Re: Aragorn PF!!!
Some?...Try most. Certainly SS has had some of the same issue's, but overall the likenesses with SS have been better.
Guess we'll have to agree to disagree again - GtG, Saruman, Grima, Sam, Boromir, Gimli... do I need to go on - they were all fine to me so I stick with my original comment that
some of them were off
The shafting comment relates to Weta bailing out of the LOTR licence. Many of us who had been there from the beginning, and had waited patiently for years to see some of our favorite characters [faramir, eomer, mouth of sauron on steed , etc...suddenly realized it wasn't going to happen when Weta dropped that bomb on us.
Well okay if thats what you meant but it didn't read anything like that. I was there from the beginning too - preordered the Balrog and CT direct from SS, to name but a few, and whilst I was unhappy not to get certain pieces I wouldn't say that I ever felt "shafted". I don't know anything like enough to be able to call it - maybe they couldn't renew the licence - like I said, I don't know
are they the same ones that also gave us the legolas that doesn't look like legolas, the aragorn that doesn't look like aragorn, etc...not to mention the dreaded eomer bust?
Like I have said before, Weta did a great job when it came to sculpting creatures. When it came to humans, elves, etc...not so much.
Well I don't collect the busts so can't directly comment (although I agree the pics look awful in some cases), but as I said above this does not equate to
most being off, just
some. You've listed three bad ones - the GtW bust I have seen in the flesh and its one of the best likenesses I've seen, certainly better than the photos of the SS PF, so again, we'll agree to disagree - I think some, you think most. Furthermore, I couldn't hold a candle to their sculpting talents - if you're better then feel free to slag them off, but I wouldn't even begin to - I may not like something and I'll say so if thats the case, but I wouldn't dream of belittling their far superior talent.
You'll have to ask the lobodomized Weta loyalists that question. I've always said
both SS and Weta have done some great things, as well as some pretty bad ones. Unfortunately, no matter what SS does there will always be some Weta drones spewing their "Weta is better" mantra. As if somehow the quality of Weta's product is better than SS's. Of course this is an utterly ridiculous statement, and certainly not based on anything factual, but don't try and confuse them with things like facts.
And yet, to be honest, you're coming across as a SS loyalist, slagging off Weta - again thats how I see it so I apologise if thats not what you intend. I'm not 100% sure what you mean by your last statement?? As I said in my previous post they're both very good at what they do, or have done. Both have produced outstanding pieces, both poor ones - c'est la vie
