Hey all,
We've been teasing this project for a while on our Facebook page and it's now live on our site.
I'm a huge Ghostbusters fan and was thrilled that we had the opportunity to work on this prop... there's something magical about the 1984 version of Slimer. He's both ugly and cute all at the same time. Brilliant design.
When he arrived, Slimer had sustained some serious damage to the arms, and his skin was flaking off quite badly. He also had a bit of a finger stuck to the lower lip of his mouth (looks like he was eating a green hot dog!)
As always, we were very cautious and respectful in our approach to the restoration of this piece and worked hard to find the right balance between repairing and rebuilding. I'm very pleased with the outcome, as the piece still has the same sense of age and feel, but is much more stable and complete... and he displays beautifully!
Mike Thomas, Patrick Louie and I all contributed to the work, and a hat tip to Wesley for executing our case design.
Have a look at the page on our site for lots of additional pics - http://www.tomspinad...nservation.html
And check out the video on our Youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLuM2mRRtEk
Thanks for looking
Tom
We've been teasing this project for a while on our Facebook page and it's now live on our site.
I'm a huge Ghostbusters fan and was thrilled that we had the opportunity to work on this prop... there's something magical about the 1984 version of Slimer. He's both ugly and cute all at the same time. Brilliant design.
When he arrived, Slimer had sustained some serious damage to the arms, and his skin was flaking off quite badly. He also had a bit of a finger stuck to the lower lip of his mouth (looks like he was eating a green hot dog!)
As always, we were very cautious and respectful in our approach to the restoration of this piece and worked hard to find the right balance between repairing and rebuilding. I'm very pleased with the outcome, as the piece still has the same sense of age and feel, but is much more stable and complete... and he displays beautifully!
Mike Thomas, Patrick Louie and I all contributed to the work, and a hat tip to Wesley for executing our case design.
Have a look at the page on our site for lots of additional pics - http://www.tomspinad...nservation.html
And check out the video on our Youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLuM2mRRtEk
Thanks for looking
Tom
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