Modern Horror figs [Archive]

knewby

09-21-2005, 09:08 PM

We all agree that the Modern Horror figures have been tons of fun, but it seems like all we get are Jason and Freddy figures. I love my Jasons but who here would like to see maybe a Leatherface from TCM part 2 and from "Leatherface" (aka TCM3)? Has Sideshow hinted at all about any possible new figures for this year or next yet?

BDboystoys

09-22-2005, 12:15 AM

I REALLY hope so. Ive said it befor on another thread but I REALLY hope we get abit more variety. Although i love the Freddy and Jasons, its abit of an overkill now and although theyre quality pieces I'd MUCH prefer some different ones.
like... Carrie(bloody and all)Kathy Bates in Misery, Norman Bates, Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween?(go great with michael), Nancy!(from Elm St or New Nightmare, mab in pj's outfit) and I want ALOT more but I'm in a hurry! Bi!!

Sideshow Dooley

09-22-2005, 11:51 AM

I'd like to see more variety too! I've wrapped up a few things I know Modern Horror Fans will dig. But you'll have to sit tight and wait. They're not due for a little while.
I'd love to sculpt a Jamie Lee Curtis or Dr. Loomis though. I have a list of stuff that will probably never see the light of day. But I'm hopeful. Tall Man, American Werewolf in London, The Tarman from Return of the Living Dead!
Oh man he would be cool! Brains!!!! There's tons of stuff and I think as long as there are collectors out there we'll make it!

Dooley :horror

Oh and GWAR!!!! How cool would GWAR figures be! :D

knewby

09-22-2005, 12:48 PM

Thanks for the update....I know a ton of us would kill to have a Tall Man figure....I can't even imagine how cool a Tar-Man from Return of the Living Dead would be....................On a positive note Mr. Dooley, keep up the amazing work you are doing. You ought to sculpt up some protos on your own and drop them on the boss' desk :rolleyes:

TheObsoleteMan

09-22-2005, 01:02 PM

Sign me up for Norman Bates and Dr. Loomis figures.

screamingmetal

09-22-2005, 01:24 PM

I agree, I'm really getting tired of Jason and too a lesser extent Freddy only because I own just two Freddies.
Thin Man, American Werewolf figures, Zombies, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dr. Loomis would all be welcome in my collection, I'd buy em' all. And I'd buy a minimum of two each of some Hellraiser figures!

Oh and GWAR!!!! How cool would GWAR figures be!

LOL. I had thought of that back when we had the Music figures topic, but I didn't want to bring it up thinking others would think I was nuts. :rock I'd love to see them but I don't think they would sell very well. Marilyn Manson would sell better in comparison, and that's not much now a days.

Seaward

09-22-2005, 01:34 PM

The Tall Man!! Yes!! Please please make Angus Scrimm! When I first saw phantasm as a kid I tried to turn a tennis ball into one of the flying spheres! As much as I love Freddy and Jason, I think most of the movies have been covered at this point. I really hope that Sideshow can make Romero zombies, as I think I remember reading that New Line picked up the merchandising rights to some of the Romero zombie movies, and now the Sideshow heading for the Modern Horror prominently displays the New Line banner. I think the Dead figure was great, and even my four year old nephew immediately spotted him and said "hey, that guy is a zombie!" He has clearly spent too much time with me!

oxbeard

09-22-2005, 01:57 PM

I'd love to sculpt a Jamie Lee Curtis or Dr. Loomis though.

I would love to see those character's realized. Halloween is on the top of my list. I love them much better than Friday 13th or Nightmare.

Tall Man, American Werewolf in London, The Tarman from Return of the Living Dead!
Oh man he would be cool! Brains!!!!

American Werewolf in London would truly rock as well.

