Statue BLITZWAY- Enter the Dragon- Bruce Lee Tribute 1/3 scale Statue Ver. 2 spec

[Tyderium]

Understanding that there will be differences between proto and finished piece, this still feels like a significant separation.
Even considering differences in lighting, the superb definition of the musculature on the forearms and ribs, plus the vein work on the proto appears to have softened greatly in translation to this finished piece. Probably the flat skin shading is not helping. Interesting the chest cuts appear to be decals in one of those close up shots, surprising for a statue at this price point but possibly a good thing if they can be removed and painted more accurately.

 

[mrchris]

looks like a ''knock off'' you'd find on ebay.where as the proto looks great,this looks like a cheap copy,even bruce's nipples have shrunk

 

[Tyderium]

Exactly.
Comes off looking like a cheap recast.
Hopefully more pics will show the thing off in a much better light, but at the moment feeling incredibly disappointed after really looking forward to it.

 

[mrchris]

I hope so,i'm looking at this and thinking the paint app on my HD1002 is as good and that was £350 cheaper.blitzway did a very good job on GOD,but so far my excitement for this has gone right down.

 

[desisandy]

Good to see pics coming through. But not so good seeing the finish product . Dam disappointing exactly what I thought knock off looking compare to the proto . Details in the body and hands gone soft. The lack off tones wash out the details. Don't get me started on the blood and sweat. Grrrrrrr

 

[desisandy]

Haha hope its just the pics . But I think the pics are fine. By far the worst thing is the blood and sweat. Looks like a kid vandalized the statue with a red pen. i just hope it's better inhand.

 

[mrchris]

my biggest issue (hopefully due to the pics) is in the proto bruce looks tensed up and ready to fight,yet in the released version he looks relaxed and the sculptured torso is minimal.side by side they DO look like different statues.
anyone fancy reducing the light on the new pics via photoshop,as in the proto to see if more can be seen in the torso/arms
as I ''hope'' it is indeed bad lighting,as to me it's a big let down.

 

[desisandy]

Think the pose is ok still. Most of the proto pics are taken from low angle. Just the shock of seeing the proto life like muscle and sweat effect. Gone inhand.. Hope some better pic surface soon

 

[Darkavatar]

Wow, feeling a little hollow seeing these first pics come through.

The proto was VERY defined in the veins and musculature - it's one of the crucial aspects that was really impressing me with the sculpt.
The finished version is coming across as quite soft in the detailing. Almost cheap looking even.
The paint job also appears to very flat and without much shading or fluctuation in the skin tone.
Even the hair seems to have less volume and appears slightly shorter than the proto where it felt pretty good.
On the plus side, the actual likeness appears to be coming through a little better on the face than the proto.
Maybe seeing some more pics will help, but I am now seriously questioning what was an automatic purchase based on the fantastic proto.

When I said the likeness looked worse I meant the head sculpt looked deformed as it was stretched and so the head sculpt is no longer in proportion. But yeah the core likeness looks more noticeable on this product, which is probably the only good thing about it.

looks like a ''knock off'' you'd find on ebay.where as the proto looks great,this looks like a cheap copy,even bruce's nipples have shrunk

Yeah and I think this is because they rushed it. However, need to see some more pictures to be fully convinced that this is a let down but it is not looking good.

 

[mrchris]

agree steve.better pics may put me at ease.there's a lot of glare on the torso.but would that really mask all of the muscle appearance?but yep not looking good
maybe at half price but not at this cost.on the plus side,the sculpt is good.

 

[Darkavatar]

agree steve.better pics may put me at ease.there's a lot of glare on the torso.but would that really mask all of the muscle appearance?but yep not looking good
maybe at half price but not at this cost.

Yeah I thinking of passing on it now.

on the plus side,the sculpt is good.

Maybe it is the angles or len's distortion but the sculpt looks too long and thus, the face is not in proportion and looks deformed. I need to see it taken on an angle like this though to be fully convinced.

