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Author:  TR101AL [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Wip, need some input...
Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Now that my company's gone I can be more active on the board. Here's a wip of a character for my dio that I need some help on. It's an armored version of Batman. It's a precursor to what will eventually become the Batman Beyond suit. The paint I used is Folk Art Metallics, but the flash makes it look marred. I'm planning on making batarangs and such to attach to his gauntlets. My question is should I give him a cape, wings like BB, or leave it as is? The emblem is not as centered as I hoped so I may resculpt it. Give me your thoughts.

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Author:  HypnoHustler [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:21 pm ]
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If you could get the cape/wings/jetpack from the Microman Flight Gear Batman

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that'd be perfect IMO. Failing that I think a cape would suit the look, it kinda reminds me of the movie design, so a cape would be nice. The loss of the cape on the Beyond outfit worked because the suits design was so simple, this needs a cape to keep the Batman feel, otherwise it's just a black Iron Man with a bat symbol. I think this would also be an appropriate place to bring back the Azrael bat uniform wrist Batarang launcher.
Author:  Oneforceleader [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:25 pm ]
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I think you have a great start, try the Resolute Duke wings and see how it looks. No cape if your moving toward BB.
Author:  TR101AL [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:15 pm ]
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Thanks for the advice. I've actually been leaning towards the Res. Duke pack out of the simple fact that I have them on hand. May mod them to fit Bats a bit more.
Author:  drbindy [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:05 pm ]
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I personally like the idea of a cape, in that it would help make the suit be an intermediary between traditional bats and BB. Even a split cape would be cool, and might emulate soft wings too - by having a cape split into two halves, each half draped down from underneath the shoulder armor. I think it would make the whole look much more cohesive.

Also, I personally don't think you should mess with the emblem at all, looks perfect to me.
Author:  pluv [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:00 pm ]
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HypnoHustler wrote:
this needs a cape to keep the Batman feel, otherwise it's just a black Iron Man with a bat symbol. I think this would also be an appropriate place to bring back the Azrael bat uniform wrist Batarang launcher.
I'm with HypnoHustler on this. I think you need to look at the Azrael design and make it less 90's cliche and fit in better with what you've got going on here.
Author:  Dark Horse [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:02 pm ]
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Resolute Duke backpack sprayed black sounds like a good idea to me.
Author:  Keenan [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:54 pm ]
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I actually started an Armored Bats using the Ripcord ROC figure with the Duke pack. Never did get it finished, but I say that's the way to go.
Author:  Kilcarr [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:25 pm ]
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Yeah, I gotta go with cape on this one. Maybe you should make a poll? It seems like you're getting a split number of votes. :lol:
Author:  Keenan [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:21 pm ]
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Totally go with the cape. No doubt.
Here's the look I wanted . . .
http://www.trigatecreations.com/forum/i ... pic=1679.0
Author:  TR101AL [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:24 pm ]
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Thanks for the input everyone. I may try both cape and pack. He's Batman. Who says he can't have both. I'll throw together some ideas and give you some updates later.

John, that is definitely a cool take AV made. He's always been inventive with his Bat customs.
Author:  Spin Doctor [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:50 pm ]
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Man, I bet you could find that Microman on clearance now and have the perfect rig for this suit.

Great start, by the way.
Author:  Keenan [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:04 pm ]
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$10 at Smalljoes for the MM Batman . . .
http://smalljoes.com/cgi-bin/pgen.cgi?S ... =MM04BAT-F
Author:  Tanstoys [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:44 am ]
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I think bindy has a great idea with the split cape but the duke resolute pack would work too. The batsymbol looks great but I think you need to change the lower legs to loose the feel of a batironman, use some clone lower legs to make a different look otherwise good stuff
Author:  past nastification [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:47 pm ]
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The entire figure so far is made of recto-linear shapes. A cape would confuse, if not totally destroy, that design element. Go with triangular/bladed wings.
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