Dave's
Kaiju Page
Last Updated: 9/13/26
(Badtz Maru/Fire Rodan in fan works.)
This is a sort of clearinghouse for various
kaiju (giant monsters, a la Godzilla or Gamera) works I've
done. Some drawings, some kitbashes, some writing.
Kaiju
Glossary
Just a few terms that might help you figure out
what the heck I'm talking about. :)
Monsterpocalypse
Monsterpocalypse is a Collectible Miniatures
Game from Privateer Press focused on kaiju action. Game was dead for a while, but it came back as a
non-collectible game in Fall 2018. Last updated:
11/14/22.
Homemade
Kaiju
I've made up a number of kaiju in my day, but
these are ones where I've gone all-out and made artwork.
- Laelapis,the Solar Beast - With fake background for Showa Godzilla,
Heisei Godzilla and Millennium Gamera settings.
- G.U.I.R.O.N. - On the edge o"original," I suppose. A Mecha-Guiron for
the Millennium Gamera setting.
- Bronzewing vs. Heraclius - Monstrous
inhabitants of Venus in my SciFi/Superhero setting Academy of
Super-Heroes, they're a giant bronze ibis and a titanic stone beetle. Painted in acrylic.
- Infernion - A titanic magma lion, the
"guardian" kaiju of Venus in the Academy of Super-Heroes setting. Painted in acrylic, using a
trick I picked up from a War Planets toy: the dark areas are purple rather than black at the edges, due to how a
bright red glow causes the visual purple to overload.
- Kentromachus - This is actually a backwards construction of a generic K-Girl
named Kawaiiju that I made up for City of Villains. The shoulder spines
suggested a kentrosaur of some sort, and I designed this with a hunched over person inside so that it's a Showa-era
rubber suit monster. June 2010.
Kaiju Fan Art
Stuff here is going to be pieces that are interpretations of canonical kaiju, rather
than original creations.
- K-Girls - A section of one of my drawing galleries. K-Girls are
anthropomorphic kaiju. There may also be some K-Girls lurking about in the Homemade Kaiju entries.
- 'Kiryu' - A MUX superhero character with
the high concept of "1:144 scale MechaGodzilla," tweaked to avoid the game's rules regarding the respecting of
trademarks.
- Snorky, The Beast That Ate Morioka - 1:1000 scale scratchbuild miniature
of the title character of Mark Crilley's 2004 comic book (seen here for reference).
The main monster is just a rope of Apoxie Sculpt bent into shape and then tweaked at the head. The buildings
are made of various styrene bits, and the rubble is more Apoxie Sculpt. I used Apoxie Clay for the eyes, as it's
easier for me to get small details right with it. Unpainted work-in-progress.
- OGREthulhu Miniature: I bought this Steve Jackson Games mini back in 2001, but didn't get around to
painting it until October 2008. I mixed up some browns and pinks to make the base color (icky pinkish brown is
not one of the colors Apple Barrel makes, oddly) and did a lot of mixing on the figure as well (i.e. lay down some
pink and before it dries swirl in some red or purple). I got the chitonous sheen on the claws by using a thin layer
of metallic pearl paint. I made the base from a section of basswood with Squadron putty for the churned up blood.
Yes, OGREthulhu is on a BLOOD OCEAN. Oh, and I deliberately avoided the stereotypical green and bone scheme,
instead choosing more of a lobster-and-meat look.
- Hedorah Jar: Not really a kitbash, I just carefully cut a Bandai Creation
Hedorah open along the "neck" seam and filled it with SD kaiju.
- GMK Godzilla/Hello Kitty: I got a spare of the McD's Hello Kitty/Godzilla toy
and decided to paint it in colors inspired by the blank-eyed GMK Godzilla (and I made the bow darker red).
August 2026.
- Mecha Godizilla/Kuromi: Once I got this Happy Meal toy, I decided it desperately
needed paint, so I picked up a second and painted it. I couldn't give it all the MechaG details (like the red
bits on the upper arms) because the figure is so chibi she lacks several body parts. September 2026.
- Fire Rodan/Badtz Maru: From the head and chest details it's clear that
Badtz Maru is dressed as the 1993 Rodan, and the stock orange color suggests it was intended to be the
Fire Rodan version. I mixed some orange-brown paint to match the color in the Godzilla Encyclopedia as
best as I could. September 2026.
- (I also got a spare Space Godzilla/Chococat, but haven't decided what I want to paint it as.)
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