Artist Reply: Thanks everyone for your generous comments. John, I am a huge fan of your work here on AW also. Great stuff. This bust was a true nightmare. The original client who commissioned it defaulted after having me make revisions on it for nearly 11 months. I found a second collector who offered/promised to buy it, but after 6 months of waiting, he has not come through either. I can't sell copies of it (only the original) because the likeness is licenced by the Lugosi family. A total waste of over 1200 hours, but some good lessons learned. The final modeling can be viewed here: http://www.heidimaiers.com/HTMGalleries/bela.htm