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I like it in vacuo but it seems a poor fit for a superhero defined by agility and mobility.
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That's fair. No idea if it's meant to be leather, but even wool or other cloth material would be restrictive. Another costumed that I didn't see mentioned was this Batman outfit I remember people talking about :  Probably shouldn't work, but it totally does. By the way, why does Batman have no eyes?
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Oct 10, 2014 17:30
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VagueRant posted:That's fair. No idea if it's meant to be leather, but even wool or other cloth material would be restrictive. They're supposed to be lenses on the mask, it's one of those things that works in art but not in live action
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Oct 10, 2014 19:18
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VagueRant posted:That's fair. No idea if it's meant to be leather, but even wool or other cloth material would be restrictive.
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I'm pretty sure it's a stylistic thing that is descended from the fact that trying to actually illustrate eyes inside a mask was difficult given the print quality when some of the characters originate, so instead the artists would sketch the shape of the eye and leave it blank for contrast. That's why the white area will change with expressions as if it was the character's actual eye instead of a covering. It became iconic with early characters like Phantom and Batman, and adopted into part of the way things were drawn even once the quality was no longer a limiting factor.
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Yeah I mean, despite the amazing job the two live action Spider-man franchises did with the eyes, the mask still doesn't emote like in the comics. You can't think about these things too hard.
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VagueRant posted:That's fair. No idea if it's meant to be leather, but even wool or other cloth material would be restrictive. I really appreciate that Capullo put Batman on a two-stroke and properly illustrated the smoke. Less impressed that the brakes don't have calipers.
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It's actually a fixed gear motorcycle.
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re: eyes in costumes I just read The Return of Barry Allen story arc from Waid's Flash run and Barry brings that up on Wally's costume. With Barry's you could see his eyes, but Wally's has his eyescovered. "People trust you more if they see your eyes" is the point he was saying.
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Dacap posted:They're supposed to be lenses on the mask, it's one of those things that works in art but not in live action I think it could work but every live-action version I've seen with the lenses makes them convex and bulge out of the mask which is loving stupid, since in every version of the mask drawn that way it appears to be a flat plate put over the eye-hole. I mean yeah it'd be impossible to see out of that but that's how it's drawn.
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Lurdiak posted:Yeah I mean, despite the amazing job the two live action Spider-man franchises did with the eyes, the mask still doesn't emote like in the comics. You can't think about these things too hard. One day. One day.
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mind the walrus posted:I think it could work but every live-action version I've seen with the lenses makes them convex and bulge out of the mask which is loving stupid, since in every version of the mask drawn that way it appears to be a flat plate put over the eye-hole. I mean yeah it'd be impossible to see out of that but that's how it's drawn.
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VagueRant posted:It got redrawn in a new issue for some reason I do not know.
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redbackground posted:There was a brief and effective nod to it during the climax of The Dark Knight when Bruce turns on the sonar thingy to see inside the building where the hostages are. It looked loving stupid. It had little lips on the inside of the eyelids and it extended beyond the eye-holes. Then again this is a series of film adaptations that took until their fifth sequel to realize that the costume might work better if the actor inside could turn their head. mind the walrus fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Oct 11, 2014 |
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Say Nothing posted:Why is future Peter Parker always fat? He was creepy nursing home skinny in Reign...
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Say Nothing posted:Why is future Peter Parker always fat? He's still human. Happens to Batman too.
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mind the walrus posted:It looked loving stupid. It had little lips on the inside of the eyelids and it extended beyond the eye-holes. Then again this is a series of film adaptations that took until their fifth sequel to realize that the costume might work better if the actor inside could turn their head.
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Schneider Heim posted:re: eyes in costumes Counterpoint its Zoom which makes the whole conversation real ironic
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Lurdiak posted:He was creepy nursing home skinny in Reign... Underwear Spider-Man internal monologuing about "the mask" best Spider-Man costume.
