I jumped on the Armorvor Standard Liocarrus. For those just joining us, his body has been used for dozens of figures. The lion head is new. I have a resin casting of the prototype head from ages ago, but they made a lot of changes to it - like cleaning up the hair, and adding an eye patch. It's a surprisingly dynamic rendition of a Glyos head, looking a lot like a piece of comic art come to life. I really like it. The body has been the same one for ages, but there's not much reason to change it up at this point. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
Showing posts with label Jason Frailey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jason Frailey. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 12, 2013
New Armorvor Custom Head: Angler
A new Armorvor head sculpt, courtesy of Jason Frailey! The Angler sculpt seen here has a removable antenna and a movable jaw. Click here to see more pictures on Mr. Frailey's blog!
As far as I know it is not for sale at this time nor is it being produced just yet, if at all. It is pretty spectacular, though!
Friday, May 10, 2013
The GodBeast Customs Glyos Grey CyberRhino Head Glyos Accessory
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
New Jason Frailey / The Godbeast Collab: Rhino Armorvor Head
I don't have full details yet, but when has that stopped me before?This awesome Rhino Glyos Armorvor head showed up on the October Toys forums courtesy of Talyn (image to the right). I'm reading it's on display and maybe up for grabs at The Godbeast's table at C2E2 and can be seen on the C2E2 exclusive Infection Armorvor body which debuts this weekend.
UPDATE: Friend of the site (and good personal friend) Shaun Clayton was at C2E2 and confirmed these were on sale for $15 per. He was also kind enough to snag one (image below), so you'll be seeing more pictures of this awesome noggin pretty soon!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
C2E2 Exclusive Infection Armorvor by The Godbeast
If you're in Chicago later this month for C2E2, you're going to want to get this TGB Customs 2013 C2E2 Exclusive Glyos Armorvor Infection action figure. Holy crap, I want one of these. The trading card art is by Nathan Newell, and are limited to 3 per customer. They're a cheap $10 per, so be sure to grab one and/or send your good friend to get one for you. It looks like some hand-cast heads of other creatures will be on hand as well, and as you know we're quite fond of those too.
Gorgeous.
They'll be at Nerd City booth #967. You can read more at the TGB Customs Blog. (You can also buy an extra one for me. Just saying. I'd do it for you. Probably.)
Gorgeous.
They'll be at Nerd City booth #967. You can read more at the TGB Customs Blog. (You can also buy an extra one for me. Just saying. I'd do it for you. Probably.)
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Jason Frailey and TGB Customs' New Gorilla Armorvor Head
Jason Frailey, the sculptor behind the Armorvor and the CyberGator head and other fine pieces, has a new one! The Gorilla can be seen in detail on his own blog, and ordered via the October Toys Forums.It's pretty awesome.
Click here to read about it, and go here to order yours.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Octo Armorvor with Thermal Dust from TGB & Friends
The multi-person collaboration continues! Now with Ultra Thermal Dust, the Octo Armorvor is shown with lots of pictures on a Stealth Mimic body. Check out the breathing gear and tentacles, plus some color-change features, at the TGB Cutoms Blog!
Don't forget that numerous TGB-made heads, including this piece, will be sold at New York Comic Con.
Be sure to stop by booth #3216 to see this and other awesome items!
Don't forget that numerous TGB-made heads, including this piece, will be sold at New York Comic Con.
Be sure to stop by booth #3216 to see this and other awesome items!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Godbeast and Jason Frailey Debut Octopus, Skeksis Armorvor Heads
Continuing the proud tradition of super-cool custom heads for what may well be the hardest figure to acquire in 2012, The Godbeast and Jason Frailey have two new heads to gawk over.
On the left (and below) is the multi-purpose octopus head. It has a few plug holes, so you can give it a beak, mechanical gear, and even tentacles to bring it to life. Preorders are not yet open, but TGB promises these will be on sale in limited quantities at NYCC in a few weeks.
On the right, a Dark Crystal-inspired Skeksis head, also sculpted by Frailey.
TGB teases additional head designs to be revealed shortly, but what? And when? Who the heck knows. Start saving your money, though, because apparently there's a whole mess of cool things to buy in the Glyosverse in October.
On the left (and below) is the multi-purpose octopus head. It has a few plug holes, so you can give it a beak, mechanical gear, and even tentacles to bring it to life. Preorders are not yet open, but TGB promises these will be on sale in limited quantities at NYCC in a few weeks.
On the right, a Dark Crystal-inspired Skeksis head, also sculpted by Frailey.
