Blitzway x P1 Studio Museum Masterline Batman (89) 1/3rd Scale Batman & Bruce Wayne Statues

[Rondesmo]

I think they completely nailed the « greeny-brown » look of his eyes in 89. Well done.

 

[Antdiblasi]

Thank you for sharing. Portrait looks very good. Your cowl because of the way you attached it to the cape sits better, but the shape of the spikes are sadly still has the same issue. Especially the left side where they are pointing forward. Other side is a better.

By the way you did try the hair dryer trick and the PVC did not soften?

This is after 10 minutes under the hair dryer. Looks good from the front. I'll probably do it again to get it flatter, but it's tricky to get it to match the shape of the bat symbol and get it to cool quickly enough. I think some double sided tape to hold the cape against the body right around the symbol would help too. I understand why they put the symbol on the chest, because the statue is rigid, as is the symbol. The mask is rubbery. Basically like the real mask would be.

 

[csutkakoma]

This is after 10 minutes under the hair dryer. Looks good from the front. I'll probably do it again to get it flatter, but it's tricky to get it to match the shape of the bat symbol and get it to cool quickly enough. I think some double sided tape to hold the cape against the body right around the symbol would help too. I understand why they put the symbol on the chest, because the statue is rigid, as is the symbol. The mask is rubbery. Basically like the real mask would be.

Now that's looking good! So it looks like it can be done! How did you heated the cowl? Was it on the statue or did you removed the head for it? Also did you hold it in place and waited for it to cool down naturally? Can you tell me how did you do it exactly? I would like to do this on mine.

 

[Antdiblasi]

Now that's looking good! So it looks like it can be done! How did you heated the cowl? Was it on the statue or did you removed the head for it? Also did you hold it in place and waited for it to cool down naturally? Can you tell me how did you do it exactly? I would like to do this on mine.

The directions say you can heat up at a low setting. I took the head off the body and did a high setting, I feel like the low setting would take an hour. I set it down and propped up the hair dryer and let it sit and heat up for like 10 minutes. I did it on the inside of the cowl first, which kind of made it flair out more, so I did another several minutes on the outside of the cowl. I shaped it, then held it under cold water. I didn't get the mouth piece wet at all though. I'm going to do another round on it, and this time hold it in place and let it cool down, that's what prime 1 suggests and I may be able to get it perfect at that point.

 

[cking]

Looks like they actually paid attention to the real measurements of Keaton in the suit if this comparison is anything to go by (based on the sizes given for both statues on their bases. I put the feet down at the same level to get a rough idea. Keaton was short compared to Reeve's 6ft 4" frame.

At the price of Prime1's Keaton Batman, the collector should not have to be messing around with heating things up to get it to the correct shape. That sucks.
They should have sorted this out before it got to production.

 

[csutkakoma]

The directions say you can heat up at a low setting. I took the head off the body and did a high setting, I feel like the low setting would take an hour. I set it down and propped up the hair dryer and let it sit and heat up for like 10 minutes. I did it on the inside of the cowl first, which kind of made it flair out more, so I did another several minutes on the outside of the cowl. I shaped it, then held it under cold water. I didn't get the mouth piece wet at all though. I'm going to do another round on it, and this time hold it in place and let it cool down, that's what prime 1 suggests and I may be able to get it perfect at that point.

Thank you Antdiblasi! I really appreciate it! You are a great help! Please if you have time upload photos of the final result.