JND Studios: Christopher Reeve Superman

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No. When you see photos of the digital sculpt I referred to, you won't be able to tell if it's a photo of Reeve or a sculpt. It's THAT good.
Takeru's sculpt's are fantastic though - I particularly love his Somewhere in Time version of Reeve.

Originally Posted by Hobbyist

I've found this incredible sculpt. It's a hand-sculpt, not a digital sculpt. The sculptor is called Takeru Kimura. There was a thread in this forum, and also a YouTube video.

https://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?p=5538238

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqBR_lwXK00

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His neck tie just needs to be tightened up a bit and that will solve the shirt collar issue and yes, I think a light steaming of Clark's suit (and Superman's cape) will be required. JND actually recommend this in their unboxing video.

There's a massive amount of lens distortion on those photos apart from the last one where they're in the display case.

Originally Posted by Hobbyist

you will likely need to steam it and give it a proper press with a hot iron.

It doesn't look like a lens-distortion to me in that in-hand pic. It looks more like a factory downgrade.

The shirt collar is one size too large. The shoulder is a little too wide. Not sure how you are going to fix those.

[Hobbyist]

Originally Posted by cking

No. When you see photos of the digital sculpt I referred to, you won't be able to tell if it's a photo of Reeve or a sculpt. It's THAT good.

I'll take your word for it. Hopefully, we will it one day.

[Hobbyist]

Originally Posted by cking

His neck tie just needs to be tightened up a bit and that will solve the shirt collar issue and yes, I think a light steaming of Clark's suit (and Superman's cape) will be required. JND actually recommend this in their unboxing video.

There's a massive amount of lens distortion on those photos apart from the last one where they're in the display case.

Good luck. I am looking forward to see yours.

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Me too!

Originally Posted by Hobbyist

Good luck. I am looking forward to see yours.

[Yellowbeast]

Man, I'm so pumped for this piece. Not going to lie. May be a grail for me if it's as good in hand.

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Interesting to see how very different the blue APPEARS to be (due to the different way that phone cameras pick up colours). I just had confirmation from someone who has seen the statue in person that the colour is actually as it appears in the second photo (which is a screencap from JND's unboxing video) which is a great relief because the colours in the second are EXTREMELY accurate to the real costume colours.

Here's an example of how two different cameras picked up the colour of this original costume on display. Both these photos were taken at the same time at the same exhibition. The only difference being they were taken with two different brands of digital cameras!

Originally Posted by Yellowbeast

Man, I'm so pumped for this piece. Not going to lie. May be a grail for me if it's as good in hand.