Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Tribute Thread!

[CreepysFan]

  Sweet.  Keep em coming weldonmc, really diggin them.

[Hepcat]

Had Weldon been coloring the T-shirts for Ed back in the sixties, he would have sold five times as many.

[weldonmc]

Thanks for the nice comments! I have 450 or so of these colored drawings so I'm sure there will be more posted ...Ha!

I found this drawing on the Interent and showed it to my late friend Gary Pritchett.  The character came from a Roth Studio Designs. 



Gary made the statue from Sculpy Clay. It stands about 5" tall and is painted with acrylic craft paints. This particular one glows in the dark.



I have a few more of Gary's figures that he made from ROTH's drawings that I will get posted. I donated all of them to the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA, Calf. so other FINKSTERS could enjoy seeing them too.

[Hepcat]

Boss move!

Hep those old shirt designs are far out, wish they were available now.  Those would make wicked posters as well.

I have about twenty "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. I'll see if I can get The MAN to agree to model them for some pics.

[weldonmc]

Thanks HEPCAT ...That's how I've been able to get a few of my B/W pictures that I use to color ...from T-shirt photographs people have sent me. I hope your man stands still long enough to get a few good shots!

Here is another figure from Gary Pritchett. He was a terrific artist too. He drew "TRIXIE" up one night and asked me to color it for him. He started with a Rat Fink kit and changed what needed to be changed to represent what he had drawn. He cast a few of them and gave me one to play around with. The "boobs" weren't near big enough to represent what I saw in his picture ...so I did some work on her too. This is what we came up with:







Hope you like what you see ...more of Gary's creations coming ...Weldon

[CreepysFan]

I have about twenty "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. I'll see if I can get The MAN to agree to model them for some pics.

   

  If the man doesn't see things your way Hep, pop out the claws.  He'll get the point.

   

Those sculptures are boss weldonmc, thanks for sharing these.  POST MORE.

[MDG]

Thanks HEPCAT ...That's how I've been able to get a few of my B/W pictures that I use to color ...from T-shirt photographs people have sent me. I hope your man stands still long enough to get a few good shots!

Here is another figure from Gary Pritchett. He was a terrific artist too. He drew "TRIXIE" up one night and asked me to color it for him. He started with a Rat Fink kit and changed what needed to be changed to represent what he had drawn. He cast a few of them and gave me one to play around with. The "boobs" weren't near big enough to represent what I saw in his picture ...so I did some work on her too. This is what we came up with:



I thought RF's wife was named Cupcake

[Hepcat]

So? Are you saying that you wouldn't expect a debonair fellow like Rat Fink to have girlfriends on the side?

[weldonmc]

I believe Cupcake was a previous wife before he married "TRIXIE" ...Ilene Roth

Here is another Gary Ptitchett builds ..."Chicken Shift". He started with a Mother's Worry plastic figure and made a chicken out of it.







More to come ...Weldon

[Hepcat]

Oh wow! That's great. I love it! Chicken Shift has always been one of my favourite Roth finks.

[weldonmc]

This is Gary Pritchett's "Hey Baby" ...made from Sculpy Clay and stands about 5" high.





Gary had also started "RACE?", "Get Punched", and "Bad News", but didn't get them finished. I haven't been able to devote much time to them either but they are always on my mind and I'm trying to work them in, Weldon

[weldonmc]

Both of these heads are resin shifter knobs of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. One depicts him at a young age and the other in his later years. They were sculpted by Jimmy Flintstone. They were painted for KAVAL Pewter who had the metal adaptors and threaded insert special made to fit any shifter arm available for all makes of cars and trucks.



Both pieces were cleaned up and readied for primer after washing with files and sandpaper.

A white enamel primer was sprayed as the base coat.

Using a brush and acrylic craft paints ...a mix of orange and white was applied and mixed on the heads for the proper flesh tones. A touch of red was worked into the flesh tone on the lips, cheeks, nose, and around the eyes.

The teeth were painted ivory then white was drying brushed for highlights.

The sideburns, mustache, and goatee on both pieces were painted with black or ivory, and then dry brushed with lighter shades to bring up the highlights.

The "HillBilly Crash Helmets" were painted the same way as the hair only with different colors.

The eyes were painted white and the pupils black.

An oil based walnut stain was brushed on then wiped off bringing up the low area details in the hair, face, eyes, and teeth.

A catalyzed automotive clear was airbrushed on to protect the painted shifter knobs for use.

I love doing this stuff ...I hope you like it too ...Weldon

[weldonmc]

I am trying to find a better picture of this ROTH advertisement:



I wished I new what magazine/year it was found in but I do not have a clue. It has the pictures of the models that I have been looking for  ...it just isn't a large enough scan to get a good copy of.

Thanks ...Weldon

[Hepcat]

Interesting that those shirts are precisely the Revell kits plus Drag Fink. Given the prices of the shirts, that ad must be from 1990 or so. I'm guessing it could be very shortly after he got back into the T-shirt business after a long hiatus.

[Inkfink]

Thanks for the kudos, Weldon and all! You might recall Chuck took the Finkosel to the Detroit Autorama and sold it to a dentist I think. I hope that thing isn't spinning around in his waiting room!

BTW, thanks for posting the Chicken Shift and Hey Baby! sculpts. Hadn't seen those before!

Gotta keep up with the posts here!

Chuck Kaparich's FINKOSEL is an incredible piece art. He is a true Master in vision and the ability to carry it out and complete his vision. I'm not sure if everyone here recognized the name of the artist that made the concept drawings for the FINKOSEL project ...John Detrich ...but he is UMA's member ...INKFINK. What an extraordinary partnership these guys made together ...I cannot think of how proud they must be to be apart of something this unique. My "hat's off" to both!