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

[Darkavatar]

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

Maybe the sweat won't be noticeable when you just have him displayed on the shelf and thus, only noticeable if you look at him up close.

 

[30cm]

WIP: chest and abs cuts repaint.


Before

After

 

[mrchris]

Great work 30cm.shame u couldn't narrow the gaps on the abs though.

 

[mrchris]

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.

phew thanks for that,i think after the ''mocking'' this has had,the bottom line is if your happy buy it,if not wait a bit,yes it's looking better than a couple of weeks ago,and more so after some tweaks by a couple of guys(enterblitz's $700 statue may require additional work) don't remember reading that disclaimer
thought I'd up a couple of pics.1 by 30cm..1 by blitzway and 1 by enterbay showing the sweat,cuts and paint app.
granted blitzway's is a ''pro'' shot which sold this to us.



even with the lighting/camera issues..i know which one I'd like.

 

[SAB]

Maybe the sweat won't be noticeable when you just have him displayed on the shelf and thus, only noticeable if you look at him up close.

yeah ....this is what I think.
The only time I look at any statue up close, 10cm from my face ....is in the first hour I take it out of the box.
Then it is up on top of large book shelf and generally viewed from across a room.

Only thing I think would make a difference to me is I do like some of those 'dripping blood mods' we're seeing.

 

[xpl0sive]

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.




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.



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.



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.



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.

It's hard to tell if the prototype was fully painted or not. Without someone confirming how it was done, I won't comment on that, but I still think going a flesh coloured translucent resin for the body on the production piece was the way to go. They still painted it, they layered on translucent colours to get the overall effect.

I actually think more companies should do this. It gives a far more realistic look to skin IMO. It's also far easier for the factory to maintain consistency with this method. Had these been fully painted polystone like Sideshow pieces, I'd say we would've got something that looks pretty ugly. As with the battle scars, I'd say it's more about maintaining consistency from piece to piece rather than cutting corners.

I personally think there's not many Sideshow pieces that look realistic, even the prototypes. Their professional photography and Photoshop helps bring out the realism, but otherwise it still looks like I'm looking at a collectable most of the time, as opposed to a movie still.

 

[Tyderium]

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

Ah, ok, yeah I'm from over in Perth so am in the same boat as far as not being able to lay eyes on the thing before a purchase.

I sense the frustration with the skin colour.
30cm's close up sweat apps shots where the skin is looking that grey/green tan colour are being lit with white light, whereas in the shots next to GOD there is not so much direct light (more ambient) and it appears more the orange/yellow colour - I'd say this is probably the truer colour in hand. It does look different to GOD when side by side in that pic. And actually, it may fall somewhere in between that orange and the grey/tan colour in-hand. Sort of sounds like it by 30cm's description. But people will see and describe different things. Again, to be 100% you need to see it in person for the most critical size up.

 

[Tyderium]

Nice to see your progress 30cm.

Do you think you would be able to describe the difference in skin colour from a direct comparison between GOD and ETD?
Not translucency effects etc, just the actual colour if you can.

Also..
Do the eyes of both statues have the same finish on them or does ETD look to be different?

Thanks mate.

 

[SAB]

Only slightly related, but I just received Legends of the Dragon (book) from Brucelee.com

It's a visual diary of 1972 and he making of Way of the Dragon. Great stuff and recommended.

 

[mrchris]

is that the hard back version SAB?
I have the original standard version 1&2,waited for vol3 to be released.but never happened(dispute between steve kerridge and publisher)he revised the book including v3 and released it in hardback in 2013.
another great book is ''treasures of bruce lee'' from around the same time,great packaging and a great read also.

 

[Tyderium]

For those guys in the process of, or planning to repaint their statues...
One thing I've noticed is the cuts on the Blitzway piece are really very dark.
While the film cuts were much more of a fire engine red.
Small detail but will bring it closer for accuracy's sake.

And a couple here for the sweat effect...
Fair few streaks running down the chest, beading on the face etc.

 

[30cm]

for flesh tone comparision.

From above

ETD

GOD

ME

 

[mrchris]

very similar to GOD then.my 30cm what big hands you have keep up the good work,will you be redoing the hair? or leaving it as is.

 

[desisandy]

WIP: chest and abs cuts repaint.

Nice job . Will you attempt to do stray hair on face for the more realistic sweaty effect on face? Or even just to bring out detail hair more like what the GOD has on the hair.

for flesh tone comparision.

From above

ETD

GOD

ME

Does look more better on the ETD. Don't think anyone would have grudge Blitzway had they just tell us this is what we are releasing . Some of us are just peeved by their false advertising.
Hey found this picture for Bruce fans haha some collection here . must be a GOD fan

 

[mrchris]

agree desisandy.we know now pretty much what is getting released,better than 1st thought after the early pics,but not the ''mini bruce'' or as blitzway stated ''You will feel like you are face to face with a scaled facsimile of the real man''.had blitzway stated images done under professional conditions and will differ in released versions,then the negativity/disappointment may have been avoided.i do like the head sculpt,but looking again at the proto,it does look toyish compared to that.
but hopefully in 4/5 weeks I can judge better.it will compliment the GOD nicely,so it's not all bad..GOD overkill or what in that pic and bigger than my collection

 

[Lawrence]

Quite the collection. I wonder if that collector has, or will be getting any Blitzway statues.

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You're a talented guy 30cm.

 

[mrchris]

another great collection...I'm sure this collector will get blitzway's statue..

 

[Lawrence]

Another nice BL collection. Nicely displayed.

 

[mrchris]

must have cost a fair amount also.you getting the blitzway larry,or are you unsure like a few of the guys??
i'll have the statue on the top of this page .I wish.

 

[desisandy]

That's very well pose display. dust proof too. nice find Chris
oh Larry the Bruce group pics the owner has a Blitzway GOD I think I saw some pics displayed with the 1/6.


This is another cool display option , hope the owner no mind us using pics. Will go well for the two 1/3 statue . Think the poster in the back great idea to enhance .