Update - March 1210
Manbat
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I did this a few months back but wasn't able to show it off until now. It's the second piece I did in the DC Direct Batman Black & White series of statues. I'm really excited about it. it's based on my father's design and character. He's the creator of Manbat, so when DC contacted us about doing another statue, he asked if we could do Manbat. I'm hoping that they'll do a lot more with us. My wish list would be: Ras Al Ghul, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, and Deadman. |
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Scorned |
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I'm really glad that I can finally show this one off, and offer it for sale in my store. I was asked by a friend to do a zombie bride for production. It sounded like a lot of fun to me, so I started making sketches right away. At first, the sketches were pretty basic. Neat ways of doing rotted women and cool poses. All the normal process. But, if you know me or my work, you'll know it can't be that simple. I want a concept, a story, and a reason for this to be a sculpture and not just a drawing or painting. The design that satisfied me was like the statue you see to the right. You see from behind, a lovely bride standing in a graveyard. Perhaps she dressed up in her wedding dress to visit a dead fiancee's grave? Whatever the reason, she is remarkable, and you need to step closer to see more of her. Walking closer you see her perfect profile, she is gorgeous, and you need to step even closer. As you step up to her, about to speak, the moonlight shines on the right side of her face, and you see she is a horrible rotting corpse. But your realization is a second too late, you gotten too close, and the zombie is upon you. Looking at the sculpture from behind, you see only a lovely bride, but when you turn the sculpture, you see the zombie she really is. Now that is a great reason for this to be a sculpture. Check out my store. I have these available as unpainted kits, and as painted statue |
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Batman
Black & White Statue in COLOR!! This was done just for fun. We've had so many N.A. fans tell us they'd love to see a color statue of his Batman. Not easy to do, but our friend Dan Jorgensen managed to take apart a statue, get the black and white paint off and repaint the statue in full color.We love it! Thanks Dan! Click the images below to see them bigger. |
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Earrings!!! |
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Kitbuilder's
Monsterous Weekend |
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We just got back from the Kitbuilder's Monsterous Weekend Convention. We had a great time at the show and met lots of great people. It was the first time Spyda Creations had a table at a kit show and we can't wait to be at the next one. The show is leading to a lot of great possibilities in the near future. |
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New Kit for sale in our store. I thought it would be fun to continue doing zombies at the same scale, now and then, for those who'd like to collect or build cool dioramas. Of course, each alone is cool too, but a shelf full of these would be a lot of fun. The first was "You've been Spotted." Now we have "Spoil'd Rotten." My first female zombie kit. Get yours in our store. |
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Red Hot
Battle in the Lava Pit
I just finished this one. It's in the molding process now. It started as a sketch among many in my sketch book and I have been meaning to get to it for some time. I decided to do it now because I wanted to try a technique in smoothing the clay I work with. I also wanted to do a piece involving real muscle anatomy on a female without it becoming so defined that it becomes masculine. The temptation in doing female figures is to make a it a bit cartoony like most pin up artists might, but in this case, I wanted it to look like a famale body builder who hasn't taken body building over the top, but instead looks athletic anough to fight a eadly creature like this one. The sculpting process of this one will be featured as a 2 part article in Kitbuilders Magazine.
YOU"VE BEEN SPOTTED
Available now on this site. The new Zombie
Resin Kit, "They've Spotted You" by Spyda. This kit is done
in 1/10 scale and comes in 6 parts. The concept behind the piece was
to capture the moment you'd feel if you were to be walking through a
graveyard at night and you turn and see something moving. Just then
the Zombies you're looking at spot you.Just before you run for your
life or freeze in fear, this is what you see.
Get it in our Store.
Sinbad
I just got the photos of the Sinbad statue I sculpted for Reel Art Studios. I was knocked out by Dan Jorgensen's paint job. I have to say, working with Michael from Reel Arts is turning out to be a real pleasure. My favorite client to date. Michael has been willing to allow me to lend my own touch to the designs and composition. For Sinbad, he gave me a general idea of what he's like to see in the design and let me run from there. This, as some may know, is very different from the way we sculptors usually work. For the most part we are given a drawing and expected to follow that. I feel fortunate that a client has found trust in my sense of design and composition as well as my sculpting.
Pictures from Wonderfest
Wonderfest 2006 was awesome. If you missed it, you missed
a lot of great stuff, but I took pictures for you. Click
Here.
| The biggest news this year is the NEW Going Ape BRONZE statue. Never before has there been a Neal Adams bronze statue before. Not even a prepainted statue. And there has never been a bronze statue available by Jason Spyda Adams. We got the first one back right before Christmas and we were all blown away. It's been the center of attraction every day at Neal Adams' art studio in NYC. It's a limited edition of 200 at most. Fewer may be made depending on how the molds hold up. |  |
The Going Ape Bronze Statues are available now in our store here on Spydacreations.com and on nealadams.com.
Molding and Casting
As some of you know, I don't do my own molds and casts
due to allergic reactions to the chemicals. I was working with a great
guy, Dan Lane, who did fantastic work. Unfortunately, Dan wont be doing
molds and casts anymore so I needed to find a new guy. After endless
looking and phone calls, I met Ed Holt of Monkey Works. Ed is an awesome
guy who loves the hobby and takes into account that people in the resin
kit business need low prices in order to ever see a profit. He took
the time to learn what our needs are in this business and soon we struck
a deal and he molded and cast Going Ape for me. He's done a fantastic
job. I've had as many compliments on the castings as I have on the sculpting.
I am giving him props here on the site in order to spread the wealth
to other sculptors who wish to have resin kits made of their work or
if you need castings for the toy business. Take into account that this
guy gets paid bigger money when he works for bigger companies but is
still willing to work with us. I hope to bring him a quantity of work
that'll make up for the discounted prices that he gives us. Contact
holthill@aol.com