Very close indeed :cool: :cool: (y) (y) Eyebrows are top AFAIK;) Yes, sideburns will define your face more for sure!
Nose is also good; mouth: his is smaller when at rest than yours...maybe for an exercise in the future, you could do a small pout when not smiling.
When smiling; yours and his are quite similar (small lower lip opening/drop for yours vs. wider opening/drop for his) again, it's a conscious exercise in front of a mirror to achieve that type of mimics. Eager to see your next update!!
 
My newest road trip for scouting my future photoshoot will be in Astoria's Ecola State Park. I have high hopes of finding the grassy slope next to the ocean before I age out of this costume. Either way, it's a Goonies field trip to Haystack rock and that can't possibly be a bad thing. I will post my scenery pics here when we get back.
 
I swear that was the heaviest traffic I have seen in years. The weather finally cleared and we headed out to Astoria. Turns out it was not only Dune/Sand Fest for the south coast but Kite fest for the North Coast.

It was insane. We only made it as far as Lincoln City before I called it on account of near deadly traffic encounter number 10. Every stupid person who ever owned a car, from northern Oregon, was at the coast. All driving 80 as though they were on the Interstate instead of the famously curving 101 Coast highway.

You all up north really suck and I harbor no regrets in saying so. You truly truly suck. No respect for anyone, no respect for others' safety.

There was one exception. One of the crew from the production team of ThatOregonLife.com was very politely driving along and I noted that they were like, sane, and then I noticed the company logo. Great stories and local interest stuff from that team. Well worth the view online, look em up.

But, we did have a wonderful time when we were off the road. All the kite fest folks were having a great time and it was very family friendly. Sand fest looked dangerous, as usual, and I pray it didn't turn deadly like most of those events do. The search and rescue helicopter was simply doing laps around and around. That pilot deserves some serious love from all the participants.

We stopped at many beach locations to get out of the insanity and did find a beautiful grassy slope that might very well suffice, given the right camera angles. And several locations worthy of pirate pics and some possible silliness in vid form. It is truly impressive how difficult it is to find a slope and grass similar to the scene with Orlando.

Also of note, we saw several whales, found fool's gold and loads of iron embedded in the beach cliffs (we left it undisturbed) and posed inside the Devil's punchbowl, only to find out several posers had to be rescued from the same location the day before..... It is so difficult being a stupid tourist but we perservered.

These are phone pics so I apologize for the distortion....
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This coast is beautiful beyond words but grassy slope, we don't do grassy slope. Trees, brush, rocks and cliffs we do very well.

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Niiice:cool::cool: The Pacific coast is gorgeous...aahh; one of my dream to go from Vancouver, all the way down to San Diego(y)(y)
In Oregon, the beach cannot be owned and is always public access. This does not stop some areas from being unreachable from the road due to extreme terrain where roads cannot go. Some of the really crazy spots need some planning and sometimes some local knowledge. If ever you head down the path, let me know. One of the easiest, non 101 sections, is Charleston to Cape Arago. Then you return to 101 on the same road. Nearly every right hand turn on that section, on the way in, leads to a seperate attraction. Even the ones that seem to be going into housing or a business. It is funny that some famous spots are on the other side of others and you have to park at the first, look around and then already know that, instead of leaving, you now take the path out the back. At the Botanical Gardens, there are 5 areas branching off the Gardens that are all worthy of spending an hour at each. Many people, even locals, don't know about all 5. All of that would be considered 1 right hand turn off the path.
 
In Oregon, the beach cannot be owned and is always public access. This does not stop some areas from being unreachable from the road due to extreme terrain where roads cannot go. Some of the really crazy spots need some planning and sometimes some local knowledge. If ever you head down the path, let me know. One of the easiest, non 101 sections, is Charleston to Cape Arago. Then you return to 101 on the same road. Nearly every right hand turn on that section, on the way in, leads to a seperate attraction. Even the ones that seem to be going into housing or a business. It is funny that some famous spots are on the other side of others and you have to park at the first, look around and then already know that, instead of leaving, you now take the path out the back. At the Botanical Gardens, there are 5 areas branching off the Gardens that are all worthy of spending an hour at each. Many people, even locals, don't know about all 5. All of that would be considered 1 right hand turn off the path.
Good to know...I thought that the right of passage/use was throughout the West Coast:unsure:
 
Good to know...I thought that the right of passage/use was throughout the West Coast:unsure:
Passage yes, ownership sways a bit between states. Similar to rivers, you can come onto the beach/landing from the water but getting to it from land, in most states, you are trespassing. California has many sections where the beach has been sequestered by fences that only the land owners have access to. Then again, maybe the law is the same and just isn't enforced to allow true public access.
 
