Back around 1997 or 1998 I began playing with Super Sculpey. Now believe me when I tell you that I don't know a lot about sculpting-I don't. Still, I figured, "How hard could it be?" Well, it's not terribly easy, and it's pretty time consuming when you have no skills and no tools, but I did manage to sculpt something that I'm still rather proud of. I think I had only a pencil and my fingers to work with at the time, but I decided to sculpt Igoo, the rock-ape from the '60s Hanna Barbera HERCULOIDS cartoon. I used Alex Toth's animation model as a guide, and did my best to adhere to it. I was pretty satisfied with the sculpt, but found that I was faced with a problem where painting it was concerned. Igoo's color palette actually changes, depending on which episodes of the Herculoids you watch. Sometimes he's colored a warm brown color, and other times a slate-gray color. In the end, I chose the gray. It's more ape-like to me.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy seeing this sculpt of Igoo. It's over 10 years old now, and I just received an offer from someone who wants to buy it from me. I don't think I can part with it though. I've had it for a decade, so I've grown fond of it.

Loston