Back in the mid to late 90's I was at a convention with the company Imajico. We were there promoting a series of 1:1 scale monster models(pictured below). Also at the convention was author Champion Joe R. Lansdale. I am a huge fan of his writing so approached him about turning his character God of the Razor into a model kit. He agreed. We set it up with Imajico. I did a rough sculpt for Joe's approval at which point everything at Imajico fell apart. We then set it up at a little garage kit company called Death Inc. I did a series of sketches and Joe picked the one he liked. I did another sculpture which was probably 10 inches tall including the base. The sculpt was cut apart properly and I sent it off to Death Inc. for molding, casting, etc. We waited. That fell apart and I never saw the sculpture again.
Some time passed and I called up Joe to take another stab at the character. He said sure. I set it up with my pal Markus who owns a comic, gaming and collectible store - GROUNDZERO COMICS. I did another sculpt complete with elaborate base. The piece was broken down into 42 pieces. We didn't advertise right and ended up selling 0 kits. I was actually kind of happy we didn't sell any after realizing what it took to make a 42 piece model kit. I did get to talk with my favorite author and made him a few finished and painted pieces. I walked away with a smile.
