11-10-2011, 04:25 AM
Well, I\'m going to cut to the point. Professional FX artist Conor McCullagh of "face off" fame has not been active on these forums in over 2 years. Rather, a former friend of his has been impersonating him through his account. The man responsible is in fact Paul Hartman. Apparently Paul Hartman has already had a bad reputation, and has even been banned from these forums.
I discovered this through a bad transaction for one of my HUD busts. I had been corresponding with who I though was Conor who claimed to be interested in one of the "flawed" copies from the first run. Fully believing it was indeed Conor McCullagh, with his iron clad reputation in the collecting community, I sent him the bust before receiving payment, something I never do.
Well, once the bust was sent, naturally "Conor" was not responding to my messages any more. So, today I contacted the real Conor on Facebook, and found out that I\'d been had. Apparently Paul Hartman was using the account without his knowledge, and has gone completely awol since a divorce. Conor said that he was going to have his NO account deleted.
So, all the promoting that Conor was doing during the first season of "face off", yeah, that was Paul Hartman.
Just seems too ridiculous to be true, but it is.
The funny and sad thing about all of this, I had cut who I thought was Conor a really great deal on the bust. Firstly because it was a "flawed" copy (although you would have never known it by the time I finished it), but mainly because I was so proud and excited to have a well known and respected artist who never collects, interested in owning my work. Color me very disappointed.
Well Paul Hartman, luckily it wasn\'t about the money for me. I just hope that the lifeless piece of cold resin you fooled me out of can somehow fill the vast empty void in your sad little life. Perhaps it can love you like the wife that no longer wanted you, you sad, pathetic man.
Yeah, that was really cold and below the belt. Hell, that was downright villainous, but I do feel better, and I can\'t use any curse words here, so I had to improvise.
Anyway, I wish no ill will on anyone, and thought some of you may find this interesting.
I discovered this through a bad transaction for one of my HUD busts. I had been corresponding with who I though was Conor who claimed to be interested in one of the "flawed" copies from the first run. Fully believing it was indeed Conor McCullagh, with his iron clad reputation in the collecting community, I sent him the bust before receiving payment, something I never do.
Well, once the bust was sent, naturally "Conor" was not responding to my messages any more. So, today I contacted the real Conor on Facebook, and found out that I\'d been had. Apparently Paul Hartman was using the account without his knowledge, and has gone completely awol since a divorce. Conor said that he was going to have his NO account deleted.
So, all the promoting that Conor was doing during the first season of "face off", yeah, that was Paul Hartman.
Just seems too ridiculous to be true, but it is.
The funny and sad thing about all of this, I had cut who I thought was Conor a really great deal on the bust. Firstly because it was a "flawed" copy (although you would have never known it by the time I finished it), but mainly because I was so proud and excited to have a well known and respected artist who never collects, interested in owning my work. Color me very disappointed.
Well Paul Hartman, luckily it wasn\'t about the money for me. I just hope that the lifeless piece of cold resin you fooled me out of can somehow fill the vast empty void in your sad little life. Perhaps it can love you like the wife that no longer wanted you, you sad, pathetic man.
Yeah, that was really cold and below the belt. Hell, that was downright villainous, but I do feel better, and I can\'t use any curse words here, so I had to improvise.
Anyway, I wish no ill will on anyone, and thought some of you may find this interesting.