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        | John Lee Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          The Sandman. I'm hoping John B. will one day continue commissions, I'd love to request the rest of the Sinister Six.
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        | Tim O Neill Byrne Robotics Security
 
 
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 Fantastic!  That looks great!
 
 
 
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        | Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          I don't think I've seen a 'tones' commission from JB that hasn't impressed me. Awesome Sandman. And you get to enjoy it in person every day!
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        | Gundars Berzins Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Fantastic Sandman! Sheesh.
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        | Vinny Valenti Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          That's the best Sandman I've ever seen. The grey tones really make it.
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 I'm so glad that I'm a proud owner of a grey-tone commission, myself. It took seeing Flavio's (I think) AF#13 dream sequence commission to realize that that's what I needed for the AF#12 commission I've been wanting to request for years, but I was stuck on the the feeling that it needed some sort 'oomph'. I wasn't expecting it being put to such good use on civilian clothing (Heather's sweater)! | 
       
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        | Ben Herman Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Wow! That looks stunning. Really amazing commission by John Byrne. Congratulations on obtaining it.
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        | Shane Hill Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Here is my one and only JB commission piece.  The instructions were to have classic era Guardian and Sasquatch fighting 70s era Hulk in the Rocky Mountains.  I LOVE THIS PIECE!!
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 It's displayed proudly in my office at work! | 
       
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        | John Byrne 
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          Nice Captain America.  If only it wasn't THAT Captain America. . . .
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        | Shane Hill Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Hahaha!  I love that version of Captain America from the movie.  Why don't you like that Cap John?
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        | John Byrne 
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          The filmmakers changed Cap’s outfit saying they “wanted something that looked like it had been designed in the Forties.”
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 |  Er......... They also took a moment to mock Joe Simon’s actual design. 
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        | Shane Hill Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          I didn't pick up on the slight to Simon's design when I watched it. I just LOVED seeing all the stuff leading up to that ugly new costume design.
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 I LOVED seeing the original design of Captain America in the movie. I would have liked to have seen his ears... but it was pretty damn accurate to me.  I loved seeing the propaganda films of him and I loved seeing him in that rescue costume with the helmet and shield (similar to the Ultimates version). I disliked the final suit design with the covered ears and denim look.  I've grown to accept it... but loved the stuff with the original design the best. 
 I didn't know the film makers were so dense as to think his original design wasn't 1940s enough. lol 
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        | John Byrne 
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          I LOVED seeing the original design of Captain America in the movie.
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 |  ••• Except you didn’t. Even as they mocked it, they took steps to make the costume look dumb. The baggy cloth around the neck for instance. 
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