XM Studios - Phoenix Statue (Not Dark Phoenix) - Page 614

actionjackson83 · 10-30-2016, 11:02 PM

Demona · 10-31-2016, 08:21 AM

Action -- who painted your custom portrait? Those paint colors look great! Look at those lashes. Woot -- And her eyes don't look as if she's looking up! This one is perfection

or were they all painted by the same person and the camera is making all the difference between the two customs?

risingstar · 10-31-2016, 08:33 AM

It's great to see continued attempts at producing an ideal portrait for this stunning statue. However, this portrait is still not quite there for me. It's nicely painted but imo it still misses the mark. The face is much too oval, the eyes aren't looking is the best displayable direction, and to be brutally honest, it just isn't that pretty of a face. Nice attempt but it doesn't work for me.

adee · 10-31-2016, 08:39 AM

I think it looks great. I like it much more than any of the the heads it came with.

Demona · 10-31-2016, 09:19 AM

I think the face is spot on for the fact that Mule wanted Lena Headey. It's not so the face, but the hair, that stopped me from ordering this custom portrait.

Ugh. I keep thinking more and more about having the original portrait repainted. I really don't plan on selling the statue until I need to move it....how much do you think repainting that portrait would hurt moving the piece YEARS from now?

risingstar · 10-31-2016, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Demona

I think the face is spot on for the fact that Mule wanted Lena Headey. It's not so the face, but the hair, that stopped me from ordering this custom portrait.

Ugh. I keep thinking more and more about having the original portrait repainted. I really don't plan on selling the statue until I need to move it....how much do you think repainting that portrait would hurt moving the piece YEARS from now?

This was it... While these customs seem to make a valiant attempt at replacing the original portrait, they seem to keep missing this mark, at least imo.

upload a gif

NorthernLadMSP · 10-31-2016, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Demona

I think the face is spot on for the fact that Mule wanted Lena Headey. It's not so the face, but the hair, that stopped me from ordering this custom portrait.

Ugh. I keep thinking more and more about having the original portrait repainted. I really don't plan on selling the statue until I need to move it....how much do you think repainting that portrait would hurt moving the piece YEARS from now?

I love the hair. It's pretty much spot on to Artgerm's original Phoenix artwork.

You should see about repainting the original portrait. I would think it would only help the value of your statue, if it ends up looking much better than what the factory did.

loricstone · 10-31-2016, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by adee

I think it looks great. I like it much more than any of the the heads it came with.

I still think the wind swept hair is the best portrait I have seen of her...and that includes any and all customs made so far.

Demona · 10-31-2016, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP

I love the hair. It's pretty much spot on to Artgerm's original Phoenix artwork.

You should see about repainting the original portrait. I would think it would only help the value of your statue, if it ends up looking much better than what the factory did.

I think it would be impossible for it to not turn out better than what I have in my hands now. Or should I say, impossible to not be more to my liking.

The real question is if I could have the hair moved back on her head too? Really show off her face more, as the proto did. I still have pictures on my computer of the original.

NorthernLadMSP · 10-31-2016, 12:31 PM

I would assume you could. I would guess the hair was a separate piece that was attached to the head, at least it looks that way when I look at it.

I'm pretty sure a great paint job would make the original face really pretty. It's there, just the paint on it can make it look kinda manly (at certain angles).