Ven
Super Freak
can anybody geuss what I did to it?
Before and After.
Before and After.
Andy Bergholtz Christian Bale TDK RESCULPT.
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lforigno
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I want!!!!! looks awesome
TheObsoleteMan
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More hair on the sides and sanded down the chin? The chin especially is an improvement. I love Andy B.'s sculpts, but they do have a tendency to be just a hair on the charicature side. The smaller chin gives it a more realistic appearance.
Ven
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I want to paint this baby up so bad, but I'm gonna wait for my buddy scarlet's medicom indy.. see what I could do with that.
don't worry red, I didn't for get you
and iforingo (i'm looking into how to cast, I know how but would like to perfect it before anything)
LChinoz
Super Freak
Great! can't wait to see it painted up.
dude! your doing some sweet bales!
No one has a problem with slightly altering someone elses sculpt and then molding and casting it? If you are doing one for your own collection that's one thing but selling these castings isn't much different from recasting, is it? There are several talented sculptors who wont come near custom head work because of these types of projects. It seems like there are a few people doing these resculpts and then casting and selling them. Just wondered what everyone's opinions were on this. Now if you have Bergholtz permission I guess it isn't an issue.
Ven
Super Freak
hey yruh8n, thanks for asking that but I didn't plan on selling anything... and even if I did of course I would ask Mr. Bergholtz first. 
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its not like your casting andys head and selling it. you customized your own version. i know its a grey area for some. in my opinion i see no problem with it. and if i made this BB version and saw this TDK version? i would love it and want one. and i would ecpect it for free! lol this is what we call "customizing" its the bread and butter of this awesome hobby we all love! luckily we have a forum to all share our ideas and oooo and aahhh at all the dream toys we always wanted and NOW CAN HAVE 
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Great work ven!
LordAzrael
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its not like your casting andys head and selling it. you customized your own version. i know its a grey area for some. in my opinion i see no problem with it. and if i made this BB version and saw this TDK version? i would love it and want one. and i would ecpect it for free! lol this is what we call "customizing" its the bread and butter of this awesome hobby we all love! luckily we have a forum to all share our ideas and oooo and aahhh at all the dream toys we always wanted and NOW CAN HAVE
As long as Andy isn't still selling it himself then I don't have a problem.
intothevoid
Batmod
can anybody geuss what I did to it?
Before and After.
Looks awesome, one change that would immediately make it more accurate though is dremmeling down the V of the nose a bit, see the comparison picture, the V feature of Bale's nose is quite exagerrated on the sculpt, and would greatly benefit from some reduction.
The Ringer
Super Freak
Simply phenominal work Venny!
eighthsamurai
Super Freak
yeah man, that is just insane! i didn't think andy's sculpt could be improved upon, but you have this talent for noticing the most subtle things in facial structure. that's an awesome skill to have - leads to perfect scupts 
Ven
Super Freak
yeah I redid it after looking at that picture.. actually my friend tony mei pointed that out to me like a year ago but I didn't listen.. lol I shaved it down. expect painted pictures this weekend.. or when ever scarlet's medicom indy head arrives.
thanks for all the feedback fella's but the main person to praise is Andy Bergholtz. without him none of this would be possible. THANK YOU ANDY
hey yruh8n, thanks for asking that but I didn't plan on selling anything... and even if I did of course I would ask Mr. Bergholtz first.
okay, but maybe you can see where I made the assumptioned. You mentioned you "wanted to get better at casting before anything". Even if you are giving them away you are still taking potential sales away from legitiment sculptors. I have been trying to lure more sculptors into doing custom heads, but most bulk at it because of this type of project and outright recasting. You have a lot of customizers now who will buy a head and make 4 or 5 castings of it for friends. This isn't helping to motivate more sculptor's interest. I saw recasting ravage one hobby I love already (garage kits), and I would hate to see it happen again. If no one has a problem with this I've said my piece. I would like to see AB's opinion on it though. Also I realize you aren't the only person doing this.
eighthsamurai
Super Freak
i agree with you totally, bud. but again, i don't think ven has any plans to cast lots of these and sell them, or even give them away as far as i know. ven is one of the people on these boards that has the utmost respect for the hobby and what sculptors do. but then he has resculpted it, and if andy's ok with it (he's no longer offering or selling casts as far as i know) why not sell them on?
Andy doesn't own this piece. I own all molds and the original sculpt.
eighthsamurai
Super Freak
ah yes, very very very true! wofford's the guy ven would need to check with. what's your take on this dude? while it's ok for ven to resculpt his own copy, how do you feel about recasting? it's down to each individual that owns a sculpt and the only right or wrong here is in whether the resculptor follows the wishes of that individual.
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