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John Byrne
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I wasn't aware of this cultural difference, that the Japanese are known for portraying things which are invisible as pale blue and not at all transparent!Why, if I had only known that. . . !!
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Kevin Hagerman
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| Posted: 03 June 2011 at 7:06am | IP Logged | 2
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Are there any good examples of how to represent in sculpt an invisible anything?
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John Byrne
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Are there any good examples of how to represent in sculpt an invisible anything?•• The closest anyone can really get is to make parts transparent. If a sculpt is done of someone like Sue, for instance, and the "invisible" parts are simple left off, she ends up looking like an amputee! There seems to be a general difficulty with the concept of invisibility in comics. When I first saw the Invisible Girl walking around with the background visible thru her, this combined with her name told me instantly that she was, well, INVISIBLE. But during my time as writer/artist on FF I received letters suggesting that Sue could make invisible forcefield duplicates of herself to fool the bad guys, in the way that Johnny used to make those flame copies of himself. And, of course, the recent FF movies made her the Translucent Girl. The special effects guys seemed to have been most influenced by the PREDATOR movies.
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Bill Mimbu
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| Posted: 03 June 2011 at 7:50am | IP Logged | 4
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^ Or the Klingon ship in STAR TREK III.
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Pascal LISE
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| Posted: 03 June 2011 at 8:18am | IP Logged | 5
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Sue could make invisible forcefield duplicates of herself to fool the bad guys, in the way that Johnny used to make those flame copies of himself.
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This is a pretty good one, utterly cracked me up :-)
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Kevin Hagerman
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| Posted: 03 June 2011 at 8:23am | IP Logged | 6
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Even the dimmest bad guy would see through such a ploy...
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Robert White
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There really is no good way to represent invisibility in a statue or figure. It's best to simply not even attempt it. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that most of the people buying an Invisible Woman, well, anything, will most likely be aware that she has some sort of ability to turn things invisible.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 03 June 2011 at 9:36am | IP Logged | 8
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Even the dimmest bad guy would see through such a ploy...•• Go stand out in the hall and think about what you just did, young man!
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Bill Mimbu
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Acquisitions for this week: On the left, Max Factory / Good Smile Company's Kos-Mos Figma (from the PS2 Game XENOSAGA III), and on the right is the DC Bishoujo Wonder Woman (have yet to add on her accessories): 
Interesting to see the differences between a Figma and Kaiyodo's Frauline Revoltech line. Both come with impressive extras and accessories, but I think the Figmas are a less of a pain to pose, especially since the clear plastic back support stand is a lot easier to adjust than their Revoltech counterparts. Also, I believe the accessories are compatible with other Figmas, so R. Dorothy Wayneright may get a chance to "plow the road" with Kos-Mos' gatling guns... I've seen the term "action figure" applied to these, but I think "posable statue" might be a better description (parts readily fall off with handling).
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Michael Roberts
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SDCC Exclusive version of the Kotobukiya Invisible Woman.It's supposed to be her "classic 80's costume", which I'm taking to mean the B&W costume from JB's run. Except that's not black and white, and I don't recall her having fingerless gloves. ETA: If she had normal gloves, I'd like this version a lot more. It's much better than the standard statue. I also have to reiterate how much I prefer the simple bases of the initial statues. 
Edited by Michael Roberts on 04 June 2011 at 1:27am
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John Byrne
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That. at least, captures a bit more of Sue's personality, but, yeah, blue and white is how they played the uniforms in the Roger Corman movie.
At least the statue put the CHEST emblem where it's supposed to be! The "egg" still doesn't work, tho!
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I'n thinking of making a statue that is just a base and labelling it "Invisible Woman".
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