I totally dig the blue...!!!

great job...!!!

those metallics are great!

well i might as well join in the fun.
i always wanted a white one w black bones so thats what i made. i was planning on doing another having something to do with glow in the dark paint but i didnt end up ordering another skullman by mistake so...
anyway the back got screwed up, it was supposed to be be li9ke drops that splattered, i was far too hasty and went ahead with what i knew was a bad idea and it bled all over the place, i touched up the front to remove some of the blood that dripped in and ruined the effect of the B&W

well i like it! im impressed at how all of you are doin on these - hope to see more!

soo...how many other people joined the contest? The rest of us...umm...airbrush challenged...would like to see other pieces

hey, airbrushes are overrated

and scary

Looking good Glad to see someone else tackle those bones, what a pain
Makes me appreciate hand painted toys

thanks!

+1!!!!

what did you use to paint him if you dont mind me asking?

I think he used paint to paint it. Just guessing though.

I airbrushed him with a Pearl Blue Metallic, and hand painted the bones with a metallic red and a very small brush. The red on blue looks sorta copperish, and I thought about going over it with a 2nd coat of red (to get more of the metallic look) but decided not to press my luck and possibly screw it up.

nah not scary. i personally prefer using a traditional brush. i know that's not the way of kaiju but oh well.

and tinman i think the single coat of red works. kudos to all that have posted pics. i'll be interested to see the rest of the entries

Airbrushes are tools just like brush's which I also use on all my customs. YOU have to use what you have to, to get your vision out.

i don't want to seem like i'm bagging on arbrushes. i have an iwata that i've owned for nearly 15 years now and i use it regularly. i just prefer standard brushes. the airbrush seems a step removed from painting. it's the sme reason i never liked printmaking. it's too procedural.

i think a lot of people are under the impression though that you can only do toys if you have an airbrush, and that's simply not the case

The bones that you guys painted are pretty clean. Did you guys use brushes or paint pens? I could never be that steady.
I know tinman used a brush...

look at that sneek peek.



i used brand new sharpies. i used fine point on the wavy parts, but mostly i used a nice pointy sharpie. i had alchohol on hand for oops's which doesnt work great, but takes the real dark color out. even acitone didnt do the trick, i guess sharpie ink penetrates the vinyl. the acitone actually made a worse mess then if i hadnt used it.

ha i also just noticed you became a member on my birthday, what a thoughtful gesture haha

nothing to see there.....nothing to see.....


Sharpies actually work okay on vinyl. It does sink into the vinyl but the drying time seems to take forever. You can take advantage of the long drying time and use it to blend colors together...but now I've just given away a little secret so I'll just hush up The main problem with Sharpies, as you noticed, is that it is almost impossible to remove any kind of mistake. Even painting over it might not work...I'm not sure if V-color will be able to hide mistakes with Sharpies since I've never used V-color. Again, if used well, you could make something really interesting knowing what Sharpies do to vinyl...although I've never really been able to come up with anything interesting.

Only the best of us are August born . I was impatient and decided to register 2 days before my birthday.

Yes we are

Here is gatchabert's entry. looks awesome

Oh damn....that's not suppose to be up yet!!!

looks like he's the cold weather version....

i like it, nice job bert!

wow! hat skull is Bugging me out!!! (in a good way!) love it! very imaginitive!!!