Authoritative Superman

This 1/6 resin kit was purchased on Ebay. It possesses the style of work by Alex Ross. Although not fully certain, I believe it’s the work by Shawn Nagle. Shawn is one of my favorite American sculptors. I have several of his works. Facial features are astounding. This kit had been painted professionally. I also like his posture with his fists at both sides of his waist as an authoritative figure in command would. Proportions of this kit are incredible too. Unfortunately, this kit didn’t come with a base. I am very particular about my displays in that I would like all my kits to have proper bases. I found this base at Wonderfest on one occasion. This base serves well for this Superman kit because it’s like the surface of another planet.

Bowen's Interpretation of Paul Chadwick's Concrete

This 1/8 Concrete resin kit from Dark Horse Comics was sculpted by Randy Bowen. Unlike many of my collection, I was unfamiliar with the character when I bought the kit in a garage kits shop in Las Vegas many years ago. I was simply attracted to the beauty of the kit itself. Simplicity, rather ironically, is what I think the true beauty of this kit. It is not very dynamic in the way I would describe some of my other kits. I remembered one of my sisters, who had no knowledge of this Comics character like myself, commented that it was simply a cool looking kit. As the saying goes, ‘Logic leads to conclusion; emotion leads to action.’ It was one such occasion where I had impulsively followed my emotion and bought this kit. This kit had been professionally built and painted. Due to its simplicity, I think the paint job itself is even more demanding because the painter had not much of other means such as rich details to rely on to bring out the character than with just the skill of painting itself.

Batman in ‘Gotham’ City?

This 1/6 Batman kit is one of the best I have ever seen. Likeness is amazing. It’s like the style of work by Alex Ross, one of my favorite American illustrators. I like the coolness on his face as well as the way he stands with the cloak naturally falling or dropping down. I acquired this kit on Ebay some time ago, and I am not sure who the sculptor is. I asked a professional modeler to paint it the way he looks in the older days, in contrast to the new style from Batman’s recent movies starring Christian Bale. I am happy to put it on this beautiful City Wall base by Jean-Louis Crinon. My words alone are not enough to describe the incredible features and details this base possesses. It takes in my opinion small close-up snapshots at multiple angles to gain only a better appreciation for this incredibly sculpted base alone. Jean had done many incredibly beautiful and detailed bases, and this is definitely one of them. This Batman kit and the city wall base are perfect complements to one another.