BDboystoys

09-22-2005, 05:25 PM

OMG American Werewolf in London!!!! OMG FLYBOY!!!! :D A Dawn of the Dead series(original) would be SOOOO cool! mayb you can incorporate that into the Dead line! Assuming there is one!
ok I want(no order)
Jamie Lee Curtis from Halloween
Loomis
Flyboy(as zombie!)
American werewolf in London
Carrie(in prom dress)
Kathy Bates in Misery
Sadako from Ringu(that would be sweet)
Nancy Thompson

ahh yes, can ANY of these be done? Now that the modern horror is "New Line Horror" not all of them are new line movies... i REALLY hope some of these can be done, and im sure they would sell REALLY well.

Seaward

09-22-2005, 06:34 PM

American Werewolf in London shouldn't be too hard, considering that Sideshow already has an established relationship with Universal. I think that a rotting corpse apparition Griffin Dunne would be awesome, let alone David! Nancy Thompson would be really cool too, and Sideshow could even pimp an exclusive version of Heather Langenkamp from New Nightmare and she could come with Dylan as an accessory! I probably have way too much time to think about these things! I really do hope that any number of zombie figures from Sideshow shuffle onto my shelves before too long!

stickman

09-22-2005, 07:08 PM

I want a Pumkin Head Figure

denger4000

09-22-2005, 07:53 PM

I would like......

TallMan
Willard (new version)
Basket Case, Dwayne with basket and Bilal.
Chucky
Killer Klowns from outter space
The Crow
Dead/Alive stuff
Toxic Avenger
The Leprechaun

Sideshow Dooley

09-23-2005, 03:26 PM

A Pumpkinhead would be awsome. Hmmm...maybe I feel a personal prototype coming on. :naughty
Ya, in all my spare time but who knows. I always liked "The Howling"
Were Wolves too. They were done really well. I don't think we'd pull them off 1/6th but maybe 1/4. Who knows...if I don't come up with something, I'm sure The Show will! Back to work, there's monsters to be made!
Later-
Dooley

drbrad1975

09-23-2005, 04:18 PM

I would also love to see Dr. Loomis and Laurie Strode. I want the Michael Myers figure but he just doesn't look "right" to me. However, I have yet to see one in person. I have thought about the whole eBay route, but I haven't taken the plunge yet. However, if you guys make a Dr. Loomis and Laurie, I would definitely pick up Michael.

Brad

knewby

09-23-2005, 04:24 PM

The Myers figure had a mask that didn't quite resemble the "Kirk" mask we all know and love from the first 2 movies. I'd love to see Dooley sculpt a definitive "Kirk" version!....how 'bout it?

BDboystoys

09-23-2005, 05:07 PM

i actually customized my version with just a pencil and it looks just like him now. i'll try to get a pic up but heres my reference pic, although i dont think thats what he looked like in the 4th movie, thats definately the mask from the first:

http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10134000/10134905.jpg

Ironman1188

09-23-2005, 05:36 PM

A Tall man would rock. As would some additional Michael Myers, afterall, his mask varied from film to film. And how about a Candyman??

Promising Galahad

09-24-2005, 01:19 AM

I'm not much of a modern horror fan, although, after two years of debating, I finally purchased a Freddy Krueger figure. Two now, actually, as I ordered the New Nightmare exclusive from Sideshow just for the phone accessory to accompany my original Nightmare Freddy. Anyway, that said, I've seen a quite a few modern horror films and would really, really like to have a Darkman figure (although "Darkman" isn't necessarily a horror film), Pinhead from "Hellraiser II" (I thought HII was very well done until the cliche final scare ending). Dr. Loomis is tops on my list as well. Another character I'd like to see from a film with horror elements, although not really a horror film, is the Robot Gunslinger from Westworld (Yul Brynner). Unfortunately, I otherwise disliked many of the modern horror films I've seen, don't remember them, or don't really care to have figures from the films that I thought were good ("Pumpkinhead", "House", "Dawn of the Dead" [original version], "Candyman").

By the way, there's a Darkman bust soon to be released by SOTA that looks quite good and might be in scale to use the head sculpts for a custom (although the unmasked head appears to have a painted-on eyebrow in the prototype pic).

