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 Posted:   Mar 16, 2019 - 8:34 AM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

I have a model of James Arness as The Thing, but his space suit is the wrong color--brown.
I once saw a photo of the actual Arness space suit at a Hollywood prop auction which said the space suit was black, but the photos of Arness on THE THING film set suggest it might be dark grey.
Before I repaint my figure, do any of you know for sure what the real color of the Arness space suit was----black or dark grey?

Wrong color--brown.





Possible correct color.





James Arness.



 
 
 Posted:   Mar 16, 2019 - 11:51 PM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

This is the Billiken kit which is the same as my The Thing, but it is painted correctly.
It is either a very dark grey or black.


 
 
 Posted:   Mar 17, 2019 - 1:50 AM   
 By:   Rameau   (Member)

Great film, but a very half-hearted effort for the alien make-up, just a big forehead really. It's like they were embarrassed by it all.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 17, 2019 - 7:37 AM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

Mauve. Definitely mauve. He could have joined the Village People and noone would have noticed.

 
 Posted:   Mar 18, 2019 - 8:22 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

He was black and white.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 18, 2019 - 8:41 AM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

I finally found this from the colorized version of the movie.


 
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