Ghost of Christmas Past (1951)

[kevtk135]

I bought John Dennett's latest Christmas Carol bust too late to get it finished for last year. So I wanted to make sure I didn't miss out this year. It's Michael Dolan as the 1951 Ghost of Christmas Past. My dilemma with this one was all the white on white on white. So the skin was done only slightly lighter and gave the hair and robe a "ghostly" blue tint. Thanks for looking.

[Tim Casey]

That's a great paint job! I love the skin tones.

[barad_dur]

That looks great !

[timetraveler]

Very vibrant, stunning skin tones!

[tay666]

Looks great.
Really like the placement of the eyes.

[kevtk135]

Thanks guys!

That's a great paint job! I love the skin tones.

Thanks Tim! I "found" this guy on You Tube, and his channel is called Groundeffected.
He has a way of doing skin that's down and dirty yet highly effective - IMHO.
I developed a sort of hybrid from what he shows.

[spock]

Nicely done and added to the Gallery. Showed it to my son-in-law (also FDNY) trying to show him that there is life after the firehouse. Keep it up.

[kevtk135]

Nicely done and added to the Gallery. Showed it to my son-in-law (also FDNY) trying to show him that there is life after the firehouse. Keep it up.

Hehe Thanks! I did 21 yrs in the field and another few on light duty. They got rid of me just before the magic 25 yrs
Depending on where he's stationed he could prolly build there. Most firehouses have a "study room" that only really gets used before promotion test time. I used to go in there and at least some model stuff done - filling bubbles, cleaning seams , and maybe do some sub assemblies. I'm sure he could find some time during night tours. Retirement is a huge change - he has to get ready for that...

[Tim Fortuna]

Looks great. Love what you did with it.

[kevtk135]

Looks great. Love what you did with it.

Thanks you.

[kevtk135]

It was weighing on my mind. After having another look at the image of the Ghost from the movie, I couldn't get past that my Ghost was too colorful - lively looking.

To remedy this I too some watered down V. Ivory, and with everything masked off, including his eyes I gave the face a mist coat to make him a little paler and more ghost-like. Thanks for looking.

Before


After

[barad_dur]

Beautiful work!

[belrog999]

Most excellent! The flesh looks real!
Steve

[tay666]

Nice improvement!

[kevtk135]

Thanks again!

[KelE]

I like the new version.
You did a good job muting the colors on it.
It must be difficult to decide what to do in order to make it stand out with all the whiteness-especially since the original is black and white, you can't use it for color reference.

[kevtk135]

I like the new version.
You did a good job muting the colors on it.
It must be difficult to decide what to do in order to make it stand out with all the whiteness-especially since the original is black and white, you can't use it for color reference.

Thanks. Transposing the B&W to color is a bit of a challenge. Sometimes you can find a *behind the scenes* image that's in color. Otherwise I'll look for the movie lobby poster. Usually they are in color, and your pray they they had some inside info as to how it really looked.
Then the additional thing I put on myself (especially with the vintage movies) is do I paint it like it's supposed to be or do I paint it as it is - an actor with a tone of makeup or the actor in a rubber suit. Sometimes both ways could be fun.