Airbrushed/mixed media... Solid/clear colorways... Marbles are new from new mold I believe

^ yea Rich said he had it remolded by Luke (i believe) so he could do marbles.

none of the ones in the flickr set are marbled. some are clear with glitter vinyl base

Thanks for all the info on these ones guys. Now i know a little more about them. But even if they are not marbled they sure did fool me. Thats how damn good they are! XD

Just got this in the mail today.

The marbling is really incredible on this one.

Love the tear drop tat he's got going on

The marbling effects on these are particularly sick because they really play up the sludge-ness.

Yeah and i never would have thought my first entry pieces from MVH would be the very thing that started the ball rolling on the whole MVH craze.

I think what I love about the marbling effect in general is how it makes every single piece in the same run entirely unique. I have a summer sludgie with a TON of red glitter effect and very little glow, but I've seen the exact opposite around here with some people whose sludgies damn near glow from space.

Just out of curiosity for everyone: when you get a marbled piece, are you hoping for more of X or Y color distribution in certain areas or are you fine with whatever?

Before I knew that you could somewhat control the placement of the marbling, I would have said that I'd want even distribution throughout (without it getting muddy), sort of like camouflage. But now I'm all about applying the marbling where it would be most effective. For example, I think some of the gid marbled Zollmen Mazas from a year or two back were most successful at utilizing marbling to highlight and add cool extra functionality to the toy by applying most of the glow to the hands and eyes.

Can you control the marble effect on single pieces like a sludge? I thought it was giant vat of different vinyl so it was basically 100% random.

I guess I'm talking about larger pieces. I have no idea what the process is, but I'm definitely curious!

I think the colors are poured into the mold separately and can be controlled alittle.

It seems to me there was some effort to control the marbling ...

Mine was more glow & less red glitter + baby blue. The main body of the figure was GID ..
Others seem to have red glitter or blue as the main body color = that couldn't be just random chance?

I also seem to remember reading somewhere ( MVH instagram ?) that there were "3" versions (GID , RG + BLUE) , so that does imply some control over the process ...

Yes he said three different versions. I think u can control the order and the amount per pour but then its up
To fate how they mix and settle

I hope we get more marbling for this coming year with the Sludge Demon. I cant get enough of how cool these look. Each piece has there own unique look.

Id also love to see some marbling for some of the larger figures from MVH as well one day.

I want unpainted clear pink vinyl with glitter anything MVH.

I'd like easier-to-acquire blanks. Sure, I'd greatly prefer a paint job by Rich 99.9% of the time, but if the blanks are easier to score I'd have no problem sending them out for customization to a variety of artists. Might cost a bit more in the long run, but totally worth it IMO.

Vinyl pours are typically pored at random, and in a variety. There can be a certain degree of technique to each pour and where it goes, I think. But I'd find it relatively difficult to actually control the pours, though I'm sure it can be done to an extent. Shirahama's 50/50 Jijyo is a pretty good example.

Well no go on the lucky bags. I knew those were going to be camped out pretty hardcore but the sludge demons NEVER fail me! Got a Royal Jelly set!

Ill post what i get once i get them.

Been refreshing regularly since 4 , but really didn't expect anything to happen until after 8pm (don't know why?)...
then BAM ! ... almost fell out of my chair. Very happy with a Sludge set Thanks Rich !

Rich choosing to make the drop time random really made a difference and helped keep the bots from scoring. I was actually able to add a sludge demon to my cart (but my Paypal was screwed up and wouldn't complete the order, oh well).

Congrats to those who scored. F*ck the bots.

Thanks Rich

super surprised that I was not on the phone with a customer and got uber lucky with the demon set....!!!

so happy I looked online when I did.. them wicked lucky bags were long gone.

Thank you Rich....!!!

sludgies here as well, those bags sold out before i could blink!
thanks rich

lots of dx/mixed photos please!

insanely quick sell out on the bags as expected, looking forward to all the pictures!

I know allot of ppl are bummed about the lucky bags that only swear to the larger figures for collecting but the sludge's are seriously some beautiful work.