Check Out These Monster Toy Photo's

[Monolith]

Here's one more of the Creature figure with the Aurora body and Marx arms and head. Sometimes when I'm taking a photo I know pretty much what I want the final image to look like. This was one of those times. Since the Creature is in a swimming position I knew I wanted him to look like he's under water swimming up to the surface. I attached a stiff wire to the hole in his foot to support him in this pose and removed the wire in editing.

[hugohernandez]

AMAZING PHOTO.

did you ever try immersing creature in actual liquid?
I was thinking oil would be interesting and probably photograph with more detail than water.

of course it would ruin the creature figure.     I was thinking of all the cool bubbles and swirls you get with oil.

Creature from the Mazola Lagoon.

[Monolith]

AMAZING PHOTO.

did you ever try immersing creature in actual liquid?
I was thinking oil would be interesting and probably photograph with more detail than water.

of course it would ruin the creature figure.     I was thinking of all the cool bubbles and swirls you get with oil.

Creature from the Mazola Lagoon.

I do have a fish tank and I was thinking I'd try some pics of a Creature figure under actual water, but I haven't
had a chance to try it yet, and I never thought of oil. I'm sure oil will be a lot messier to deal with but I'm sure it could yield some good results. I was also going to try some photo's of a Creature emerging out of real water, too.

[Monolith]

Not really a monster, more of a hero. Jet Jaguar appeared in GODZILLA VS. MEGALON in which he fought Gigan and Megalon alongside Godzilla. this is the Billiken figure which is about a foot tall. Here, I tried to make him look about as big as I could. I didn't do too much editing on this one, just a little. Just thought you might like to see it.



Sometimes I'll do multiple treatments of the same photo. This is another billiken Jet Jaguar...



And here is the same photo with a different treatment. I can't decide which I like best. Let me know what you think...

[RedKing]

Mono-your pics are simply mind blowing!! LOVE THEM!

[Monolith]

Thanks RedKing. Here's one more photo of the Billiken Jet Jaguar, maybe you'll like this , too. It's a little bit of a different style.

[Monolith]

Here's one more Creature. This is the Forum Novelties mask again.

[Monolith]

And this is an AHI Frankenstein.



And here's a color version I did of the same AHI Frankenstein.

[RedKing]

Beautiful Mono!

[TheHoldingCoat]

Fabulous photos, as always, Monolith! I particularly like that first Jet Jaguar - looks better than the actual rubber-suited actor from the actual movie! My other favorite is that black and white Jet Jaguar. Playing around with the graphic shapes is a nice, different stylistic approach.

[Monolith]

Thanks RedKing and HoldingCoat, glad you like them.
How 'bout a Gort? This is a little five inch die cast metal figure.



Here's another shot of the same little figure.

[Mcdee]

I took these shots in 2010, using actual lighting .... no photoshop, just lights...



Mcdee

[Monolith]

Mcdee-- cool. What Frankenstein is that? One can definitely get some great results by playing around with lighting, I do that, too. One time I made a doll of the Hindu goddess Kali and I photographed her with a red light on one side and a green light on the other for some effects. In the '70's I got a 35 mm film camera and would sometimes color the black and white prints when I got them back with watercolors or markers. And a few times I drew on the prints with black ink. But lighting, I would say, can really make or break a photo.

Here's one more of the little five inch die-cast Gort.

[Mcdee]

Mcdee-- cool. What Frankenstein is that?

Thanks Monolith... It's the Moebius Frankenstein after I did a few modifications to it.
Mcdee

[RedKing]

Beautiful McDee! Mario Bava would be proud! Love the Gort photos Mono!