HOT TOYS : MMS DX 12 - The Dark Knight Rises - BATMAN / BRUCE WAYNE Full Specs & Pics

[Cap'n Cook]

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Looks fantastic Rory.

 

[The Rogster]

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Jesus Rory first you made the DX05 acceptable and now you made this incredible! Do it for me! Lol

 

[krec9]

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No more derp eyes. WIP:

Did something similar to the dx 02 made the figure 100x better.

 

[mr krapopple]

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hey rory what did you use to sculpt the eyes?

 

[krec9]

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People seem so surprised about this I forgot who did this....
but this have been done before on the dx 02 get some putty and black paint.

 

[DHAVAL]

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Friends i want to get 1/6 Batman fig i want to know which one is better HT Batman out there latest Dx12 TDKR Batman or Comic Con Exclusive Batman Begins ..............pros n cons if possible thanks in advance

 

[Predator1221]

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Just watch a youtube review on both figures. Thats how I make my mind up.

 

[Hollywoods Dark Knight]

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Anyone have an info on when BBTS is supposed to get these in stock already? I know it says Nov on the site but anyone know if it will be anytime soon?

 

[Tyranus7]

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Great imprevement there Rory, you have done a really good job, I know by own experience how hard it is to work on the eyes of a 1/6 figure, the space is so freaking little, that makes really hard to get thing well done.

It looks sleepy, but it looks so much better than stock figure. Just not perfect, but a lot better.

Congratulations!

 

[DHAVAL]

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Just watch a youtube review on both figures. Thats how I make my mind up.

still which one u recommend coz i m mainly collecting statues i want batman for tumbler n batpod but better one

 

[Enthus]

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Sideshow told me this will be in last week of this month, hopefully. I can't wait.

 

[Rorywan]

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Well guys, I can guarantee you when you see it in its actual scale it does not look 'sleepy' (thanks mags). Sometimes it's easy to forget that these things are minute in hand, not bown up in macro. But anyway thanks for all the positive responses (except mags).

You may ask, why not try to do it from outside? You could do something from the outside but it won't look smooth and perfect, the detail is so fine any roughness looks really bad.

So anyway, to try and answer some of your questions. To get at the PERS plate. I spent weeks thinking about this, tried twice and gave up, but decided to go for broke today, I have two cowls so I thought I would take the gamble. I took some pics as I went so I will post in future. There are several obstacles to get through..

1: there are two circular metal plates around the inside of the head.
These are to stick to the magnet neck. Wedge them off, but keep them. You will need them again.

2: under the magnets is a very strong black plastic semi circle. This is a ******* to get out. It's the type of plastic that shatters rather than bends and it's in there tight. Once you get it out you can see the PERS control and back of faceplate.

3: the face plate (as shown in previous pic, is a rectangle of flesh coloured plastic, this is soft, to hold the eyeballs. I had to cut this away from the inside of the mask, one slip and you will ruin the eye hole of the cowl or puncture your finger..ahem.

4: Once you get it out, sand down the areas that are messy. Personally I think it's a really bad idea to get rid of the bottom eyelid, as it's painted very well and gives the eye structure. Also it is almost flat so depending on the shape of the top lid can give you different expressions. I wanted tiny eyes, hidden in black, because I love that look.

5: you need to use an epoxy putty, one that air dries very hard. I used black. Now if you haven't done anything at his scale before I recommend you try this before you open the head, it's a very precise job for someone without sculpting experience. Even a finger print ruins the illusion at this scale, it has to be completely smooth, once dry, use a very fine paper, wet as you go. Then paint, i also added gloss varnish to the wet areas of the eye socket, it doesnt show up on thise pics but looks great in hand. Then pop the PERS eyeballs back in and reassemble, this is quite easy. The biggest challenge with this project is to not damage the outside of the cowl, tricky when you are wedging and breaking inside the head.

No more derpy derp.

 

[ebor]

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Thanks rorywan for the tutorial, if, and that's a big if I have the jam I would gladly attempt

 

[RollingJ]

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Thanks for the run-down; can't wait to try it

 

[ZsaszSays]

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Any word on the BBTS payment date for this?

SnakeDoc

Still end of this month.

 

[Maglor]

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Thanks for the tutorial Rory. I look forward to seeing your pics to go with it.

...(thanks mags)... (except mags)...

No hard feelings man. I can't change how I feel about it, and I'm sure you don't want me to lie.

 

[ZsaszSays]

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I think it looks great Rory. My only critique is maybe the tops lids are a bit too much. Maybe less would take away the "sleepy" look Mags is talking about.

 

[Rorywan]

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Thanks for the tutorial Rory. I look forward to seeing your pics to go with it.




No hard feelings man. I can't change how I feel about it, and I'm sure you don't want me to lie.

No hard feelings man, just thought you came across a little *****y to be honest. Typing "sleepy" across one of my pics is a strange thing to do.

Thing is, it actually doesn't look in anyway "sleepy" in actuality. I'm pretty level about my custom stuff and would re-do it if I thought it did, I will get some better pics tomorrow.

But no hard feelings.

 

[Gipetto0812]

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need to save this pic. been thinking about doing this but too chicken

commend you for doing this Rory. as I said earlier, I'm still too chicken to do so. However, I don't fully agree that it can't been done from the outside. it's just tougher to do especially for the inexperienced (i felt like saying "the uninitiated")

I think it looks great Rory. My only critique is maybe the tops lids are a bit too much. Maybe less would take away the "sleepy" look Mags is talking about.

this

 

[DiFabio]

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Rory nailed it, great job. Reminds me of Vodoun's work on the DX 02 head.

This looks way better than the goofy, wide eyed freak that is the DX 12.