Jack Palance - Shane - Part 11

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 10

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 9

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"You Don't Know Jack!"

Actually, you probably do after all the posts lately about him.  Here is the other, larger head of Mr. Palance mounted as a bust.  I changed the color of his neckerchief a bit by adding some iridescent light green to the black.  I also painted the back of his vest with iridescent burnt orange to give the figure a bit more color.  I think the colors balance out really well.  With a little bit of dry brushing with a light tan color to highlight the wrinkles and folds of the vest the figure makes a pretty good representation of the dasterdly Mr. Wilson from Cheyenne who will soon meet with a well deserved end.

To gain a little more information about the figures in this story I bought the book "Shane" by Jack Schaefer.  I was surprised at just how close the movie follows the story.  Hardly any liberties were taken and all the events portrayed in the movie were straight out of the book.  One thing that was different was that Shane showed up dressed in black not buckskins.  A good, quick read even if you know how the tale will end.  Another great source for the movie can be found on Wikipedia which has some really interesting facts about the stars.  I knew Alan Ladd was short but didn't know he was afraid of guns!  Funny for a guy who appeared in so many movies featuring weapons.  And the bit about Jack Palance and horses is just too funny!  Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_(film)#Cast

A few more photos in the Gallery and comments always welcome and appreciated.

Jack Palance - Shane - Part 8

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 7

Is it the toothy smile or the cigarette?   How about both?

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Jack Palace - Shane - Part 6

Okay.....once more with the ears.

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 5

OOPS! Don't know what happened but we lost almost all of this video!  Oh well, I think the last few minutes will show what we were doing and I'll make a point of going over it again in the next one. Anyway, here is the closing segment on carving the ears.

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 4

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 3

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 2

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Jack Palance - Shane - Part 1

Here's the first post on our next project.  We filmed it outside while we were burning brush on our Son's place next door and as it was kind of windy at times the audio gets interrupted occasionally.  Whatever, I think this will be a fun project and give us a figure that will be a hit with anyone who has seen the movie Shane or is a fan of Jack.

I will place the pattern for the head in a gallery folder along with the reference photos.

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