October 08, 2026 · By Selina M.

Goraxx: Bringing Skinner’s Psychedelic World to Life

Close-up of Goraxx, the monster maker by Skinner, hand extended as he summons a giant while minions crawl over his wizard's shroud

Goraxx, the monster maker, mid-summoning | The art of Skinner

Skinner paints in color that refuses to sit still. Vivid and saturated, held together by dense, confident linework, his art draws from the '70s and '80s: old-school Dungeons & Dragons lore, Heavy Metal magazine, Jack Kirby and a lifelong love of monsters and dark magic.

On a flat page, that color does all the work. On a statue, it has to hold up across volume, shadow and light falling on the form from every angle. Goraxx was our first Skinner piece, so we had to figure out how to make that visual language work in three dimensions.

Our approach does not change from one artist to the next: the paint has to carry the artist's color, energy and line so the finished statue feels like their work, not an interpretation or an homage. With Skinner, that meant bringing his electric, psychedelic palette into sculpted form without losing any of its force. It pushed our painting process further than it had ever gone.

The Goraxx paint master, the first fully painted prototype of the physical statue, used as the reference for every piece in the edition

The paint master

From Artwork to Statue

Every Skinner statue begins with the original illustration, but bringing that vision into sculpture is a craft of its own. The sculpt has to translate Skinner's forms and proportions into a physical object, while the paint brings his color and visual language into the finished piece. Skinner is involved throughout the process, from the early sculpt to the final paint approval, helping make sure the statue still feels unmistakably his. And if you want to see where it all began, the artwork that inspired this statue is still available as the Goraxx original art print.

Side-by-side comparison of Skinner's original Goraxx illustration and the House of Gog digital sculpt, shown as a 3D render

Skinner's original artwork and digital sculpt

Engineered to Be Painted

Clean paint starts before a brush touches the piece. Goraxx was sculpted with painting in mind: the statue is engineered in separate parts so each area can be painted on its own before assembly. You will not see that work in the finished piece. You will see what it makes possible: clean edges where colors meet, no bleeds and precise paintwork that holds up from every angle.

Separated face parts of the Goraxx statue on a House of Gog workshop table, surrounded by paint pots and brushes during the painting stage

Painted in parts, before assembly

Several centipedes from the Goraxx statue, partially painted and clipped to a foam block on a House of Gog workshop table, drying between paint layers

Drying between coats

Several vines from the Goraxx statue, partially painted and clipped to foam on a House of Gog workshop table, waiting for the next layer of paint

One layer at a time

Painted by Hand

Skinner's linework is one of the defining elements of his art, and Goraxx carries a significant amount of freehand paintwork to capture it. The sculpt itself was developed with those lines in mind: where needed, details were etched into the surface, giving the paint a physical edge to hold and helping accentuate Skinner's marks. From there, our in-house painters worked across the sculpt with the original artwork as their guide, recreating those lines by hand.

Several heads of the giant summoned by Goraxx on a House of Gog workshop table, one being hand-painted with early linework visible

Early paint work on the summoned giant

Several blue ghouls from the Goraxx statue on a House of Gog workshop table, nearly finished with one final paint pass remaining

One pass from finished

The Goraxx head, eyes not yet set in place, beside his mutated hand on a rotating painting stand in the House of Gog workshop

Before the eyes go in

The Paint Master

The paint master was completed entirely in-house by the House of Gog team, then photographed and sent to Skinner for approval. We asked him to have his first look filmed, and the camera caught his reaction as it happened. His words speak to the result better than ours could.

“Wow, House of Gog has completely blown my mind. This is above and beyond anything I have ever seen.”

-Skinner

Close-up of the Goraxx paint master, his arm extended, with a centipede on one shoulder and a green familiar creeping over the other

The paint master, ready for Skinner's approval

Close-up of a blue ghoul on the Goraxx paint master, showing the finished paintwork and hand-painted linework

The blue ghoul, finished

Close-up of a red spider on the Goraxx paint master, showing intricate hand-painted linework and layered color work on the brain, eyes and teeth

Down to the last tooth

Close-up of a jade maggot on the Goraxx paint master, showing intricate hand-painted linework across its body

Not one line skipped

From Paint Master to Edition

From there, each piece in the edition is hand-painted in our workshop using the paint master as the reference, under the supervision of our cofounder and art director Hugues Martel. We make and paint every statue ourselves, from prototype through production. No third party, no shortcuts.

Several finished Goraxx heads laid out on a House of Gog workshop table, assembled parts held together with elastic bands while the glue sets

The edition, coming together

A full row of finished, fully assembled Goraxx statues lined up on a House of Gog workshop table, waiting for quality control

Last stop before quality control

Goraxx was our first chance to bring Skinner's psychedelic language into our own process while keeping the character of his work intact, and what we learned on this piece has carried into every Skinner statue since. The statue may be sold out, but our collaboration with him continues. The artwork behind it is available as the Goraxx original art print, and Last Stand of the Gin-Wog, his latest original art statue, is now open for preorder. Explore the full Skinner collection.

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-Selina
House of Gog | Community Dev.
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