Too Much Garlic wrote:
And I looked at the thread that Darthvaderv posted, but the picture in that thread isn't showing the worm, but the general gonk in that area, which is seen throughout the entire movie and would have carried over into the RB mold, which is also visible on those casts.
You can see it more clearly in this one. Not a worm, but definitely something that can catch the light - maybe even what ripped out a piece of silicone when it was molded (the worms).
But it was definitely there when they filmed the TIE cockpit scenes back in the US, as shown by SL's picture.
Yes, and notice as well that by the time of the Elstree photo that with the repaint there was more added to it, the shape changed a little bit. And that shape is different from what you see in ESB.
Perhaps there was a slight imperfection there originally but it was shallow, then with finishing it was built up a bit more. Perhaps the lighting in the TIE just brings it out more, or there was some touch-up on that side of the mouth after the Tantive scenes that added to it.
What I was told was that the RB mold was believed to have been taken during the pickups of ANH. I'm not stating this as fact but what is believed by people who worked for ILM.
Were the TIE scenes part of the production proper or were they "pickups"?
Of course this discussion bears a lot on the TD ANH, which I have still been learning new things about.
Maybe we should split this discussion off into a new thread?