THE LOVER from Resin Crypt sculpted by Chuck Needham

[Stewart Jackson]

For everyone's Halloween enjoyment here is the beautifully sculpted and designed kit by Chuck Needham released by my late friend Vin Bordogna. It's such a lovely tribute to Ingrid and was a joy to paint. I did the gown all by hand and removed the resin cuffs and replaced them with 5/8" pieces of black lace. I did alter the hair a bit to show off more of her face and added scale leaves to obtain that Hammer autumn look. I love the way Chuck incorporated the headstones thematically. Mircalla's is much older and decayed and is a design used in the graveyard in the film. Laura, who was Mircalla's victim, i gave just some weathering and Emma's broken stone (with no death date inscription), symbolizing the breaking of the curse. Here's to Ingrid and Vin.

[tay666]

Wow!
That came out beautifully!

[v338241]

Beautiful work!!!!!!
You did a Fantastic job on this!!!!!!!
The sheerness effect is very nice!!!!!!!

[Orion]

AMAZING !

[Tim Casey]

That's un-freakin' believable! It looks real!

[monomaster2]

Based on previous pictures I’ve seen of this kit, even when it was brand new, I never really liked it. I didn’t think the likeness was there. But this build gives me a whole new perspective! It really does look like her! You did a really nice job on the gown! I love being able to see the goodies underneath! Two thumbs up!

[Tiger2]

That is stunning work Stuart! You are the Hammer master, I remember you had the honour of meeting Ingrid Pitt, so you certainly know your subject.
You've really brought this kit to life, subtle and effective paint details throughout. Beautiful skin tones, the mole on her cheek,
her eye make up, trademark red necklace, the translucent gown is awesome and the weathering on the grave stones sensitively handled.
An outstanding tribute to an iconic Hammer queen, Vin would certainly have been proud

I was watching an interesting tribute documentary on the lovely lady on YouTube recently and had no idea she survived and escaped the
Nazi Holocaust as a young girl before becoming an actress

I've not had time to finish my Brinke build, your superb treatment of the gown and headstones here is the inspiration I needed to pull my
finger out and get her done, many thanks!

All the best,
Paul

[Paintingrod]

She looked great super job on her !

[Timber]

Great paintjob on the gown
and
I really like the weathering on the tombs

[LOBOREX]

Beautiful work all the way round.

[Tim Fortuna]

Absolutely stunning! The gown is outta sight but her face is incredible.

[Stewart Jackson]

Many thanks to all for your kind comments. Working on it really was a joy. As Paul had mentioned in his comments, I had the pleasure of meeting Ingrid a number of times at various shows (Fanex, Chiller and Monster Mania) and came to really admire her great humor and love of life despite the horrors of her youth in a concentration camp (F Nazis for the horrors they unleashed and F the nutters that admire and emulate them today). Read her autobiography (Life is a Scream), her stories of what she witnessed are sobering. She was so much more than just an extraordinarily pretty face!

[Heavy Metal Spike]

I have no effin' idea how you folks achieve such a realistic translucent effect - but damn is that impressive.

The whole thing is VERY well done Stewart - take a bow bud!

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[Stewart Jackson]

I'm humbled, thank you so much!

[fusciart]

Wow very nice paint job. This should be an example of how to paint it.

[Scooke123]

[Apefan]

Well done all around but the sheerness of the gown is absolutely incredible!

[kevtk135]

VERY nice job!

[bucketfoot-al]

STUNNINGLY LIFE-LIKE!!!!

I had the BIGGEST crush on Ingrid Pitt in the early 1970s ...

Your paint up of this MASTERPIECE of a sculpt reminds me why ... hubba hubba!!!!