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When mixed media works, it looks fantastic, but some things I like better sculpted, like capes and tight-fitting costumes. Also, I worry about the long term survivability of leather belts and such.
 
PF or Comiquette, has long as it looks good, I dont care....One thing I dont like is when Sideshow ^^^^ up with the Height of those statues...The marvel line needs to be all 1/4....not 1/5...:monkey4
 
When mixed media works, it looks fantastic, but some things I like better sculpted, like capes and tight-fitting costumes. Also, I worry about the long term survivability of leather belts and such.

Right on man. I just skimmed through the last couple of pages, and while I won't argue which is better I'll just throw out that I have to say. I really like this Punisher comiquette--moreso than the first post I made in this thread because it's really grown on me since, but I still really like my PF Punisher more.

The comiquette's always manage to get really awesome sculpts and I think they work really great when finished. The PFs also get this done, but when I inspected my recently acquired Red Skull I can't help but feel that it couldn't look anywhere near as awesome if his clothes were sculpted.

I like to think of the perfect PF as the Thor. Perfect blend of both world's. His hair and cape are fully sculpted and pull off what could never be accomplished with the real thing, and yet the rest of the costume isn't sculpted and looks just as awesome.

I guess enough ranting and just -- there isn't really a right or wrong or which one is better than the other. Just which one looks best for you and will look best with the rest of your collection.
 
A lot of assumptions in your post that youre trying hard to pass off as fact. it's quite a fun read.

Sideshow sells out of the PFs all the time so there MUST be a market out there? Yes, it's called "SIDESHOW DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS"! They end up with a lot of Sideshow's stock to sell in their own stores.

And FYI, this discussion was started when someone said "...it just doesn't make much sense to sculpt the pants to look like real pants, have a top notch paint job to look like real pants vs. just having real pants."

My argument was that sculpted pants can and often times does look more dynamic and real because of the fact the sculptor can physically control the movement and specific look that they are trying to achieve with a piece. with cloth it's just going to hang there unless you put wires in.

To your recast comment, it really makes no sense which one is more popular. My point was that the recast fully sculpted and painted ones look better than the PF.


Disagree with you Nash. If there was so much stock of SS in stores, then the retailers would simply stop buying. Supply and demand. When there is not enough demand, there is to much supply, and companies stop producing. Sideshow is producing. SS is selling. And SS is selling PF. Whether you and I like them or not is not the point.

The point is that there is a thriving and lucrative market out there that does, and SS is filling that. That is why PF are made. There is a profit to be made. If they weren't making money on the line, there would not be a line.

Yes, I understood your point about the recast. I was making another one to illustrate the 1/4 scale of the PF.

And once again, I like them both, the PF line and comiquette line. I would just like to have seen the comiquette stick to 1/4 scale on a consistent basis (Ghost riders Western and Modern are outstanding sculpts, they are 1/5, a little small when sitting beside the 1/4 scales).

Other thing I was subtley trying to point out that this thread has gone from discussion of the PF vs Comiquette, instead of discussion of the the Punisher comiquette.



Nash has stated a great fact here. Not sure why people are saying his wrong or other wise. The fact is some people like it Sculpted some like mix media and other like both.

PS: Batman i have no idea what your post was trying to say :rotfl:rotfl:rotfl:rotfl

Agree with you on the first comment Pitu.

The second comment: Sorry, this is not the forum to explain supply and demand concepts in business. I think you might find them online somewhere. :rotfl:duh:rotfl
 
PF or Comiquette, has long as it looks good, I dont care....One thing I dont like is when Sideshow ^^^^ up with the Height of those statues...The marvel line needs to be all 1/4....not 1/5...:monkey4

I am with you all the way on this Shai. For display purposes, mixing PF and Comiquette would look infinite times better if the comiquette were consistently 1/4 scale.
 
I'm by far a bigger fan of PFs, but because of maquettes like the Modern Ghost Rider and Old West Ghost Rider (which are far and few in between IMO), I'll never count a comiquette "out" based solely on the lack of mixed media.
 
i have both, and i would say they both work well for some character, while sometimes they should be done only one way.

case in point the IM markI should've been done in PF form imo, the com/mar just looks sloppy to me, while the Hottoys version with mixed media looks bang on.
 
I too am fond of both formats, it is for justa matter of the final result and it's overall impact on me the buyer!
IMHO, this ONE of their BEST!
I loved the space marine and this will display nicely with it.
I HATE prints but I love this one! Olivettie's Venom, imho, is sorely lacking and poor choice for reference art on SSC's part (McFarlane all the way!), but the sculpt is good, but NOT as good as the Punisher; coincidently the GoreGroup did both, go figure.
 
