16 July 2009

Moebius' The Mummy: An IP shot

Thought I'd share a close-up of The Mummy with its new [resin] head. . .

The head has yet to be permanently attached. The green arrow on the right points to the edge of the ground-in panel (still very much a work in progress) that will eventually serve as the marquee for the hieroglyphs.

Back to the grind. . .

A~

PS--By way of follow-up, the neck join has now been filled and finished, and the replacement head snaps on/off as if it were part of the original design.
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6 comments:

  1. LJuly 17, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    Augie,

    SWEET!!!!.... He's looking really good. i can't wait to see this one painted. The details ie. hieroglyphics, different colors of the painted sarcophagus, etc. is going to look fantastic.

    Keep it up.
    Lloyd

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  2. AugieJuly 17, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    What's really frightening is that this is the easy part! 8-S But I'm slowly psyching myself up for the coffin lid, and all that it will entail. There have been some pretty impressive--and imaginative!--build-ups throughout the modelling forums and these have given me much to think about. . .

    Back at it!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 18, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    Been watching this and the new head looks great, you really have breathed new life into the mummy. Hardy

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  4. AugieJuly 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    First of all, welcome aboard, my friend!

    Thank you for your kind comment. I am VERY pleased with the outcome. It was an enlightening exercise as I never quite understood why the overwhelming majority of the scale Karloff-as-Imhotep likenesses done to date have been so off the mark. So in addition to now-having a decent replacement head for my project, I also learned a few valuable lessons. A very productive outing!

    Thanks again for your comment. . . hopefully but the first of many. BTW, I'd love to see what you could do with the bandages on this kit!

    Best,

    Augie

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  5. Jim JohnstonJuly 19, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    Great job Augie! Nice to see your working so hard on this and am looking forward to your ongoing efforts.

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  6. AugieJuly 19, 2009 at 12:55 PM

    Hey guy!

    A belated welcome aboard!

    First of all, THANKS! You know me. . . I'm not going to do a figure just for the sake of doing it. I don't know what happened in the course of pre-production, but I have heard that the end-product is but a pale shadow of the master sculpt. Considering the medium, the strings being pulled by licensors, etc. etc. etc., it's a wonder anything comes even close. The forthcoming follow-up kit of the Frankenstein Monster is another unfortunate example, and one that will not grace these pages.

    That being said, it's been a lot of fun so far. Still have the hands, the femoral extension, and all the loose ends of the wrappings to rework and/or finish on the figure, and then its on to finish the coffin before I can begin to even think about paint. Maybe by Halloween. . .

    Thanks again!

    Augie

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