Quarantine Studio, 1/5 scale, 3D printed
digitally sculpted by Tony Cipriano
Very cool kit! When I first saw pictures of it, it looked too long and skinny, but it doesn't seem quite as bad in person.
The 3D printing is so accurate that the legs are attached to the base through gravity, as is the torso attached to the legs.
I love the 1/5 scale! The eyes are so much bigger, I had no problem detailing them.
Swede Creations, 1/8 scale, resin
sculpted by Staffan Linder
I always admired this kit from afar; one popped up on eBay so I finally grabbed it.
The seller unfortunately said it was 1/6th scale, which would have made the kit about a foot and a half high!
I actualy like it better at this smaller scale.
This is the scene form Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu" (1979) with Klaus Kinski
where he enters Lucy's bedroom at night while she's in front of her mirror brushing her hair out.
She doesn't see him coming in the mirror and suddenly gasps!
This is the second edition of this kit. It includes the wooden floor and the rat-infested base.
I watched the film again. In some of the scenes, you can see a bit of color in the coat, so I painted his coat dark, dark brown instead of black.
Artomic, 1/6 scale, resin, sculpted by Thomas Kuntz
scratch-built base
Being bored and stuck inside during our coronavirus pandemic, I decided to build a new base for this model.
The old base, though nice, was an early attempt at building bases, so it had problems that I was well aware of.
I think this one came out nicer. (You can scroll down the page to see the same model with the old base).
This looks like a shot from the movie!
I was going for the the doorway to the room that Jonathan Harker was staying in at the Count's castle.
I couldn't figure it out in the film, but it looked like the top left-hand corner of the room had a ton of mold growing on it. Eewww!
I think the nameplate came from the Headless Hearseman a long time ago. The rats are from Aurora; I don't remember if they were all from the "customizing kits" or spares from their monster models.
XO-Facto (2020)
resin, about 1/7th scale, sculpted by Jeff Yagher
This is definitely a "WOW" kit!
An eerie shot from the rear:
I know it's just a curtain, but I was mightily impressed by it:
resin, 1/6 scale, Thomas Kuntz sculpt, Artomic Productions
scratch-built base
I bought it from Thomas Kuntz' Artomic Creations a long time ago
along with the two Caligari models and The Golem
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I built the base from scratch. I used styrofoam, plaster, and doll house bricks for the wall. I built the doors with balsa wood.
The rats come from Polar Light's reissue of the Aurora Customizing Kits. The bucket and trunk came from a craft shop.
This is an alternative photo of the whole model using diffused lighting:
Older photos from the old Model Museum
styrene, 1/8 scale, Monarch models
Great sculpt! Just like the old Auroras!
This is an alternative photo of the whole model using diffused lighting:
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