GaryPool
Super Freak
There's nothing to fear with the 3D sculpted fabric. The release of Pattinson Batman demonstrates this. The minutiae of the fabric is something I've never seen before in a product that is cast/printed. It really is mind-blowing without trying to use hyperbole.
With that said, for this and Cavill Superman, do I believe they could have used real fabric and have it realistically skin tight? Yeah, I do, especially at this scale. They could do something like skin-tight fabric around the torso and legs. And at the seems of the armpit through to the shoulder, where there's naturally a seem in the textiles anyway, you have the arm connected via magnet with its own skin tight suit around the arms, and where the magnets join that's where the visible seams would be.
In my mind, that seems doable, maybe they tried that and it didn't work. Who knows, it would be nice to have some insight. But regardless, the 3D modelling and printing is next to nothing, it's borderline the real thing and to be honest, probably sharper and more exaggerative than the real textures. What lets that down, however... is the paint. The painting will always reveal that it's plastic sculpting, the sheen just isn't matte or dull enough in the reflection to give an uncanny effect of real cloth. So eh, I'm half and half with it. The effect is stupendous, the facade is see-through.
With that said, for this and Cavill Superman, do I believe they could have used real fabric and have it realistically skin tight? Yeah, I do, especially at this scale. They could do something like skin-tight fabric around the torso and legs. And at the seems of the armpit through to the shoulder, where there's naturally a seem in the textiles anyway, you have the arm connected via magnet with its own skin tight suit around the arms, and where the magnets join that's where the visible seams would be.
In my mind, that seems doable, maybe they tried that and it didn't work. Who knows, it would be nice to have some insight. But regardless, the 3D modelling and printing is next to nothing, it's borderline the real thing and to be honest, probably sharper and more exaggerative than the real textures. What lets that down, however... is the paint. The painting will always reveal that it's plastic sculpting, the sheen just isn't matte or dull enough in the reflection to give an uncanny effect of real cloth. So eh, I'm half and half with it. The effect is stupendous, the facade is see-through.