First sideshow piece that I ordered that wasn't female...it looks awsome!
 
i have both, and i would say they both work well for some character, while sometimes they should be done only one way.

case in point the IM markI should've been done in PF form imo, the com/mar just looks sloppy to me, while the Hottoys version with mixed media looks bang on.

Except that the hot toys has an asian tony stark and is small. But all that is discussed in another thread.

Is this thread titled "PF'S VS Comiquettes sculpted VS mixed media" or Punisher Comiquette? Im confused.

I like this piece. It looks fantastic! I really don't think it would look any better with more mixed media. You get a gun, thats probably plastic so theres your mixed media.
:)
 
It certainly makes sense for this piece to be fully sculpted considering the cartoony art they're modeling it after. Just as Emma Frost makes more sense being fully sculpted since they weren't using a realistic reference, but a more cartoony one.

But in the long run - if you prefer fully sculpted over mixed media....you're wrong.:monkey3

Darklord,

The beauty about comiquettes is that it works both ways...cartoony or realistic. Unlike PF's. Emma is smoking hot as a comiquette.

I was the one who started a thread saying we needed to see more comiquettes of marvels heavy hitters (Cap,Thor,Spidey,and Hulk) months ago.
Your reply was that it was not going to happen. You said that SS released these characters as PF's so they will not make them as comiquettes. You said you hated the fact that you will never see a Wolverne PF in his yellow and blue costume because it was already released as a comiquette. I told you that thinking was silly because there was too much money left on the table for that to happen. Bowen released 7 different Wolverine statues at the same time. They all sold out. I always believed that the heavy hitters would be made as comiquettes. I was right. Classic Spidey and Hulk are on the way. It shouldn't be too long of a wait for Thor and Cap(I hope).

The reason I bring this up is to point out .....you were wrong. You are also wrong about one more thing.....Comiquettes>PF every time.

So, enjoy the Wolverine PF you insisted wouldn't be made. I will in turn enjoy the comiquettes you also insisted would never be made. Even though I've had to wait longer for my comiquettes....I'm just glad that the comiquettes will look better.:D
 
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Ohh this thread is getting to be too funny.

To PF or not to PF? See it is now sounding like Shakespeare.

Whether you like PF or not, is not the main thing here. It is what consumers and industry say. And they say this by a) money paid or not paid for PF, b) supply and demand.

The fact of the matter is that PF is a huge market out there. It doesn't matter what the few of us on this forum think of them, bottom line, when SS goes to sell them, they sell out most of the time, eventually all of the time, lol.

That means there must be some kind of market that is a) spending $ on PF, and b) SS is supplying and demanding that. Enough supply and demand to make a business out of it, in fact, a major part of their business, one which got them started.

For me, I collect mostly PF, and some comiquettes depending on how they fit. I love the fabric and metal additions to a statue, they make them look more real. On the other hand there are some commiquettes SS is making, and the fact that they are 1/4 scale or pretty darn close to it, which will fit in just perfectly with the PF.

As for the recasts: Remember, they are being recast BECAUSE the PF are so popular, not the other way around.

Your recast logic is quite flawed. Those pieces were recast as comiquettes because they looked better that way. Also, one of the most popular recasted SS statues is the Iron Man comiquette. Not to mention the Hulk vs Spidey dio and the X-men vs sentinel 1 as well. As a matter of fact, almost all SS recasted pieces are comiquettes or dios. That is because they are more popular.
 
I have said my peace on comiquettes and PF statues. Let's return this section to the Punisher comiquette. The best Punisher statue I have ever seen. This one is going to be so worth the wait!
 
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Darklord,

The beauty about comiquettes is that it works both ways...cartoony or realistic. Unlike PF's. Emma is smoking hot as a comiquette.

I was the one who started a thread saying we needed to see more comiquettes of marvels heavy hitters (Cap,Thor,Spidey,and Hulk) months ago.
Your reply was that it was not going to happen. You said that SS released these characters as PF's so they will not make them as comiquettes. You said you hated the fact that you will never see a Wolverne PF in his yellow and blue costume because it was already released as a comiquette. I told you that thinking was silly because there was too much money left on the table for that to happen. Bowen released 7 different Wolverine statues at the same time. They all sold out. I always believed that the heavy hitters would be made as comiquettes. I was right. Classic Spidey and Hulk are on the way. It shouldn't be too long of a wait for Thor and Cap(I hope).

The reason I bring this up is to point out .....you were wrong. You are also wrong about one more thing.....Comiquettes>PF every time.

So, enjoy the Wolverine PF you insisted wouldn't be made. I will in turn enjoy the comiquettes you also insisted would never be made. Even though I've had to wait longer for my comiquettes....I'm just glad that the comiquettes will look better.:D

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