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I don't think I ever liked the white Batman eyes. They maybe worked in the style of The Animated Series, but elsewhere not so much. I like him having normal eyes in the Nolan films, Injustice and the Arkham games. Though I suppose the eyeblack is pretty silly in the movies.redbackground posted:I guess it's been too long, but I just remember the eye parts of the mask basically filling in with a white glow for like 2 shots. I will revisit.  Say Nothing posted:Why is future Peter Parker always fat? He looked kind of tubby in his arctic Breaking Bad art on the last page with Wolverine and Hulk though.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:He's still human. Happens to Batman too.
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Say Nothing posted:Why is future Peter Parker always fat? Wealth and fame, he's ignored; donuts are his reward.
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loving love Spider-Jacket. Don't know what it is about that costume that speaks to me. Pretty much exclusively played with that costume in the one video game it was in.
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Literally The Worst posted:Counterpoint its Zoom which makes the whole conversation real ironic He truly believed he was Barry at that time, so it was fine in my book. To keep on topic: I have a real soft spot for (pre-Nu52) Jay Garrick's Flash costume. Nothing funnier than a guy in a shirt punching the lights out of you.
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I have no idea how that helmet of his ever stayed on.
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Lurdiak posted:I have no idea how that helmet of his ever stayed on. Don't quote me on this but in Mark Waid's Terminal Velocity they make mention of this when Jay is pulled out of retirement by Max and Impulse. He complains it always fell off and on the helmet has a tension band similar to old miner hard-hats from the 1930's, which means it mostly stays on by forming a vaccum with the air pocket between the top of your head and the dome-top of the helmet. insert ./flash-fact gif here. I'm too cheap to buy the gif.
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We've had a smilie for  for about a decade dude. It arrived like 6 months after BSS was founded. : flashfact:Also Mark Waid is loving awesome? Agreed? Agreed. 
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Ron Wimberly's Blade redesign    Read Prince of Cats!
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The latest Batman/Superman featured some guys in Batman and Superman costumes. I don't think the Batman dude looks too bad with eyes showing. 
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fatherboxx posted:Ron Wimberly's Blade redesign That's not a bad look but it has nothing that people associate with what Blade is about.
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Lurdiak posted:That's not a bad look but it has nothing that people associate with what Blade is about. Neither had the 1998 Blade
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Plus Blade's been rocking the "all black Weseley Snipes" look for nearly 20 years. The only real difference between this redesign and the 98 one is that it's not longer actively trying to look like Snipes and stopped trying to look paramilitary.
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That's basically the perfect example of a Marvel Now! or whatever branding they want to use fresh update on the character. I'd read that Blade book.
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Didn't he get his hand cut off and replaced by an uzi?
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Didn't he get his hand cut off and replaced by an uzi? I believe it eventually got replaced. I'd like a Blade redesign that plays up the idea that he's a hundred year old Brit.
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To me it reads less "Brit" and more "Prince's Grandfather". This is not a bad thing.
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Wow, that design's awesome. Totally makes me wanna read a book about that dude, he looks really cool. Lots of attitude in his posing and costume.
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Hey, I was browsing the internet and found some stuff that looks interesting:  A concept from the original plan for Spider-Girl #60 which was at one point thought to be the last Spider-Girl story, for a flashforward with her brother as Spider-Man. Also, this:  This was apparently supposed to be a 'mirror universe' Spider-Girl. Which I suppose works as she's certainly rather opposite to Spider-Girl. I think it might be a bit much for the '90s bad girl' scale, though. A concept for future Molly from Runaways from a mock cover they did for a letters page:  An improvement over the Battle of the Atom version, right? Thoughts?
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Yvonmukluk posted:A concept for future Molly from Runaways from a mock cover they did for a letters page: I liked fantasy blacksmith Molly 
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fatherboxx posted:I liked fantasy blacksmith Molly I didn't like the idea of Molly actually being physically buff, since her powers are psychic. I always figured she was actually a ful-blown psychic like here parents, she just unconsciously manifested it as being strong and tough because she was only a kid. Kind of like Superboy's tactile telekinesis or whatever.
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