Pics of Raphael display finally. LOOK
 

Almost a year ago I hired an FX artist to commission a Raphael Display Head based off of his look in the 1st movie. I got finished pics of the head and will be recieving it this coming monday which is the 16th of april. Pics are kind of far away so its hard to see the amazing detail in the eyes, skin texture etc... but you can see that he did a great job with the head shape, mouth, bandanna but the coloring is different then the movie but I still think its great. The look that Raph has in this piece is based off the scene where he and Leo were arguing in April's apartment just before he leaves to the roof top. There is part of this argument when Raph's eyes squint really close and he looks angry. This is what this look is based off of. It is hard to see the eyes because the pics are so far away. I will update with better pics once I actually recieve the piece. Let me know what you all think? Thanks

I added 2 other pics to this post which are further down.

Thats pretty cool. Must have been expensive though.

Yeah it was very expensive. Having FX artist make this stuff isnt cheap at all. He is also making a custom display case for the head that I will get hopefully in a couple of weeks.

Really cool, hope you are happy with it.

Well I am happy with the pics and the pics never do a piece justice so I guarentee I will love it in person. It actually has the scar and little scales like in the film as well. Although the paint job doesnt look like the movie it is still well done and looks very good in my opnion.

That's an amazin piece of work, wow.
Congrats man. How long did he take to do it?

It took almost a year to complete because of other projects he had etc... but it is well worth the wait to me.

Very nice, Bmaga.

hehe as long as he's got his scar.. ;-)

looks nice, yeah & it looks like an expensive piece. Your sculpter dude paid much attention to the shape and those cheeks. The chin area looks just right too. He really did a nice job.

Do ya really wanna know what I think?:lol:
Cause if ya do I'll tell ya.

It is very nice and detail.And I agree with you, it was worth the wait.

btw does the designer has a website?

No the Artist does not have a website, Yet anyways. I appreciate all the positive comments. I am glad he paid attention to the shape of his head,cheeks,mouth etc... and I am really amazed with the detail on the bandanna.

im so curious tho as to how much it cost exactly...but it looks really nice. grats :D

Now I wanna know what you think :o

This particular piece cost me 950.00 dollars which is actually cheap. I got this at a discounted price. Normally a piece like this would cost around 1,300 to 1,800 without a display case.

Here are 2 more pics that I have of it. These are the only pics I have recieved so if anyone wants to see more detailed and closeup pics they will have to wait until Monday. :)

The design is great, I just think the skin tone is way to bright. Other then that it's awesome.

I agree with you on the skin although the fact that the head is under bright light and there is a flash on the camera makes it appear alot brighter then it does in real life apparently. So I guess I will be the judge of that on monday.

i like the detail on his headband. very intricate. :)

I very much agree. The artist said the bandanna was by far the most difficult part of this piece. Do you think the knot in the back is to big or does it look good how it is?

well...that's how it looked in the movie. to be honest, i'm not a big fan of the earlier movie's look of the dudes but for what the artist tried to emulate, he did an awesome job.

I see, I personally liked the way they looked best in the 1st film but to each his own. I appreciate the compliment regardless. :)

haha ok well as long as some one does.
It's a very nice sculpt it's lacking detail though but the photos aren't that great. It could be the really bad paint job over all thats making me not like this. But the sculpt is decent. If I was grading it as makeup fx teacher I'd give it a B-

B- is a pretty good score. I wont score it myself until I see it in person.

When I get the piece I will take better and closer up pics and maybe the grade will change. :)

It very well could I honestly think you spent a bit to much but oh well such things can and will happen.
I think the really light green color is throwing me off allot on everything so some close up photos should really help.

Yeah I think its more of a medium green and with the light shining on it and from the flash of the camera it brings out alot of the yellow in it because he used multiple greens and yellow to make the skin. We will see

yes, a far too saturated light-green. the movie green has a lot more brown in it,
with a yellow tone around the mouth area.
sorta like-- hmm shameless self-agrandizing warning:
http://www.dejawolf.com/turtles/mikeface.jpg

Wow that animation is unreal. Looks alot like Mikey from part 1 and 2 movies combined. I am speechless and I agree on the skin tone. I asked the artist why he chose the brighter green but he hasnt answered that question yet.

I don't mind the brighter green color because it does add a great touch to Raph.The color itself is great and the fine sculpture is superb. Maybe if Raph is dark like Mikey pic above it won't look that good.

It was worth it indeed.
Great addittion to your collection.

Thank you Mike, I am happy that alot of people appreciate the creativity and likeness that was put into this piece. I cant wait to get it tomorrow, I asked the artist about the paint and he saif that he didnt realize the huge difference and that he thought he nailed it perfectly. So I am thinking it looks a bit closer to the movie in person. Either way I am very happy about it. :)

wow what online shop did that for you--they did a very nice job. I may have to copy your idea because that is one hell of a conversation piece lol

also that Mikey image above=awesome

It wasnt an online shop that did it. I belong to some forums called HMA which stands for Halloween Mask Association. I made a post stating I needed an FX artist to create this piece for me and the artist Emailed me and said he would love to do it. His name is Neal Kennemore and he has done work for the CSI Vegas show making some of the dead body's etc... He is very good as you can see. He doesnt have a website but if you want to contact him I will have to ask him first. Thanks for the compliment on the piece. :)

Well Raphael should be to my place within the next 5 hours. I cant wait. :)

I am curious since your are thinking of having one made for you which turtle will you chose and from which movie?

I got a question, will we be able to see his eyes?
I keep coming back to this thread. I love that Turtle head!! :D

I just got the head and it looks great but to answer your question, you cant really see the eyes since he is squinting so much but it still looks awesome. I actually just put it up for sale on ebay. My wife and I had something come up that is going to cost us alot of money so I am forced to sell it which really sucks. I hoope it goes to a harcore fan of the turtles. Here is a link to the sale

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3695&rd=1&rd=1

^ Oh noooooooo! But it's so beautiful. Sorry about whatever came up though. It would have to be pretty important.

kinda waaaaayyyy over what I could afford otherwise I'd be seriously tempted