Theres all this observation and admire movie geek stuff. What about tools that can teach those who want to learn to be a part of the buisness. It took a certain episode of Discovery Channels Movie Magic, with an in depth howto feature on minatures flying broom stick witches created by Rick Lazzarini's FX team for the film "Hocus Pocus" to set me on my path. I had seen many episode of Movie Magic before, but this episode went indepth with the info steps and terminolgy. Words like roma clay, plaster mold, liquid latex slush casting, acrilic eyes. Enough info for me to hunt the stuff down. Enough visual aid for me to study. The FX bug but me and it changed the course of my life forever.

Both Zbrush and the Monster Makers Mask kit are good tools for FX enthusiast.

That Freddy statue from Gentle Giant was sculpted in Zbrush and then RP'd into the real world. Theres a few images of that Zbrush sculpt on the pixologic.com forum showcasing the many steps involved to realize it as a collectable statue.

www.therpf.com are unsure debating on the fact that the items might not come from the film molds. Won't know until they arrive on doorsteps around december 11th I think. It really sucks when companies show products off like that, It's the worst form of misdirection a company can do. If those mask don't come from the film molds. I can see a lot of poeple who thought otherwise getting pissed off over the innacuracy.

You have to admire the work that went into this statue.