First edition: The Island Classic, 25 pieces. Cast soft polyfoam with hard resin accessories. Hand punched blended hair and hemp stitching. Comes with resin display stand (and elastic hanging loop). Approx. 8" standing.









Maneki Nekro, booth #490

Next edition: The Techno Zombie!

love the indiana jones type treatment on the box... so many little details like that make this one killer piece!

thanks sb, much appreciated...!

yeah, i'm a huge fan of the original indy, fu manchu and the other serials indy is based on...orientalism, tiki and 'exotic' culture from the earlier 20th century. also wanted to pay some tribute to the comic book ads of my youth. this is sort of the dream version of the shrunken head you'd save up your pennies (or stamps) for and anxiously mail order...

cheers!

Man that is too damn cool! A definite want of a never will have!
Very cool, and very well executed. Absolutely outstanding!

Wait, this is your creation ??

nice, nice box art...or insert at least. Awesome sculpt...not sure what to call it, are you caling it a toy?

Really nice work man. Looks like ALOT of effort went into it. Its pretty damn creepy.

thanks everyone, wasn't sure what the reception would be here...but you've all made art boy feel warm and fuzzy before the big show.

yes, these are my original babies. yes, they took forever to do. i'm launching a new brand named "Maneki Nekro" based in Oakland. my creative partner is moving out to the bay next month and we're joining forces to create a line of deluxe novelties. there are more conventional resin figures on the way, including a ball-jointed platform toy, a bootleg/tribute, and a mini blindbox series that should debut at Dcon.

There are at least 2 more shrunken heads coming down the pipe, one's being sculpted, the other design is still on paper. also have a handful of customs *nearly* done that were cut for time before Anaheim.

totally up for collabs/commissions/group shows, hit me. (anyone want to pimp me on their blog before the weekend, i'll mow your lawn or something...!)

ok, time to get some laundry done before i load up the nekromobile...

cheers, gang.

Really nice man! Polyfoam? I have never heard of that. Sounds cool. Do you pour it into a mold or do you sculpt it?

sculpted in oil clay, molded in brush-on silicone, and then it's a cast in pigmented urethane foam: http://www.smooth-on.com/Rigid-and-Flexible/c10_1121/index.html

i also powdered the molds with talc so they'd take acrylic paint easily.

unlike latex foam, there's no putting it in a blender or oven, thank g-d...just A+B like regular resin. anyhow, the cured foam makes a nice easy medium for hair-punching. the shrunken heads are only the second foam process i've done, but i really like it. the first one was the mask for this guy:



which was 'trial by fire', i assure you. i ended up needing 3 or 4 big syringes shot into the mold rapid-fire like. mostly because the mold has a core positive in it, and the expanding foam didn't fill the thin areas at all. the finished mask fits the animatronics like a glove, though.

If you start doing full scale fiji mermaids give me a yell. I've always wanted a fiji mermaid but don't have US$60 000 for one from a freak show auction.

Really cool. I can tell you put a lot of love into that shrunken head.

I need one of these love the shrunken heads....

Wow man that sounds like a really intense process. I would love to see how you make them one day. Speaking of I think it would be awesome if all us bay area resin folks got together and talk shop.

Freaking awesome Atom! Love your stuff bro. Bummed I can't go to wondercon. I need to get to your studio next time I'm near oaktown.

$50 off this weekend...jus' sayin' !



i'll post some behind-the-scenes when i get back...



for sure! let's have a BASK resin pusher meetup in May, y'all... my better half will be in town by then, and we should be settled into our new space as well.

cheers!

Sounds great.

Very cool! Awesome job all around!

Super curious to see the coming soon techno zombie. Might be a good friend for my coming soon cyborg zombies.

thanks, maybe we should get together on a paint scheme...!?! looking forward to seeing them.

cheers.