One of two possible things will occur following my post. 1) People will flame away and it’ll get ugly, or 2) For once, we’ll have a nice healthy discussion with pictures and proof of what I’m about to say.
Before I go ANY further, I’ll say this, we as collectors are as privilaged as we’ve E V E R been for not only the great sculpts we have, but also for the few outstanding conversion artists we have here. But I’m not sure there is a “king” at this point. TLW couldn’t replicate the hero at this stage of the game even if he tried. The hero happened by accident, nothing more. Lightning doesn’t strike twice like that, and him converting one now would prove that.
As for the artists we have here, they’re amazing. All of them have serious talent, but here’s where I’ll likely get flamed by some of our members. Now remember, HEALTHY DEBATE, not hate and anger etc.
To me as a fan and collector, one thing has to be FLAWLESS for a mask to have thee look we all strive for in our collection. That thing in question, are the eyecuts. IMO, only one of our artists here has done so. AHG. This is NOT, I repeat, N O T a shot at anyone, but an opinion on the topic by simply looking at screen caps in HD, behind the sceens pics, and comparing them to our artists renditions here on the board.
I’m 32 years old, and first saw Halloween at age 3 (…by accident) and have been in love with it ever since. I’ve seen every angle, every pic, every screencap you can fathom etc, but only one converter has ever done it right, AHG.
Now, instead of the typical debate styles that normally occur here, let’s keep it pro all the way, no harsh B.S., just poinient debate with real examples and explainations for our thoughts.
I’ll go first. When looking at the hero dead on from a viewers POV, the eye cut on the left is completely clean and very droopy and rounded. Now, the eye cut on the right, is very unclean and has DISTINCT angles and cut-patern changes. This is evident everywhere in pics and screecaps, especially in HD Bluray screencaps. And this is one fact that doesn’t fall victim to the “depends on who’s wearing it” debate, you can see the right-eye differences in the closet scene with TLW and you can see it in the Castle worn shots. Very distinct angle cutting on the right eye.
Colin, JC, MCS etc, all have eye cuts that are “too clean” and “pretty” looking in comparison to the hero on screen. And most often, the eye cuts are too small and placed too close together infact.
Now again, no bashing, no hate in your responses please. This is civil and professional discussion we’re having. I love EVERYTHING about Colin, JC, MCS’ work, from hair and paint etc. But the eyes are almost always off. However, in the most recent ‘Pics of the Day’ thread, JC posted a pic of a blank he’s working on, and THOSE eyecuts look GREAT. Correct size, dimensions and even the right eye has some of those distinct angles in the cutting.
Now, if we could borrow James’ Delorean, set the flux compassitor to 88mph and head to Pasedena circa 1978, we might all be in great shape for the best conversion on this planet LOL!