Josh, you really did an AMAZING job on this piece. It is easily among the very best Jason busts out there now and a superb rendition of the Part 3 look. The craftsmanship really shines through IMO, and it’s clear TIME and DEDICATION went into every last ounce of this fantastic sculpt.

As for the paint job, I fucking love what Lewis did on the prototype. It’s got layers of highlights and touches that, yet again, can’t be appreciated from mere photographs. Especially the EYES. I can’t really see a valid argument from anyone about how it’s technically “inaccurate” in any way whatsoever. All that sort of shit is subjective to someone’s own perception anyway, as well as to the lighting you actually see it in, both on and offscreen. The tones and appearance of the masks/undermasks isn’t really perfectly consistent in the films, either. That’s just how it is. When capturing such elements for something like this from moments viewed onscreen, however they are referenced, it’s really about an understood aspect of “artistic license.” Shadows, highlights, details – it’s ALL subjective to certain frames, when/if referenced and where. I mean shit – it’s not like the thing is painted fucking GREEN when it’s meant to have some semblance of dirty or jaundiced fleshtones going on. My two cents on that criticism, anyway. It’s a pretty silly one.

Again, my sincere compliments to Josh and Lewis for a stellar fucking effort all around on this rendition. Badassery to the max.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=159288470&albumID=1417275&imageID=45507696

(if you can’t see the pics then email me at lakeclark@hotmail.com and I’ll send them to you, just to hopefully prove a point. Doubt you care enough though.)

I don’t expect you to change your opinion about it since everybody seems to love being contrary, and especially stubborn to that end even when they’re wrong, but yes I do get upset that people who think they know can just waltz on here and say, “Ugh oh well it’s not accurate” after I worked on the goddamn thing for months and made sure that it was. I don’t appreciate it when I put hours and hours of work into something and get that kind of response. Let’s see you pull off anything remotely similar. It’s this kind of crap I hate about the internet and people’s kneejerk reactions to things stemming from a lack of knowledge.

So, to hell with your opinion because, like Tripper Harrison said in Meatballs, “It just doesn’t matter! It just doesn’t matter!” Should I continue to give a sh*t what people say or think about me or my work? Who cares, it doesn’t matter.

So for starters, I didn’t paint this copy, and I didn’t post it on here, either. I was upset because I know that it’s right and that you were wrong. Thank you.