Looks like it, and he nailed it too, but only people with a similar head to NC will be able to wear it without it stretching out, like when Dick Warlock wore the mask. His other ones, 75K, Nightmare, Shape78, etc, go for an unworn look, with no castle stretch.
well in that case this really seems to be different from his usual works (Castle, Proto, Shape78 and the others are all pretty similar), what FB group are you referring to?
“thx guys,its a new sculpt.no mask comes close to this,im possitive that it might be the best h1 ever,i hope its shape to stay good in latex form.if it holds up its gonna be the top h1,stay tuned”
Hahaha well i’m glad I didn’t bag a Shape 78 in the end, this looks absolutely perfect in every way. Big fan of the Nick Castle worn look for the H1 myself.
you think the Castle is more accurate? they look almost identical to me, like all his other works, all very similar, this new one really seems accurate and finally different from all his previous works, let’s see how it stands up when it’s finished, perhaps he noticed there isn’t much difference between the Shape 78 and his other previous masks and perhaps it was about time to make something new and actually more accurate? I saw he’s now making the Shape 81 as well…
Since the Somnambulist thread it seems like the hard inbuilt Castle stretch is all the range now, perhaps Nikos read the thread and saw the appreciation for a similar sculpt? who knows
Nah, I went for the Castle 75k because the Shape 78 is way too large for me, they’re similar but i feel the Shape 78 could have slightly sharper features, especially the cheeks ive noticed from the side. The actual Kirk masks don’t seem to have that, still a really nice sculpt overall just wasn’t for me in the end i’m afraid.
I got The Shape 78 and it doesn’t seem to have sharper features IMO, if you see the latest pictures posted by me and the other guys included the ones posted by JC you can barely tell them, features mainly change depending on the finish you request and who’s going to finish it, some painted by JC are really spot on, but you did good to order a Castle if you needed a 24".
I think Somnmbulist sculpt is what got everyone to copy it, and now it’s all gonna be a competition to see who finishes first and who can offer it at the best price, plus people are wanting that look in their H1 mask, since none have been done that way since the Second Stab
sounded like a joke but it could actually be the truth, it’s strange that Nikos just a few months after so much noise about his alleged best H1 ever “Shape 78” out of the blue comes out with a new sculpt with a very similar shape and stretch as the Somnambulist’, chances here are that he realized that most collectors were not interested in another sculpt almost identical to his previous works, but showed lot of appreciation towards a more evident Castle stretch that stands up beside all the most iconic pictures of the first movie, at this point this is not far from the truth.