It's been a long year and a half for me; botched projects, overdue runs, cancelled runs, and on and on, and I've finally recovered. I'm getting back into prop making, and am going back to my roots; past projects, unfinished shelf sitters, new builds, and on and on. Pretty much whatever strikes my fancy.
I think we all remember getting together and cranking out the first batch of Vigos way back in 2009, and then subsequently, the second Painting, the Muses. The images weren't the best, but they sure came out great thanks to artists here, like Ramiel, AZSpidey, and a few others. Since its posting, the images have found their way around the net, and have been produced by myself and others over and over again (most of the others were without permission).
Last year, I was given the opportunity to create a replica for an ILMer, and I was pretty stoked about it, and asked if he/she worked at the Presidio offices, and sure enough they did! One shipped prop later, I had new, up close pics of the Vigo painting prop.
They were kind enough to take several photos, and the glares from the previous image are all but gone. Detail upon detail has emerged, and I was able to assemble a gorgeous new image, and even got one printed up for the Ohio Group I'm in to have on display at cons.
I was so happy an inspired by the completion of the new Vigo, I went into full 'redux' mode and have been digitally restoring (with my limited skills) the Muses painting, dragging out better colors section by section, and even bring up some additional detail.
I can go into loads of detail about all the little things now visible, but I'll just let the pics speak for themselves! Check out the side by sides:
Nice crotch shot showing all the new, excellent detail.
My new Vigo as he hangs today . . . in my living room :lol
And the new Vigo during "birth". Ewww . . . :lol
Muses improvements at a glance
I hope to sell these down the road, but not right now. So, please, don't bother expressing interest or PMing me about getting one. I just wanted to post these and show them off cause I'm a proud papa.
Enjoy!
I think we all remember getting together and cranking out the first batch of Vigos way back in 2009, and then subsequently, the second Painting, the Muses. The images weren't the best, but they sure came out great thanks to artists here, like Ramiel, AZSpidey, and a few others. Since its posting, the images have found their way around the net, and have been produced by myself and others over and over again (most of the others were without permission).
Last year, I was given the opportunity to create a replica for an ILMer, and I was pretty stoked about it, and asked if he/she worked at the Presidio offices, and sure enough they did! One shipped prop later, I had new, up close pics of the Vigo painting prop.
They were kind enough to take several photos, and the glares from the previous image are all but gone. Detail upon detail has emerged, and I was able to assemble a gorgeous new image, and even got one printed up for the Ohio Group I'm in to have on display at cons.
I was so happy an inspired by the completion of the new Vigo, I went into full 'redux' mode and have been digitally restoring (with my limited skills) the Muses painting, dragging out better colors section by section, and even bring up some additional detail.
I can go into loads of detail about all the little things now visible, but I'll just let the pics speak for themselves! Check out the side by sides:
Nice crotch shot showing all the new, excellent detail.
My new Vigo as he hangs today . . . in my living room :lol
And the new Vigo during "birth". Ewww . . . :lol
Muses improvements at a glance
I hope to sell these down the road, but not right now. So, please, don't bother expressing interest or PMing me about getting one. I just wanted to post these and show them off cause I'm a proud papa.
Enjoy!
