Sunday, August 21, 2011

[RealxHead / リアルヘッド] Chaos Trooper (Again)


RxH x Onell Design - Chaos Trooper (Onell excl 5-11)

RxH x Onell Design - Chaos Trooper (Onell excl 5-11)

The unpainted beige vinyl version of the Chaos Trooper shown above was displayed at Superfestival 56 in April 2011 and sold via Shinto Gangu at the end of that month. Onell also received an allocation of the initial release Trooper, which they sold via their webstore at the end of May 2011.


RxH x Onell Design - Chaos Trooper (store micro release 6-11)

RxH x Onell Design - Chaos Trooper (store micro release 6-11)

By my count, this is the 16th release of the Chaos Trooper. Using a subtle grey vinyl base with embedded micro-glitter, this color scheme is evocative of classic sci-fi and aliens. Suprisingly, this release appears to have been painted entirely with wipe and wash techniques- no airbrush! The restrained black wash does wonders to bring out the hard technical lines of the body design.

This Trooper was initially a micro release from Shinto Gangu (or RealxHeads) in June 2011, with a few brought to SDCC the following month.

As always, these Chaos have been entered into the official rolls at the Mutant Chaos database: http://robotxmonster.blogspot.com/2009/10/realxhead-chaos-family.html