Armorvors have officially launched!

Well, the big news is that the Armorvor has officially dropped and already sold out over at Matt's site.  I'm sure more will be available soon.  You can get parts from Marty 'Godbeast' Hansen, namely heads, to add to the figures here.  All in all it's very exciting to see so much story and care put into this character as he becomes part of the Glyos mythology!

I've got a bit of a fun idea...

I think I will tease you with a very early progress picture of my new head for the Armorvor.  You can guess what it is going to be in the comments section.  First to guess correctly wins a smug sense of self satisfaction! I'll be back here very soon to show you the more advanced sculpt images!  Thanks to everyone who is buying the heads at the above link! 

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I will be at San Diego Comicon

Hey guys, I'm having some weird problems with my computer, so I have to make this post from my phone. My computer has some kind of bug or virus that won't let me get on to any web page, except October Toys' page for some reason. Not a big deal, but I can't seem to upload images using this phone. I may need to just buy a new computer. I do have a new armorvor head I'm finishing up that I'd like to show you. Anyway, I will try to be at the NECA booth around 12:00 noon every day in case anyone who reads this stuff is there. And if you're going to the Comicon let me know in the comments section!

Developement of the bat head

I started by pinching a quick 3 pointed shape at angles that I like and rolled out snakes to hint at details.

 

At this point I was considering a demonic, pointing chin based on exaggerating a cleft in the vampire bats actual lower lip anatomy

the ear went through several variations once I decided to make it bionic.  Obviously the central microphone, but also the surrounding armor changed, abandoning the joint lines that came out from the center in a spider-web style for lines that fit the flow of the ear better, specifically a zig-zag line from the angry eyebrow up to the top of the ear. 

as for the central microphone, I eventually made it bubble out to have more depth. I also gave his eye tech, which was a pressed in hole, a more outward 'lens' by rolling up a little clay, pressing it on and fine tuning it.  Makes for a much better effect catching light and can be an easily painted part.  He still has the Darkness from 'Legend' chin, which Marty I think rightly steered me away from.


The bottom two pics are the final sculpt before molding. The eye lens should look great in clear plastic.