Still pretty sweet...

He's really into purple eyes.

Lol!
Well, "hopefully" they were spat out blanks just for customizing.
So who is "Saku Bun?"

Zollmen

Are you sure?

He is not Zollmen.

I love this photo!! I'm not really into the MBs but I saw this pic on SakuBun's Instagram awhile back & was amazed at how good the colorways looked. I think they look better than the original paint apps actually.

His customs always look clean & his color choices are always rad. Ruined them? No sir, he improved them..

Man you really need to lay off the acid.....

I doubt he painted over ones you needed...I think you're still mad from the bird shit. Saku_bun is obviously very talented and loves Mad Barons and it's not like he's just painting them up to sell off.

A Japanese collector.

I like his gatchaman set a lot. He has a good eye for colors.

ruined
they look like crap

Ooops, sorry for the misinformation.

Anyway, I'll be in the minority here and say I love these customs because they are fucking rad. Reminds me of Butanohana's style.

His customs are freaking Awesome!

IMO this customs are very cool.
Each one is inspired by other famous robots such as jeeg, etc...
Also, most of them are from the unpainted Punk Drunkers release of the last year so no rare version was touched.

I'm siding with Chris on this one, okay the custom work is nice and all but

1) Mad Barons don't come cheap and
2) Production runs are not very large

So it's a little bit of a kick in the teeth seeing all these customs when people like myself would just love to get our hands on just one of the originals from Zollmen.

I just cant see the appeal of the re burstron myself, the head is great but I think it looks far better on that Draki mashup.
Maybe a body is still in the works but It just doesn't match up to me.

Well that's SB 2013 for you. Flippers run rampant (and even admit it), everyone likes the same 5 hyped toys, and gaudy customs are viewed like the person who painted them invented cold fusion.

My gripe with these is the aesthetic of the Mad Baron is the smooth lines, the fine details, the nuts and bolts. Looks like this artist just haphazardly applied a heavy coat of paint wiping out the details and frankly making them look like those Russian nesting dolls that get smaller and go into each other- Matryoshka.

To each their own I guess...

Find some pics on another website (in this case instagram) put it on the board without asking the permission to the owner so everyone can write everything about it and criticize it.
I don't think it's fair.

Fair? Actually both criticism and praise is going on. That's one of the beauties of this board. People speak their mind.

if someone puts their shit on the internet theyre opening themselves up for criticism.

I think we established a long time ago if you put it out there on the web it's fair game. If you don't want criticism you should definitely NOT post pics. That said I'm not being mean or trying to belittle the artist. I really like what he did with the blank minis painting them up to look like the bigger versions. I'd like to see him do it with one of the glows out there.

I think we can all use a lesson in everyone has an opinion (even if you think that person is an asshole) and not every toy is great and not every custom is reinventing the wheel. If you like it explain why- there's room for discussion. But there WILL be discussion and not generalized cheerleading here.

EDIT:Evom beat me to the punch!

Sorry, I don't mean to start off any war here but I was wondering why not post these in the customs sections, not being official Zollmen releases?

Yeah, I can see how one would think the paint looks heavy handed since there isn't a lot of "airbrushed" or blended paints on them like we're normally used to seeing. But maybe he wanted a flat look to them inspired by robot anime, that was my first impression. Color choices might be a little garish, but once again, and this is just pure speculation on my part, inspired by robot anime. It's hard to tell the quality of paint execution from the pics but I think he did a pretty good job of trying to retain MB details. It looks like he painted individual bolts and even added some paint details specific to characters. One thing to also keep in my mind is, if this person is a collector painting these on his own, he more than likely doesn't have access to the brass paint masks Zollmen uses so that's quite a task by hand. It sounds like I'm defending this person, and...well, I guess I am because he obviously has a passion for these and I simply admire his efforts and the homages he applied to the MB.
Maybe these "color studies" will inspire Zollmen to release a Geag/Jeeg version. That I would love!

Edit; Yes, I'm with Rudebeast, maybe these are more appropriate in customs section.

There most all clear tributes. Grendizer, getter robos, gatchaman, jeeg. Some I cant place thou.

The one next to Jeeg is obviously john waters. The mustache is a dead giveaway.