FORTUNE AND GLORY - Professor of Archaeology (Painted/Unpainted sculpt) - ORDER NOW!!

[davejames]

I think the eyes might have been painted looking up too high as well. Judging from the original sculpt, you would expect him to be looking more straight ahead.

 

[ShortRound]

Someone PS the eyes straight. :lol

 

[MarfMaster]

Marf: are you posting more pictures today? I was curious about the size of the sculpt relative to another figure.

No more pictures planned for today, but that comparison pic I took with the PF sculpt should give you an indication. The PF sculpt fits perfectly with th rest of my 1/6 collection.

 

[SwedishHeat]

That original sculpt looks great. I will wait patiently for pics of the unpainted cast.

 

[chilipep66]

I'm on the fence yet again. Currently dilemma is weather or not to buy a painted sculpt. I'm for sure gonna get an unpainted one as the sculpt seems perfect, it just that the likeness gets lost in MJs otherwise fantastic paint.

 

[Wor-Gar]

that comparison pic I took with the PF sculpt should give you an indication. The PF sculpt fits perfectly with th rest of my 1/6 collection.

OK good, that's essentially what I wanted to know.

 

[Kubrick]

Now I really want to see an unhatted painted. The hat and ears are a big issue in my eyes, the ears don't look too long/low for anyone else?

I'm really hoping the unpainted looks like the necked version but I'm not holding my breath.

Huge kudos to Marf for putting up with all our gabbering and dealing with the logistics, I'm sure it's hard not to get caught up in the emotions and trying to keep a level head.

I'm surprised/not surprised that MJ refuses to make any alterations/adjustments to his sculpts. I respect his artistry but that doesn't make it any less disappointing.


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[dwing]

Wow that unpainted, uncast sculpt is perfect IMO. It looks like something happened during casting. Some of the newer painted pics look better than what was first shown.

 

[karamazov80]

This isn't the first time we've seen a Ford sculpt that looked much better unpainted--thinking of multiple Grove SSC sculpts and the WGP ones. Something about that guy!

 

[rhboyd]

I am totally ordering. I was convinced before, but more so now. lighting, camera lens... paint... so many variables all lead to confusion. I trust MJ... I trust Marf... this is gonna be GREAT!!! I DO hope that the unpainted ones come as two pieces... WAY better for painting!!

please!?!

 

[MarfMaster]

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I will check to see if the unpainted sculpts will come separate by default. If not, I'm sure it can be arranged.

 

[**16k**]

Separate pieces would be great! How did the proto come? Separate or not? Would the HT fedora fit?

 

[rhboyd]

thanks Marf!! and happy to lend voice to the side of the positive! it's MJ. it's INDY!!!!

 

[user 5807]

Well, I've sent my email with the order. Does it take long to get an answer?

I think this will look good in hand. The one other difference between the painted and unpainted that I see are the eyebrows. The painted ones look to have more of a classic "HT frown", whereas the unpainted are more relaxed, which seems to help with the likeness. I also think the iris is painted to small, looking to up too much. If you look at Fords pictures, he's got large irises and they almost always touch his bottom eyelids.

I also vote for the unpainted to ship as two pieces - hat and head. easier for painting.

 

[8-bit commando]

i sent my email too - i think it looks great

 

[**16k**]

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Well, I've sent my email with the order. Does it take long to get an answer?

I think this will look good in hand. The one other difference between the painted and unpainted that I see are the eyebrows. The painted ones look to have more of a classic "HT frown", whereas the unpainted are more relaxed, which seems to help with the likeness. I also think the iris is painted to small, looking to up too much. If you look at Fords pictures, he's got large irises and they almost always touch his bottom eyelids.

I also vote for the unpainted to ship as two pieces - hat and head. easier for painting.

I emailed yesterday, got a reply today acknowledging he's taken it into account and saying he'll get back to me (probably for payment) tomorrow, so you shouldn't wait too long.

 

[Evil_Ash]

Best sculpt I've seen.

However, the hat is a tad too small and the nose is ever so slightly too pointy.

Just my $0.02

 

[TaliBane]

Here are some more pics under different lighting, as promised! It's not often that my detolf pics fail a sculpt...

Beautifully sculpted and painted and I'm liking it but I also see a bit of Sean Penn in these photos. The profile angles look truly HF awesome though. For some reason the crappy iphone pic still looks the best. Something about shadows that reduce the likeness in this sculpt.

Maybe it's the lighting, but the eyebrows look a bit too dark in this paint-up, and that might be throwing the likeness, and as Jabba says above, the eyes seem too small and upward looking. It really is a nice sculpt though.

 

[Ralph_Sutter]

Hey MJ,

First off, congrats in achieving Ford's likeness so well! The sculpt itself is truly amazing.

With that said, I am in agreeance with what a lot of people have been stating about the paint doing the sculpt a disservice. Here is where I see the main issues:

- overall tonailities are a bit exaggerated. There are a lot of painted low and highlights in the paintup. It's giving a bit of a cartoony/blown out effect to the actual sculpt. I think if you softened both the painted shadows and highlights a bit, you'd be looking at a much better result.

- The eyes. As a lot of people have stated, the iris/pupil is far too small and tilted up too much. In reality your bottom lid covers part of your iris and far less white of the eye is seen (especially with squinty-eyed Ford).

- The hair. I think his brow and overall hair could use a bi of lightening up. Right now it is looking very dark. Yes, HF's hair is a darker blond/brown but it definitely had more lighter tufts in he film.

I hope these pointers help and that the production paintup can be adjusted. Again, tremendous work!

 

[DKA8976]

Hey MJ,

First off, congrats in achieving Ford's likeness so well! The sculpt itself is truly amazing.

With that said, I am in agreeance with what a lot of people have been stating about the paint doing the sculpt a disservice. Here is where I see the main issues:

- overall tonailities are a bit exaggerated. There are a lot of painted low and highlights in the paintup. It's giving a bit of a cartoony/blown out effect to the actual sculpt. I think if you softened both the painted shadows and highlights a bit, you'd be looking at a much better result.

- The eyes. As a lot of people have stated, the iris/pupil is far too small and tilted up too much. In reality your bottom lid covers part of your iris and far less white of the eye is seen (especially with squinty-eyed Ford).

- The hair. I think his brow and overall hair could use a bi of lightening up. Right now it is looking very dark. Yes, HF's hair is a darker blond/brown but it definitely had more lighter tufts in he film.

I hope these pointers help and that the production paintup can be adjusted. Again, tremendous work!

This!