This is my 'Sprouting' Eyezon custom, on GID vinyl. Full write-up on my site:
http://prometheusrising.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/kaiju-eyezon-sprouting-glow-in-the-dark/l

My thinking was that this was right after Eyezon was mutated, so the glow is all of the energy that changed him from a potato to a giant potato monster, but he is still colored like a potato, with earthy colors for the body, and light yellows and greens for the arm and leg 'sprouts', with magenta growth tips characteristic of a real potato. He still glows awesome (GID shots hopefully tonight) as most of the colors are very lightly applied and/or transparent.

Let me know what you all think!

i think it came out pretty well. nice and toasty. i really shouldn't need to say this, but glowing shot please.

Thanks! Rest assured, the glow shot is coming. When I get home from work tonight it will be nice and dark.

OK, glow shots were a success! Here's the best one, with a couple more angles on my site:



It's funny, you can see a couple of paint spots that got away from me, and the scratch I made on one of the eyelids while cleaning up the eye ball borders!

Gee, I think I like this one better than most of the 'official' customs. Painting the eyes with two different colors makes such a difference.

Very imaginative take on the sculpt, and great work.

Wow - great work! Love the paint job, and the glow looks awesome too! Nice subtle glow shades. Well done!!

Ben, you've really outdone yourself on this one! Your airbrush skills are coming along at a frightening pace!

I'm not a HUGE fan of how you did the eyes (something about mascara on a kaiju... ), but it's cool. The body, however, is absolutely fantastic! I love the splotchy look on the body and the red tips on the spikes and fingers. Awesome job, man!

Oh, and of course, nice choice of avatar!

Thanks for the comments!

The eyes actually came out necessity... the masking fluid I put on the eyeballs peeled up a little bit of the eyelid paint, so I had to cover up the roughness. I figured at least if I used the same magenta color they wouldn't stand out too much, but I ended up needing slightly darker lines that I'd anticipated. They might stick out a little bit in the light, but I really like the border effect they give the eyes when glowing!

ben, this looks amazing...i echo the comments already made: as good as, if not better, than most customs i've seen. the stippled/splotchy brown spots on the abdomen are genius. and did Sanjeev say your skills are "coming along"? meaning that you are just beginning? wow! i can't imagine what is coming next!

Thanks Future_Man! Sanjeev did point out something there... I've only had my airbrush for about a month now. I'm not new to putting paint on a model though by any means, but airbrushing and vinyl customs have been a new endeavor for me. I've got some RxH blanks to work on next, and then I'll have to prowl around for more kaiju to paint!

i wonder if instead of black eyeliner if you used a color closer to that on the body

good job though - i really like the application on the body

It's actually the same magenta as I sprayed on the tips of the sprouts and around the eyes, but as a brushed-on paint it obviously turned out much darker than when sprayed.

oh wow it does lay on pretty thick

Great job Ben!

I'd buy it if it was a production piece.

I already have 5 of them and it would look great next to PK's GID.

Ike

Well done!