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

[BrooklynWolf X]

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

oh and mag, your modded face plate, it came out great didn't it? i hope you're as satisfied with it as i am with mine. (sorry it took me this long to show you pics, but you did a fine job anyhow)

the stock neutral mouth isn't bad, especially when viewed at a certain angle with certain light exposure diminishing the lines that cause the smirk effect, but yulli's attempt is much better IMO and i am going to be using my two modded face plates from now on.

oh and to those wondering, everything else is stock, aside from the face plate. the cape is great, i don't know why certain people complain about it. it hangs great, all you have to do is spend a little time with it. i'll tell you this, the time one would spend getting keaton's cape to hang naturally is twice as long.

 

[Rorywan]

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

This is ambitious and stunning, Rory. One of the best mods I've ever seen done to a figure. Improves the realism by 100%.

Thanks man, I really love him now. Before I found it hard to see past his faults, and whilst the parts of the set were amazing the eyes killed it every time. Finally got a bats I'm happy with (almost).

 

[Ralph_Sutter]

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

Love your mod Rory! If I get a second head for my DX12, would you consider doing it for me?

 

[Viking Spawn]

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

ok mag, here are the pics

crappy ipad pics. but i hope you get the gist of it.

Indeed I do! Nice collection!!!

 

[Rorywan]

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

ok mag, here are the pics

crappy ipad pics. but i hope you get the gist of it.

looks great man!

Yeah, if I do it I'm pretty sure I would do it om the outside. And I would build up both lids, but mostly the bottom. I'm okay with covering all of the stock eyelid paint. I think it looks weird to have one lid be all black right up to the eye and the other being red.

Do you agree about using a black epoxy putty? The more input the better, as this Los a damn scary mod.

I'm starting not to understand you Mags? Is this still over the DX02 faceplate?
And it doesn't look at all weird to have a tiny amount of flesh showing through underneath the eye. As you are frequently telling other freaks, you know how small this actually is in hand right?Any extra detail in there makes it look more realistic. What you have to remember is that covering this up also covers eyelash painting and the actual edge that touches the PERS. Put a new eyelid on there and you are gonna lose all that detail and basically have a blank area around the eye. This is the area which light hits the eyes, personally
I would rather detail on here, just to be clear it's easy-peasy to put eyelids on, but top do it in a way that stands up to a macro lens is very delicate work. Elvis is gonna have a try now, if anyone can do it he can.

 

[Rorywan]

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

Decided to mod my second head. Interestly the bottom parts came out a lot easier, maybe it's because I understood the mechanism this time, but the face itself seemed almost molded into the cowl, touch and go for a minute.


EDIT: Just for Maglor.
Bottom eyelids (but keeping the HT sculpt in corners) not painted or sanded yet.
Personally I prefer Version I, this feels more like the stock DX12 to me.. I managed to sculpt tiny lines on the eyelids which makes it work ok,
just needs a clean up. So whilst this is probably more accurate, I think the other looks cooler. I may scrap this one.
Next would be a complete squint..?

 

[jedijim3002]

Rory, every thread I go on you are doing something amazing. This looks great. Now I've got to try and do this one too.

 

[Bizzitty]

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

Holy crap really? I havent got an email yet...how'd you find this out?

BBTS emailed me that my payment was due...I paid and now he'll be on his way shortly!

 

[Bizzitty]

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

Really??? I hope I get my shipping notice soon then

I hear ya! I've been waiting for this guy for some time as I never got a DX02...kinda glad I never did now.

 

[Bizzitty]

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

ugghh i cancelled with them and went with sideshow for the rewards and i thought id get it sooner

The wait is the hardest part!! I know!

 

[BrooklynWolf X]

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

Decided to mod my second head. Interestly the bottom parts came out a lot easier, maybe it's because I understood the mechanism this time, but the face itself seemed almost molded into the cowl, touch and go for a minute.


