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Category: Fan Art
SZoner Meets Sly
SZoner, Edinho Maga, the fantastic sculptor who created this Rambo statute, sent in these great photos. Edinho presented Sly with a Rambo statue as well as Edinho’s Rocky statue. Although the Rocky piece has not been licensed, Edinho does have a few copies available for $250 plus shipping.
Moreno’s “The Expendable”
SZoner, Gerardo Moreno sent in a photo of his latest Stallone piece — Sly from “The Expendables.” Gerardo did this oil painting over the course of four days. Well done, sir!
You can see more of Gerardo’s work at his site!
“Rocky III” Fan Art
SZoner, Manuel Scholz is back with his new “Rocky III” painting. Manuel has other Stallone paintings and much more at his site.
Shippee’s Fan Art
It’s been a while since we heard from SZoner, Adam Shippee, but he’s back with his latest piece of Sly art.
Cobra Comic Book Adaptation
Did you know that there was a bootleg “Cobra” comic book adaptation that was widely sold in Hungary in 1987? I didn’t either, but CannonFilms.uk has posted the entire comic. Although the art and story-telling are pretty bad, it does give us an indication of how cool a legitimate Cobra comic could have been.
Thanks to JoBlo for the original link.
Kunda’s Art
SZoner, Mike “Adnuk” Kunda is regular contributor to the StalloneZone. This time he’s back with Stallone artwork that he’s created over the years. Thanks to Mike for sharing!
Edinho Maga’s “Rocky Balboa”
Edinho Maga who created the spectacular Rambo statue that was then picked up by Hollywood Collectibles and turned into a limited edition release is back. This time he has created an equally amazing statue of Rocky Balboa.
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Thanks to Edinho Maga for once again sharing his talents with us.
Bill Pruitt’s Meeting with Sly
SZoner, Bill Pruitt, pictured above with Sly sent in this photos and a really cool report of his most recent meeting with Sly.
Hi Craig,
You posted on the StalloneZone about Sly meeting with Danny DeVito last Wednesday night. What happened afterward was a great experience for me.
I was painting at Universal Citywalk in the spot I’m always at which is right across from the Bucca di Beppo restaurant [where Sly met with Danny Devito]. I had heard beforehand that Sly was gonna be there. I saw him go in and then when he was coming out about 2 hours later, I got his attention and asked him to come over to see my “Rambo” painting. Sly had seen it in “Majestic Living” magazine, but had never seen the original. Sly went under the ropes and walked over with me to see it up close on the easel.
I have been working on it, doing changes in the bow and arrow scene with a couple of weeks work left. Sly liked it and asked me the price. I told him and to my surprise, he said “you got a deal” and purchased it on the spot, giving me a down payment right there.
It was funny, I asked him to find his name SLY in it and he looked for about 3 seconds and wanted me to show him. He thought the background explosion should be bigger and higher [and I agree] so I will do that. Sly said the explosion was symbolic of Rambo himself meaning he’s on the verge of exploding with all his pent up anger. He was also referring to his own Rambo painting he did that had that expression/feeling in it. It was also funny, I pointed out the Burmese soldier that is closest in the painting was the likeness of the one Rambo decapitates on the Jeep. He said he has that head at home and whenever he sees it it scares him. Sly said he also has the wooden cross bracelet from Rambo when I pointed that out in the painting. He referred to his weight in Rambo and said he’ll never be that heavy again.
I told him I wanted to make sure the painting is completed before he leaves for “The Expendables” and surprisingly he said that won’t happen til July or August. I also showed him my “First Blood” (with mountain in background) original painting. He was interested in it as well, but said he’ll think about that one. Regarding the painting he just purchased, I will either contact Sly or he or his business partner Kevin will contact me soon. Also, thanks to Kevin for taking the photos. By the way, I told Sly these photos are for the StalloneZone. He liked that and said “great!”
Although a crowd was gathering (there were fans, press people and security guards), Sly was kind to take his time with me and my art. In all, he was there about 10 minutes. When Sly purchased my first painting in 1987 (when I was living in Missouri), that was a definite highlight and him choosing me to do the art for SLY magazine years later was a definite highlight. I have to say what happened Wednesday night was the best. Thanks again Sly.
Thanks to Bill for sharing this cool story!
Rocky with Tats
SZoner, David Firison sent in the photo above with this:
David from Venice Beach again.
I hope all is well with you and your loved ones. I continue to appreciate StalloneZone VERY much, thank you. I started playing around the picture of Sly and his astonishing physique. I came up with the attached photo (do with it what you want).
I don’t think I ever told you but last year, I body doubled as RAMBO for a tentative poster project done by Lionsgate. Soon after, I did more projects and concretized the Transporter 3 poster.
http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/album.php?aid=160475&id=778135273All my best,
David
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Cool stuff and thanks for the kind words about the SZ, David!