07-30-2005, 07:04 PM
Okay, we have some major updates that we feel we need to inform you guys of.
First, this mask still may be a part 3 recast, but it cannot be proven. There is too little evidence and only hearsay to go on. I\'m laying down this theory for the moment, and focusing on some new information I have about this blank.
Second, I\'m about 96% certain that this blank is a first-generation part 6 mask, made from the movie mold. I\'ve found every single bump and dent that\'s on this pull in movie screen caps from part 6...Even the eyes\' precise shape and "curve" that was left intact when the eyes were cut smaller than they were meant to be. It\'s almost impossible to spot these things in part 3. There is just too little to go on....In part 6, they jump right out at ya if you know what you\'re looking for. Plus, this blank dates back to the 80s and is made of the same thickness of white styrene that the screen-used part 6 masks were made out of....Coincidence? I don\'t think so. Replicas didn\'t exist back then. Especially vac-formed ones. This thing is most likely an authentic part 6 movie pull, as is the one that "tommyjarvis13" owns.
Mike and I are going to act accordingly with this new discovery and offer the part 6 versions FIRST, as opposed to last, like we had planned. Mike\'s also still making the mold currently, as he had a bit of a problem with the first buck that he needed to go back and fix. Nothing really serious, though. This project is unaffected. It will just take a bit longer to remold the urethane casting and fix the problems. The urethane buck came out BEAUTIFULLY, and if we can just get the friggin clay pour to come out as nicely, then we\'ll be back on track.
Ryan Bean
First, this mask still may be a part 3 recast, but it cannot be proven. There is too little evidence and only hearsay to go on. I\'m laying down this theory for the moment, and focusing on some new information I have about this blank.
Second, I\'m about 96% certain that this blank is a first-generation part 6 mask, made from the movie mold. I\'ve found every single bump and dent that\'s on this pull in movie screen caps from part 6...Even the eyes\' precise shape and "curve" that was left intact when the eyes were cut smaller than they were meant to be. It\'s almost impossible to spot these things in part 3. There is just too little to go on....In part 6, they jump right out at ya if you know what you\'re looking for. Plus, this blank dates back to the 80s and is made of the same thickness of white styrene that the screen-used part 6 masks were made out of....Coincidence? I don\'t think so. Replicas didn\'t exist back then. Especially vac-formed ones. This thing is most likely an authentic part 6 movie pull, as is the one that "tommyjarvis13" owns.
Mike and I are going to act accordingly with this new discovery and offer the part 6 versions FIRST, as opposed to last, like we had planned. Mike\'s also still making the mold currently, as he had a bit of a problem with the first buck that he needed to go back and fix. Nothing really serious, though. This project is unaffected. It will just take a bit longer to remold the urethane casting and fix the problems. The urethane buck came out BEAUTIFULLY, and if we can just get the friggin clay pour to come out as nicely, then we\'ll be back on track.
Ryan Bean