Poelzig

09-24-2005, 06:14 AM

I'm not much of a fan of the modern horror figures.I can't understand how a visually dull character like Pamela Vorhees gets made but the iconic Maleva has yet to see the light of the full moon.The multiple Jason's and Freddy's seem a bit needless,time to move on to another subject.

occulum

09-24-2005, 07:04 AM

Poelzig

09-24-2005, 07:22 AM

dreamin of a Sideshow Circus Freaks line. Similar to what McFarlane recently did, but with more of a classic line-up & tailoring
Bearded Lady
Siamese Twins
Elephant Man (currently attempting my own)
Tom Thumb
Lionfaced Man
Schlitzie (pinhead)
etc. (http://freaks.monstrous.com/famous_freaks_gallery.htm)

Candyman
Zombie from from the boat at the beginning of Fulci's Zombi
Demon from Jacob's Ladder with violent head shaking action :joy
Any and all things Hellraiser
HOw about the little Time Bandits guys

Good idea with circus freaks,though the idea harks back more to vintage horror than modern. Horror might be an unkind word though to describe them.Some of Sideshow's first work in the garage kit industry happened to be carnival atractions,elaborate kits of the grotesque.I would love to see their "Lionel the wolf-boy" realized as a 12'' figure.This is the direction I'd like to see more of from Sideshow,more creativity rather than jumping on the mass media stuff that everyone else is doing too.

denger4000

09-24-2005, 09:42 AM

Make an Elephant man! that would rock!

Also how can I forget about Hellraiser's Pinhead? that would also rock.

screamingmetal

09-24-2005, 05:01 PM

I just thought of another one, The Exorcist! I'd buy a possessed Regan and a Max von Sydow priest!
I don't know if I'd be interested in actual Sideshow Freaks, that might be a little too politically incorrect.

BDboystoys

09-24-2005, 05:43 PM

thats what i was thinking. I would love the elephant man but I actually dont know if i could bare to have him!

oxbeard

09-24-2005, 05:47 PM

I don't know if I'd be interested in actual Sideshow Freaks, that might be a little too politically incorrect.

Okay, must be getting late for me, I had to reread that 3 or 4 times.

I just couldn't figure out what would be politically incorrect about a 1/6 scale Darklord Dave, or Viking, or FrankenFan or Creecher, ........ :D

Yeah, I know.. What could I have been thinking :horror

screamingmetal

09-24-2005, 06:08 PM

Okay, must be getting late for me, I had to reread that 3 or 4 times.

I just couldn't figure out what would be politically incorrect about a 1/6 scale Darklord Dave, or Viking, or FrankenFan or Creecher, ........ :D

Yeah, I know.. What could I have been thinking :horror
LOL yeah it's late for me too. I was referring to actual people like Joseph Merrick or real freak show performers like Tom Thumb.

Darklord Dave

09-24-2005, 07:27 PM

McF is making real freaks. And if you stay away from the mentally and physically "differently abled" there's nothing really offensive about it. But, for me, not anything really interesting either.

drbrad1975

09-25-2005, 05:38 PM

The Myers figure had a mask that didn't quite resemble the "Kirk" mask we all know and love from the first 2 movies. I'd love to see Dooley sculpt a definitive "Kirk" version!....how 'bout it?

Yeah, I totally agree. It's sad that they didn't go after that Kirk mask look. It was spooky!!! That's one figure I wish they would go back and redo. Does it look any better in person? I just don't want to pony up the cash for something that is going to sit in my closet because I am dissatisfied with.

brad

Buttmunch

09-26-2005, 05:54 AM

No he pretty much looks the same. It looks more like the mask from 4 and 5 rather than 1 or 2. I really hope they redo him and make a Loomis and JLC figures.

occulum

09-26-2005, 08:10 AM

And if you stay away from the mentally and physically "differently abled" there's nothing really offensive about it.

there's always 2 sides to most of the Circus Freaks' stories. Many people thought it was cruel to display them for others shock 'n entertainment, but when people tried to stop it, most of the participants themselves would ask others to leave them alone, since they made decent money that they could in no way shape or form make anywhere else with their "issues". Assuming they weren't treated bad of course. Which Im sure happened alot in them there days.

