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bane
07-15-2005, 11:30 AM
Another great rendition of the B&W batman statue line ,this time through the eyes of Mike Mignola creator of Hellboy , his style is different from the rest so it deserves a place in this statue line by DC, follow the link to see it , you should also check out all the other cool stuff (thanks to nexus for the link )

http://69.93.119.2/photosSHTC/showphoto.php?photo=6052&cat=871
Azog
07-15-2005, 11:51 AM
I like the paint application, very similar to how Mezco has done the Hellboy comic line..
Bowen-Maniac
07-15-2005, 11:59 AM
Love I love it, I tink the black and white line is great and I can't wait to add this piece.
bat_collector
07-15-2005, 12:04 PM
the best line on the market!

Can't wait for this one too. where's alex ross version?
cblakey1
07-15-2005, 12:24 PM
Is it out of scale with the others? It looks quite a bit bigger!
Wooktroop
07-15-2005, 12:28 PM
freaky
wizard-comics
07-15-2005, 12:38 PM
looks 2 dimensional
lord odin
07-15-2005, 02:36 PM
Nice photoshop.
Bullseye
07-15-2005, 02:52 PM
That Poison Ivy Bust is awsome.
Virsago
07-15-2005, 04:14 PM
Nice photoshop.
That's not photoshop. I saw it myself. Its stunning in person.
Neomotion
07-15-2005, 05:18 PM
These are the mini statues? They go for 30 dollars? Would pick that up.
speedracer
07-15-2005, 07:01 PM
I think they retail for at least $55 I would still get it...I wonder wen the will release a ross and lee in B&W..this line is awesome...=)
lord odin
07-15-2005, 07:04 PM
That's not photoshop. I saw it myself. Its stunning in person.
Sure I believe you. :rolleyes2
Twoguns-Crowley
07-15-2005, 07:29 PM
Thats cool, odd looking. Definately be picking that one up.
perfusin
07-15-2005, 07:36 PM
Thats gotta be a cardboard cutout?? Look at the pic?? No shoulders?? It looks weird???
Azog
07-15-2005, 07:44 PM
Its the paint, I have pics coming later that show the profile, the paint app on it is amazing....
Scoobydude
07-15-2005, 08:04 PM
...ugh.........It looks like a piece of carboard put on the B&W base.

If you say it's an actual scuplt,then who am I to say it isn't.

I'd have to see better pics. but for now I'll be passing on it.
darthrobbler
07-15-2005, 08:56 PM
Yep got the rest and will have to add this to the collection. Is this going over the orignial four that DC offered? At first I read that it would only be the four but it looks like they are just going to keep it going.
carrillj
07-15-2005, 09:12 PM
Yes, this prototype looks strangely like a quickly made up cut out showing how the actual statue will look.

If these are pictures of the actual statue, then I think they did an amazing job, because this one looks freaky.
Sniper
07-15-2005, 10:12 PM
hmmmmmmmmm
Virsago
07-15-2005, 10:45 PM
Sure I believe you. :rolleyes2
I saw it from the back of the cape to the front of its face. It was a mini-statue in full 3-d with an amazing paint app.It was most definately not a cardboard cut-out. I stood there for a minute staring at it.
Wayne Foundation
07-15-2005, 11:11 PM
To each their own....but I hate it.

Has this version ever even been in a comic? If so, then it has a little credibility being in this line. If not, then DC is opening a can of worms and getting off track IMHO. What's next...Dr. Suess Batman?

I'm in the minority here, but I simply do not like this one at all.
lord odin
07-16-2005, 01:48 AM
I saw it from the back of the cape to the front of its face. It was a mini-statue in full 3-d with an amazing paint app.It was most definately not a cardboard cut-out. I stood there for a minute staring at it.
Do you have a pic of you standing there looking at it? :sly2:
Mr. X
07-16-2005, 01:52 AM
I don't know. I think I'll pass on this one. So far, just the Bolland and Sale ones for me. At first glance, I thought it was a photoshop too. I was dam fooled from the chest area down to the belt, which looked 2 dimensional. lol.
speedracer
07-16-2005, 12:22 PM
I like it so far i'm getting all the B&W's
D'ohboy
07-16-2005, 12:54 PM
To each their own....but I hate it.

