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CuteMonster Props

@cutemonster.bsky.social

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SHOP: www.cutemonsterprops.com I'm an SFX artist specializing in figurines, eSports trophies, and life-sized statues from the video games industry. By day I work for @volpinprops.com Host of Brainlords: brainlords.podbean.com Connoisseur of cute monsters.

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · Dec 1

I was the lead on a run of 30 official statues for Sonic Team. These statues were a gift for a number of artists at Sega, including Naoto Ohshima.

A large resin, hand-painted statue of Sonic The Hedgehog sitting in a Chao Garden.

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 1d

2. To make your mother very proud.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 2d

I've really been enjoying your videos lately. They're charming, funny, and always poignant to something deeper.

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 2d

*for wearing

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like you're not getting invited to the party on the surface of SR388.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 2d

I have a suggestion for forcing people to play a game for 4 credits.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 3d

No but for real the more games I play the more compulsion as a mechanic really bothers me. Alot of the appeal of games feels like it's just recreating the Machine Zone.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 4d

And that's fair. It is mostly just a pithy remark that Nintendo is plenty happy to let movies and animations die to obscurity. They're more than happy to use emulators in their museum so I'm just rolling my eyes that the real preservation is not as important as Ninty becoming a lifestyle company.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 4d

Youre right, I'm looking it up because an Australian company did it so it's available it's just more expensive and limited than most blue rays. Point being Nintendo is more or less rebooting it like they would a rerelease of a game on a new console.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 4d

I honestly like this parts of your videos the most. The context is way more interesting.

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Volpin Props @volpinprops.com · 5d

Hello, new MTG followers! Glad you like the Chocobo, here's another one of our sculptures for Wizards - we've made several since 2020!

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 6d

Cute!

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 6d

So, genuine question. How is it? Is it actually doing something novel or is it more just the comfort of going back to catching some more 'mons?

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Brain Lords Podcast @brainlordspod.bsky.social · 7d

When someone asks you what is a Brain Lord, show them this

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 7d

There was that early ps3 game, Lair, that used motion controls. I don't think many people liked how it felt unfortunately but maybe it's just something you have to meet halfway.

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Sophia 🔜 Superstar Comic Con Sav 2025 @storytellercosplay.bsky.social · 7d

I’ll be a cosplay guest & judge at a local event in Macon, Ga next year! I’ll be there both days, March 28 & 29.

Also wanted to say, I am starting to fill out and plan my cons for next year—mostly booked the early half of the year but have openings April 2026 and onwards! Plz reach out. 🫶🏻

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 8d

New episode! We did not expect a massive leak just a day before launch be we still edited in a bonus segment. And honestly the leak only solidified our takes.

Brain Lords Podcast @brainlordspod.bsky.social · 8d

This week on Brainlords we ask if Game Freak deserves it! Your love? Your ire? Your pity? All of the above! With the release of ZA, a new action game in the mix, and after a big leak we discuss a company that still wants to be the indie studio it once was.

Link below!

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 9d

My wife loves it because as she's gotten better at magic she like having a format where you can see all the things that might be used against you beforehand. Where if you see a trick you can immediately do the same thing as well. It's helped her improve far more than any commander game.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 10d

Paw Patrol? No, I only exposed my child to landscapes you might confuse for Caspar David Friedrich paintings.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 10d

Rhetoric: [Heroic Failure] we've devoted all your available brain cells to come up with a question about video games. Scratch that, to come up with *the* question about video games. And that is:
1. (Whispers) Are they like an anime woman?
2. Oh God that's bad. Surely I can think of something better.

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CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 11d

A yakisoba San

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 11d

I had a *perfectly* lovely time doing a single Spiderman pick 2 draft at Magiccon. Do I want more sets like that? Absolutely not, I'm burnt out and tired of prioritizing content over art. But in real life I still had a good time with a good game and good people.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 11d

Those are some of my favorites! And they're so cheap to get bulk too.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 12d

I always loved these because as a logo I feel like they can be so beholden to slap it on everything, to the point where its distracting, but hiding it like that is so clever and iconic.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 12d

I went to town on the alt text with these to show you just how bonkers the level of consideration goes into even a fraction of sculptural art.

CuteMonster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 12d

It might be cheating to pick the stuff I worked on but alot of people put hundreds of hours of physical labor around toxic chemicals to make these happen.

I'm really proud of the projects I do and I wish that people could easily look up who did SFX work like they can with illustrator credits.

A fiberglass life-sized statue of phblthp. Hand sculpted out of clay and then molded, it features a custom clear resin eyeball and "natural" skin tones with acrylic and airbrush. It sits atop a custom cut steel base with matte black texturized truck bed spray.

A beach ball sized glass terrarium with custom sculpted and cast pest bugs from Magic the Gathering. Each are vibrantly painted with a mixture of techniques including by hand, masking fluid, mesh masks, tape masking, washes, dry brushing, and airbrushing. The terrarium has fake diorama materials in it to create a mossy, sandy enclosure complete with a pest suspended in fake water.

A industrially printed resin statue of Hautli from MTG reinforced with urethane resin, epoxy fiberglass and custom welded steel beams on the interior. Armor is painted with a 4 stage automotive chrome to have realistic polished steel reflection. The natural looking materials are painted with a custom mixed air brushed gradient and sealed in a matte clear. Everything has been weathered for realistic grime and wear. The skin and hair tones were painted custom by a professional makeup artist to depict realistic South American skin tones. The eyes are a clear printed and dyed resin with custom wired electronics to make them glow.

The Sword of Body and Mind with a resin printer handle that has been electroplated in a brass finish with a sealed antiquing finish. The blade is a single original resin piece that was molded and cast in separate translucent dyes. The blade has been preshaded in florescent acrylics to give it depth. There is a transition to a silver flake with faux metal polishing scratches with a weathering pass on top. Custom electronics have a hidden battery and switch allowing the blades to glow with two different colors of LED strips. It sits atop a custom stand with a mix of laser cutting, hand cutting and printed elements all assembled and sealed with a texturized flat black urethane.

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