JND Studios: Superman (Christopher Reeve) 1:3

[GaryPool]

New photos etc. out, this is looking f'ing good. Congrats to anyone getting especially the duo!

 

[Dave_W]

New photos! It improved a lot but still not feeling it. I mean something is definitely off. It is well made, beautifully crafted but the head sculpt is just not that good. I think with lots of people it gets a pass because it looks so realistic.

Yeesh. It's almost like his face is too big for his head.

 

[Dave_W]

 

[cking]

Lightened the images to better show the hair against the background. What a stunning piece!

 

[csutkakoma]

Here is a comparison. It looks close but not feeling it. I was considering to buy this after the new photos shown up but this is the situation when the statue features are there but somehow something is off. The craftmanship is beautifull but I think the empty expression killing the statue for me.

 

[Resident Eric]

Something is off with the eyes, maybe proportionally off or something. They could have just used the 1st prototype. Maybe blitzway will give it a shot in 1/4 scale in the future

 

[cking]

Here is a comparison. It looks close but not feeling it. I was considering to buy this after the new photos shown up but this is the situation when the statue features are there but somehow something is off. The craftmanship is beautifull but I think the empty expression killing the statue for me.

Be careful with comparisons like that. The focal length and lens type are completely different on those photos so it will never compare favourably. I did a similar comparison with a screencap from the video where the camera was further away and the proportions of everything match up much better. I will be amazed if anything better than this ever comes along.

 

[cking]

I definitely see improvements compared to the photo shown in May.

 

[marker2037]

That's Superman. That's Clark Kent. And that's Christopher Reeve. I'm thrilled with how good this looks. Nothing will top it for a long, long time in my opinion.

 

[marker2037]

I definitely see improvements compared to the photo shown in May.

I don't know...It's possible, but I'm still putting my money down on lighting, camera filters, and shadows. If you compare the pics on JND's site for the pre-order, you'll notice that all photos are more washed out/cooler toned compared to the new photos. It's easiest to see when you compare the suit colors.

I think the warmer colors bring more life and warmth into his face and reducing shadows help bring CR into focus better, combined with the better styled hair of the production piece.

In any case, it's brilliant so we can leave it at that