George you've been a wealth of knowledge - looking forward to comparing one of your castings to my KJP1 for size and similarities. Thank you again for all your help!
Question for you: that casting looks absolutely MASSIVE. How do you get the casting out? I see the outer mother mold, but is the inner one still flexible after all these years?
Paul - you think this one is a stunt Bio - not the hero? :
Its tough to see detail in that one, but I guess anything's possible
What baffles me is that there are absolutely NO clear precise pictures of the P1 Hero. And if there are any Hero Bios that survived, they are more than likely in some private collectors basement under locked plexiglass guarded by a state of the art laser security system.
...either that or its sitting in a box in someones garage collecting dust HAHA!
The reason I enjoy the P1 Bio so much is that it has simple yet very beautiful lines. The lines above the eyes flow from the nose all the way around the edge of the crown to the back. Also, the cheek lines follow the same type of curvature....just simple and yet so effective.
What I find even more fascinating is the Bio that Steve Wang designed for the Cinemaquette Predator has a very unique look to it:
The cheek lines are not rounded but rather, they have a defining edge on the top. Also, Steve kept the two defining lines on the part that goes from the hoses to the edge of the eye line. He kept it true to the original. I'm amazed at Steve's rendition of the P1 because its symmetrical and unflawed.
I am in the process of designing my own rendition of the P1 and one of the things I want to incorporate is a brow/dome that is more prominent and curves inwards towards the middle of the eyes. Its hard to describe, but Rob actually drew a couple pictures that show what I mean:
The P1 Bio is so wicked...its such a piece of art that it makes me want to collect ever Bio out there! I had 14 at one point...its so hard to not want them all!!!