Resintopia Part 2

Continuing around the vendor room, I spotted a kit I knew. It was on the Moon Devil Studios table and it was the Jersey Devil kit I bought earlier this year. I have been a Cryptid fan since seeing that first Bigfoot video as a kid all those years ago. I guess it was just a natural progression from my love of dinosaurs. From there I just kept reading all the folklore. But anyway, at his table were all three from his series of "Crypto Legends." There was a aforementioned Jersey Devil, and then the Loch Ness Monster and the Abominable Snowman. My wife often teases me about all the Bigfoot shows I watch on TV, so in choosing a kit, I was going to leave the Yeti for another time and pick up Nessie - 

The owner/sculptor of Moon Devil studio is John Dennet. John is a very nice guy and once he knew I too was a cryptid fan, we had a long conversation including some of the other upcoming kits in the series. Two of them are Mokele-Mbembe which is an apparent apatosaur type animal that has been seen by generations of people in the Congo River Basin. The other is one of my top 5 - Mothman. Mothman is a creature that has been seen by witnesses in the area of tragedies before they happen. John is a very interesting guy and I look fwd to getting all the kits in his series.  Afterward, I leave to find the family with Nessie securely tucked under my arm.
But on my way out I saw a table staffed by the Shiflett Brothers. They have been described as to being to fantasy sculpture as to what Frank Frazetta was to painting. So there was no way I could leave without getting something from them. I didn't think I could get away with yet another full size kit, so I saw a bust they had available - The Executioner. This is a twp part kit - the head/body/plinth and then the giant axe with the hands attached. Here's a shot of mine after I washed and primed the kit (I'll have to post on my way to prime another time) - 

The figure is a Conan type muscle man with an executioner hood and cowl. The different part is that the part of the face exposed under the hood is a skull! Should be interesting to paint up! 

I found the the family in the hallway, all nestled into one of the couches outside of the Vendor Room. I sit and show what I was able to get and the wife mentions "Oh I saw that table." and then with a sly smile says  "You didn't get the Bigfoot?"
Me: "No, because I didn't want to hear it all the way home."
Her: "Well, you can't leave without it."
Me: "How about you get it for me then?"
Her: "Let's go..."
So off we went back to the Moon Devil table and John and I talked some more while wifey was getting out her cash. The Snowman is in 5 parts - his body, 2 arms, face and base (this image is from John's table) - -

One interesting part about Moon Devil's kits is that John puts a little easter eggs in there relating to the monster. For Nessie there is an eel (which is what some people thing "the monster" really is, as well as a Celtic Cross lying in the slit. It had been said that some ancient priests had said prayers and tossed the crosses into the Loch to ward off the Monster. 

For The Snowman, who John says has always been seen with dark fur, and not light fur that has been made popular by newer TV shows, also has an easter egg. At the base of the rock by a foot, you'll find some Tibetan monk prayer beads. 

I'm going to have to open up my Jersey Devil to see whats hidden there! 

More later...