 

[mrchris]

found another pic looks better on that shot.still not great lighting but the torso looks a bit better,but those slashes are way off..sculpt looks good..but that left arm looks long no doubt camera distortion
I do hope someone with some photo skills put some better pics up when they get it..or if I'm sold on this anymore.

 

[Darkavatar]

found another pic looks better on that shot.still not great lighting but the torso looks a bit better,sculpt looks good..but that left arm looks long

Just want to clarify when I say the sculpt looks deformed and stretched I am not saying it sucks and you are right it still looks good. But it doesn't look as good as the proto as it looks warped and different. However, like I said hopefully that is len's distortion causing the sculpt to be stretched as it doesn't look too bad in that pic you posted there. That left arm does look real bad but maybe it looks long because it is closer to the camera. To make maters worse why does the right lat muscle look like there is a sharp pointy part sticking out instead of being round and curvy shaped like the left one?

I do hope someone with some photo skills put some better pics up when they get it..or if I'm sold on this anymore.

Not for the asking price.

 

[mrchris]

must be the shadow from the arms giving the lats a distorted look steve.
mm anyone else think the head is more upright compared to the proto?

 

[gypsycatcha]

I think it looks decent especially in this shot. Im just wondering if he is using flash which is washing a lot of the detail out ? skin tones look a bit flat especially on the torso. The thing that's bugging me is the fingers. They look a bit chubby and out of scale.

I like it though and hoping to see some decent natural lighting shots.

 

[mrchris]

better lighting.statue does look better,the best pic of this yet,but the ''ripped'' effect on the proto is far more detailed.i'll reserve my final judgement when much clearer pics surface to show more detail.

 

[FriendlySamurai]

Hard to tell whats causing the difference. Looking at the veins and striations- you can tell they are on the production but they arent popping- im thinking its the lighting and possibly a glossier coat/water effect on the proto. I dont think daylight will help, to duplicate the proto you need shadows, and the latest pics dont have a lot of shadow on the torso.

Other than that the face looks pretty good- scary to pay so much tho without certainty. Roberto, any thoughts? And has anybody mentioned a neck seam or lack thereof?

 

[mrchris]

this is suppose to have a sweat effect also,so the veins etc should stand out like the proto.as I said it reminds me of the paint job on theHD1002..but things have moved on since then(price and cost wise)also the proto has bruce with more defind abs which whilst on the released version really fall short of similarity.i've yet to see a neck seam in the new released pics..so far.i wanted to pounce on this,but now I feel does the cost warrant it?

 

[SAB]

I'm happy with how it turned out based on the pics we've seen so far.
Interesting there doesn't appear to be a neck seam at all (....or at least, one so nicely obscured it still hasn't appeared in any shot)

Detail on the body is washed out due to camera flash ... you can see more definition appearing in shots with less flash and more shadow.
The right lighting - like that used in the proto shots - will definitely bring it all out.
(I remember HD-1003 Enterbay's WotD 1/4 statue varied between extremely smooth and insanely ripped based on how you lit it)

Besides, its essentially this shot and the paint job matches it well:


This will sit next to Sideshow PF's on my shelf and look far better than them I think.



I think the sculpt came out well and its what I want from a Bruce Lee statue
(eyes looking at extreme angle, action based, battle damaged....)

 

[FriendlySamurai]

sculpt should be a no brainer, it should end up exactly the same- its the paint detail that should be the issue. But... I have seen sculpt changes before, like on the JSC Spiderman (altho its easy to see why, the lines would have been difficult for the avg factory worker to mass produce)- not the same case here. I'm hoping the same level of detail is there in the sculpt, just difficult to see in these pics. His nips do seem smaller, can't tell if thats paint or sculpt tho.

In most of the pics he looks pretty much dry- the fact that he isn't may mean the smaller details just arent showing up in the pics.