Add to Résumé: Castle Grayskull!

I've recently had a dream of an opportunity to work with Eric Treadaway of the FourHorsemen Toy Design group, to do the design work on Icon Heroes Castle Grayskull Deluxe Statue!
We all got to see it for the first time, painted up in prototype glory at San Diego Comic Con, at the AFX booth!
When I was approached to work on this, the direction from Icon Heroes and Mattel was to create a look that would be consistent with what's currently being done with Mattel's Masters of the Universe Classics line of collectable action figures. (minus the scale of course)
I knew also at that point that I was to work directly with Eric and Mattel for approvals.

It was an amazing experience to look over the various designs Castle Grayskull has had over the years in a variety of media, from the old mini comics, to the Filmation and MYP Cartoons, and of course, the old toy itself.  Like anything that's been in media for 30 years, it's gone through quite an evolution! We also pulled from early concept art created by Mark Taylor for the Castle as well as the prototype sculpt that he did. 

One of the most exciting things to do was design the "rarely seen" sides of Grayskull, the right side, the back, and the roof. We feel that exploring the whole environment of the Castle's exterior is ideal in a statue format such as this. There's a nod to just about every era in He-Man's history in this statue.
We hope fans enjoy the design overall, a lot of love went into it.  I'm as anxious as the rest of you about finding out when it will be made available and for how much!

I can't wait to display it right along side the other various MotU toys and statues that I own. I'm very grateful to Icon Heroes and Mattel for letting me have this opportunity.  Special thanks of course to Eric Treadaway, working with him on this was like going over to your best friends house and playing with your favorite toys in the sandbox together.  And lastly, thanks to Pixel-Dan for the great shots of the finished prototype!

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Happy 45th Outer Spacemen!

Very happy to show this fun poster I got to do for the Four Horsemen and Mel Birnkrant, creators of the new Outerspaceman figures that you can buy here! While these new figures have only been around for a couple of years... The characters were created by toy mastermind Mel Birnkrant 45 years ago!

This poster is a part of a unique package, featuring re-issues of the first four modern OSM figures, but with colors created by Mel for this special release. They are very striking in photos, and even more so in person! Well worth the "exclusive pricing" if you ask me.

If you look close, you'll find the newest OuterspaceWOman, Terra Firma! :)

Thanks again to Mel and the Four Horsemen for letting me come over and play.

Four Horsemen 2010 poster!

The guys asked me, or did I ask them... anyway we did this poster, of the four properties the Four Horsemen have designed on their own. Symbiotech, Seventh Kingdom, Magma CORPS and Gothitropolis. They had this on display at their booth with AFX at SDCC 2010. All these characters, or most of them anyways, are in either figure form or prototype, soon to be figures. Maybe some of the characters are just teasers of what could be or will be... The Four Horsemen love to surprise! It was a blast to paint, albeit a bit challenging on composition. You can get this poster at www.storehorsemen.com if you'd like it on your wall!

Merry Christmas to all!

May your Christmas season be full of joy, and good times with family.
And if you're traveling, may you be safe, well, and enjoy the travels.
Merry Christmas!

Masters of the Universe Classics... Merman

I love the new Masters of the Universe Classics figure line, sculpted by the Four Horsemen, and available exclusively on Matty Collector.com.
Merman is one of my favorites, and as such I did this piece as an update on his old card art that you can see here. Let me know what you think! Enjoy!

What?

Fast flash lines... Love me them flash lines.

The Allustrious Queen Alexanndraaaaaa!

Now that SDCC is over, and most people have seen the packaging on the Four Horsemen's Queen figure from the 7th Kingdom, I suppose I could post this.

Part three in the 7th Kingdom series! The mighty Human Kingdom Queen and her warriors!
If you want to learn more about the 7th Kingdom and the Four Horsemen toy design group, go to www.fantasticexclusive.com and be sure to check out they're forums!

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(I say that with love, really I do!)