For Proto Monday, we’re proud to bring you the first painted shots NVC’s newest resin figure, Nykioto. Nykioto made his public debut right here on Proto Monday, so this is a return trip in full color. The figure above is one of the initial batch of five just completed by Bao and Spive.figures. Each is hand-painted and there are three different color schemes (neck tie – sneakers).
Nykioto is a poor street kid who works in a sweatshop making sneakers and survives on his wits and his ability to paint and entertain – the paintbrush in the pocket and the ukelele w/strings are strong details that relate the characters story. The painting approach also serves to highlight the story – while shading is used heavily throughout to give a sense of stress and wear and tear from the street, the kicks are done in strong flat colors – pristine, almost MIB. Finally, note the crossed fingers – there’s always hope of a better day.
Building on their reputation for detail and delivering a quality product throughout, Bao and Spive took discarded wood panels found in alleyways and used them to create mini wood crate boxes for this first run of five figures. A street box for a street figure. As Bao mentions going “indie” offers NVC tremendous artistic flexibility and control.
This initial batch of five Nykioto’s will drop @ SDCC from the ToyQube booth (#4837). After the jump – plenty of pics.
