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Silver, but not chrome. Like the Silver Surfer.

This is one of the principle problems with comicbook colors, of course. They don't really look like anything in the real world. Take our mascot, for instance.

When I built the 3D model of ROG-2000, (the one featured on our Lobby page) I rendered him in chrome, and it just looked WRONG. Didn't look like Rogie at all! Here's a shot I dummied up of him in my old studio:

So, eventually, I figured out that it would be better to use one of the fake reflective patterns that came with the modeler, rather than having him actually reflect his environment:

H.E.R.B.I.E. should be much the same -- but, unfortunately, that's not an option with a real world model. So, back to the Silver Surfer.

(Parenthetically -- I know I have said it before, but what a NIGHTMARE that Bowen site is! So many people using the QUOTE function they way they used to here, before we shut it down. GAH!!)

Nothing new there, of course! That's how the Beast turned blue. When he switched from his original (expensive) gray, it was stated in the comic, in so many words, that his fur had turned BLACK -- but it got the default blue highlights, and it was not too long before writers started referring to his color as BLUE.

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Not a fan of that bike! I only drew it because I was staying on model!

Just pre-ordered this. Oh man, I hope the production version is as good as the prototype!

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Stainless steel!