1/6 INART (Queen Studio) - The Dark Knight - Joker Collectible Figure

[ScoobyDoo]

 

[agonistes86]

Did a slight repose and took some better shots today.
Loving this! While the standard was great, the real hair makes such a big difference IMO. He suddenly has a lot more presence.
I'd still like the hair to be greener, but that's something I can fix at a later point.

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Nice work. Do you have a before and after comparison?

Thanks. I quoted my post above from when I received him as comparison.
The main improvements I did are: overall some more randomness and wildness to the hair, some loose strands hanging down in front, and more green showing on the top.

He still has too much brown hair showing on top of the head for my liking, but luckily it's not as vibrant in person as the pictures make it out to be. The overhead Detolf lights make it brighter than even my slight post-processing could fix.

What's your process?

Could you give anymore detail on what you did with the hair?

I essentially followed @Gipetto0812 's instructions that I quoted, but I can run through it:

I kept the head attached to the base the whole time so I didn't have to hold the head itself. At the end my fingers were slightly greenish, so I definitely recommend not handling the sculpt in the meantime.
I also tried to keep the head tilted towards the sides or back and not to the front, so any water applied wouldn't run over his face.
I started at his right side (our left) and worked my way to the back. Then started at the other side and again worked my way to the back.

With a small soft brush I applied water (from a bowl) to the hair, brushing it on the hair, within the area I'm working on. With tweezers, I then lifted each "strand" (or rather lock), one by one. If it wouldn't separate, apply more water.
The strands I loosened, I kept splayed away from the head. That way, I worked my way from the top layers down to the bottom layers. So in the end, the hair strands all stood out from the head, as if he held a fork into a socket.

Then I mostly used my fingers, with help from the tweezers here and there, to press the hair down again, shaping it as I wanted. Curling it around his ear a bit, pulling some strands to the front etc.

In the end, I let the head dry for about 24 hours before before putting it back on the figure.

 

[sj2106]

Thanks. I quoted my post above from when I received him as comparison.
The main improvements I did are: overall some more randomness and wildness to the hair, some loose strands hanging down in front, and more green showing on the top.

He still has too much brown hair showing on top of the head for my liking, but luckily it's not as vibrant in person as the pictures make it out to be. The overhead Detolf lights make it brighter than even my slight post-processing could fix.



I essentially followed @Gipetto0812 's instructions that I quoted, but I can run through it:

I kept the head attached to the base the whole time so I didn't have to hold the head itself. At the end my fingers were slightly greenish, so I definitely recommend not handling the sculpt in the meantime.
I also tried to keep the head tilted towards the sides or back and not to the front, so any water applied wouldn't run over his face.
I started at his right side (our left) and worked my way to the back. Then started at the other side and again worked my way to the back.

With a small soft brush I applied water (from a bowl) to the hair, brushing it on the hair, within the area I'm working on. With tweezers, I then lifted each "strand" (or rather lock), one by one. If it wouldn't separate, apply more water.
The strands I loosened, I kept splayed away from the head. That way, I worked my way from the top layers down to the bottom layers. So in the end, the hair strands all stood out from the head, as if he held a fork into a socket.

Then I mostly used my fingers, with help from the tweezers here and there, to press the hair down again, shaping it as I wanted. Curling it around his ear a bit, pulling some strands to the front etc.

In the end, I let the head dry for about 24 hours before before putting it back on the figure.

Thank you for this!

Will give it a go as soon as I get time.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Thanks again for your detailed explanation, Gipetto! This was super handy.

With Gandalf incoming soonish, I figured it was finally time to mess with Joker's hair and have him live up more to his potential.

It was my first time (re-)styling 1:6 hair, and there was indeed a lot of product. It took me about 1.5 hours in total.
Since the top layer of the hair is quite brown on my Joker, this allowed for the underlying green layer to come out more.
I might redo the hair some more at a later point to apply some more of my learnings, but I already like it a lot more now than it was before.

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Great work @agonistes86 Glad my tips helped you out

I need to go back and mess with both headsculpts, especially the Jail Joker, just haven't had time.

 

[BigWayne]

I don't usually do this, but for anyone interested in creating the grenade scene from TDK, this looks to be a very cool diorama.

 

[TheBatman]

Yep, saw that in Kits OSK thread. Its tempting

 

[Captain Clown]

Another company mistakenly using the cracking “Rises” bat logo.

 

[BigWayne]

Another company mistakenly using the cracking “Rises” bat logo.

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Yep, they screwed the pooch on the logo. It seems like such an easy thing to get right too. It doesn’t bother me so much because I would probably preorder the version without the logo just because I think less is more with those type of decorations.

If someone needs a nameplate to identify their joker, the diorama probably won’t help anyway

 

[Raleig.h]

I think it would be the smart idea to go with the non themed look for that dio anyway, so you can use it for multiple figures.

 

[TheBatman]

Yep. Its a nice attempt though. But better off getting the blank.

 

[ebor]

Well I sold my Premium InArt Joker set. I am officially out of 1:6 Joker figures.

Moving on to exclusively 1:6 Trek and Classic Horror

 

[Wor-Gar]

Well I sold my Premium InArt Joker set. I am officially out of 1:6 Joker figures.

Moving on to exclusively 1:6 Trek and Classic Horror

See ya when you circle back with the release of the Artisan Joker.

 

[ebor]

See ya when you circle back with the release of the Artisan Joker.

NO! You can’t pull me back in! No way!…

 

[yy0925]

 

[Cap'n Cook]

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Fantastic posing and futzing there.

 

[yy0925]

Fantastic posing and futzing there.

Thank you so much!

 

[rothnroller]

Thank you so much!

Is that a stock dx19?

 

[yy0925]

Is that a stock dx19?

Yes, it is

 

[rothnroller]

Yes, it is

Wow. Looking good.

 

[DiostaR]

Ok... Since i'm a huge DUMMY I damaged my Joker head when removing it from the box the other day... You may say it's only a small spot of paint missing and it's not a big deal but i can't live knowing thay it's damaged. I just can't.

So i decided to stop being a coward and fix my mistake myself... Keep in mind that i'm not a painter and that it's the first time i mess with a head that expensive.

But here go ! Time to repaint it ! (My hands never shook like that in my entire life.)

What i did first is applying white paint on his nose which works but it's not totally seamless and it was bugging me...

Here we go again time to rub it off and do it again...
This time i mixed white with a little bit a black a few times until the color was perfect.
And after applying i got a seamless result !
I can finally go to bed now...

So if this happens to any of you guys (we all know the issues with the base...) don't be sad, you can fix it ! And you can do it on your own. It will take you a little bit of faith and a lot of patience.

Cheers !