Has this version ever even been in a comic? If so, then it has a little credibility being in this line. If not, then DC is opening a can of worms and getting off track IMHO. What's next...Dr. Suess Batman?

I'm in the minority here, but I simply do not like this one at all.

Geez, Mignola hater!

Mike's version has appeared many times from Cosmic Odyssey, to Legends of The Dark Knight, to a Batman/Starman/Hellboy crossover.

Heck, his Batman is featured on the cover of the second Batman Black and White collection; the basis for this statue line.

...now that you mention it I'd like to see a Suess version...
speedracer
07-16-2005, 12:57 PM
Yup bat in the hat version..;)
lord odin
07-16-2005, 01:17 PM
Yup bat in the hat version..;)
I want a green lantern and ham. :laugh:
Ghost
07-16-2005, 02:49 PM
Hhaa, I like this piece. It's not the first time they've applied paint to make it look 2D nice touch. I'll add that one as well.
popeye
07-16-2005, 05:04 PM
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lord odin
07-16-2005, 05:09 PM
This is the work of Jonathan Matthews....as opposed to JACK matthews who is also under contract with DC.

Jon is AMAAAAAAZING. He does things with Cateline, like no other. The fact that tis fooled a few people into thinking it was 2d art or photoshopped is a testament to his skill.

I saw it unpainted....and then painted...it is ALL sculpted. no tricks here.
Just oodles of talent.
You in on the joke too tony? :)
Wayne Foundation
07-16-2005, 05:38 PM
Geez, Mignola hater!

Mike's version has appeared many times from Cosmic Odyssey, to Legends of The Dark Knight, to a Batman/Starman/Hellboy crossover.

Heck, his Batman is featured on the cover of the second Batman Black and White collection; the basis for this statue line.

...now that you mention it I'd like to see a Suess version...


Thanks for the info D'ohboy. I'm not a Mignola hater...I just hate this version of Batman. I'm glad to see DC sticking with a line for a change...I just wasn't familiar with this B&W version of Batman. No problem with DC adding it to the line as long as it fits the B&W intention...which it does, but I'll pass on it. Glad to see that it does actually belong in this line though.
popeye
07-16-2005, 05:57 PM
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bat_collector
07-17-2005, 01:17 AM
gotta get em all!
spider-man
07-18-2005, 04:24 AM
I saw this at SDCC and I kid you not I thougt it was a cardboard cutout of mignolas work. IT IS AMAZING!! I will be getting this you have to see this thing in person to believe how good it looks.
speedracer
07-18-2005, 10:15 AM
Mignola's art rules..I looks exactly like a hellboy batman..hehehe..I don't have to see it in person to say that it's amazing..I wonder what other B&W batmans are coming next..I think this one will be my favorite..=)

Just a quick question "who did the sculpting on this..It's awesome.."
lord odin
07-18-2005, 10:17 AM
Mignola's art rules..I looks exactly like a hellboy batman..hehehe..I don't have to see it in person to say that it's amazing..I wonder what other B&W batmans are coming next..I think this one will be my favorite..=)

Just a quick question "who did the sculpting on this..It's awesome.."
Read post #30 in this thread.
Azog
07-19-2005, 09:57 PM
there you go

http://www.mwctoys.com/sdcc2005_batbw.htm
speedracer
07-29-2005, 01:56 AM
Thanks for the info azog and Odin..you guys rock.. :buttrock:
Neomotion
07-29-2005, 08:57 PM
After seeing it in person, i just couldn't resist....

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9769/batmanbw16eq.jpg

Now standing comfortably on my shelf, waiting for it's brothers to come home to.

