03-12-2010, 10:47 PM
I was absolutly blown away with Ryan's sculpt when I first saw it, still am! He put a TON of time and work into this piece and it more then shows. I was lucky enough to get a copy from him, a copy he called 're-jected' 
I laughed when I saw it in person, I've bought SEVERAL pieces that are claimed to be perfect castings, show up with a hundred times more flaws then this. I think that speaks very highly to Ryan's dedication to the piece, and his customer care, I can't recomend dealing with him enough. Thanks again buddy! So after a couple tiny skims with some spot putty he was ready to go for paint. After coming off of the Wastelander, I felt I could do no wrong. Ah humility, nothing like feeling like a total moron to bring you back down This was actually a fairly tough piece, not that it had to be, I more made it that way. I think I restarted the paint work 7 times on him, glad I use thinned acrylics, or it's just be an unrecogniseable blob of paint LOL I wanted to try and match the skin tones and shading in the movie, aswell as do Ryan's work justice. Little things mainly, a tone wouldn't come out the right hue, I'd burn through to the primer while doing a wash wet rub, etc etc etc. Finally though, I got it nailed down and am thrilled with the turnout! However, the fall from grace did not stop there. I had planned an elaborate display stand/base for the bust to sit on, a nice thin sheet of mdf with beveled corners, and his name engraved, or rather roughly carved into it painted in the movie poster red, also I had a Crystal Lake sign I made a stand for to really set things off. Came out awesome... almost. While uploading the pictures today, I found a glaring problem, I'm sure some of you will pick up on instantly. *sigh* All I can say is when you're on heavy medications and plan to do wood working, triple or quadruple check your work, then ask someone else to be 100% sure LOL Fixable problem, but not for a while. Here's the pics!<img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt4.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt42.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt43.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt44.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt45.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt47.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />
I laughed when I saw it in person, I've bought SEVERAL pieces that are claimed to be perfect castings, show up with a hundred times more flaws then this. I think that speaks very highly to Ryan's dedication to the piece, and his customer care, I can't recomend dealing with him enough. Thanks again buddy! So after a couple tiny skims with some spot putty he was ready to go for paint. After coming off of the Wastelander, I felt I could do no wrong. Ah humility, nothing like feeling like a total moron to bring you back down This was actually a fairly tough piece, not that it had to be, I more made it that way. I think I restarted the paint work 7 times on him, glad I use thinned acrylics, or it's just be an unrecogniseable blob of paint LOL I wanted to try and match the skin tones and shading in the movie, aswell as do Ryan's work justice. Little things mainly, a tone wouldn't come out the right hue, I'd burn through to the primer while doing a wash wet rub, etc etc etc. Finally though, I got it nailed down and am thrilled with the turnout! However, the fall from grace did not stop there. I had planned an elaborate display stand/base for the bust to sit on, a nice thin sheet of mdf with beveled corners, and his name engraved, or rather roughly carved into it painted in the movie poster red, also I had a Crystal Lake sign I made a stand for to really set things off. Came out awesome... almost. While uploading the pictures today, I found a glaring problem, I'm sure some of you will pick up on instantly. *sigh* All I can say is when you're on heavy medications and plan to do wood working, triple or quadruple check your work, then ask someone else to be 100% sure LOL Fixable problem, but not for a while. Here's the pics!<img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt4.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt42.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt43.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt44.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt45.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/starwarsbuilds/model%20kits/jasonpt47.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />
\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />Were the nose holes hard to hollow out? What'd you use to do it? Whenever I'm forced to carve out those holes on any casting, I always get insanely scared that I'll ruin the whole face with a wrong move or accidental jerk.I'm fully unworthy of all that praise, though. I'm just glad you're incredibly happy with the piece itself and the price I asked for it. I'd also like to thank you for being the second person to ever post completed shots of a Party Crasher. I've been waiting on some of the other guys to paint their copies, but they're being rather slow about it. ( <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"
\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tongue.gif\" /> )Great job and cheers, my friend!Ryan