I just recall Sideshow referring to their premium line as "Museum Quality" pieces and a Classic Circus "Attractions" line seems like something I might would actually see in a museum to celebrate circus' history, not to be demeaning in any way.
I think if Sideshow was worried about stepping on the toes of the narrow-minded, they never wouldve made a Nopoleon B.

The potentials I see in a circus attractions line are intricate sculpting, lavish outfits and an awesome potential for environments to display them in.

dont mean to hijack the thread :o

on another note. how about a Jack & the twins from the Shining?
or the chick from Audition? has anyone seen this movie? talk about a bad date! truely dismembering!

denger4000

09-26-2005, 08:36 AM

I hate all this politically incorrect stuff, just make me an Elphant man!

occulum

09-26-2005, 09:40 AM

I hate all this politically incorrect stuff, just make me an Elphant man!
I agree, but as long as nobody's being an idiot, thats what the discussion forums are for right?

As far as the Elephant Man being made, I thought the same thing. Then I thought, "I'll just make my own" (cause I dont think one will ever actually be produced)
So I went out, bought some Super Sculpey and after light research have jumped into my first sculpt ever.
This sucker is far from the end. It's actually a lot further along than these pics indicate. Much texturing & refining to be done. My next task is to learn how much detail I can work on after its baked other than just smoothing it out.
I also dont plan on making a full fig. Just his head, chest (from about the ribcage up) and his right arm, kinda like a Bust-Plus. And much of him is not accurate. Many parts I looked at and thought "that doesnt look right, but I like it", then I realized, its mine, so do whatever you want.
I referenced pics from the movie From Hell. Clear photos/illustrations of the actual J.Merrick are hard to come by, and many conflict each other (maybe cause there from different stages of his deformity), so I made the decision to use the From Hell images mainly.
Ive learned a lot already. Like if your sculpey is too soft you crush what you just did on the back while working on the front! and no matter how many times I wash my hands & working area my sculpey still gets dirty :banghead
Statueforum has been a very nice/insipiring resource though.
any input would be great, but be nice, Im still wet behind the ears when it comes to this.
http://www.lazyeyestudios.com/Misc/EleMan1.jpg

denger4000

09-26-2005, 09:58 AM

wow that looks awesome, good work my friend.

JSA

09-26-2005, 10:15 AM

I hate all this politically incorrect stuff, just make me an Elphant man!

Presto! You're an Elephant Man! :D

JS

Zoomaround

09-26-2005, 11:21 AM

:mwaha
JS, you crack me up!

Occulum, good job on the Merrick bust. I'm looking forward to the end result.

screamingmetal

09-26-2005, 02:18 PM

Your Merrick sculpt looks great.
Some tips I can give you:
-Don't sculpt in flesh colored Sculpey, it's too translucent. mix a little black Sculpey III with some white in order to get gray sculpey III, it's easier to see what you're doing that way.
Sculpey III is basically the same as Super Sculpey.
-Sculpt a base structure and cure it or ball up some aluminum foil to act as a under structure before you start on the head sculpt. it should give a firmer foundation for the rest of the head. You don't want it to interfere with the way the outer sculpt will look like so don't over do it.
-use ball Barings or 6mm airsoft BBs as eyeballs. It's difficult to sculpt eyes and this method helps. I've used Ball Barings but they glare light into your eyes while you sculpt so I'd go with the airsoft white bbs.
-While sculpting, occasionally close one eye to take your depth perception away, it'll help you see the sculpt a bit better.
Also don't worry too much about the back of the head, it's always possible to resculpt that area in the end, the more important part is the face.

occulum

09-26-2005, 03:29 PM

thanks a million for the tips metal.
I did use foil for the center, but i think the sculpey may still be too think in some areas that may cause issues getting it baked all the way thru.

