[TylerH]

Hi All...

Thanks for the great replies on the Ray face sculpt... I wanted to share where we are at with the slimer resculpt. We have changed it a lot since the prototype that was shown at Toy Fair...

Any thoughts so far?

This is still a Work In Progress and the Licensor has not approved this yet, just to be clear

Tyler

[910dohead]

Hey, Tyler. Thanks for sharing. I'm not gonna lie, but it looks like there's something off on this sculpt. I think it just might be his upper lip and gum line is too high. From the lip to the top of the brows, he kinda almost looks like Foul Phil from The Garbage Pail Kids movie. (The bald on in the middle).

His lips should be meeting just around the same spot as his cheeks begin to end. I also think his folds are a little too wavy when they should be more rounded. . I think they're a little over exaggerated and should be a little more simple. Other than that, everything else looks great. As a consumer, if I saw this in on a store shelf, I probably wouldn't buy it only because it looks off.

[TylerH]

We think it looks off also - And thanks for pointing that mouth thing out - We dont have this sculpt in hand, and unlike Ray where I just did it myself, we are sort of going back and forth with this....

Im going to make a list of revisions - so please- speak your mind!!!

Laughed about the GPK thing too - ha - That movie was AWFUL (saw it in the theaters!)

[CaptCyan]

Hey TH!

I agree with 910, The upper lip is too short for his face and his body should have rolls, not waves. The folds where the arms join the body need to be tapered a bit more.

[910dohead]

Tyler, here is a very quick fix I did to the sculpt in photoshop. It addresses some of the fixes that should be made to the sculpt. It's not perfect but it will give you an idea. I think the lips should even be down a little more than what's seen in my fix.

[TylerH]

The "rolls" are something we are trying to get revised now, and Im making notes of the mouth!

[910dohead]

I played around a little more with the picture in Photoshop and I am thinking that this looks a little more appropriate as to what he should look like.

[TylerH]

I quickly mocked this up in photoshop (please pardon the rough paintjob!!)

Is this more "Slimer"

[AJ Quick]

I like the look of this one.

I think with the improvements, mentioned here it will be perfect.

[TylerH]

Awesome - Thanks AJ ..

Im not afraid to admit that I am not a Slimer expert, so all the input has been great!!

[910dohead]

Tyler, I am actually pretty sick and bored right now, so I did this for you.

[Kingpin]

Taking in mind the issues and tweaks already mentioned, the above depiction of Slimer is a lot closer than what a lot of the licence holders have been getting away with in recent years.

I have no doubts that once tweaked, Slimer's going to look brilliant.

[TylerH]

Thanks 901!

That reminds me of something Slimer - were he a proper gentleman - would have painted and hanging over his fireplace

[TylerH]

One thing I did on the photoshop comp (my version) was tame down the "puppy dog" eyebrows.. Do you guys like that look, or the raised ones better??

[Kingpin]

I think your modification makes his eyes look closer to how they appeared in the movie.

[TylerH]

Cool - I will post again when the sculpt revisions have been completed!!

[AlTheRelic]

Slimer ha<s the sad puppy eyes in the films TylerH thats how the finished product should look like

[TylerH]

Cool - Hopefully the next sculpt looks good

[AlTheRelic]

TylerH, I really would love to extend my gratitude on the behalf of our Ghostbusters community for all of the efforts that you and your associates are putting in to this Ghostbusters Shakems project and thank you for your on going interaction with us. Keep up the great work on this exciting Ghostbusters Shakems line.

[TylerH]

Thank you so much!

We want to keep the line going as long as we can, and all the input and help has really been spectacular. Thank you for the warm welcome!

[TylerH]

By the way - if anyone has questions about the process involved in making something like this, or why they cost what they do, or anything really - Just let me know!

[Vincenzo330]

I'm just curious, is your sculptor someone "in-house" that you've worked with before or is this the first time that you're working with them?

The Slimer looks MUCH better in this shot

[TylerH]

This is not an in-house sculpt. Considering I started with Factory Ent after the first scultps had been completed, I am not sure what our history is with this person.

I have sent PAGES of revision notes (including that photo you quoted) though and ideally should get back something more film correct soon!

[Vincenzo330]

Thanks for the quick reply! I sent you a pm with some info that I hope you find useful.

[TylerH]

Starting the Venkman face sculpt soon so stay tuned for updates on that!

[DefenderDarko]

Can't wait to see that!

[TylerH]

Already got back a new slimer sculpt photo and its looking great! I need one more photo of the face and Ill post.. Thank you all for the help with this!!!

[AlTheRelic]

Awesome !!!

[Ectofiend666]

I'm just happy to see that this company is actively requesting input about the very products that we'll no doubt be purchasing with our hard earned money, and not just flooding the stores with inferior representations of our beloved characters...

I mean "Lavatiki" did this with us early on in the Mattel line, but that was before they transfered him to oversee other toy lines, and I sight that as one of the reasons the line suffered towards the end...

[Gareee]

I still think he needs to be rotated 20-30 degrees foreward, so he is facing forewards, and not up. There are quite a few versions of just the film Slimer, but my favorites are these

The Neca slimer action figure



The lucasfilms display slimer



The GB2 Robin Shelby slimer costume



(I like the Shelby slimer face, but not the upper head shape for some reason.)

Maybe your artist doesn't have these specific images to use as references?

One feature many seem to miss are the slightly elongated fingers with the bulbous tips.

I look foreward to the improved pics!

Something else to consider (I mentioned doing the base in clear lime green before) is that the base originally shown looked more like water than a raised slime ooze.

Slime wouldn't be as symmetrically even like your base sculpt, but would have thickness variances, and maybe rounded bubble like bits in it as well.

These kinda of show this off some:





The above semi transparent looks much more like ectoplasmic slime than the lower two more solid "nickolodeon" looking ones