EMCE Bride redux

[Gorn Captain]

From what I've heard, it's Universal that insists on the pure white face color.

[PNGwynne]

I just got the Wolfman and Mummy figures in and will be redoing them as well.

The Mummy is very flat--just dry-brushing on two shades of high-lights makes a world of difference. I used a medium yellow-gray and a lighter ivory-yellow.

[SeattleEd]

Agreed. Just read that it was a April Fools prank made to the Monster community. Nonetheless, I like the color interpretation.

That's a hand colored black and white photo, not a true color photo, so that can't be judged as accurate. The eye color, for example is definitely wrong.

[enyawd72]

There is this one:

That's a hand colored black and white photo, not a true color photo, so that can't be judged as accurate. The eye color, for example is definitely wrong.

I agree though, that the white face looks off...time to go back to the drawing board.

I just got the Wolfman and Mummy figures in and will be redoing them as well.

[Gorn Captain]

I'm not a fan of the "pure white" face color. It looks too flat.
Love the changes you made, but how about also giving her a more natural skin tone, the "I don't get out much" skin tone?

I've always hated the black hair, and wanted to make her look like she actually would have in color...Elsa Lanchester had red hair and green eyes, re-wrapped the bandages also. I think she looks a lot better.

[Gorn Captain]

I like her

You have a strange taste in women...

[SeattleEd]

Is there anywhere to find good color reference?

There is this one:

[KosmiCKennY]

Great repaint of an awesome head!

[PNGwynne]

Those VHS covers were great-I still have my set, & my lunchbox, too.

[Werewolf]

I knew she had auburn hair, because I read a passage where she described combing her hair over a horsehair cage. But I've always wondered about the actual coloring of the skin/makeup. Is there anywhere to find good color reference?

There are a few surviving color photos and I've also seen some colorized B&W that accurately depict the Bride's make up. Unfortunately, Universal's style guides generally ignores them and goes for the clown white and black hair look. Even Sideshow's highly praised figures get her totally wrong. A few items at least try to get hair color right, like the old Aladdin Lunch box.

She should have pale skin (not clown white), dark red lipstick and dark auburn hair (Not bright red or black).

Oddly enough, Universal did get her look fairly close in this old VHS cover. But the hair is still too black.

http://www.amazon.com/Bride-Frankenstein-Boris-Karloff/dp/B000A1E6EA/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1407281627&sr=1-2&keywords=bride+of+frankenstein+vhs

[Bizarro Amy]

That is an improvement. But If you want to be totally accurate you need to get rid of the clown white skin tone. The Bride's make was based on the glamour make up of the day. She was pale but not clown white.

Very nice--I always thought she had auburn hair, too.

I knew she had auburn hair, because I read a passage where she described combing her hair over a horsehair cage. But I've always wondered about the actual coloring of the skin/makeup. Is there anywhere to find good color reference?

[PNGwynne]

Very nice--I always thought she had auburn hair, too.

[Werewolf]

That is an improvement. But If you want to be totally accurate you need to get rid of the clown white skin tone. The Bride's make was based on the glamour make up of the day. She was pale but not clown white.

[Hedji]

Nicely done! Very subtle yet effective.

[TrekStar]

That really came out great, nice work.