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[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Very rough prototype but she has to be 3' tall at least.

Probably be what, $3k retail? 

I'm not sure, the next big one they are doing is Ghidorah, currently standing at 76.5cm / 30in tall to the top of the head with a wing span of 156cm / 61in. The height of the wings is 120cm / 47in.



some people guessed it would be over 2k and the sculptor said no it would be closer to Furious Blue which was just around 1k.  no idea how they will pull it off but its pretty cool

[Loon]

A couple of weeks ago I saw a video covering Spiral Studios' gorgeous burning Godzilla statue and something in me just snapped. Even if KOTM as a whole is a bit iffy, I love that scene and decided I wanted to replicate it.

I got this really horribly painted MMS bootleg off AliExpress for about $3 shipped and removed all the paint using thinner.

The entire thing was molded in red and that worked great for me because I wanted to stuff it will LEDs to recreates the nuclear glow between his scales.

I think the final paint job, while far from professional and a bit blobby in some spots, turned out decent. It also come out a lot cheaper than having to buy any of the older burning Godzilla figures from a few years ago.





I initially wanted to add flaming Mothra wings like the statue, but have yet to come up with a good way to make those. Maybe I'll update this later and add those, but for now, I'm pretty happy with it.

The LEDs won't show up well under direct light, but they're stunning in the dark.


I made sure to have a lot of lights under the dorsal plates.




I also cut out the eyes and stuffed the head full of LEDs to make his eyes glow and distinguish them more from the rest of the glowing parts.



Here's a look at my sketchy lighting set-up. Since it's still soft vinyl, I was able to stick the fairy lights in almost every major extremity.

[Eocarcharia]

@Loon That looks great! Looks really close to the Neca figure, and even better with the lights! Just a shame the light doesn't really reach his hands; it kinda makes him look like a reverse-Gamera 1999.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

That looks great! I've been tempted to stuff some lights in my more expensive pieces but I just can't bring myself to try it.

[Loon]

@Eocarcharia I did think about the NECA figure a lot when painting it. I think it is the most aesthetically appealing out of all the figures released when the film came out. The hands are basically solid, unfortunately, I'm guessing that has something to do with the way the figure is molded.

@Blade-of-the-Moon Thank you! I can understand why you'd be cautious; I bet LEDs can really damage a model.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

@Eocarcharia I did think about the NECA figure a lot when painting it. I think it is the most aesthetically appealing out of all the figures released when the film came out. The hands are basically solid, unfortunately, I'm guessing that has something to do with the way the figure is molded.

@Blade-of-the-Moon Thank you! I can understand why you'd be cautious; I bet LEDs can really damage a model.

The only way i can see doing the hands is just casting those and molding some new ones? some clear acrylic with red tint maybe.

I've seen a lot of people do them but you have to drill holes and wire so many in it, I'm not sure heat would bother  it being leds but it sounds like a lot of " you need to know what your doing " and I don't lol

[Loon]

@Blade-of-the-Moon Yeah. That sounds like a lot more effort for little improvement, so I'll leave it as is. That's true, I guess maybe warping is a bit much, but I think discoloration might be a more likely issue, maybe?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

@Blade-of-the-Moon Yeah. That sounds like a lot more effort for little improvement, so I'll leave it as is. That's true, I guess maybe warping is a bit much, but I think discoloration might be a more likely issue, maybe?

That's possible though I haven't seen anyone mention it.

Another thought, have you considered adding sound?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

We have another new pic from OBS :



Remember Furious Blue Godzilla there is almost 22" tall.

[Fembrogon]

p.s. - Did anyone else catch Shin Ultraman in the theater?

I forgot to respond to this, but yes, I did see it! I liked it a lot, and I look forward to seeing it again on home video.
In fact, I've been in a bit extra of an Ultra mood since then, so I treated myself to an S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Belial at a small discount:



I own less than a handful of Figuarts, all of them Ultra characters; and it's been long enough since the last time I bought one that they're all in storage now. Belial is very cool, though; he's one of my favorite Ultra being designs and this action figure definitely does him justice.





Good monster Gomora looks like he's out of his league...

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Omega Beast Studio new Shin is up for preorder :





Two versions, translucent red and the solid vinyl version

https://awesomecollector.com/collections/godzilla/products/shin-godzilla-4th-form-closed-mouth-omega-beast-ezhobi-painted-red-version
https://awesomecollector.com/collections/godzilla/products/shin-godzilla-4th-form-closed-mouth-omega-beast-ezhobi-translucent-red-version

[Paleo Flo]

Despite I love "Shin Godzilla" I will stay with my Xplus one.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Despite I love "Shin Godzilla" I will stay with my Xplus one.

The XPLUS is epic no doubt, i have it, but this has the darker look I like. It's also the first time you see him in this form coming ashore. If I get this one it will be my last Shin I ever buy. I just don't have room lol and I would like other GIgantic size kaiju.

[Paleo Flo]

This is my personal one & only SHIN:





Back then in 2018 I travelled to Tokyo and visited the locations of "Shin Godzilla".

Travelzilla on location


The Cape

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

That's awesome!  I doubt I'll ever get to travel that far.

My XPLUS Shin is the new more red Gigantic.

[Paleo Flo]

Thanks a lot. It was an amazing journey.

The Gigantic Shin...wow...what a beast!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Thanks a lot. It was an amazing journey.

The Gigantic Shin...wow...what a beast!

It is that! Keeps one from collecting too many..at least in theory. lol 

Spiral Studio announced this not long after Omega Beast Studios did the same..though it's just a teaser so far on their end.


A new Destroyah figure was also shown recently, it's big as any Gigantic Godzilla but is not Gigantic scaled

[Paleo Flo]

Cool Destoroyah. But I'm not collecting Xplus anymore. I stay with Bandais monster movie series in a random way.

[DragonRider02]

I just scored Battle Damaged Neca Knifehead for around 70$. I am really happy to finally have a figure of something from my favourite movie.

[Fembrogon]

HIYA Exquisite Basic Series 14-inch King Ghidorah (Godzilla: King of the Monsters)



The articulated Godzilla is also back in stock on the website, although it looks like they can't ship to the US:
https://www.hiyatoys.com/collections/monsterverse/products/hiya-exquisite-basic-series-none-scale-7-inch-godzilla-vs-kong-godzilla-action-figure

Hiya Toys now has a full category for the Monsterverse, with individual pages for all four films:
https://www.hiyatoys.com/collections/monsterverse