Even Phil Tippett's jaw is dropping
Funny thing: after we'd stopped in at the Make HQ to get some pics of the two of them side-by-side, I pulled up Tippett Studios on Google maps. Turns out the original prop was about four blocks away. So for a couple of hours, all three were very close together on the east side of San Francisco Bay. So that's cool.
2nd ED is now stationed in a much more appropriate (albeit classified) location:
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I'm sure I'll be revisiting this project at some point in the near future. Stay tuned...
I'm sure I'll be revisiting this project at some point in the near future. Stay tuned...
So which was better, yours or the original? I have a pretty good idea, just wanted to see your opinion.
For a visit to Tippet Studios (with your ED) or building a 3rd one?
I still haven't seen the original in person, so all I can say is this: if you line them all up and they're not identical, two out of three will look just like mine.
Mostly I was thinking it'd be a good idea to retrofit the first one with some of the improvements I've come up with while making the 2nd one. Then revisiting the animatronic plan. There's a lot of room for improvement there.
You must be in the industry, is all I can say. 1st class workmanship, no joke.