I also recall reading to shape & bake the eyes beforehand. Unfortunately it was AFTER I did the eyes already. So i told myself I was gonna do them over... I sat there for quite awhile with knife in hand, and I just couldnt cut my eyes out ..... but its not too late! I still think the eyelids are too thick to be realistic.
I've started on the torso, but am not very far into it. I'll post some progress pics, but Im not rushing this. I want to make sure its something enjoyable to me and not something I feel I have to do.

thanks again for the kind comments/tips

FrankenFan

09-26-2005, 04:32 PM

-While sculpting, occasionally close one eye to take your depth perception away, it'll help you see the sculpt a bit better.
A very auspicious beginning to your sculpting career, Occulum!

Here's another old tip, this time from an old graphic "artist."

But first, this disclaimer:

Go to your kitchen, grab your salt sellar, and extract a grain or two.

I'll wait.

Ready?

Hold your work in front of a mirror. Seeing it reversed often brings a fresh perspective to the piece and exposes its weaknesses.

I'm not a sculptor (see disclaimer, above) so, I don't know how well this tip will translate between the 2nd and 3rd dimensions but, it might be worth a shot.

Please keep us apprised of your progress!

http://www.kurtgoldzung.com/MB/mmmy.jpg

BDboystoys

09-26-2005, 05:47 PM

http://www.lazyeyestudios.com/Misc/EleMan1.jpg[/QUOTE]

im just wondering why that picture of the elephant man is in colour? Am i thinking of another elephant man? I thought the movie was in black and white, no im sure of it. is the one your talking about a remake or something? Im confused...

Sideshow Dooley

09-26-2005, 08:43 PM

:horror IT'S NOT A TUMOR!
That looks great Occulum. ScreamingMetal is is right about the sculpey. You wanna just tint it a bit. You'll definetly be able to see it better. On the next sculpt anyway. Then work on the form of the face, Just keep refining it and then play around with some light detail.
A really cool sculptor I worked with at Jim Henson's Creature Shop who taught me alot said "it's better to have great form under crappy detail than great detail over a crappy form!"
I think what you have done for a first sculpt is really good. Just have fun. You'll figure out that sculpey quick.
Later-
Dooley

Masao

09-27-2005, 12:41 AM

[QUOTE=occulum]dreamin of a Sideshow Circus Freaks line. Similar to what McFarlane recently did, but with more of a classic line-up & tailoring
Bearded Lady
Siamese Twins
Elephant Man (currently attempting my own)
Tom Thumb
Lionfaced Man
Schlitzie (pinhead)
etc. (http://freaks.monstrous.com/famous_freaks_gallery.htm)

Kind of like what Barker Bros./Sideshow did long ago?

Just one thing: Make sure Schlitzie is short and a female body this time. ;)

occulum

09-27-2005, 06:49 AM

:horror IT'S NOT A TUMOR!
Just have fun. You'll figure out that sculpey quick.
Later-
Dooley

awesome! nice to get comments from the man himself. was ogling Premium Jason sculpt just yesterday. One of the best Ive seen yet.

im just wondering why that picture of the elephant man is in colour?
check out the movie From Hell (the adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name). Mr Merrick makes an appearance.

Kind of like what Barker Bros./Sideshow did long ago?
thats the 2nd time Ive read/heard something like that. I have no idea. Please clue me in with more info/links. Id love to know more.

thanks again for all the kind/helpful comments. I'll keep you posted on the progress.

don_of_the_dead

09-27-2005, 10:06 AM

I needs me a Captian Spaulding Sideshow.
And Bub
And Dr. Tongue
And Pinhead
And Tall Man
And the Creeper
And Choptop
And a TCM Part 2 Leatherface
And a Killer Klown
Well, lets make it anything you don't see below thats in a horror film
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/DonOfTheDead3/Toy%20Room%20New%20Location/actionshots006.jpg