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        | Thomas Moudry Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Oh, and that picture of Kitty "The Tramp" Pryde...? Just sad. Makes what's
           | Posted: 20 October 2007 at 11:08pm | IP Logged | 1 | post reply |  
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 |  happened to Cassie Sandsmark positively tame by comparison.
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        | Gary S. Lee Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Don, the Captain America is as he was shipped--I may need to retouch
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 |  some of these guys.  I think he's brighter looking because of the powerful
 flash on my camera:
 
 Without flash:
 
   
 With flash:
 
   
 From the back:
 
   
 W/friends:
 
   
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        | Gary S. Lee Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          And a few extra shots:
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 |  DEFENDERS!
 
   
 Kitty Pryde
 
   
 Lord of the Lies
 
   
 Spider-Man and his Fearless Friends
 
   
 Don't they make a cute couple
 
   
 Synthezoid and Monarch
 
   
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        | Jason Schulman Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          The second image that JB posted more accurately reflects how Kitty's being portrayed in actual comics these days. (Thankfully. I don't know where the hell that first image was taken from.)
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        | John Byrne 
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          Discovered this morning that a slight twist will cause Lockheed to pop right off Kitty's arm, leaving only a small stud that will be easy enough to whittle down.  Now if I can find a way to twist her arm down to a more natural position without breaking it off, I'll have a Kitty much closer to the one I created!
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        | Brian Talley Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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 |  These figures are lead, right? Would a little heat, say from a blow dryer make limbs a little pliable?  | 
       
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        | John Byrne 
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          The problem is the paint.  Heat will make the lead pliable, but the paint, I
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        | Matt Reed Byrne Robotics Security
 
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       | Yeah, Gary's Captain America seems brighter than mine too. (with a better paint job no less) |  |  |  I dunno.  I like the muted paint of these figurines.  When I first saw the DD figurine, for example, I loved that it didn't look like the shinny, bright leather costume of the movie.  I prefer the Cap paint job as opposed to any repaint that makes him look brighter, if indeed Gary's Cap is repainted which I don't think it is. | 
       
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        | John Byrne 
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          I LOVE that Cap's uniform is so dark, almost as dark as the true blue of the American flag, as it should be.
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        | Don Bohm Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Its obvious in hind sight for me, but I never thought of that before. And I agree, I like the darker tones better.
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        | Ryan Maxwell Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 22 October 2007 at 8:54am | IP Logged | 11 | post reply |  
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 |  Some new additions over the weekend, I just about doubled the size of my collection.  These are some spectacular figures, I love them more with each new one I buy.  Vision had a few problems around the ankles, he was bent and the paint flaked off pretty bad in the back, and I need to repaint the green areas to get rid of the brushstrokes.  Other than that, perfect. 
 I like the Minimates, but it's just not the same. 
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        | Ryan Maxwell Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 22 October 2007 at 2:12pm | IP Logged | 12 | post reply |  
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 |  Another little update for the day, maybe my favorite sculpt I own so far: 
 And a teaser for Matt: 
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