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

[30cm]

I use mr.hobby clear and a small brush.
So you just dot the sweat and drag for the dropping sweat.

You may blend the big glob by dotted the sweat around it to make it go together.

After

From my pics you can see the various of flesh tone color(pale pink yellow green) also the greenish vein.and yes it looks really better in hand. i can't show you cause am not a pro camera just some quick mobile shots and after some tweaks he is more closer to realistic.im now repainting the cuts and tweak some tone.i'll show you after.

Ps dont know how to quoted reply by tabtalk app. My friends.

 

[xpl0sive]

Great job 30cm! Looks very realistic now. Bruce looks like he just stepped out of the shower

Seriously though, very good job. I think I want to give this a go when I get mine. Is it easy to wipe off if you make a mistake?

I'm really digging the skin tones in those pics. Combined with the sweat effect, looks pretty realistic to me and very natural.

I'm pretty excited for this piece and can't wait to get mine now!

 

[30cm]

Hahaha i think han's secret room doesnt hav air condition or too urgent to turn on it lol.
lots of dotted sweat to go - -

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[mrchris]

very nice job 30cm.atleast you have shown that there are some tones to the skin,and that the sweat effect should have been done better,as should the cuts,great abs lousy cuts on them.really pleased for you that you like him,but again you have to use your own skills to improve what is really not a cheap statue.
are you going to try re doing his hair?it does need sorting,some strands on his forehead/temples to show he is indeed sweating and messy,rather than a ''natural'' look shall we say.will be interest in seeing that.

 

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That's dedication
Where do you have to come from mate?

Not so much dedication, more like I am frustrated that the colors very so much, from grey pale to yellow/ orange, to tan both in pictures and videos, so I would like to know the real color, just like I know the real color of the GOD is a greyish tan.

BTW I am from Brizy mate

looks like they have used the same material as the arms for the GOD.very nice attempt at the sweat 30cm.

Why do you say that Chis?

Going by this pic below, I think it is a totally different material, the GOD arms were not translucent.

Also unlike the GOD that has a painted base coat, I believe the body on this does not have a base coat but the resin it's self is flesh colored. Wish 30 cm could confirm or deny this.

I use mr.hobby clear and a small brush.
So you just dot the sweat and drag for the dropping sweat.

You may blend the big glob by dotted the sweat around it to make it go together.

After

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Thanks, for instructions on how to fix the sweat appearance very informative.

From my pics you can see the various of flesh tone color(pale pink yellow green) also the greenish vain.and yes it looks really better in hand. i can't show you cause am not a pro camera just some quick mobile shots and after some tweaks he is more closer to realistic.im now repainting the cuts and tweak some tone.i'll show you after.



Ps dont know how to quoted reply by tabtalk app. My friends.

Yes we can, so what is the real color?

Hahaha i think han's secret room doesnt hav air condition or too urgent to turn on it lol.
lots of dotted sweat to go - -

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So that looks like the natural flesh color tone but this is not how it looks like stock right? You had to tweak it to get it this color?

 

[mrchris]

I think that's a movie still steve..could be wrong.about the arms,when I was modding my GOD,the arms when off look a bit translucent in the light,hence the comparison .this as you say may look like GOD in colour,as the vids/pics do vary.

 

[30cm]

I dont think GOD is translucent mat. I'll take the comparing pic when i get home.According to the ETD body yes it's flesh base color and they added various translucent color like a layered paint.The overall color seems to be a right flesh tone to me.My close up shots were taken under white fluorescent bulb that may cause the color fading.

 

[mrchris]

as I said I maybe wrong,maybe the strong sunlight and the GOD arm being slightly hollow may have made it appear translucent.if you put the GOD arm under the bulb that(in the hand pic) would confirm this no doubt.you are no doubt happy with the statue so there is hope(shame about the redo's to improve it though).look forward to more updates mate.
BTW as the cuts are decals,are you removing them then repainting,or just adding running effects to them??

 

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I think that's a movie still steve..could be wrong.

Both pics?

about the arms,when I was modding my GOD,the arms when off look a bit translucent in the light,hence the comparison .

Well if you shine a light where the arm joins the socket, the light can shrine through the arms, so maybe they are somewhat translucent. However, when you put shine a light on the back of the arms no light passes through. So if they are the same material, then maybe the arms on the ETD is hollow polystone, whereas the arms on the GOD is solid polystone.

this as you say may look like GOD in colour,as the vids/pics do vary.

Well I didn't say it looked like GOD, I just said I know what color GOD is and most pics and videos show the correct color except some taken with the flash make him look brown, instead of the greyish tan he has.

Looking at this pic here, the ETD looks more orange in color and actually has a flesh tone, when they are both together.

So if I had to guess the color of this statue is most likely an orange yellow color, although it looks spot on here and not yellow at all.

 

[Darkavatar]

I dont think GOD is translucent mat. I'll take the comparing pic when i get home.According to the ETD body yes it's flesh base color and they added various translucent color like a layered paint.

That's what I figured, another lazy attempt, instead of painting the torso they just got translucent flesh colored resin. However, translucent flesh colored resin has it's benefits though, it looks more like real skin but they mainly only use it for head sculpts not bodies, because of it's soft look. Sideshow's OBI one LSF head sculpt was originally translucent resin and it looked like the real thing but then Sideshow went and changed it to polystone, GOD knows why.

