Here’s a close-up of Moebius’ Frankenstein, the project currently on the old modeller’s workbench. The detail is a little fuzzy because the picture is via a cellphone not a real camera.
Moebius based the model on the scene in the 1931 Universal movie when you first see the monster. It’s stock from the box.
The base, door and back wall are finished, as is the body (jacket and pants). The latest work has been trying to get the face and hands right. The choice for the face is very light grey for the deathly pallor, with some splashes of pink and red.
Check online and you can find as many choices for the face and hands as there are people who have built this kit. In the movie, Karloff wore a pale green make-up because it gave the right colouring for the black and white movie. Somehow, it just didn’t seem right to make the monster a part Vulcan.
Incidentally, for those who might be curious, the jacket is Model Master Dark Green (FS34079) and the pants are Testors’ Dark Brown (in the small bottle).
Here’s the same shot adjusted to make it black and white.
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