...and so is time!
Day 10: Friday, June 5, 2009
T-minus six days and counting! This last step was entirely in Paul's hands: getting the scrubs sewn and shrinking the head sculpt. I'm really happy with the way the outfit turned out, especially with the Mego-scale "spell hands" Paul has had in stock for just such an occasion.
Without his head, I'm reminded of David Gale in Re-Animator.
Speaking of head, it's long history of bad luck continues. The "hydroshrink" process involves casting an original in this specific substance, which yields a damp, spongelike cast. Over time, the cast dehydrates, and it shrinks to a hard finish at 50% of the original. During this time, the manufacturer can "snapshot" different sizes as it shrinks by getting a new mold of the smaller versions.
So, when the hydroshrink cast reduced to classic Mego proportion, Paul made a new mold, the this is the result:
What I'm happy about: I'm amazed at how much detail it captured. I thought I'd completely lose the lines in the skin, but it looks like they stayed. That will be great for the paint.
What I'm not happy about: To my eye, the proportion is a bit off. Look at the chin in particular. Looks like the chin receded a bit, which makes the head look wider and rounder. It also seems to have shrunk the nose, which is fine, given that the one I resculpted (after the dropping-on-the-floor incident of May 25) made him look like Karl Malden. Plus, to add the neck plug, Paul cut the cast a bit too close (in my opinion) to the neck wound, and we lose one of the smaller "attempted bite" details below it.
I mean, it could just be that I'm so used to looking at this thing in its original size for the last month or so that the new size is disorienting me. You be the judge:
And at this point, I lose Paul, who is off to get his ass kissed at MegoMeet, the annual gathering of Mego loyalists in Wheeling, WV. Although there will be some time left when he returns, my conservative project management philosophy makes me take stock and cut off pre-paint development here. Given what Paul and I have been able to produce together, I can now safely say that, if I get all the painting and assembly done over the weekend, we will definitely have a dozen of these puppies on the table at MonsterMania. Anything else we can make between Paul's return and the event itself will be gravy, but clearly this will be an ultra-limited release.
To ensure that, this will most likely be the final post until we report that they're all completed.
Cross your fingers.
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