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Glad to hear that my man. You made it look really good!
1/6 INART (Queen Studio) - The Dark Knight - Joker Collectible Figure
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Glad to hear that my man. You made it look really good!
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Took some pictures today
Gowithasmile!
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One thing I've noticed a year after owning this is that the figure looks best if you can't properly see his eyes, he looks like a mini Heath from those angles where you can't properly see the eyes.
Is your Joker all InArt parts or any mods?
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I have a different coat on him and had the hair redone
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Because that’s exactly how they photographed the prototype. They had the head tilted extremely downward, eyes pointed upwards where you barely see the pupil and the camera was shot from above.
Then we got the figure in hand and you’re seeing the sculpt and eyes in a more neutral position, which doesn’t look as good. Plus the downgrade in the eyelid thickness.
But to be fair, isn’t that the optimal way to display Ledger Joker? Why would one not want to make him looking menacing? 95% of INART Jokers posted online look awful and it’s because users hardly get the eyes right. Most make him look like all wide googly-eyed lol, which imo, doesn’t convey the essence of TDK Joker in the slightest. Most make him look like an innocent nice guy that doesn’t pose a threat whatsoever.
Gowithasmile!
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I suppose that is definitely the optimal way to display him, but i just can't not be bugged by how the eyes look staring straight on. It just looks lifeless. The jail sculpt has a stronger likeness, something is just off about the neutral sculpt. One day i might look into a custom head that i can be happy with.
Edit: I've got my ideal grenade pose i wanna do but the eyes feel like they can't move left without breaking, and it bugs me because i want to replicate the exact pose from that moment in the movie.
It’s crazy how subjective this all is, but it’s really not lifeless at all in my eyes. It’s unreal how great (IMO) both portraits (smirk sculpt is stronger, I agree) are in likeness and paint apps, but again, it depends on how one positions the eyes. Imo, what holds back this entire head-sculpt is the hair – it’s pretty bad, not natural.
Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention but I have done the SERS mod on mine so I’m able to independently move the eyes. It’s been such a long time now that I honestly forgot they don’t come that way xD
Even though you’re not able to get full range when moving the eyes to the side, you do get some more play. And for me, since my ideal pose is him looking straight on (eyes up w/ head tilted down), I’m just happy that both eyeballs are finally aligned with each other and I can position them right where I want them.
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Took some pics of mine recently
I love that last picture
You know somebody ****** up... when a mod gets involved in a Ledger thread
If the custom discussions weren't pushed out, we'd be well over 700
I secured one of those sculpts. But I wish Heise (who rooted and painted the one in the picture) was still open for commissions. Sigh..
Your sculpts look great man. But if you had the original side by side to compare with the recasts, you would see the difference. Micro detail and sharpness do get lost, and they can be the differentiator between something great, and something even better.
I've resorted to recasts myself when it was the only option available. Although I absolutely detest the practice of recasting.
I know some would call me a hypocrite for saying that, and having bought a recast myself. But I see things different.
I take the world as it is.
Ideally, I wish that nobody would recast original artwork. However, once some ******* does it, then they've opened pandora's box. . At which point refusing to grab one off of Ebay out of shear principle, would not be to the benefit of anybody. And it certainly won't stop ******* from doing what they're going to.
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On that note. I hate when clowns justify recasting with the mentality that "The original artist was stealing intellectual property".
Clearly people who say such things have never set out on any creative endeavour themselves, nor can they understand or appreciate artwork. The hobby is wasted on people like that.
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Eventually there’ll be a head sculpt based on every individual frame of Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight.
You’ll be able to make a stop motion movie of every single one of his scenes.
You’ll be able to make a stop motion movie of every single one of his scenes.
I just posted this in the Batman thread since the discussion was about InArt stability issues some are facing, but it's more relevant here.
I recently discovered that on my Joker, the heel and front foot are not aligned. It's impossible to get the entire foot flat on the ground, which I believe is the root cause for him randomly falling over sometimes after months of no issues.
Does anybody else have the same issue on theirs?
I recently discovered that on my Joker, the heel and front foot are not aligned. It's impossible to get the entire foot flat on the ground, which I believe is the root cause for him randomly falling over sometimes after months of no issues.
Does anybody else have the same issue on theirs?
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Funnily enough, as soon as I took my Joker off the magnetic base, (to touch up my repair job after doing the magnet mod) he fell flat on his face and scuffed a big circle of paint off his nose. I stood him back up, turned around, and he fell again!!
So I repainted the face and sold him.
So I repainted the face and sold him.
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I got one of those dinky light up rotating cases on sale, so I put Joker to try it out.
Also tried to even his hair out a bit more so it wasn’t so thick on the sides. Spray bottled it up with water, turned the head upside down and worked on the hair that way. Seemed to help a little bit, but i really hate the plastic sculpted hair parts at the bottom of the hair line. No idea why they added those.
Also tried to even his hair out a bit more so it wasn’t so thick on the sides. Spray bottled it up with water, turned the head upside down and worked on the hair that way. Seemed to help a little bit, but i really hate the plastic sculpted hair parts at the bottom of the hair line. No idea why they added those.
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Love seeing the jail cell sculpt + purple coat combo.
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Hey gents, looks like InArt have more detonators in stock at the moment. Just got one now for $31 AUD 
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