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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
Join Date: Apr 2016
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Just had a chance to go over this bad boy, my two cents.
The bad; The paint on the arms and base are less than stellar. The arms paint lacks depth, dirt, realism, as compared to the rest of the sculpt. A pity, as with a bit more effort, the veining & subtle shading/dirt blood would have been way more fitting and in line with the great design. The regular head, though good in both sculpt & paint, is a "safe" rendition.
The base design is great, simple, effective, but lacks an extra coat or two of paint/glossier finish(?), to convey the marble effect better.
The sculpt, concept, design, details, balance, vibe, are all subtle brilliance. A slow, cool burn, where that war skull paint portrait will captivate, resonate, & unnerve. This skull portrait though, IS the sculpt, & one of the best, freshest takes on a character in a very long time. But the best part is that it works, perfectly. Not the proto paint, but a hell of a lot better than expected, & way better than some have claimed, or the 'plastic" paint apps that most are sadly so used to.
Some of you come off as being so picky/anal that if you found a gal, buns in the air, beckoning, you'd zone in on that one pimple on her arse, & run away screeching. I strongly suggest you pop that zit, ...................................with your teeth! And then? Devour the rest,...............of course!
P.S. Would have been cool if a subtle blood drop trail was added to the base/steps, along with two bloodied shoe prints (top of landing, bottom stair), & maybe a bloody hand/finger print on the broken cane. Would have reinforced the narrative, adding movement, and an immediate sense of pending doom, as Frank is on the trail & about to dish out some bone crunching hell.
P.P.S. Man, just got a Col. Kurtz/Capt. Willard vibe. Fcking brilliant!
P.P.P.S. Jesus Christ, this thing just got even better, revealing another level of brilliance. As I walked away from the sculpt, after close inspection/admiration, I walked across the room & glanced back at the statue, from a distance. What you see, as the details "blur", is the black painted motifs of costume, hair, and neck fade and blend into a "nothingness", becoming a framework for the painted portrait's death head. The effect is stunning, jarring, and a total surprise. Beautiful work Sideshow.
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