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It would be neat to have a "Space Seed" bust to set alongside the TWOK version. I do have a fondness for the "wild" look of TWOK Khan. One advantage of Montalban's aging was the increased prominance of his nasolabial folds, which allowed for Khan to have a really great, intimidating scowl in the movie. I felt you captured this very well in his WHO'S WHO entry. I was pleasantly surprised to see the "Space Seed" era Art Asylum Khan figure a few years back, as well as the more recent Nu-Mego version. And I've noted before, Nimoy/Spock has some pretty definable features for an artist to lock onto--the hair, the ears, the nose, the jaw, the eyebrows and slightly slanty eyes, etc. Shatner/Kirk's face is so...I dunno, generic. Not quite square-jawed, small bridge of the nose, small, generic-looking ears. The distinctive "energy" of his face really does come from his eyes and brow, which as you say, is probably hard to capture. I can't recall seeing a sculpt of Kirk that's ever really come very close to looking like Shatner! I get the impression that you had an easier time drawing Spock in CREW than you did Kirk in FRONTIER DOCTOR and the ROMULANS trade. Did you rely on much reference for Nimoy's likeness? Was it fairly easy to get a "feel" for him?
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