lambstew
04-30-2006, 03:02 AM
Hi Leonard,
You might remember me contacting you several years ago concerning my plans to have a poor condition Keeneye BB figure restored but first needing some good colour pics which you ended up providing me with. Well, I'd like to report that the restoration went very well and that it was a long process, almost two years total. It took over a year to pull back the split seams in the head, base and other areas and deal with other problems such as paint bubbling etc. In a nutshell, two different people worked on the figure, one on the physical damage that was caused by poor storage and the second person to re-paint her. A good percentage of the the original paint was saved but the newer areas were patinized and blended to give the figure a more natural aged look.
Anyhow, I'm very extremely pleased with the result and feel that all the extra effort and trouble was worth it since this is such a rare piece. I'd like to share these pictures with the forum members as well being new here since first impressions count;) . I've also included some shots of my little vintage BB collection.
Thanks again for your help,
Best regards,
Konrad
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye2.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye3.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye4.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye5.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/hulabetty.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/hulabetty2.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/collection2.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/collection.jpg">
You might remember me contacting you several years ago concerning my plans to have a poor condition Keeneye BB figure restored but first needing some good colour pics which you ended up providing me with. Well, I'd like to report that the restoration went very well and that it was a long process, almost two years total. It took over a year to pull back the split seams in the head, base and other areas and deal with other problems such as paint bubbling etc. In a nutshell, two different people worked on the figure, one on the physical damage that was caused by poor storage and the second person to re-paint her. A good percentage of the the original paint was saved but the newer areas were patinized and blended to give the figure a more natural aged look.
Anyhow, I'm very extremely pleased with the result and feel that all the extra effort and trouble was worth it since this is such a rare piece. I'd like to share these pictures with the forum members as well being new here since first impressions count;) . I've also included some shots of my little vintage BB collection.
Thanks again for your help,
Best regards,
Konrad
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye2.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye3.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye4.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/keeneye5.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/hulabetty.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/hulabetty2.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/collection2.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/lambstew/collection.jpg">