IRON MAIDEN STUDIO ALBUM COVERS SURVIVOR 2015: Results -> Somewhere In Time wins!

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SinisterMinisterX said:
Just ran across something interesting... Riggs based the original Eddie painting (which later wound up as the debut album cover) on a photo of a decapitated US soldier's rotting head hanging from a Vietnamese tank. Here's the photo:

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Yeah, that was posted here a few times and it's actually a Japanese head that was put on a disabled Japanese tank by US soldiers in WW2:

http://time.com/3518085/life-behind-the-picture-skull-on-a-tank-guadalcanal-1942/
 
Riggs has said at some point that he only used that picture as reference for the skin texture. Then again, he's not exactly been entirely consistent in his statements over the years.
 
We can expect a third version of the debut album cover:
Derek Riggs, Yesterday:
I had started digitally restoring the picture to what it was like before the logo and the long hair were added, if I ever get it finished I will show you all.
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I really want it to end up higher than the debut and some others.

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Night Prowler said:
I agree with that, however FOTD's still the 3rd weakest left.
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We're only eliminating one album per round. So people do not have to vote for three albums if they'd like to see one album end up above another.
 
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