Hot Toys 1/6th scale The JOKER Photo thread

[Wor-Gar]

Greg, your Joker coat looks like mine, and presumably Les'. As you say, it's not black, it's just a REALLY dark purple and depending on lighting and surrounding colors, photos and in person can look brighter or darker.

Glad you got yours and are another happy owner, it is a badass figure.

Thanks! Yep, awesome figure as everyone knows here.

So I guess the whole 'dark coat' thing really depends on what you're expecting I think. For me, this is about as dark as I had envisioned. Maybe there's not differences out there after all. I hope not.

Anyway, for that street-urchin, dirty drab Joker, this one really works. The dullness of the clothing colors allows the severe face to really jump our at you. I think that was the idea in both figure and film.

You remind me of my father...

 

[galactiboy]

Its amazing how much difference Les' repaint makes... having that grease paint looks is very important.

 

[MaulFan]

Thanks! Yep, awesome figure as everyone knows here.

So I guess the whole 'dark coat' thing really depends on what you're expecting I think. For me, this is about as dark as I had envisioned. Maybe there's not differences out there after all. I hope not.

Anyway, for that street-urchin, dirty drab Joker, this one really works. The dullness of the clothing colors allows the severe face to really jump our at you. I think that was the idea in both figure and film.

You remind me of my father...

I honestly don't think there's a variant phsyically from the factory, just that the material and tone are going to create visual variants. It's an interesting fabric, it almost has a slight silky feel to it, even though it's still appropriate for a trench coat. I really think if there were 1/6 figure awards, this figure could take a prize for fabrication, that part of it is tops, with the small exception of the use of velcro, a very odd choice and particularly against such a sophisticated and well executed layering technique, it seems almost a step back in construction, but a very small tailoring nit.

 

[Figurefreaks]

I was thinking about not repaint my HT Joker when I get it, but after seen Les repaint I’m not so sure anymore.
A good paint really makes a big different.

Well see, anyway it’s coming from abc-express at last …so any day now.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I honestly don't think there's a variant phsyically from the factory, just that the material and tone are going to create visual variants.

I agree. I told Pjam: I don't think there's different coats out there -- I think there's different expectations.

That, and lighting of course.


And galactiboy, I do agree that grease-paint look really sells the custom. I'm very happy with the HT head I got -- even eyes, good detail, even a little smear by the eye -- but it does lack the painted face look. There's no smears around the forehead or anything. It's all even into the hairline, which makes it appear as a skin tone rather than someone who slapped on some white grease paint.

 

[MaulFan]

I don't think the HT white makeup looks like skin tone, at least on mine, it does look like white over a flesh tone, BUT, it doesn't have the "wet" look that halloween makeup would have. It's odd, but the Hot Toys portrait looks more like a real human face than Ledger's did in the movie, Heath really almost looks sort of animated facially in scenes where the makup is heavy, the humanity of his face is almost totally lost and the black eyed, red smiley face that is his portrait becomes the character face, which is key in replicating his makeup job, you have to be able to squint and see a strong smiley face on a white background, one of my favorite shots that highlights this is when he's walking out of the mob meeting through the swinging door, you basically just see black eyes and a red smile, can't tell there's a nose and human features, just a raw image of a dimented smiley face, brilliant makeup and cinematography.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I don't think the HT white makeup looks like skin tone, at least on mine..

Unfortunately, mine does look more like skin tone than paint...

Only because there's very little variance -- no flesh tone near the hairline to show where the Joker stopped applying his paint. On mine, I mean. Looks too evenly applied. Needs more 'missed' areas.

Just another little touch-up to do: let's see -- fix red smile, darken and smear eyes more, add areas where the whiteface didn't take.

Still a great face though. In hand and in scale -- FANTASTIC! Even my blown-up shots in extreme close-up look great.

 

[MaulFan]

Ya, I didn't even look sharp enough at your images, yours definitely has a pure white, Nicholson makeup white, even covering. Guess that's a point of subtle variation amongst these figures. I'll try to get some images that showoff the coloration on mine tomorrow.

 

[Figurefreaks]

I just remember I ordered two HT Jokers …from different companies.

Then I can repaint one of them.

 

[CelticPredator]

I like Les'....however, I dont know why but his expression now is like someone caught him in the "heat of the moment" on his computer...if ya know what I mean.

But its still quite good. LOVE the skin showing through.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Here's some moody close-up JOKER pics...

I love that one above. Just nasty.

This one for some reason strikes me as Ledger here.

 

[MaulFan]

The makeup style and expression on this figure reminds me of the shot of Joker spinning around as the Batpod whizzes past him.

 

[pjam]

Here's some moody close-up JOKER pics...

This one for some reason strikes me as Ledger here.

I like this one too WG! So nice to see you contributing pics, especially after my marathon sessions.

Now I can sit back, relax and watch your new images just... pop up.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Thanks P. I'm gonna try a few more moody ones later. The sculpt is really fun to light and photograph. And just sitting on my desk, he's creepy as hell!

Maulfan: the whole figure does remind me of that street fight sequence... the pics above have the same kind of amber lighting. I think this will be my "street fight" Joker.

 

[Les Walker]

Very cool shots G!

 

[ffejeromdiks]

Damn you Les, I convinced myself not to repaint mine when i got him, but after seeing your pics, it HAS to be done.

 

[MaulFan]

Maulfan: the whole figure does remind me of that street fight sequence... the pics above have the same kind of amber lighting. I think this will be my "street fight" Joker.

I don't know, you sure he'll mix in with these guys sorry, I had to do it.

As for the figure, like I commented before, some of the colors, especially the dark purple of the jacket, are suggestive of certain film lighting conditions, maybe it's accident, maybe intent. If it's intent, HT should stick to the source colors, the simulated film lighting on a figure is best left to the Aliens.

Being ideal for the street shoot out, and having Joker in hand, I now feel again that having that machine gun from that brief moment would add to this figures badassness. He needs a gun, a menacing grin like that should have a gun pointed or held in one hand with the knife in the other ready to ^^^^ someone up.

 

[Wor-Gar]

He needs a gun, a menacing grin like that should have a gun pointed or held in one hand with the knife in the other ready to ^^^^ someone up.

Yeah, I've been looking for the M79 machinegun. No luck. But Joker should be double-fisted with his knife and gun, slouched and ready to die.

 

[MaulFan]

It won't be an M79, but with all my Rambos and other armed figures, I've got some fire arms to work with

 

[spoongirl]

Yeah, I've been looking for the M79 machinegun. No luck. But Joker should be double-fisted with his knife and gun, slouched and ready to die.

I just want a 1/6 scale pencil