JND 1:6 Kojun works BATMAN ARMORY [The Dark Knight]

[DiFabio]

 

[Bleah]

That ankle joint on the Joker is terrible. It's way high from where it's supposed to be.

 

[Luisenigma1]

I wouldn’t count on rooted hair from them, the teased photo they released had sculpted.

That was the version meant for the batsuit. Though it's possible we'll see it like The Batman. Sculpted hair being the affordable option,

 

[Aybaig]

JND is a joke....

And whoever thinks that Bruce Wayne sculpt is good really needs to go to an eye doctor...

This is way better and definitely way way cheaper than JND.

 

[potatocorner4life]

They went completely crazy pricing these. The least they can do is root Bales hair and not make the Batman figure a statue.

So many complains, their 1/3 statue had better proportions but couldn’t duplicate it on their 1/6 when they literally had the files. Bales likeness isn’t there imo, and the BW suit looks like a generic topo suit. It’s not bad but for the price point the tailoring could be much better.

Easy pass, inarts gonna blow em out of the water. I ordered their joker but this is just terrible.

 

[Nick D]

You guys put too much faith into companies who mass produce, to nail a suit. Gotta go custom. These companies literally hire custom artist to make the prototype clothing, but they don’t make the final product.

 

[Aybaig]

This is way better and definitely way way cheaper than JND.

Also, a friend of mine made this and it looks more premium and hyper real than JND. Totally not sold.

I mean, wow!

 

[Aybaig]

You guys put too much faith into companies who mass produce, to nail a suit. Gotta go custom. These companies literally hire custom artist to make the prototype clothing, but they don’t make the final product.

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Who's making it for you my friend? Looks great.

 

[Nick D]

Who's making it for you my friend? Looks great.

That would be Iris + Dinodinoya
Limited to 15. Not my run, I’m just on it.

 

[Aybaig]

That would be Iris + Dinodinoya
limited to 15. Not my run, I’m just on it.

That's great. All the best my friend

 

[Nick D]

That's great. All the best my friend

I want the best for both InArt & JND, but if they’re both gonna start charging custom prices, I expect custom quality work. Iris has gone through multiple samples and is currently beginning another before proceeding with production, all of this for just fifteen outfits. I was told first hand, by the artist, that they can’t legally produce the Phoenix Joker suit for their own run due to making it for InArt, that’s why I want the InArt suit to be better, not because I hate InArt.

 

[OmarColeccionador]

I know I’ve been ragging on Hot Toys hard lately and we’re all sticklers for accuracy, but I do think Hot Toys “cracked the code” so to speak with their DX12 and QS001 Batman figures. That’s back when they were pioneers. People forget, but before the DX12 and QS001 came along, the suit builds were just rubber encasements. Hot Toys actually took the time to make proper segmented plating over a fabric suit and all five figures (DX12, Armory, DX19, QS001 and QS019) have costumes that have held up beautifully . . . AND can be posed. No company before or after have accomplished this since.

Dudes like OT_Customs try to call themselves “figure makers” but that’s just cowl, neck piece printouts and capes. Everyone’s TDK/TDKR figure, I don’t care how modded it is, has the DX12 or armory or DX19 or QS as a base. To crack that code with all those intricate pieces ain’t easy. We can get flustered about the shoulder pads, knee pads and the like, but at the end of the day, if Hot Toys didn’t make those climbs, we wouldn’t have very good TDK Batman figures.

Totally agree some times I think people forget how many times hot toys tried to do this suit and fail in spectacular ways with grotesque rubber suits and even losing against the medicom ver.

The dx12 was a real game changer

I still think that The engineering and design that they put on the final attempts on suit it's a remarkable achievement and thing of beauty.

getting the proportions right with so many layers plus an armor and with so many detail it's not an easy task, yes it's still not perfect but after so many years no one have even tried.

Not even enterbay tried a dark knight suit but they did a joker in 1/4 ??

 

[Aybaig]

I want the best for both InArt & JND, but if they’re both gonna start charging custom prices, I expect custom quality work. Iris has gone through multiple samples and is currently beginning another before proceeding with production, all of this for just fifteen outfits.

Exactly buddy, what I expect from them is custom quality production pieces for these prices. And wow that's so cool. I definitely gotta check it out.

