Hi all,
I've been trying to figure this out for a while now, with seemingly every new RxH release painted with a rub and some complementary spray, with the emphasis on the rubs, or drybrushing in some cases, if anyone knows who's painting the figures at this point? We'd been hearing for a while how Goto-san had been having eyesight troubles, so is he basically out of the picture now for RxH stuff? Is Mori doing all these paint rubs and dyrbrush jobs, or is there some new painter working for him, and as such, the rubs and limited sprays are all we should expect to see on figures for a good while now (spray masked shorts and Kabuki faces notwithstanding)? The starkness in the new style just really struck me after seeing the Itokin Chaos Beast with all the nice sprays and colors compared to every other SF50 release (besides the rainbow spray) being done up the same way... rub and a spray or drybrushed metallic and colored with sprays.
Thanks for the help!

My understanding is that due to Goto's declining eyesight, Mori began employing more of the rub and masked paint schemes as these are less dependent on precise color control. He still paints Mark's Drazorans, so I would assume he is still actively doing factory paints for other companies as well.

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http://www.skullbrain.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=28806