Showing posts with label Ralph Niese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ralph Niese. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2016

Circuits and Brains: The Monitor Robot



 The mighty musical mastermind behind Circuits and Brains, Glen Schricker, has created this AV-Robot styled piece, The Monitor Robot!
We got talking this year at D-Con and thought it would be really cool to collaborate on a piece, like he did for Glyos earlier last year!
Well, I didn't have to do much. Glen was inspired, and crafted this tune that conveys the story of James in the comic! Something about those crazy electronic beats just brings out the story. I am amazed. I don't even know how music does that! 

So, take a listen! While you're at it, check out the rest of Circuits and Brains! (Especially this new track. omg.)
 

Monday, August 4, 2014

More Prototype Pics! Comic for Sale Soon!

Thanks all for waiting so long! We have another preview of the comic, which will be on sale soon here on my website. We are very pleased to have a physical copy on hand, and I think those of you who purchase one will be pleased as well. Ralph's art conveyed our ideas fantastically, and I am even seeing little details now that I didn't notice the countless times I've read it before. 
I'll be attempting to keep this comic cheap at $6, and with the amount of work that my local publishers have put into it, I think its a fair price! My reason for putting out these comics in print rather than on the web is so that the artists can receive a fair wage for their work, and so that I can fund the consecutive comics as well! My dream is for this side project to gain momentum and feature new artists who might be less well-known as well as allowing us to create a fully realized universe for these toys to inhabit. 

Now, on to the prototypes!


Those are the hands of True Cast Master himself, Joshua Edwards, as he plays with a prototype. There are some surprises that he added in to the figure that boost the fun factor, but I'll leave those secret for now. I purposely left the Speaker's face blank, so that not only could it be given different tampos of speaker, but be able to have various faces applied! Instant new characters! The final speaker will have a few more details around, so it'll still look good in unpainted plastic, but I wanted the ability to customize and create new personalities easily. Let me know what you think! Does sculpted face detail outweigh the possibility of customization and painted decals?

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Moving Along!

It's been quite a while since an update here- my sincere apologies! I have been busy though.
The comic book is nearly ready to be released. This is a full color 24 page comic drawn and colored by the amazing Ralph Niese! If you don't know him already, check out his deviantart and tumblr. He does some amazing work, and I would recommend checking out his glyos comics as well. The comic was co-written by me and my amazing fantastic awe inspiring on-staff writer, Valerie Grue!
Here's a little preview:
I am also quite close to moving forward into production with the robot figure! Its been a long while, but I think I am finally satisfied with the sculpt and all the little details. Here are a little preview of that too:

I'll be updating this blog more regularly, showing more previews of the figure as well as the comic and when it will be released! You all will be able to buy a hard copy of it in the near future, I hope you're excited for it as much as I am!