Somehow I think I missed posting this resource. I searched but came up empty so here is one if my best sources for reference pics: The Costumer's Guide to Movie Costumes

They have many others, as well, so once you get there you can search for other characters and other films. Most of their pictures are high resolution reference material. They also have a lot of exhibition and museum display shots of screen used items. By changing the 2 to a 1,2,3... etc. you get the other sequels.
 
Still not enough weight off for my gobbler chin to disappear completely but we had an invite to a pirate party so I threw on Will Turner and attended. Note: This was two days after doing my Quint from jaws pose (below):

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and Orlando from the intended scene

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Five more pounds and one man girdle to go yet before a trip to the beach for pics. This round of try ons did show me a few realistic fixes needed, like two more belt loops on the pants. And I need to pin the shirt cuff to the coat sleeve to keep it exposed.

Finally getting close.
 
Still not enough weight off for my gobbler chin to disappear completely but we had an invite to a pirate party so I threw on Will Turner and attended. Note: This was two days after doing my Quint from jaws pose (below):

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and Orlando from the intended scene

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Five more pounds and one man girdle to go yet before a trip to the beach for pics. This round of try ons did show me a few realistic fixes needed, like two more belt loops on the pants. And I need to pin the shirt cuff to the coat sleeve to keep it exposed.

Finally getting close.
Getting very close indeed!! Eager to see the final comp:cool::cool:(y)(y)
 
I attended FanX in Salt Lake this year. Got some decent pictures of the costume and a really good comp picture that ranked into the 90 percentile for likeness. Had lots of fun and got to hang out with some very talented cosplayers and a few celebs. Many compliments received on the costume with many comments on first impression being Orlando for real. It was a very fun day.

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9 pounds to go before beach pics..... ya, taking forever.

My favorite FanX 2024 moment, with the Will Turner costume, was actually witnessed by my daughter instead of me. We had taken a group shot with 6 of the cast from Lord of the Rings. It was rush in, pose, rush out, so I was being very polite and doing whatever the photographer said to do. My daughter said that as we moved out of the photo booth, Elijah had been smiling at the camera and then looked over at me as I passed, did a double take and the smile turned to an open mouth stare. A moment I would have seriously liked to see. Very likely being polite and positive like he always is but I'll accept it as a compliment simply because I want to. :)
 
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Very close indeed greenmachines:cool::cool:(y)(y):love::love: I wouldn't like to compete with you in terms of likeness and costume accuracyo_Oo_O:p:p
You'd beat me at it every time:notworthy::notworthy:
 
I recently got an upgrade to my facial app and the numbers have increased. I had noticed that when comparing two of the same photo, the app could range as low as 89 percent, two identical pictures. Some would go much higher and I expected 99 to 100 if they were actually duplicates but the app was not getting there.

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This recent upgrade brought duplicates to 99-100. Of course this meant I was going to spend hours of precious life rerunning all of my previous likeness comparisons.

My previous holy grail was 85 percent. At 85 in the app my own mom couldn't decide who was who in the comparison pic.

So, no surprise, my previous 85s are now registering as 95s and duplicates show as true duplicates at 99-100. Mom wasn't wrong. So here is my re-ran, highest likeness of all:

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Of course, this is the one I really liked before but because of the lighting differences, it distracts from seeing the actual features matching. I tried to do some tone adjusting for the sole purpose of getting back to matching the actual features instead. I have a hard and fast rule of not photoshopping me or my costume so I stray away from color adjusting unless it is just an overall ambient light change in order to fit into a background image. In the end, it was easier to just run it black and white.

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Now, maybe, mom will feel better for not recognizing her favorite child (ya, this is here just in case my siblings read this).
 
Very close indeed greenmachines:cool::cool:(y)(y):love::love: I wouldn't like to compete with you in terms of likeness and costume accuracyo_Oo_O:p:p
You'd beat me at it every time:notworthy::notworthy:

I hope you don't mind but I often mention your help on my projects when I am on other sites, especially Stan Winston School. I have always said I am my own hardest critic but I actually come in third or fourth when I post on therpf. The minute detail critiques I get here, and for free I must say, are the true driving factor behind the quality of the finished projects. Stuff I would simply not notice. After many years as a proofreader, my mantra is, "Never be the last reviewer of your own work". Much thanks to everyone who slogged through this years long project and kept offering the tweaks, techniques and critiques. Now I just need to cap it off with that promised beach photo shoot...sigh... here's a few extras from Fanx 2024 instead

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Great pic:cool::cool::cool::cool: Love the face of Monaghan finger pointing you:love::love:(y)(y)(y)(y)

That photo op was my main reason for attending. Orlando didn't come this year but I held out hope because they added more and more of the crew every week. They were all very gracious, especially for being there for hours and still keeping the smiles. Elijah just straight up hugs you when you step in.
 
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