No doubt many of you are disappointed with the inaccurate and unimaginative labels that Matty included with their Ecto Goggles. Here are some lens and body labels that I recreated for the use of the community.
I have included both black and olive drab versions of the battery and power knob labels; the green version is meant to simulate the clear stickers/dry-rub transfers used on the GB1 goggles. The military symbols normally seen on the thrower have been commonly thought to be on the right side of the frame.
There was little point in recreating the side label, since there are two definitive versions available to the community:
Though the olive green versions match the proper night vision goggles colour… some people might appreciate a version that matched the colour of the Matty goggles.
It is strange that for Ghostbusters 2 the goggles seem devoid of labels. Though the colour in GB2 seems a bit different, so perhaps they removed labels just for the convenience of repainting.
I myself am torn as to which labels I’m going to use once my goggles arrive. Matty’s labels are very silly, but some of the original labels are a bit silly as well, since they reused some of the same warnings as on the proton pack. Labels warning of 1kv electric shock hazard… on the lenses?! Of course normally it would be impossible for filmgoers to see what those labels actually said.
I may just do the side label with the diagram of the goggles, and the military power symbols that are used for the neutrona wand switches.
Ah that’s great! Now fans can make Matty goggles as “authentic” as possible while still keeping the colour scheme.
(I feel a bit weird to admit it, but I actually like the colour of the Matty ecto goggles. It’s horribly inaccurate, but I like the colour from an aesthetic point of view.)
I completely forgot about that option. I’m going to make a compilation sheet that contains all of the variants. For now, here’s a variant for printing on clear sticker paper:
Ugh, I was ready to put the finishing touches on my build, but it looks like I didn’t grab your graphics before Photobucket nuked them. Any chance you could post them some other way, or PM me to send them by email? I could probably rebuild them in Adobe Illustrator if I had to.
I'm trying to make ecto goggles for Halloween this year. The forum has been great to give me ideas etc. I noticed that the image for the ecto goggle stickers is not viewable. It says to update the account for the third party host. Anyway you could do this please?
I’m very sure Demon Vice Commander would prefer not to pay Photobucket’s extortionate upgrade fee just so he can display them on the forum. If you send them a PM they may be willing to re-host and re-post the images here.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what program/settings to use to print the labels? It appears like the Windows Photo Viewer tries to make the images take up the entire page…even when I say to print at 100%.
