Barlow, Salem's Lot

[Dougie Fett]

Another project that I am planning on doing, not on myself though.

Isn't he just gorgeous

Anyone out there ever attempt it?

Have began sculpting the teeth, making a generic set.

 

[CTF]

Anyone out there ever attempt it?

Hopefully Mr. Barlow will chime in.

 

[Dougie Fett]

Hopefully Mr. Barlow will chime in.

I did notice an old thread that mentioned a pullover mask.

I want to go down the prosthetic route (ears and brow), my guinea pig is bald anyway so that helps. Will probably have to commission custom lenses from 9mmsfx.

 

[Dougie Fett]

Making a clay positive in order to make a gelatin appliance, will post pics soon.

Lenses are proving to be very expensive, might use a cheaper pair.

 

[JtotheP]

SWEET! One of my favorite Vamps out there. He scared the sh@t out of me as a kid. Can't wait to watch the progress on this.thumbsup

 

[Dougie Fett]

SWEET! One of my favorite Vamps out there. He scared the sh@t out of me as a kid. Can't wait to watch the progress on this.thumbsup

Yes it is the stuff nightmares are made of.
And that kid scratching on the window gets me everytime!

 

[travsall]

Yep! Didn't have the benifit of Russ's mind blowing Barlow mask though, if you want Barlow, you want Russ. (Mr. Barlow) For mine, I got the mask and hands from Death Studios, and then had a buddy, Jusin from Nightowl do some repaint magic. The costume is tough to discern on screen, so I went with a non-descript black hooded jedi cloak. I really liked the silhouette it made.

and just the maks and hands

 

[Dougie Fett]

Fantastic mask!! Really excellent paintjob.

I want to go for a prosthetic version, with full facial movements.

Will use a bald cap, full face prosthetic, prosthetic ears and custom made teeth.

 

[Dougie Fett]

Nearly finished the main facial piece, a few details to add. Going to make either a fibreglass or plaster mould and cast a gelatin piece.

Have started the ears as well.

 

[MooCriket]

So Cool!:cool

 

[allosaur176]

thats interesting! always thought about doing this being that I already the dome for it!

 

[Pauleysolo]

That guy (Mr Barlow) always scared the crap out of me- I think the look of the creatures from an excellent recent film called "Descent" were inspired by him.

 

[CB2001]

The funny thing is that Barlow looks quite a lot like Count Orlok from "Nosferatu." I haven't read the book, so I can't say that Barlow is the same in the novel. But since King has referred movies in his works, even having to have drawn influence from some of them, it wouldn't be a surprise to me if he did.

Director Neil Marshall has stated that when it came to the Crawlers, he was thinking about it being somewhat like a bat in it's appearance (not just the details like them being blind and being able to use sonar and smell). Of course, I'm sure the creature design and the team that worked on it looked at "Nosferatu" as well. But, for some reason, a lot of people compare the Crawler's appearance to that of Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings" than that to Count Orlok (the making-of documentary on the DVD talks a bit about the design of the creatures. The comparison to Gollum is my own conclusion, having to have read a lot of posts on the IMDb forum for "The Descent". The creature's appearance was the second most talked about topic, the first being "Did Juno deserve it?").

 

[Dougie Fett]

Barlow was inspired by Max Schrecks Nosferatu apparently.

Haven't read the book but he is more human like in it. The 2004 remake has Rutger Hauer as human Barlow!

 

[Onigiri]

In the book Barlow is described as looking like a European "Orchestra conductor" with longish wavy dark hair with a streak of gray running through it. Rutger Hauers costume and look and mannerisms are much closer to Kings version then the original mini series Nosferatu type vamp. That being said the original mini series Barlow scared the crap out of me as a kid...far more ancient and elemental then Kings original concept. There was nothing remotely charismatic about him at all....he was a white shark....a primordial killing machine.

 

[Onigiri]

Little trivia for ya: Reggie Nadler, who played Barlow in the original, also played the Andorian Ambassador in Star Treks 'Journey to Babel'...apparently he likes being blue....

 

[Dougie Fett]

Reggie Nalder

1979 Barlow certainly was not charismatic, represents pure evil.

 

[armandb]

He is a great character. Here are a couple of pics of one I painted:

-Armand

 

[Slave1]

In the book Barlow is described as looking like a European "Orchestra conductor" with longish wavy dark hair with a streak of gray running through it. Rutger Hauers costume and look and mannerisms are much closer to Kings version then the original mini series Nosferatu type vamp. That being said the original mini series Barlow scared the crap out of me as a kid...far more ancient and elemental then Kings original concept. There was nothing remotely charismatic about him at all....he was a white shark....a primordial killing machine.

The fact that Barlow was human brought it back to the original book, but that was about the only thing that did.

They ironically touted the new version as being closer to the book, and I didn't see that. They made Ben Meers a journalist instead of a novelist, changed some things around about the characters, let it play out differently than in the book, etc..

On these remakes I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Too many horror remakes being made that pale beside their original inspiration. In the 70's version, Barlow was nothing like in the book, but it WORKED. He has, without a doubt, the scariest film vampire ever IMO--though Geoffrey Lewis in the same film when he rises from the rocking chair in the darkened bedroom and confronts the teacher gets high marks too.

 

[Dougie Fett]

Revisiting this little side project! Probably end up doing the makeup on myself using a baldcap. Pics to follow of the ear sculpt, teeth and gelatin face!