I'm not sure if i'll pick up the "steriod" batman, but i'll definitly pick up the "2d" version. These things just look awesome, and aren't ridicously high priced. DC, keep it up.
lord odin
07-29-2005, 10:27 PM
After seeing it in person, i just couldn't resist....

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9769/batmanbw16eq.jpg

Now standing comfortably on my shelf, waiting for it's brothers to come home to.

I'm not sure if i'll pick up the "steriod" batman, but i'll definitly pick up the "2d" version. These things just look awesome, and aren't ridicously high priced. DC, keep it up.
Congrats on your score.
Andy Bergholtz
07-30-2005, 10:32 AM
This is the work of Jonathan Matthews....as opposed to JACK matthews who is also under contract with DC.

Jon is AMAAAAAAZING. He does things with Cateline, like no other. The fact that tis fooled a few people into thinking it was 2d art or photoshopped is a testament to his skill.

I saw it unpainted....and then painted...it is ALL sculpted. no tricks here.
Just oodles of talent.


I was just about to post this exact same statement! Jon is the MAN! I aspire to someday be HALF the sculptor he is....
Neomotion
07-30-2005, 05:03 PM
Congrats on your score.

Thanks, I'm very happy with it. Next on my list, apart from the usual Bowen stuff, is the Bolland Wonderwoman. That thing look awesome.
lord odin
07-30-2005, 06:23 PM
Thanks, I'm very happy with it. Next on my list, apart from the usual Bowen stuff, is the Bolland Wonderwoman. That thing look awesome.
I agree that`s a nice WW.
ftrez
08-10-2005, 01:54 PM
It certainly looks like a Mignola drawing. I've got to see this one in person though as it does look 2 dimensional in pics.

I'm getting reluctant about buying these online though. I have the Risso one and it came with one of the points broken on the glove. The point wasn't in the box and it appears to have been a manufactuaring problem. The broken edge looks like was painted over. Of course the internet shop I bought it from won't respond to emails & DC Direct has been of no help.

Also got the a mini-statue of the Bowen Batman on the Gargoyle from way back when and from ebay it it showed up without a left ear. Per the seller & his pics, the ear was okay when he sent, but again, like the Risso statue, it wasn't in the packaging. Just my luck!
BillyPilgrim
08-28-2005, 01:15 AM
This is the only one I'm buying so far...I like theother sculpts but dont read Batman at all
Trustey
10-19-2008, 06:05 AM
This was a funny thread to read 2+ yrs after the fact LOL.

People dont believe the Mignola is actually a statue. "carboard cutout!" "photoshop!" :laugh:

Someone calls the a B&W "Steroid Batman"...I'm guessing Bisley. :laugh:

I was actually searching for pics of the old SGT Rock statue but this came up in the search. :p
Vracula
10-19-2008, 03:31 PM
Nice photoshop.

Sure I believe you. :rolleyes2

LOL!!!!!!!!!OMG!!!!!
Vracula
10-19-2008, 03:33 PM
Thats gotta be a cardboard cutout?? Look at the pic?? No shoulders?? It looks weird???

OMG!! stop stop!!!!!!LOL!
Vracula
10-19-2008, 03:37 PM
probably one of the best sculpts i have ever seen!OMg good find trustey!
taizo99
10-19-2008, 03:59 PM
Can somebody tell me what size these are . have been interested in this line but most of the ones i see are about 6-7 inches not sure if these are mini ones
bat_collector
10-19-2008, 04:02 PM
thse are all mini statues
taizo99
10-19-2008, 04:27 PM
thse are all mini statues
Thanks
Trustey
10-19-2008, 06:46 PM
Can somebody tell me what size these are . have been interested in this line but most of the ones i see are about 6-7 inches not sure if these are mini ones

They are minis, but a little bigger scale than, and much more impressive than the mini-versions of Jim Lee Batman and Supes. DCD sizes can be confusing.