Glaxnar, The All Seeing Eye

 

 

Glory to Glaxnar.

If there's something floating somewhere in the ethereal boundless openness that is space, it's probably Glaxnar The Great All Seeing Eye. And I don't just say that because of the expertly well placed nebula background the seller used for these photos. I say that because Glaxnar really does just look like something one would encounter if the furthest reaches of space. Something similar to ourselves, yet so different that we can't fathom what he is, precisely, and thusly he terrifies us to our very core. I've covered one or two other cyclops masks on this blog, but I'm not gonna lie, Glaxnar is by far the single greatest cyclops design I've ever seen, mask form or otherwise. I love the Frankensteinesque appearance he's got of having been sewn back together to complete a face. A face, however, that seems to be missing all its other vital faceisms and is now only home to that of a giant, bulging eyeball. Perfection, quite frankly.

The stitches, matched with the little split at the top where you can see Glaxnar's fleshy understuff popping out somewhat, is a wonderful combination. The red of his...everything else...mixed with the flesh tones are a really excellent idea, and was impeccably done. I love the gruesome veiny surrounding his eye is home to, giving all the more of a netherworld feel. Something that can only exist somewhere outside time and space. And you can see spots that might be new emerging eyes, which is exciting! A head that's just full of eyes and stitches? What more could a lady ask for, really. The wrinkles and the molding are all fine, despite the fact that none of it really looks all that natural. Then again, it IS a giant singular eye head with stitches in it, so perhaps wanting realism was sort of out of the question from the get go, was it not?

My only problem with Glaxnar's design is that it's a half mask. It's not a full head mask. Meaning it's only got the front side, and then a string that goes over your head, it's not a full latex mask like most of the masks I cover here. And this revelation cost them me purchasing it, because I had the eBay page open for a long while on the final day of the auction debating if I should add him to my own personal collection, that's how much I loved him, but upon seeing that he was a half mask, it quickly turned me off of the idea.

And maybe he was made that way because it's cheaper, I really don't know, but I do know that it's a huge detriment to an otherwise perfect design. I think to really, full appreciate the glory of Glaxnar, we'd need him to be a full headed latex/rubber mask. Alas, he was cheapened to that of a drug store half mask, and we shall never know his full, intended glory. But we can dream! Oh, we can dream. Still, despite this issue, I maintain my unwavering belief that Glaxnar is hands down the single best cycloptic creation I've ever personally happened upon. I don't know if cycloptic is a word, but I just made it one, so there. He's just so very perfect in every single way (barring the half mask aspect), that I can't not love him, even in lights of his faults, none of which are really his own so I can't hold them against him. I also love his little beauty marks, because you know what, he is beautiful. Glaxnar is power, Glaxnar is grace, Glaxnar has one eye in the center of his face. But Glaxnar, more than anything else, also represents a modern take on an all time classic, and frankly I think they knocked it out of the park. He almost looks as if he wasn't born a cyclops, but made into a cyclops, what with the stitching and whatnot. Frankenclops or something. That actually sounds more like a frankenstein horse than a frankenstein cyclops, but I'm not against that either. I think there's plenty of potential for a resurrected zombie horse.

Overall, Glaxnar really nails that ethereal, otherworldly look I crave in a mask. Something that not only looks monstrous, but also so monstrous that it doesn't even look remotely of our universe. Something that looks like it came from galaxies beyond ours, with knowledge we cannot even begin to comprehend. Glaxnar is the one true god. Glaxnar will lead us to salvation. For to truly know Glaxnar is to look into the wrinkles that look into us, and to ask the question, "Am I worthy? AM I?"

And then upping my medication dose because boy howdy I have gone off the crazy train.

Seriously though, I love Glaxnar. I love whoever conceived of him, I love whoever designed him, and I appreciate whoever distributed him, because he's one glorious singular eyed son of a bitch. And when he does come through that wormhole to overtake our universe and lead us into the new world order, I for one will bow to his hideously beautiful glory. Because to believe in Glaxnar is to believe in love. I honestly wish we got more unique and well designed cyclops masks. That's the one thing that bums me out about him, is that he makes me wish we had others (though, as is stated, "thou shalt not worship any false gods" and there's no falser god than another cyclops that isn't Glaxnar). I like variety, but I wouldn't worship them the way I worship him, that's for sure. For such an old staple of horror and fantasy and whatnot, you'd imagine the market would be somewhat flooded with cyclops masks, but they're kind of a rarity, and even more so are the well designed ones, so when something like Glaxnar comes along, you better fucking worship him, because he's one in a million catch, baby.

Who knows, maybe the mask industry just didn't see a future for cyclops masks. Maybe they're blind to the possibilities the cyclops could bring to the design world. Perhaps they were simply too busy looking at other options and couldn't see view the perfection that was staring them right back in the face.

Do you...do you get it yet? I'm making sight jokes. Cause he's a cyclops.

God I'm funny.

All Hail Glaxnar.