TGB teases additional head designs to be revealed shortly, but what? And when? Who the heck knows. Start saving your money, though, because apparently there's a whole mess of cool things to buy in the Glyosverse in October.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Review: Onell Design Glyos Venjorun Armorvor Action Figure
This is in my top 5 of the year... no
question about it. It's one of those figures which, had there been no
limit, I'd probably have bought about 15 of them to send people come
Christmas season as I'm fairly sure most of the people I know do not
have one.
If Matt Doughty of Onell Design was a friend (or at least associate) of yours, you may have seen sketches or sculpts for the Venjorun Armorvor over the last couple of years-- he's had it on his phone, he's teased it on his blog, and he even let us preview it late last year. Since it's been at least a couple of years since I first saw it, I'm not only delighted that it finally made it out, but that it did so cheaply. $8.00? For a low-run figure withabout 14 points of articulation, I'm not complaining. It even has an alternate head-- the only thing it doesn't have is, sadly, a weapon. (Oddly, most of the figures from Onell Design come unarmed... or maybe that speaks volumes about our toys, culturally speaking.) Against the current mini-beast figure revival lines, this seems to be the largest at a hair over 2 1/2-inches tall. If Glyos figures like Pheyden were tributes to toys of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Armorvor has to be late 1980s and early 1990s with its sharp lines, several V-like structures in the heads, and of course, the Black Core on its chest.
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If Matt Doughty of Onell Design was a friend (or at least associate) of yours, you may have seen sketches or sculpts for the Venjorun Armorvor over the last couple of years-- he's had it on his phone, he's teased it on his blog, and he even let us preview it late last year. Since it's been at least a couple of years since I first saw it, I'm not only delighted that it finally made it out, but that it did so cheaply. $8.00? For a low-run figure withabout 14 points of articulation, I'm not complaining. It even has an alternate head-- the only thing it doesn't have is, sadly, a weapon. (Oddly, most of the figures from Onell Design come unarmed... or maybe that speaks volumes about our toys, culturally speaking.) Against the current mini-beast figure revival lines, this seems to be the largest at a hair over 2 1/2-inches tall. If Glyos figures like Pheyden were tributes to toys of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Armorvor has to be late 1980s and early 1990s with its sharp lines, several V-like structures in the heads, and of course, the Black Core on its chest.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Armorvor Heads: The Lion
Because there are too many heads I'm going to go ahead and do one last post. There are others, but hey, I wrote these up in advance and need to go to bed soon. The Lion by Jason Frailey went through a process which he, wonderfully, wrote about. Early on the figure had a sort of a page-boy hairstyle, which morphed into the creation you see here.The figure's style seems more in line of a hybrid of old Battle Beasts, modern action figures, and the deep sculpted grooves that are the Onell Design signature. There's also an added chest piece on there, but as far as I can tell you can't get one. Since the figure's head has a helmet, it really does feel like a descendant of those older action figures from the 1980s.
More on the Lion (and how to buy one) here.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Onell Posts Armorvor Concept Art, History
The Glyos Transmissions Web Log posted a hefty story for us all today with Armorvor: History and Concepts. This really cool article shows off a number of Armorvor weapons which haven't been produced (yet at least) as well as detail the inspiration for the figure, who was involved in its birth, and even namechecks two other figures which were postponed to get him out first (Delphi, Noboto.)
...as much as I'm looking forward to a Delphi of my own, I think they made the right choice. But hey, at least we know that a non-Custom Corps Delphi might be in the cards soon, right?
...as much as I'm looking forward to a Delphi of my own, I think they made the right choice. But hey, at least we know that a non-Custom Corps Delphi might be in the cards soon, right?
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Armorvor Heads: Vampire Bat
Stepping away from the house Onell Design concepts and leaping toward classic Battle Beasts, the Vampire Bat design from Jason Frailey is a gritty, mean, and cybernetic monster.As you can see in Jason's own development blog, the character went through all sorts of design phases which sported features like a giant chin and alternate forms for the technological implants before settling on the speaker-like form you see above. This little fellow went through quite a bit before turning into the fairly evil figure head to your right.
Like other heads in the Armorvor family, it is not scheduled for mass production at this time and your main way of getting one is through The Godbeast directly as he does the castings for these things. (See below for one such custom example.) For more on how to get one, get yourself $15 and check out this thread on October Toys. Much like classic Battle Beasts, he has elements inspired from real-world Earthy bats before grafting in the freakish robotic eye.
If you really want to see what you can do with these things-- and I mean you, a talented person who understands how paint works properly, there's a pretty slick custom on the October Toys Glyos Custom thread that I thought was worth sharing. User Talyn took the head and applied some paint, numerous parts from Onell Design Glyos releases, and the wings from the smokey Outer Space Men Mystron action figure to create something I think I'd totally buy if it ever saw mass production. Check it out!
