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Posted: 09 October 2007 at 7:08pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

…theres another Ross Batman in the works…

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He just won't stop until he sucks every ounce of magic out of these
characters.
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Posted: 09 October 2007 at 7:15pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

That Ross Batman looks like an out of shape older guy in too-tight swim trunks that you might see at a public pool or family reunion.
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DC Direct has unveiled their Kubert-inspired Hawkman:
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Posted: 09 October 2007 at 8:14pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

I'm liking that new Ross Batman, thats the one which will be in color... nice!

 B&W Frank Miller Batman... eh... I'm liking most of the others tho.

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…theres another Ross Batman in the works…

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What's up with all those wrinkles?  Bruce Wayne can afford some starch, can't he?
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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:20am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Here is a piece that a sculptor just finished for me.
While most fans weren't happy with his "armored" look, I always though it
was kinda' cool.




What do you guys think?
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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:27am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

The Miller Batman looks pretty faithful, but the hands make me think that it's Hank McCoy in a Batman suit.

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That latest Ross Batman looks like crap.  Too many wrinkles in the costume.
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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 9:07am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

And too obviously an ugly face under the mask!

I used to like Ross's stuff (ie: Marvels). Now?   Not so much. And it doesn't
translate well to sculpts to boot!
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Robert Kowalewski II
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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 9:38am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Just found these pics of my figure shelves:

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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 9:40am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Robert, where is that tall Guardian figure next to Galactus from??
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Robert Kowalewski II
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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 9:42am | IP Logged | 12 post reply

It was a custom, it came with some ebay auction I won a long time ago.
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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 9:47am | IP Logged | 13 post reply

Very cool. 
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John Byrne
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I used to like Ross's stuff (ie: Marvels). Now?   Not so much. And it doesn't
translate well to sculpts to boot!

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There's something bordering on irony, there. As I have noted on more
than one occasion, MARVELS blew me away. I'd seen painted superhero
stuff before, but none of it had captured the essential magic of the form.
Ross did so -- in spades! Only here and there -- most notably Galactus
-- did it come thru that what we were looking at were models in
homemade costumes. Unfortunately, as his fame grew, his sense of
wonder seemed to diminish. It became more and more about the
work looking like models in homemade costumes. Wrinkles, seams,
stitching. Sure, in the "real world" that's probably what these costumes
would look like, at least some of them. (We won't resurrect the Spandex
debate again.) But this isn't the real world. This is a magical realm where
a teenage boy can cobble together a costume out of stuff he finds in his
aunt's sewing drawer, and it looks like something Hollywood spends
$100,000 a crack to duplicate.

Now we get art imitating art imitating art --- the sculpts of the guys-in-
homemade-costumes Ross paints these days look even more like
guys in homemade costumes. And, seriously, is that what we want our
superheroes to look like? Do we really want them to be ordinary?
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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 10:32am | IP Logged | 15 post reply

Sorry if i'm in the wrong place, i couldn't found a Star wars figure tread.
Here's what i just bougth yesterday

It's based on a Ralf Mc Quarrie drawing. I just love it
(and to thoses who migth wonder, yes, it's a flying delorean from episode II)

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Posted: 10 October 2007 at 10:35am | IP Logged | 16 post reply

NICE!

Sometimes I really wish Star Wars had looked more like McQuarrie
envisioned it. Really great Alex Raymond vibe from some of his concept art!
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Re: Alex Ross. My assessment of him varies wildly depending on which character he's depicting. His Superman is truly majestic. His Batman I've never liked at all. 
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Re DD statue: I kind of like that Caleb.
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Now we get art imitating art imitating art --- the sculpts of the guys-in-
homemade-costumes Ross paints these days look even more like
guys in homemade costumes. And, seriously, is that what we want our
superheroes to look like? Do we really want them to be ordinary?

I once read an interview with Ross where he stated that he likes to make the figures more mature so that they are older than he is to capture the same sense of wonder he had as a child.  I remember thinking at the time that that could only be done for a short period of time before all we'd see is old men in costumes.

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Posted: 12 October 2007 at 5:52am | IP Logged | 20 post reply

Ross has moved on to Flash Gordon figures:



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Robert Kowalewski II
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Posted: 12 October 2007 at 7:23am | IP Logged | 21 post reply

Those actually look good, I'd put those on a shelf easy.

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I don't know... That Flash doesn't really look all that much like the real Sam
J. Jones as Flash. In fact, it looks too much like an Alex Ross p.o.c. (Which I
guess is the point.

The Ming looks pretty good though!

When are we going to get some spaceship models from the 1980 Flash
Gordon? I NEED a War-Rocket Ajax! Stet!
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Posted: 12 October 2007 at 11:54am | IP Logged | 23 post reply

slightly bigger picture, my initial enthusiasm is waning

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I'll stick with the Bowen Thor I already have. (I'd probably like that new one,
if they were not trying to pass it off as something it is not.)
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I'd like to see a close up of Flash's face.  The likeness has a sort of Namorish vibe to it the way it looks now.  The Ming looks dead on!
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