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  1. boon velvet

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    Brent,

    Hey man I hope you are doing well.

    I was talking with a friend who got this doll of yours. He said it was by owl toy but from what I can recall with our brief conversation months ago that it is actually just called owl and not owl toy.

    Is that right?

    I hope to see you create more creatures, this was a huge 1st attempt. Hell it's better than some folks 8th or 9th doll.

    A full rendition of the parasite would be quite neat. Mini version would be so rad.

    Something about it reminds me of Mothman.

    Have you ever heard the American Indian stories of the Moon People? That also fits the mood of your doll.

    Very foreboding yet magnetic.

    Can you please make some Owl T-shirts, I thought you did but can not recall. I bet lots of folks would really dig them. I like the pacing of your dolls as well not too many yet semi regular.

    Anyway keep up the great work and stay true to your personal vision!

    Beast regards.
     
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    I was able to get the DCon Otus (first person to grab one) and the colors are fantastic. I'll take good photos when I get back home to San Francisco tomorrow.
     
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    Grabbed one too, glad to get my first Otus. Such a great toy, and just feels great in hand.
     
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    @toothaction love all the trippy gifs! wish I could make a version that does that. :)
    thanks @drybones69 & @TattooDougHardy !!

    @kichigai thanks for the compliments!
    maybe your post was meant for PM but i'll answer it here anyway.
    Its meant to be just Owl but owltoy is fine...meant as more of a descriptor I guess.
    It is written owl toy on the back of my standard header, but just cause I thought it might be confusing if I didn't.
    Since the toy had an owl in it, people might have thought that was the name of the figure?? :lol: so the back of the standard header has "Owl Toy, Otus" on it.

    I don't really plan on expanding on this character, atleast for now.
    This figure took soo long that I really want to work on something different next. I'm hoping to sculpt this winter.
    I have some ideas that I cant seem to piece together into a complete thing, but I'm hoping it will happen soon.

    I love the stories of mothman, but it wasn't an influence that I'm aware of...
    I try to leave Otus up for interpretation but its not really a parasite.. more of a vision or a spirit or entity.
    Up to you to decide if the experience is horrifying or mesmerizing :razz: how did it happen to him? maybe wandered into the wrong space-cave or something. Maybe picked up a magic stone.. I don't know these things!

    Havent made any shirts but maybe one day. I'm super slow at graphic design stuff so its not that fun for me.
    I prefer hand drawn when I can but then you still have to clean it up and I don't know the quick way..
     
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    Thanks for the insight to your creative processes.

    Great hearing your personal thoughts on it
    and will be looking forward to seeing what follows next.

    As for a T-shirt I would like one of just the OWL logo with the font from the black unpainted header.

    I think that font was used by Budgie for a little while in the 1970's so the avian connection exists.

    Anyway thank for the reply Brent.
     
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    Your story of Otus makes me love the whole thing even more
     
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    Anyone know what happened with the red spray up the front of this one?
    It pretty much otherwise looks like the original release.



    @dannyshredder on instagram posted it w/ no info

    Dan Moyer? doesn't look like he is on the boards.
     
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    Man, it really is and kudos on that killer pic!
     
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    Damn straight, Doug! Those gunmetal boots and gloves are killing me. A beautiful capture of a beautiful capture! Kudos and congrats.
    Looks like a wee spritz of pink directional spray. Might be missing some of the purple accents, too... the SHredder must have been graced with a test-shot!
     
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    Yeah, dannyshredder is @SHred here
     
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    Yea @topher that's a the test paint of the first run. The second Otus i ever painted. Lots of differences that were either experiments or just edited from the run on that one.
    Was given as a gift.
     
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    Say @evom Is there going to be any last minute Santa-colored Otus available? :lol:
     
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    Been having so much fun with this guy!
     
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    When i first saw Otus I was beyond excited, I immediately fell in love with the sculpt as well as the paint work I had seen on it. I loved the Twilight Zone-esque vibes I got from it, and just the overall feel and texture of the character, and wanted to do my best to complete it. Thanks to some good friends, I've achieved that goal, and i just want to say thank you to them, as well as to Brent for producing such a fantastic toy.[​IMG]
     
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    Man that is a great line-up. I have an all black Otus and the D Con one and I keep wanting more haha
     
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    That black painted is the absolute jam of the bunch for me.

    Hey, @evom! I don't remember seein' this bein' asked before, but do any or all of these releases have individual names for their respective paints?
     
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    how did i manage to miss that unpainted black .... :(
     
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    great shot @patrickvaz , very nice lighting.

    thanks for the support @shadow4437 ! It's really cool to see all the releases together like that.

    @xSuicide Squadx , I usually wont try to comeup with names for my colorways
    unless I think of something without trying.
    So far the releases are just: first ver., painted GID, NYCC '16 ver. (painted black),
    'The Tale of Otus' ver.(unpainted black w/ AYAOTD tibute header), and DCON '16 ver.
     
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    All of these pics are so damn great. I have been watching shadow4437 collect and hunt these down with a passion and have actually become pretty enamored with the sculpt. As he was saying the textures on the figure are super enjoyable. I am also a really big fan of the pulp sci-fi story vibe it has. So much storytelling just in the toy itself with out any explanation being needed. It's really a thing of beauty Brent. Kudos.
     
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