The overall color seems to be a right flesh tone to me.My close up shots were taken under white fluorescent bulb that may cause the color fading.

Well your poor quality pics, are the ones that look the best and from them I would have to agree that it does look like the right color in them.

 

[30cm]

Unfortunately the cuts were sculpted like a keloid wound and decals are just top on them.Only i can do is repaint them and add some bleeding effect.

 

[Darkavatar]

Unfortunately the cuts were sculpted like a keloid wound and decals are just top on them.Only i can do is repaint them and add some bleeding effect.

Which is exactly what Bruce Lo did when he repainted his.

 

[mrchris]

sculpted wounds then decals,crazy way of doing them..a simple paint job would have been easier.i remember a resin kit from the 90's with sculpted cuts,they looked good simply painted..looks like I was wrong about the arms then steve(not for the 1st time)but those 2 pics are movie stills...please be right chris.
here's said kit..I've owned this and many more kits,sold many, have a few left in my collection.those cuts looks really good.

 

[xpl0sive]

That's what I figured, another lazy attempt, instead of painting the torso they just got translucent flesh colored resin.

I don't see it as lazy at all. I see it as the correct way to do the body to achieve the most realistic look. What would be the point in using translucent resin and then covering it in solid coloured paint? It would defeat the purpose, and you'd end up with something like a Sideshow piece that looks fake/cartoony.

What 30cm makes sense. The base is flesh coloured resin, and then it is layered with various translucent paint tones to achieve the final colour. Sounds perfect to me. Had they covered it with solid colours, it most likely would not match the head sculpt and would look very fake.

30cm did say he took the pics with a fluorescent bulb lighting the statue, so that would give it a bit of a washed out appearance. Should be more tanned in real life. Maybe 30cm can confirm this?

 

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I don't see it as lazy at all. I see it as the correct way to do the body to achieve the most realistic look.

Yeah but I don't believe that is is the reason why they used it, I believe they used a flesh colored resin, so they didn't have to paint it.

What would be the point in using translucent resin and then covering it in solid coloured paint?

There would be no point but they shouldn't of used something like translucent or a flesh tone color resin in the first place, unless they really did do it to achieve the most realistic look possible, but I am not buying it, especially since it looked like the prototype was fully painted and it looked amazing. I suspected that the torso was flesh colored resin because I thought that would be a cheaper and easier alternative than having to paint it flesh. Everything about this piece suggest that they cut corners so they could put the least amount of effort in. Decals for battle scars, using a flesh colored torso, so they wouldn't have to paint it and last but not least the sloppy way they painted the sweat.

It would defeat the purpose, and you'd end up with something like a Sideshow piece that looks fake/cartoony.

Sideshow pieces don't look fake or cartoony because of base coats, they look fake and cartoony because their paint jobs are just poor. All their prototypes are painted with base coats and it doesn't hinder the realism, at least not on the body.

What 30cm makes sense. The base is flesh coloured resin, and then it is layered with various translucent paint tones to achieve the final colour. Sounds perfect to me. Had they covered it with solid colours, it most likely would not match the head sculpt and would look very fake.

Maybe if it was translucent but it wouldn't look fake if it was just pure polystone like the GOD. The GOD body, arms and sculpt look the same color and apart from the sculpt those items were painted.

30cm did say he took the pics with a fluorescent bulb lighting the statue, so that would give it a bit of a washed out appearance. Should be more tanned in real life. Maybe 30cm can confirm this?

It's not just his pictures, it's most pictures, it just doesn't look like a good color except the one next to the GOD that he took.

 

[desisandy]

Nicely done sweat effect 30CM looking forward to see the full finished pic. Thanks for posting keep the pics coming .
Great to see the changes you are doing to improve this.

 

[Darkavatar]

Nicely done sweat effect 30CM looking forward to see the full finished pic. Thanks for posting keep the pics coming .
Great to see the changes you are doing to improve this.

Yeah but you shouldn't have to do these changes on such an expensive product, all the other stuff I expect but painting sweat as poorly as they did is just unacceptable for something that cost more than GOD, which didn't need to be repaired. If they couldn't paint the sweat correctly, then I don't think they should of painted it in the first place. No sweat is better than sweat that looks horrible.

 

[mrchris]

I'm going to stick my neck out and say the HD1002 sweat and cuts will be better than this... there I said it LOL

 

[desisandy]

Yeah but you shouldn't have to do these changes on such an expensive product, all the other stuff I expect but painting sweat as poorly as they did is just unacceptable for something that cost more than GOD, which didn't need to be repaired.

Yer totally agree with you there . Is why all the mocking I was inflicting on this Bruce ETD release but I don't want to go in circle . The released statue is what we are getting. Am going to let ppl chance to enjoy their purchase also. the good news is the ppl who has recieve theirs seem to like it . So there's hope it's not too bad inhand

 

[desisandy]

I'm going to stick my neck out and say the HD1002 sweat and cuts will be better than this... there I said it LOL

Yessssss your neck is safe. I believe that too sweat is scaled correctly and perfectly done with little sweat streaks down body , all the scars were positioned well painted similar to the movie.