As a huge Gb fan, Tom I glad this project ended up in your hands, you did it justice sir.
mike
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Ghostbusters Mr. Stay Puft Display
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Nice to see this piece live on with some skin, thanks for sharing. I'll be stalking you guys on facebook.
Now where's the half hat?
Very cool.
Now where's the half hat?
Very cool.
Tom,
Fantastic work. The debate between restoration or conservation can be a tricky one, especially when trying to come up with a display. This strikes a great balance.
We dug those heads up a couple of years ago in Richard Edlund's warehouse (yeah, it was as cool as it sounds). Nothing was labeled, so we didn't know what we were getting till we actually opened a box. Also, a lot of the stuff had just been thrown in a box after BOSS closed, so everything had repair issues.
The other head that Zed has still had all the cables and the controllers attached, but this is what it looked like -
I was kinda bummed that we couldn't find the eyeballs for this head since the other piece, which did have eyeballs, didn't have all the cables and controllers. The remains of his skin was crumbling, and since it was just the neck piece and nothing on the face, we just removed it. It took a while to get the cables all untangled and organized, but it was worth it. Couldn't resist trying it on -
....of course, I should have done that AFTER I had cleaned it. I was picking that stuff out of my hair for a couple of days. (God knows what we inhaled in that place....)
Since we didn't know what was going to happen to these pieces, we decided to err on the conservation side, leaving the degree of restoration up to the new owner. For the heads and the Library Ghost, all we really did was clean them up and get rid of the spiders and junk like that.
Richard came over for lunch the other day and I brought up this thread. He thought the end result was wonderful.
Great job Tom. Congrats Zed.
Gene
The other head (which Zed has) had the cables attached
Fantastic work. The debate between restoration or conservation can be a tricky one, especially when trying to come up with a display. This strikes a great balance.
We dug those heads up a couple of years ago in Richard Edlund's warehouse (yeah, it was as cool as it sounds). Nothing was labeled, so we didn't know what we were getting till we actually opened a box. Also, a lot of the stuff had just been thrown in a box after BOSS closed, so everything had repair issues.
The other head that Zed has still had all the cables and the controllers attached, but this is what it looked like -
I was kinda bummed that we couldn't find the eyeballs for this head since the other piece, which did have eyeballs, didn't have all the cables and controllers. The remains of his skin was crumbling, and since it was just the neck piece and nothing on the face, we just removed it. It took a while to get the cables all untangled and organized, but it was worth it. Couldn't resist trying it on -
....of course, I should have done that AFTER I had cleaned it. I was picking that stuff out of my hair for a couple of days. (God knows what we inhaled in that place....)
Since we didn't know what was going to happen to these pieces, we decided to err on the conservation side, leaving the degree of restoration up to the new owner. For the heads and the Library Ghost, all we really did was clean them up and get rid of the spiders and junk like that.
Richard came over for lunch the other day and I brought up this thread. He thought the end result was wonderful.
Great job Tom. Congrats Zed.
Gene
The other head (which Zed has) had the cables attached
Wow, thanks Gene! Very cool to know Richard saw the display and dug it. Please tell him he's an inspiration to all of us!
BTW, the head we worked on still had the cables attached (they're just coiled and tucked inside for a cleaner display).
Love that shot with Richard "eye to eye" with Mr. Stay Puft!
Tom
BTW, the head we worked on still had the cables attached (they're just coiled and tucked inside for a cleaner display).
Love that shot with Richard "eye to eye" with Mr. Stay Puft!
Tom
mikenelson1982
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ya i love the half face . great work!!!
VinceRaptor
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Wow! I always wondered what the original under structure of that suit looked like. Thanks for sharing it!
Janderson0719
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That is one mean looking Stay Puft in the production pic.
Spengler28
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I think the half restoration idea is totally awsome, Great job!!
Excellent job on that display! When Disney had all the "Nightmare Before Christmas" stuff on display at the Disney-MGM Studios they did something similar with Oogie Boogie, so you could see his armature. It shows just how much work is put into these objects, to make them realistic.
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