Proto Monday is back with Jure Gavran’s satirical Scapegoats figure. Off-loading blame on to helpless others is almost a past-time these days. Jure, an SF graphic designer, has given a face and identity to the nasty and sometimes downright heinous act of scapegoating – Scapegoat Billy. While the figure is near completion, we’re introducing it today with shots of the initial clay proto sculpts (more after the jump).
Scapegoat Billy’s sole purpose is to inflict ‘discriminatory blame’ on the innocent, also known as ‘Blamees’. His appearance reflects the ugly nature of the act he embodies – his bulging semi-transparent stomach serves as holding space for captive blamees so that he can assume their form and inflict undeserved blame upon them.
Scapegoat Billy stands 8” high and the included subjugated Blamee which he drags around on a leash is a more diminutive 3". The bottom section (with the feet) can be removed to place a Blamee into the figure which can be seen though the stomach. The figure will come in two limited-editions of 250 figures each — Urban Criminal Billy (black colorway) and Immigrant Billy (brown colorway). We’ll save the colorway reveals for another time, but we will say that hand-gun is part of Urban Criminal Billy’s gear and that Immigrant Billy carries the leafblower. Look for more info here and on blamingu.com.
