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Author: | Chief [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | "I am the night!" :shifty: Pic heavy!! |
Ok, we'll I've tried my hand at making various Batmans over the years. First, there was this guy (Movie Batman): Not bad, but just not what I really wanted. Then I used my MM Bats for quite a while as my default Bats: But Micro-Bats was just too small & scrawny for my tastes, so I finally came up with this guy: As you can see - scale-wise he fits in perfectly with my MM Superman and MM Robin. Plus, I wanted a decent Blue & Gray Batman with some muscles, and I think this one turned out pretty well. Recipe is MLS Magneto body, MM Superman hands, GTG Batman head (which is just plain awesome - looks like an Alex Ross head), a Dremmeled-out Zartan waist for the utility belt, and a little Green Stuff to round it out. Cape is from a cheap spandex t-shirt (matches the blue on his costume almost perfectly.) Here are the WIP pics: Comparison shot: And here is my Batcave WIP -- I'm going to add a couple of wings onto the mansion to make it fill up the shelf (probably use foamcore), and my daughter & I are going to make some papier mache rock walls for the backdrop to make it look more like a cave. We'll add in some computer consoles and stuff to the walls as well. Anyway, thought I'd share. Cheers! |
Author: | afsgtdoc [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:55 pm ] |
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Oh, that's nice. Definitely the best of the bunch, Chief. Great job on the mods. The Batcave is a cool idea and looks like fun; can't wait to see the finished product. One thing though, Supes looks like he's a little lost standing up there by the house -Doc |
Author: | roguetiger [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:04 pm ] |
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afsgtdoc wrote: Oh, that's nice. Definitely the best of the bunch, Chief. Great job on the mods. The Batcave is a cool idea and looks like fun; can't wait to see the finished product. One thing though, Supes looks like he's a little lost standing up there by the house -Doc Sups is using his X-ray vision to look into the batcave and find Batman. |
Author: | JBYRDD [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:11 pm ] |
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Way cool Chief, way cool. It's nice to see you and your daughter working on projects together, it's hard to do stuff with girls that aint barbie related, i gots a niece and she wants to do girls stuff all the time and i can't do that Barbie thing, lol, great stuff Chief. |
Author: | gijoey [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: "I am the night!" :shifty: Pic heavy!! |
What I like most about this figure is the fact that you sculpted the Bat symbol. Your customs and Dios have really steped up a couple of rungs in the past 6 months. Your giving some of the site big boys a run for their money. |
Author: | Lev [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:25 pm ] |
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Absolutely beautiful. That's got to be the best 1:18 Batman I've ever seen. Fits in very nicely with your other heroes. |
Author: | chad_ghost [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:43 pm ] |
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Very, very well done. Looks great!! |
Author: | chaosx [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:56 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: "I am the night!" :shifty: Pic heavy!! |
First of all...you owned a spandex shirt. second, that is a hot figure Third, how to you get the paint to not rub off at the joints? |
Author: | Chief [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:05 pm ] |
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Thanks guys! This one was fun to make - it was in my "idea box" for several weeks, but I just started working on him yesterday. Chaos, to answer your questions: 1) I actually bought the shirt for this project ($10 for a huge supply of Batman capes = awesome) 2) Thanks! 3) - I haven't so far. The shoulders are already jacked up. I need to sand the shoulders and hips down and re-paint. Magneto has awesome proportions, but it's a [LASER BLAST] to get paint to stick to him - especially the joints. Thanks again for the comments fellas! |
Author: | xhairs [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:14 am ] |
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wow man thats an awsome bat cave and batman customs. |
Author: | Kilcarr [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:03 am ] |
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Well, I wont rip on you for the spandex That Batman is great. I'm really thrilled with your Batcave though. That beast is gonna be huge. |
Author: | AdrienVeidt [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: "I am the night!" :shifty: Pic heavy!! |
I've had a Magneto-recipe Batfig in perma-WIP for what, a year since Maggy came out? It's good to see I'm not the only one that loves Maggy's great proportions. Nice work, Chief; but I hope you don't mind if I eventually do you one better. Eventually. Some day. |
Author: | Spin Doctor [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:47 pm ] |
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Man, I was so inspired by this that I immediately pulled my WIP Microman Batman out of the holding bin and finished him up. It's rare that someone else's work moves me to action like that, Chief. Great stuff. |
Author: | Chief [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:49 pm ] |
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Well that's gotta be the compliment to beat all compliments, Spinny, since I normally look to your works for my inspiration. Thanks! Can't wait to see yours! |
Author: | captain tomorrow [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:48 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: "I am the night!" :shifty: Pic heavy!! |
Whoa. Cool. I need to change my Batcave to get a little better and at least get it half as good. All you need is a Batmobile to create a perfect series. But that sweet BMW will work for now. What was the parts list on the cave, I know the top is a Batman and Robin Cave. I want to know the rest. |
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