Fossil Hand From Creature From The Black Lagoon!
- Thread starter madrobot
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As long as the hand itself can be removed from the rock, that'd be the base I'd want. I like it because it harkens back to the scene where they first found it.
I know I was really excited when I heard QMX was going to be offering one and bummed when it never materialized. I'm hoping this one makes it into mass production.
-B89!
outlander
Sr Member
Well, I never hated the "big cupcake" I just preferred to have the sculpture more free standing because so much of the detail is near the bottom of the armbones.
After much kvetching and back and forth and artistic feelings being callously being tread upon, Madrobot came up with what I believe is an ingenious compromise: The disk/pedestal base with an amnonite topper.
I'm attaching the sketch Madrobot originally drew up for the project. I sort of expected a more "L" shaped base that the hand would sort of slide into with a rock/fossil sheet behind it.
Still think that would look cool.
After much kvetching and back and forth and artistic feelings being callously being tread upon, Madrobot came up with what I believe is an ingenious compromise: The disk/pedestal base with an amnonite topper.
I'm attaching the sketch Madrobot originally drew up for the project. I sort of expected a more "L" shaped base that the hand would sort of slide into with a rock/fossil sheet behind it.
Still think that would look cool.
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rollerboi
Sr Member
I'm with Outlander on this one. Plus, to see the metal support rods helps put me in the frame of "museum display". I like when there's a clear separation so one can study the artifact from all angles. I hate when museums obscure detail, too.
That said, the ammonite topper looks nice.
That said, the ammonite topper looks nice.
allosaur176
Sr Member
they both look nice, but I would go with the rock base
DARTH SABER
Master Member
Just to toss my 2 cents in, I also like the rock base as well.
Good luck with the project Madrobot....If it pans out, Ill definitely be picking one of these up!
Good luck with the project Madrobot....If it pans out, Ill definitely be picking one of these up!
madrobot
Sr Member
We'll see what happens. Thanks DS, I'm glad people have love for the Creature franchise. When I was a little kid, I saw the movie. I think I was probably about 4 or 5.
Anyway, what scared me wasn't the creature, it was that horrible sound it made. I saw the movie again probably 20 or so years later, and realized that it was really a movie about the unrequited love between a woman and a fish man.
Meaning, the fish man was in love, and she wasn't having anything to do with it. Kind of like an aquatic King Kong.
Anyway, what scared me wasn't the creature, it was that horrible sound it made. I saw the movie again probably 20 or so years later, and realized that it was really a movie about the unrequited love between a woman and a fish man.
Meaning, the fish man was in love, and she wasn't having anything to do with it. Kind of like an aquatic King Kong.
Having worked with Universal and my fair share of prop companies, might I suggest not giving play by plays on would-be license work.
License holders like to give their own press releases and tend to frown upon pending proprietary information being tossed about on the net.
Since you're really just trying to provide a prototype, you risk spooking the straights, is all I'm sayin'
-Rylo
License holders like to give their own press releases and tend to frown upon pending proprietary information being tossed about on the net.
Since you're really just trying to provide a prototype, you risk spooking the straights, is all I'm sayin'
-Rylo
madrobot
Sr Member
The new development pertains to some extra stuff that goes with the sculpt.
outlander
Sr Member
I think I'll stencil one side of the crate with the stencil I've got and see how it turns out. I know its a bit larger than the stencil you've used. If it sucks, we can always build a new crate or strip this one, right?
Speaking of stripping a crate, I'm feeling that these need to be grayed and aged or something. It's just not feeling like a crate from fifty five years ago to me.
Maybe we should include a mummified tarantula or scorpion inside it. :love
J.
Speaking of stripping a crate, I'm feeling that these need to be grayed and aged or something. It's just not feeling like a crate from fifty five years ago to me.
Maybe we should include a mummified tarantula or scorpion inside it. :love
J.
outlander
Sr Member
I have been thinking a lot about the crate.
My film nerdhood calls to mind two iconic film crates. The crate that the Lost Ark of the covenant is packed into in Raiders, and the crate under the stairs in Creepshow's THE CRATE.
I like the look of the small lettering on THE CRATE.
Before it begins, I am well aware that the 1st crate is not the Raiders crate.
My film nerdhood calls to mind two iconic film crates. The crate that the Lost Ark of the covenant is packed into in Raiders, and the crate under the stairs in Creepshow's THE CRATE.
I like the look of the small lettering on THE CRATE.
Before it begins, I am well aware that the 1st crate is not the Raiders crate.
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