First published April 6, 2006, at GJSentinel.com.
Question: Whose idea was it for you to sculpt your own visions of these comic villains?
Gabe Perna, sculptor: It was one of those things where I just kinda started one and saw that I was having some fun. I wanted to make a sculpt that was sort of “museum bust”-like, with the sides and back truncated, in a larger scale than some of the stuff I had been doing at that point. No sooner than I finished the first one, I had started the second. They were quick and a real blast to sculpt. I showed ‘em to Randy of Killing Time Kits and that was that!
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If you’re looking to kill a little time by building a model, Killing Time Kits has three killers worth considering. They’re the unique visions of DC Comics villains by the sculptor Gabe Perna, dubbed “some of Gabe’s best work” by Randy at Killing Time, which is saying something.
“THE MONARCH”
Inspired by DARKSEID, ruler of the planet Apokolips
Painted by Dan Cope
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“ME AM #1″
Inspired by BIZARRO #1, an imperfect duplicate of Superman
Painted by Dan Cope
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“CROCODILE JONES”
Inspired by Batman enemy KILLER CROC
Painted by Joe Dunaway
All three museum-style resin busts are about 10.5 inches tall, a little larger than 1/4 scale, and sell for $60 plus shipping. They all come in two parts and are unpainted.
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Gabe and Randy are two more guys I encountered through the Clubhouse Internet modeling community. Randy started out like me, a fan of garage kits (although he’s more talented), then he branched into kit production after a couple years or so. Gabe came along a bit later and quickly drew a lot of attention because of his striking style of sculpting. For some reason, both of these jokers struck me as guys a person could get along with, and I found out for sure that was true when I met them last year at WonderFest in Louisville, Ky.
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Here’s more of my e-mail Q&A with Gabe:
Me: What hours of the day do you sculpt, and do you have any kind of snack or drink on hand while you’re working?
Gabe: I keep the worst sort of hours (in a traditional sense). I generally stay up hammering the clay until about 5:30 am and rise… Read the rest
















