I got an email response from David Monzingo the original sculptor of scratch it from the film. Sadly he didn't have much to offer in form of references but he did give me a few words of encouragement that really helps my self confidence moving forward. The email read "
Good Morning J.R,
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, but I have been very busy this past week or so.
I'm very glad that you and your kids are so entertained by Small Soldiers, it was a very fun project to work on and I'm very proud of the work that we did at Stan Winston Studio.
Unfortunately, I don't have much in the way of photos of the work I did beyond what is already posted on my website.
I sculpted the Scratch It character, both the oversized maquette and the actual size puppet, which was VERY SMALL. On my website I have photos of me sculpting both of those which can help you get a sense of the scale for both, but I doubt any actual measurements exist. (This was the days before 3D modeling, so everything was done by hand.)
I know that the Winston family took possession of everything that was done during those years and if the Stan Winston School does not have photos or molds, I don't have any idea who would.
I'm sorry I'm not more help to you, but I should say that your sculptures look great! You've got so much of the characters captured in your sculpts... keep it up!
Best of luck to you and I hope that your kids realize how lucky they are to have a dad who goes to that much work for them!
Best wishes, DM "
Pretty cool to get such an awesome response. im still trying to get in contact with te other sculptors but I'm having a hard time locating emails and the rest of the names of each sculptor. So far I know of these Ian Stevenson (punch it) David monzingo (scratch it) Jim charmatz (slamfist) John rosengrant (chip & kip) Joey Orosco (archer & troglokhan) and mark jurinko (link) I'm not sure of the others that may have been sculpted by these guys but so far I've gotten in touch with David monzingo and I've reached out to Joey orosco via email, still waiting a response. If anyone know the names of the other sculptors or even the characters that these sculptors may have worked on feel free to let me know. Also if by chance any of you know of any of their emails or Twitter and can't pass them on so that I may have an opportunity to get in contact with them Id really appreciate it. In the mean time I have a lot of work ahead of me, I managed to aquire some more clay but forgot to pick up the alluminum foil filler :/