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Video Review: Glyos Venjorun Armorvor
It's a quickie, and a normal review is, as always, on the way but I wanted to get this out there early.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Armorvor Heads: The Cobrillius
After the pretty swell Wyverillian, another multi-collaboration between The Godbeast, Onell Design, and Jason Frailey is the Cobrillius! It's similar to a previously-seen snake design, but with that special house style you only get from Matt Doughty.
The stylized design unmistakably resembles one of the more feared reptiles on the planet Earth, while modifying the design to look like it would fit in the Glyos system and stylzing it so a customizer should be able to do some interesting things with it, were they so inclined.
As always, you can pick up a casting of this head from The Godbeast via his October Toys thread to the tune of $15 a whack.
Also as always, there are no known plans to mass-produce any of these heads in PVC at this time. But hey, who knows what the right bribe or financial incentive can do in the world of small-run toy production, right?
The stylized design unmistakably resembles one of the more feared reptiles on the planet Earth, while modifying the design to look like it would fit in the Glyos system and stylzing it so a customizer should be able to do some interesting things with it, were they so inclined.
As always, you can pick up a casting of this head from The Godbeast via his October Toys thread to the tune of $15 a whack.
Also as always, there are no known plans to mass-produce any of these heads in PVC at this time. But hey, who knows what the right bribe or financial incentive can do in the world of small-run toy production, right?
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Armorvor Cyber-Gator Head Painted, Even Better
A pre-order list for the Cyber-Gator went up on Saturday and filled up fast. At this point, if you want one, check the October Toys forums. The list was capped at 15 but I just noticed it got extended... and my name is on it, which, really, works well for me.
Jason Frailey showed the figure's head last week, and last night The Godbeast posted two different paint jobs showing that the head looks even better when you paint it. Assuming of course you can paint, which, well, some of us can't-- but geez, look at it! If this isn't the best thing you've seen this week, I don't know what is. (But feel free to post in the comments what you think is, because if you've seen something cooler I want to know about it.)
Jason Frailey showed the figure's head last week, and last night The Godbeast posted two different paint jobs showing that the head looks even better when you paint it. Assuming of course you can paint, which, well, some of us can't-- but geez, look at it! If this isn't the best thing you've seen this week, I don't know what is. (But feel free to post in the comments what you think is, because if you've seen something cooler I want to know about it.)
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Armorvor: Meet Jason Frailey's Cyber-Gator Head
You've seen the Armorvor, but did you know there are several existing and upcoming heads produced by the very men who created the Venjorun Armorvor! Let's look at the newest one before looking at all the amazing work being done out there.
This version is the Cyber-Alligator Head, currently a hand-sculpted noggin by Jason Frailey Studio! The figure was listed as having a Masters of the Universe Trap Jaw-inspired head with opening jaws (and you can see the pictures!) as well as a great sculpt. There are no plans for a "mass" release, but he says that The Godbeast will be casting it soon... meaning you'll have a way to get one. Keep watching this space for info on how to sign up to get one to plug in your Glyos figure bodies, which are as always available from Onell Design and the awesome cast Armorvor bodies from The Godbeast on his site. (If you're cheap like me, Onell Design has confirmed more Armorvors will be available in the next drop.)
Jason sculpted the Armorvor figure, which sold out last weekend. More are coming. The Armorvor was designed by Matt Doughty (Onell Design), prototyped by The Godbeast, and lovingly illustrated by Nathan Newell (Dork Dimension.)
We'll be looking at the other heads here soon, but if you can't wait-- and you shouldn't wait-- go check out The Godbeast's site right now for more on what he does, and check out Jason Frailey Studio for his amazing work and bat head!
This version is the Cyber-Alligator Head, currently a hand-sculpted noggin by Jason Frailey Studio! The figure was listed as having a Masters of the Universe Trap Jaw-inspired head with opening jaws (and you can see the pictures!) as well as a great sculpt. There are no plans for a "mass" release, but he says that The Godbeast will be casting it soon... meaning you'll have a way to get one. Keep watching this space for info on how to sign up to get one to plug in your Glyos figure bodies, which are as always available from Onell Design and the awesome cast Armorvor bodies from The Godbeast on his site. (If you're cheap like me, Onell Design has confirmed more Armorvors will be available in the next drop.)
Jason sculpted the Armorvor figure, which sold out last weekend. More are coming. The Armorvor was designed by Matt Doughty (Onell Design), prototyped by The Godbeast, and lovingly illustrated by Nathan Newell (Dork Dimension.)
We'll be looking at the other heads here soon, but if you can't wait-- and you shouldn't wait-- go check out The Godbeast's site right now for more on what he does, and check out Jason Frailey Studio for his amazing work and bat head!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
World Debut: Glyos/Onell/TGB/Jason Frailey Animal Warrior Figure Concept
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