EDIT: Just for Maglor.
Bottom eyelids (but keeping the HT sculpt in corners) not painted or sanded yet.
Personally I prefer Version I, this feels more like the stock DX12 to me.. I managed to sculpt tiny lines on the eyelids which makes it work ok,
just needs a clean up. So whilst this is probably more accurate, I think the other looks cooler. I may scrap this one.
Next would be a complete squint..?

THIS IS MUCH BETTER. While your skills are great, I too have to admit your first attempt was a bit off...I think you should have set the eye plate higher. But this time, you knocked it out of the park.

Can you take pics with the neutral mouth? I just wanna see what the overall look will be now.

 

[Rorywan]

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

THIS IS MUCH BETTER. While your skills are great, I too have to admit your first attempt was a bit off...I think you should have set the eye plate higher. But this time, you knocked it out of the park.

Can you take pics with the neutral mouth? I just wanna see what the overall look will be now.

Glad you like it mate, but honestly I prefer the other head in hand. i think it's the scale of it really, something you don't get in pics? But either way, I have two heads now I'm pretty happy with.

Rory, every thread I go on you are doing something amazing. This looks great. Now I've got to try and do this one too.

Thanks mate. Like wise with your fantastic bashes.

 

[SixthScaleEdward]

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

Rorywan! What are you doing? Why havent you submitted your resume to Hot Toys yet?

Excellent work man! (on both attempts)

And if you don't like that V2, mind sending it to me (via my friend in CT)?

 

[Maglor]

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

oh and mag, your modded face plate, it came out great didn't it? i hope you're as satisfied with it as i am with mine. (sorry it took me this long to show you pics, but you did a fine job anyhow)

the stock neutral mouth isn't bad, especially when viewed at a certain angle with certain light exposure diminishing the lines that cause the smirk effect, but yulli's attempt is much better IMO and i am going to be using my two modded face plates from now on.

Thanks for posting the pics, yours came out great!

Which face plate do you prefer? Did you read that I ruined my open mouth face?



Any comments on my WIP neutral mouth? I really don't want to eff that one up to...

EDIT: Just for Maglor.
Bottom eyelids (but keeping the HT sculpt in corners) not painted or sanded yet.
Personally I prefer Version I, this feels more like the stock DX12 to me.. I managed to sculpt tiny lines on the eyelids which makes it work ok,
just needs a clean up. So whilst this is probably more accurate, I think the other looks cooler. I may scrap this one.
Next would be a complete squint..?

Dear lord, that's fantastic.


I would buy that from you today if you don't want it.

 

[ToastedFred]

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

Bit the bullet today and ordered one from the cheapest and most trustworthy seller I could find on eBay. £20 overpriced in my opinion, but at least I won't have to pay any customs fees when it arrives.

 

[Maglor]

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

More needs to come off either the top or the bottom, and I'm not sure which I should do (or both). As you can see in the post above this one, the DX12 upper lip is much more narrow.

You should take off more plastic from the superior part. As you can see Batman's nose is really close to the upper lips

I don't know...

Rory, do you have an opinion about the X02 neutral face? I'm inclined to take a little more off the top and bottom, but mostly the bottom/chin.

...I think you should have set the eye plate higher...

I don't think he moved the eye plate...

 

[MarfMaster]

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

So whilst this is probably more accurate, I think the other looks cooler. I may scrap this one.

<--------Insert scraps here.

 

[Maglor]

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

I asked first!

 

[pmtz2005]

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

So I just opened this guy up and I noticed the box he came in (not the brown shipper, but the black box) is torn on the two bottom corners even the inside portion. Has anybody else encountered this? Im not really comfortable with the box being torn like that not sure if sideshow would exchange it. What do you guys think? What would you do? It kinda sucks to have a nice figure and a damaged box

 

[Joker's Wild]

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

The eyes look fantastic Maglor ! Great job! Wish I had the courage to do that to one of my DX12's