Hello fellow skullos.

I have the incredible honor of having been offered the chance to work on a small custom run of Bob's Nightgamer figure. I thought that I'd show off the process here.

Here is the beginning. I washed the toys in hot soapy water as the instructions recommended and then quickly proceeded to cutting away some of the parts that I want to change…


Eight Nightgamer To The Slaughter by Daniel Goffin, on Flickr


Cutting up a Nightgamer by Daniel Goffin, on Flickr

More to come soon. Stay tuned.

wow! I love night gamer figure!
I've gid one.
honestly, I do not appreciate that change of the sculpt of this figure, the changes made plaseebo too....
...the original is beautiful
sorry DEDO

Wow, lets see what you can do with these. I've liked some of your stuff so this is promising.

Here are a few more progress shots from the weekend.

1. The incision on the head: I usually do not plan that much when making a unique custom but here it is different. I try to plan ahead and mark the places where incisions need to made so that the whole run is as similar as possible.


2. The opened heads with a vertical brainy-toothy grin: I must admit, I enjoy making these small custom runs. It gives the whole process a different sense of legitimacy.


3. Previz: Temporarily holding everything together gives me sense of where the custom is heading. For me this is much more helpful than trying to imagine everything.


4. Same story here: I thought I'd pick up some of Bob's original Nightgamer story and here is a first test. It looks weird but that's nothing bad, right?


More updates soon. Stay tuned.

that is looking creepy as hell, Bob is one of the coolest
most sincere folks i have ever met & i can't wait to see
the finished version of this.

A little update:

I inserted the brainy teeth here using a cyanoacrylate super glue. I also used a blow dryer to make the vinyl more workable and found out that this is a dangerous combination. Heat + glue does create some ugly fumes.


I am still playing around with this part. I am not sure yet how to integrate the tongue...


The teddy bear suits are not tailored to fit but instead actually teddy bears that I found on a local flea market, degutted and customized.

I'm liking the "surgery" you've performed on these guys so far. Thanks for sharing the WIP Pics.

I kind of wish you kept the full brain with the proboscis growing out of it, but it's too early to say if I think it was a bad move.
Looking forward to more progress shots.

I must admit I've never been a big fan of this part of the toy so I had no inhibitions about cutting apart.

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Well, it feels like just a little progress but judging by the last picture that I've shown a lot has happened. I sculpted some lips around the mouth and also designed the eye sockets. After some experimenting with the brain I decided that I would not be using these parts and instead went for the pieces that I removed from the head in the beginning. The tongue will end up in the middle hole, I suppose?

Daniel you are killin these guys. I love how it looks like a new creature is emerging out of the Night Gamer. A sort of kaiju metamorphosis and they are after all shape shifters.
And it is so cool you are doing the bear suits, I had always wanted to do them myself from day one but was not able to afford the production costs, your solution to mash up some teddy bears for the suits is brilliant.
BC

Thanks a lot, Bob. I am happy to hear that you enjoy these. I just bought some zippers for the suits. I'll post pictures of these as soon as I they're ready.

And here they are. The continued in-progress shots of this little custom run. Soon it will be time to paint these.


As you can see above, I decided that two eyes are not enough and I drilled two extra holes into the mouth area.


Here is a shot with the eye sockets sculpted, the glass marbles in place and the tongue coming out of the mouth hole.


I think I mentioned this already earlier on that I gutted eight teddy bears and turned them into suits for the Nightgamers. The suits have blood red zippers. Each suit is different. Here is a close-up.


And to give you an impression of where all of this is heading here is a shot of one of the Nightgamers testing a teddy bear suit. This particular one has pants and a skirt that I carefully ignored. The zipper features intentionally bad sewing. Makes it more scary, maybe.

And another little update: The suits are all stitched up and ready but not all of them fit as well as this one does.

Next step: paint!

What have you used for the carved parts?

I use "Apoxie Sculpt - White" for the sculpting. It is a two compound sculpting clay that is workable for two hours and is rock hard after 12 hours. All the rest is a process of cutting and recombining parts of the available vinyl pieces.

can I buy it in europe?
send me a shop link please

Sure, you can buy this in Europe. I got my first order from this taxidermy supply in Great Britain: http://stores.ebay.de/JHT-Taxidermy-Sup ... 34.c0.m322

But I also found one in Germany which is cheaper for me since I live in Germany as well. http://shop.modellpferdeversand.de/oxid ... 7.30480172

Depending on where you live in Europe it may be wise (and cheaper) to search and try to find a shop in your country. Shipping tends to become more and more expensive these days.

Dank! i live in Italy

I am now in the process of painting these and I thought I'd share the process here as well.

1. I primed the faces/heads with gesso. Some parts are simply layed in with a brush while the fade is a combination of rubbing and dry brushing.


2. The pink here is a light rub. There is also some pearlescent paint but it's hard to tell in this picture.


3. I added a golden rub in some areas.


4. Here I used a orange brush pen to lay in the paint. The colors of the Pentel brush pens have a wonderfully bright hue, is quite fluid and the application is very even.


5. I added some more orange to the lips and gums

Another little update: I finally got all the equipment ready to finish these little buggers. The eyes in the middle and the tongue are hold in place by a generous amount of hot glue. I couldn't think of anything more gross than slimey hot glue. All that remains now is the final gloss coat and color in a few strategic places.

Another close-up. On top of the hot glue stuff, I covered to mouth area with crystal clear resin (mixed with color shift pigments).

Phew, finally finished! The whole run took me a little longer than I expected but here they are. Glorious, scary Nightgamers in a suit! I hope you enjoy them.









The finished run of the custom Nightgamers. Each comes with a unique customized plush suit. Painted with acrylics and automotive color shift paint. Sparkles in pink, blue and pearl violet. Inside the head is a impact activated multi-color LED that lights up and makes the eyes shine.

Info about pricing and availability will be up soon.

Really nice job and the little outfit really finishes it off !

Thanks for sharing the entire process on this, its nice to see the process that went into all this, very insightful !

WHOA ! Daniel these puppy's are lethal ! GREAT WORK !
A truly original vision and interpretation of the Night Gamer.
Cant wait to see them in hand.

insane!!!! I love em!