Friday, May 18, 2012

New Warriors 73 & ROM 16 re-covered. Plus, Rakk the renegade spaceknight custom figurine!

I put these covers together with some of the past fan art I've done. You may have seen the ROM issue on the recovered blog already but that guy was being an asshole about posting the New Warriors one so I'm posting it here instead. And just below we have the latest ROM related custom figurine. You all remember the infamous renegade spaceknight known as Rakk "the breaker"?

"Hello. This is my custom Breaker spaceknight action figure. I tried a few new things with this custom. He was made using an inexpensive base figure from goodwill. I believe it was a power ranger. The lack of articulation in the arms and waist bothered me at first but as this custom is really just for my collection, I used it anyway. All of the armor details including the helmet, are sculpted using magic-sculpt. I then primed the figure in black and dry-brushed a semi-gloss red over it. In the comics this character is really more of a burgundy color throughout, but I thought the bright red with burgundy accents suited him. I also tried outlining some of the armor details in black, just to break up some of that red. I've wanted a collection of Spaceknights ever since I was a child. Breaker's was always one of my favorite Spaceknight armors, so after Starshine I had to try him next. I hope you like the custom. Thank you for viewing! -Chris"

Rakk's first appearance was in ROM Annual #2. If you don't have it or have other wise never read it you can check out this Youtube slide show of that issue. Story by Bill Mantlo with pencils done by Sal Buscema and inks done by Akin & Garvey. This issue was an excellent example of how the melding of great story telling and art work made ROM such a great book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrOmqDEWQGg&feature=related

11 comments:

  1. Hello. This is Chris again,the creator of the Breaker custom action figure. I would like to thank Shlomo for once again featuring my ROM related artwork,and your coverage of Breaker here is excellent. Great information.
    On another note,I really like your cover art man!
    Great job done there. Maybe in the future I'll submit some of my ROM related drawings for your consideration. Thanks again.

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    1. thanks for the comment Chris. just a heads up when it comes to the sort of ROM fan art i like to feature here when it comes to 2-D art (drawings, paintings, digital ect). although i'm always happy to see fans out there paying homage to the ROM legacy i do have preferences about what i like to post here.
      in general, i'm usually not a big fan of satirical type art (unless i'm reading MAD mag.) or what i would otherwise describe as "goof ball" looking stuff of comic book characters. you can blame Steve Dikto for that. i'm also not a big fan of overly abstract versions of ROM either. a lot of that kinda weird stuff showed up in the Bill Mantlo benefit auctions. so it might not be a bad idea to see what i've featured on this blog in past postings to get an idea what i'm talking about.

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    2. Thank you for the heads up Shlomo. I appreciate it,I wouldn't want to waste your time with stuff that won't make the cut. I'll definitely check out the past postings before I send something for consideration. Thanks again!

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  2. As always man you now how to get the info out there gotta appreciate the dedication that's what a real fan is love the cover art!!

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  3. Just a friendly note about this amazing train of original art, custom figures, thoughts on the old comics, long-lost & little-seen publications...I’m enjoying the ride and hope it never ends. Especially that picture where you put ROM between Thor & Iron Man in the Avengers movie. I saw the original photo of that, and the space between those characters was just begging for another person to be standing there. What a great choice ROM would have been, so thank you for making that choice, and it was an awesome art job. Not to mention ROM should have BEEN on the cover of New Warriors #73!!! ---This comment is a Crossover Appearance with two other ROM related blogs---Collect Them All---

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    1. well hello there Mr. Gary Martin Jr. welcome to the Blog for ROM fans who aren't Dicks. a new commentator with plenty to say is a nice way to conclude my evening i'm glad i decided to take one last look over here before hitting the sack 12:25 here on the West Coast. i'm really glad your enjoying everything i've been up to over here i aim to please by posting as much original and rare stuff that i can find or make myself. seeing the same old ROM clip art, info. and fan art over and over again all over the net was the primary reason i started this blog. have you seen the two ROM tribute videos i have on Youtube?

      to Zhaanman, thanks bro always good to hear from you over here.

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    2. Sure I've seen your tribute vids, they're neat, and in my collection of fan art pictures I have a bunch of yours, right alongside Sal Buscema, Brian Garvey, Fred Hembeck and waaaay too many others to name.

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    3. thanks for the words of praise. i was about to direct you to Lee's blog with all the new ROM stuff he's been posting lately but i see you found it already.
      by the way, did you ever see the colorized version i made of ~P~'s ROM verses all his adversaries?
      http://csuhsux.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d490kf5

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    4. I have seen your colored version and I'll raise you a reading order. What I mean to say is...please check out my "Legend Of ROM" and let me know what you think! http://marvelmasterworksfansite.yuku.com/reply/543246/ROM-has-come-#reply-543246

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    5. so you're the official ROM curator huh :)

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  4. Now, I guess my point wasn't obvious enough that I am "A" Curator of our favorite character. I could have put "The" but you Lee & ~P~ are the most obvious colleagues that come to my mind, and I know we are far from alone. :) Just look up at that super Raak figure. Keep up the good work Chris!

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