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Thomas Moudry
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Posted: 20 October 2007 at 11:08pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Oh, and that picture of Kitty "The Tramp" Pryde...? Just sad. Makes what's
happened to Cassie Sandsmark positively tame by comparison.
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Gary S. Lee
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Posted: 20 October 2007 at 11:25pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Don, the Captain America is as he was shipped--I may need to retouch
some of these guys. I think he's brighter looking because of the powerful
flash on my camera:

Without flash:


With flash:


From the back:


W/friends:


G.
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Gary S. Lee
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Posted: 20 October 2007 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

And a few extra shots:
DEFENDERS!


Kitty Pryde


Lord of the Lies


Spider-Man and his Fearless Friends


Don't they make a cute couple


Synthezoid and Monarch


G.
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Jason Schulman
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Posted: 20 October 2007 at 11:59pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

The second image that JB posted more accurately reflects how Kitty's being portrayed in actual comics these days. (Thankfully. I don't know where the hell that first image was taken from.)
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John Byrne

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Posted: 21 October 2007 at 7:47am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Discovered this morning that a slight twist will cause Lockheed to pop right off Kitty's arm, leaving only a small stud that will be easy enough to whittle down. Now if I can find a way to twist her arm down to a more natural position without breaking it off, I'll have a Kitty much closer to the one I created!
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Brian Talley
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Posted: 21 October 2007 at 9:22am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

These figures are lead, right?

Would a little heat, say from a blow dryer make limbs a little pliable? 

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John Byrne

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Posted: 21 October 2007 at 9:23am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

The problem is the paint. Heat will make the lead pliable, but the paint, I
have found, tends to flake off.
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Matt Reed
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Posted: 21 October 2007 at 10:42am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

 Garett Stehle wrote:
Yeah, Gary's Captain America seems brighter than mine too. (with a better paint job no less)

I dunno.  I like the muted paint of these figurines.  When I first saw the DD figurine, for example, I loved that it didn't look like the shinny, bright leather costume of the movie.  I prefer the Cap paint job as opposed to any repaint that makes him look brighter, if indeed Gary's Cap is repainted which I don't think it is.

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John Byrne

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Posted: 21 October 2007 at 10:46am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

I LOVE that Cap's uniform is so dark, almost as dark as the true blue of the American flag, as it should be.
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Don Bohm
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Posted: 21 October 2007 at 11:52am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Its obvious in hind sight for me, but I never thought of that before. And I agree, I like the darker tones better.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 22 October 2007 at 8:54am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Some new additions over the weekend, I just about doubled the size of my collection.  These are some spectacular figures, I love them more with each new one I buy.  Vision had a few problems around the ankles, he was bent and the paint flaked off pretty bad in the back, and I need to repaint the green areas to get rid of the brushstrokes.  Other than that, perfect.

I like the Minimates, but it's just not the same.

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Ryan Maxwell
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Another little update for the day, maybe my favorite sculpt I own so far:

And a teaser for Matt:

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