 

[Akiratang]

I want the best for both InArt & JND, but if they’re both gonna start charging custom prices, I expect custom quality work. Iris has gone through multiple samples and is currently beginning another before proceeding with production, all of this for just fifteen outfits. I was told first hand, by the artist, that they can’t legally produce the Phoenix Joker suit for their own run due to making it for InArt, that’s why I want the InArt suit to be better, not because I hate InArt.

Also, a friend of mine made this and it looks more premium and hyper real than JND. Totally not sold.View attachment 687041I mean, wow!

Going back to the custom quality work, I definitely agree it could be much better for the price they're charging.
Yeahhh, they need to go back to the drawing board with this sculpt, I cant believe ppl actually think this looks good and looks like Bale! The eyes look too sunken in, the mouth and nose area are wrong.

 

[Gipetto0812]

I want the best for both InArt & JND, but if they’re both gonna start charging custom prices, I expect custom quality work.

Are either of them (JND and InArt) really charging custom prices though? Breaking it down, I would have to disagree.

From what I’ve seen, most suits from Yunsil and Iris are roughly in the $500 range these days just for a suit give or take. Unpainted custom sculpts are getting insanely expensive where $250-$300 per unpainted sculpt has become pretty much the norm if you get an official cast from the artist/project manager and not a recast off eBay. A quality paint job that’s at least on the level of HT production paint apps will run you around another $300 if not more. At that point, you’re already looking at around $1100 and you haven’t even got a body, hands, shoes and socks, display stand, any accessories or rooted hair if the character calls for it. All you’ve got is a suit and painted headsculpt.

For roughly that same $1100 give or take, you’re getting two fully rooted, clothed, different figures with accessories, display stand and artbox in the Phoenix Joker 2 pack.

Heck, for the $500 it costs to get a Yunsil or Iris suit, you could’ve gotten InArt’s Gandalf which has had many claim is the best mass produced 1/6 figure yet to be made.

So while yes, InArt and JND are more expensive than other companies that produce similar officially licensed products, I wouldn’t say they’re charging custom prices, not by a long shot.

 

[Akiratang]

Alot of artists overcharge and take way too long, I'm gonna name a few artists I've had experience with and gonna give them a shout out, but one of my go to artists for painting is LYactionfigurecustom, who only charges somewhere between 50-100$ depending on the difficulty. I've also had Duke Avocado (Goodluck studios) do a couple paint and root jobs for me for $400, which I think is reasonable for the quality you're getting.

I wont lie I've bought recasts off of eBay before and it was surprisingly excellent in quality (maybe I got lucky), but I've bought custom sculpts with paint from ForestTotem who charged me $245 for a Geralt and I'm getting a custom sculpt with paint of Guts from Statsmann custom works, who gonna charge me $165.

But yeah I think it depends where you look and what you're after exactly, I've had custom heads done by multiple artists to a high standard. The headsculpt is the soul of the figure for me and I'm willing to pay for it, clothing is a different story though and I cant really justify spending custom prices on it and will usually just try and and something close off on eBay.

Again it depends what you're after and if you want that accuracy you'll have to pay big $ on it, but I'm glad a company like IA exists, I've not seen a company produce such amazing and realistic custom level quality work, they offer the whole package for the price imo. JND, I wont lie I'm not a fan of them and I don't see the value, at least the Joker had rooted hair and a ton of accessories, this Baleman seemed almost barebones and is non-posable.

 

[RJTVFX]

So is his hair silicone?

 

[agonistes86]

Very strange offering from JND. It seems to me that they didn't do their proper market research with 1:6 collectors, but perhaps this is actually going to sell to a niche group of collectors.

The Bale sculpt has too much Sam Rockwell in it IMO.

 

[Chopper Face]

Also, a friend of mine made this and it looks more premium and hyper real than JND. Totally not sold.View attachment 687041I mean, wow!

Nice to see someone sculpt Bale wih his mouth shut and lips together.

I hate all the derpy mouth-breather sculpts we keep getting.

 

[Aybaig]

Nice to see someone sculpt Bale wih his mouth shut and lips together.

I hate all the derpy mouth-breather sculpts we keep getting.

Haha indeed. A HT must!