Paul Wood sent me these pictures he took with the beautiful Sandy Gimple at Starbase Indy Con. Paul has bought two of my masks and he brought the Salt Vampire to the Con to meet her.
Here’s what he had to say:
Hi Steve. I wanted to let you know that your/mine Salt Vampire mask was a HUGE hit with Sandy Gimple last weekend at Starbase Indy.
She asked me for your information so she could order one for herself! She said she had never seen one so well done. She had a HUGE smile on her face the whole time she was looking at it.
I had a placard made for her to sign to be displayed with the mask. Similar to the one I had made for Clint Howard’s Balok mask.
I have included some pictures we took of her with the mask and some with all “Three” of us. Feel free to use any of the pictures for your blog/site.Thanks Paul! This is what makes doing this work so worthwhile. My recreations from the original Star Trek have been a gateway to meet some of these amazing people that worked on Star Trek and have them see my work. It even caused me to make friends with Gene Roddenberry( among others) and work on two of his Star Trek movies and the TNG TV pilot. And now the actor that played Nancy the Salt Vampire in the original Star Trek series (that started it all for me when I was just 16) has seen my work. Wow. Thank you again Paul, thank you Sandy, and thank you Star Trek!
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