KH/DW #17 - Repainted by JC

DeathClutch · January 9, 2010, 9:50pm

swampbilly:

DeathClutch:

Thanks Swamp! I completely skipped over the text and just looked at the pictures. Bad habits!
I have to admit, I was a little iffy on this because I thought this mask was all original when it was sent off for the repaint… I was thinking: “Why in the heck would someone send off an original KH/DW and have Ken’s paint erased???”
Seeing as it was not original and had been badly altered, you definitely made the right decision to send it off for a repaint. It looks great! That thing is definitely a jaw dropper. Congrats Chris!

I figured thats what happened, I didn’t realize you deleted your post.
But you mean to tell me if you scored a, lets say a KH with the more grey soild paintjob, you wouldn’t send it to AHG for a repaint?
I feel like the days of keeping Myers masks in original form from the artist is pretty much over. It used to be something held high by collectors, but doesn’t seem to anymore. And why not, if you can make the mask more enjoyable for yourself. I kept my DB2 #1 in original form, but I always thought a few minor tweaks here and there would of really made it pop. I really just didn’t want to put it in the mail, and while I considered it, flying to Canada for Mike or Colin was out. It wasn’t until after I sold it that I found out JC lived much closer to me than I had previously thought. Dumping gas on stray cats to watch them burn doesn’t describe how pissed I was about that. My own fault though.
Though of course there are always the few masks you wonder my someone touched em but what can you do.
Kris’ NMM78 is a great example though, I thought it was great as is, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say what he had JC do to it really brought it to another level. It is a gamble though.
Zeph didn’t mean to highjack.

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Matthew_Mayhem · January 9, 2010, 10:08pm

Looks great Chris…Now box that up and send it on…

Slasher75 · January 9, 2010, 10:10pm

Nice mask to add to any collection.

Myersh20 · January 9, 2010, 10:11pm

pure sweetness

dadrinnin · January 9, 2010, 10:41pm

thats cool as hell chris, I’m jelous looks like I will have to make a trip back up to aptos to check out that mask and a few others you bought that I haven’t seeen yet… Dean

zephro · January 10, 2010, 12:18am

Thanks for the comments guys and I love the pics of what it looked liked before the guy I bought it from added white paint to it. I think it turned out great after JC put some love into it.

So I now own 17, 18 (unaltered), number 3 of the new run.

Chris

Michaelantern · January 10, 2010, 12:38am

Wow, I always loved that copy. It looks great now but I agree with you that it was fantastic in its original form. I have no idea why the person who owned it felt the need to repaint it.

jc_70 · January 10, 2010, 3:58am

Yeah Benny, I totally agree. It did indeed look nice in the original form.

JC

Shapedancer · January 10, 2010, 1:55pm

Gorgeous piece with amazing JC finish congrats Chris!