09-17-2009, 05:11 PM
Don't look at me...I've been sculpting a life-size bust version of Michael Crawford as "The Phantom of the Opera" for the past few months! <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":tongue:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tongue.gif\" /> Honestly though, I don't mind collecting anything that I truly enjoy for however long that it continues to be available to me in some form. The only topic I've gotten sick of lately is anything to do with "Myers masks"...Guh, the very subject makes me wanna hurl...Plus, there have been hundreds of fan-sculpted replicas, but only a handful of TRULY accurate ones for each "Big 4" character so far. That's another reason why I've been limiting myself to movie-molded or original production pieces over the past year or two. It's just more satisfying for me (sometimes) to have a casting of the original sculpture that initially inspired my fascination. That type of replica doesn't leave anything to be desired about any particular character, unless you have to get the casting painted/repainted and haired/rehaired, which is a quick fix. If a production casting or movie-molded version of something is perpetually unavailable, THEN I'll consider fan sculpture as my only real option, and start looking around for what I believe to be the best fan-sculpted replica of the design. It keeps things more interesting for me.Cheers,Ryan