Up for pre-order (again) is the upcoming Frankenstein Monster model from X-Plus. This time the solicitation includes a built-up and painted model, whereas some months ago we only saw the prototype.
From X-Plus:
From the 1931 classic horror film Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Monster is now available as a 1/8-scale plastic model kit. The monster’s iconic features are faithfully reproduced in fine detail, including its tall proportions, the bolts in its neck, and the stitch marks on its head and wrists, as well as its clothing and accessories. The kit includes a large piece of experimental equipment used in the forbidden creation of life, a display base recreating the laboratory’s wooden floor, and two interchangeable heads with different expressions. With a choice between a blank, emotionless face and a grotesque grin, you can fully appreciate the terrifying yet captivating presence of the monster portrayed by Boris Karloff, whose performance made the character a worldwide horror icon.
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It looks very good, but I always question why green? The only reason the actors who played the monster were painted that color, is because green comes out more ghostly when filmed in black & white, as I'm sure that many already know that. Mel Brooks did the same in Young Frankenstein.
ReplyDeleteCorrect. For the original Frankenstein, Jack Pierce devised a blue-green makeup for Karloff in collaboration with cinematographer Arthur Edeson that would photograph as a "deathly pallor" on the current film stock of the time. Why that color stuck in pop culture beats me. It would seem more "normal" for his skin to be gray.
ReplyDeleteAlthough The Munsters (1964-66) aired in b&w, there were plenty of colour images published, and Fred Gwynne is clearly of a bluish pallor. However, I note some green has entered the mix with Edward Herrmann's make-up in Here Come the Munsters (1995).
DeleteOutside of Leakey and Ashton going a little heavy on the putty, Lee's monster has what I would call a more realistic skin tone.
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