (made 'em last year), so he probably wasn't too hard to miss. I really think the actual toy should have come with a backpack (maybe with a squirting water action feature).

The largest figures I've ever made were about 17 inches tall. While I could theoretically make a lifesize figure, it'd take a ton of time/materials, and I'd have nowhere to keep it. That's one of the main reasons I make miniatures almost exclusively these days, they take a up a lot less space and paint/glue.

Anyone00: I actually have considered making Fernandez a few times. As he's pretty simplistic, anatomically, it probably wouldn't be too difficult to sculpt. One of these days, perhaps.

ScutigeraColeoptrata: Papier Mache is a pretty accessible, and cheap, art medium, if you ever want to give it a go. If you can wrap a mummy, you can sculpt in papier mache!

How's 'bout it, big boy? ;/

These are all really well made, I can't pick a favorite. How long did it take you to get so good?

Someday I'd love to see your take on something from Abadox, Ghoul School or Monster Party, they're all full of fascinatingly weird stuff

Admiral_Aorta: I've always enjoyed making paper art, even as a child. I used to make 2-dimensional representations of actual toys, as well as packages for them, and run my own 'toy store', selling them to my siblings for pennies, when I was a wee lad (unforunately, I don't have any of those to show--I really wish now that I would have saved a few, for nostalgia sake if nothing else). I was pretty much just into illustration after that and into my teen years/early 20s (even started college as an illustration major, although that didn't last long). I didn't take up paper sculpture seriously again until I was in my early 20s, more or less on a whim, and I've been working on developing my skills in it ever since then (with still a lot of room for improvement). I'd say I've been doing it 'seriously' for about a decade now.

scythemantis: I'm not too familiar with Ghoul School (I think it was the unofficial sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors?), but I agree that Monster Party and Abadox have some interesting creature designs (I always liked that crazy haniwa/cactus at the beginning of Monster Party, even though it's just scenery)--I might make something from one of those two games someday.