This is an absolutely nonsense accusation. One which I take very seriously.
The masks you recast and sold were not used in any direct way beyond being used as photographic reference. This is a *new* sculpture. It is not cast or recast from anything. Period. Referenced from many sources including movie stills and propstore auction photos, and yes, the recast of the real sculpt.
This is a mask I have wanted for a very long time that was otherwise not available. We made this replica in good faith, and Vek has made it available for anyone who wants one. I have been completely transparent about it’s origin, being a new replica model from Vek, including in the initial announcement post which was deleted by a moderator for some reason.
Richard, I tried for a long time to work with you to bring copies of the mask from your mold to the community, and you made every effort to make it as difficult as possible. We do a legitimate fully above board replica, and you have a problem with that now? Let’s not make this difficult as well. If your scan ever pans out and you wish to sell the file I encourage it. If it doesn’t, well there is a replica for anyone to buy and print themselves. That seems pretty great to me.
If you, or anyone else, has further questions, please feel free to let me know. Mods, I can back up this pieces origin from start to finish. If you’d like to see my conversations with Vek, the reference we used, the print, anything, please feel free to reach out to me and I will supply you with everything. I hope this settles the matter and we can all move on.
All the best.
J
PS. WIP photos of Vek’s original model as it was being made, over.. you guessed it.. Propstore photos.
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PPS, For some reason my initial announcement post sharing that a *replica* was being made was deleted. Thank goodness Vek had sent me this screen shot.
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