Hey guys i was wondering if NAG sales H78 blanks?? I sent him a E-mail but no reply yet, but then again i just sent it earlier tonight lol. I sent him a E-Mail telling him if he wanted he could even ship it straight to jc_70 ( I love his work )… Also how much is his H78 blanks??
Also whats the size?? I have a 23 1/2 inch head.
Im really looking forward to getting a NAG/JC H78 If the blank price isnt ridiculous. I love JC’s conversions and i REALLY want one lol.
Don’t hold your breath. I don’t think Nik has been selling blanks for some time, or only to a select few. He doesn’t always have them, for starters.
But consider this: if you’re Nik, would you prefer to sell a blank for $100, or a complete mask for $300? He’s losing the bulk of his profits if he sells only blanks, with the money going to those folks who do conversions.
I’m in no way against Nik or the great converters out there, but you have to remember that the availability of blanks may well be an issue of economics. I’ve been trying to get a H78 blank for 6 months, and no deal…
Oh yes, i understand where hes coming from completely. But If it were me and someone was buying it for a conversion and it was $100 or nothing. I would take the $100 in a heartbeat. But I get were hes coming from, I just noticed there were alot of conversions up so i thought he sold them all the time.
Good luck. I asked him two different times if he still sold blanks and both times he said no, flawed or not. He’s tired of other artists capitalizing off of his work. I guess in a way you can’t blame him. Maybe JC can give him private lessons on finishing then he wouldn’t have this problem.
Any artist in the mask business is not losing money to pour a blank.Nik knows this.For anyone who think otherwise their crazy.Selling $10 worth of latex for $100 is an ok deal in my book.The conversion artist are not hurting niks business.Without his sculpt there would be nothing to convert.When an artist does a nice job on one of niks blank 78s its still showcasing niks work too.Come on guys use your heads…
Does anyone have an example of a “finished” H78 by Nik? The way I see it is that the mask should be finished when you buy it. It seems to me that what JC does is take and make it look very close to screen accurate. I guess I’m confused by what finished truly means. I assume it’s different for different pieces. If you have a blank then JC can paint it up and hair it as well from what I have seen and everything I have seen comes out looking awesome.
here you go smdm, this is an H78 i got from Nik back in 08. i think it looks damn good and thats two years he’s had to practice since
anyone recall that retool h78 that J gobears got afew months back that people couldnt believe that Nik did the finishing on? maybe J will chime in and post a pic of it.
heres my 08 H78:
indeed man. Nik can send you a mask straight out of the oven that doesnt need any extra seasoning.
and ofcourse we all know JC has some mean ingredients
[quote=“embodiedhost”]here you go smdm, this is an H78 i got from Nik back in 08. i think it looks damn good and thats two years he’s had to practice since
anyone recall that retool h78 that J gobears got afew months back that people couldnt believe that Nik did the finishing on? maybe J will chime in and post a pic of it.
hers my 08 H78:
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Here ya go. The only thing that I did was add weathering and messed with the hair, the rest was Nik…
See Ya,
J
Thank you Shane & J for showing off some of Nik’s fantastic finishing/eyecut skills. And J, looks like you & I both like to tease the hair of our masks…we should become stylists for serial killers
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