DarkSide / Infinite: Star Trek, The Next Generation - Jean-Luc Picard 1:3

[omigeo]

You know, not for nothing but I personally think the simplicity of this statue is what I like about it. It looks like Picard no if's or buts about it.

[nearmint]

Supposed to be getting this in soon. Looking forward to seeing him next to Spock.

[Phoenixblazes]

Originally Posted by omigeo

You know, not for nothing but I personally think the simplicity of this statue is what I like about it. It looks like Picard no if's or buts about it.

It certainly does look like Sir Patrick Stewart, but the paint is its only issue.

From photos I never much liked the paint all that much on Spock either, as I personally saw it as a downgrade from what you can get from companies such as Queen. However I know many here love the paint.


It's essentially what I used to see as the problem with Sideshow using polystone for head and hand sculpts. And then we had Prime 1 using translucent resins, and others like Iron Studios using some sort of mixture. Heck the only full face sculpts that I like from Sideshow are the PVC/vinyl? ones. Queen says their head sculpts are made out of polystone, however I've never thought that to be the case given the look and weight of the head sculpts themselves.

[omigeo]

I'm sure Prime has there faults of statues when using their materials.

Plus I'm not a particular fan of translucent resin either; I guess it all depends on how they achieve that realistic look on a statue. I've seen this translucent resin on some statues and I wouldn't say that all of them look good. Some have looked washed out to the point of being to plasticky and opaque as well. It all depends as to how you want your statues to look. Matter of preference.

[Phoenixblazes]

Originally Posted by omigeo

I'm sure Prime has their faults of statues when using their materials.

Plus I'm not a particular fan of translucent resin either; I guess it all depends on how they achieve that realistic look on a statue. I've seen this translucent resin on some statues and I wouldn't say that all of them look good. Some have looked washed out to the point of being to plasticky and opaque as well. It all depends as to how you want your statues to look. Matter of preference.

Translucent resins can be great. But sometimes they go too light on the paint, which produces that shiny look. Prime 1 uses translucent resins on many statues that you might not even be aware of, including many of their Arkham pieces back in the day. And I’m sure they probably continue to use it on their DC comic pieces.

I remember that their old 1/4 DC and GI Joe pieces weren’t done all that well, and even though I love my 1/2 scale Superman, it has the same issue. Whereas the 1/2 scale Wonder Woman, was perfect, at least in relation to the skin effect (it was one of the best sculpted skin effects I’ve ever seen on a movie piece, and that’s pretty much all I collect), but not so much where likeness was concerned.

[nearmint]

Review coming in the next few days.

[FastballSpecial]

Originally Posted by nearmint

Review coming in the next few days.

Make it so.

[romakrelian]

Wow. I think that looks fantastic number one.

[Straken-SWE]

Have they done Kirk?

[Phoenixblazes]

I've still got this right next to me. And if anything I like it more than I did when I first got it in. As 3 weeks has allowed me to forget some of the critiques I had. And because I've got him displayed in a cabinet using those off white led's the skin has a healthier looking skin tone (this is not a piece I would recommend using bright white led's).