Batman The Dark Knight Life Size Bust

[marker2037]

Pics look good mattman. Pretty nice bust overall.

 

[HeubertMichael]

That's a good one you got there, Mattman! I think the paint on the mouth area is really good!

 

[kkchan]

Photos by Chris Michael

 

[broman]

nice pics guys - still thinking about picking this up....

 

[Platty]

That's an incredible display

 

[attom44]

I love this very nice!!! Looks like a display in a film museum.. Great job!

 

[Gipetto0812]

Got mine today. REALLY happy with it. I have the HCG bust too (and no offense to the amazing work Bobby C did on the proto for that one), but I just felt this looked better and in person I believe it does. Even though there is more of the torso armor on the HCG bust, I like the overall design of this one (much more natural looking) and the base is cooler. Not to keep comparing the two, but the likeness on the Sideshow bust is MUCH better to me. Can't see anything wrong in that department. 100% Bale IMO. One place where I think HCG did a better job is the cape. Not that Sideshow's is bad, but it doesn't drape quite as well or feel as high quality as HCG's. Still looks good and has a nice suede-ish or velvety feel on the outside.

The paint is also really solid to me, with a much more accurate skin tone than HCG's and deeper blacks. Even though they're decals, the eyes are also well done, with nice detail and the right amount of sheen to them. The one place where I think the paint could be better is inside the eyelids (the caruncle or whatever that part of your eye is called). They should've gone with a more pinkish color instead of the darker red they went with. I guess they thought a darker color clashes less with the black around the eyes? Mine has a few minor scuff marks on the surface on the chest that you can see in certain light. It's not a huuuge deal and it was actually a bit worse on my HCG bust (guess it's hard not to get some marks on these matte black painted pieces). Not sure if I should contact Sideshow about it since I could potentially get a worse one and don't want to get rid of my low number (20 of 1000).

Anyways, again I'm really happy with this one overall. Hope you like the pics.

Damn that looks great!

 

[dw316]

Where does one get Joker's clown mask 1:1 for cosplay?

 

[BurningRage]

 

[attom44]

Just received my UPS delivered notification email.. TDK bust is waiting to be opened...

 

[chrisdeeds]

Thanks for the nice comments about my display and thank you KKCHAN for posting them! You can get the clown masks from Ministry of Masks out of the UK...they have an Etsy store.

 

[attom44]

I must say this is really nice!!! The sculpt is 10/10, the bale likeness is a 9/10, Base 10/10, weight 10/10, paint application on the suit 10/10, paint application on flesh part of face 8.5/10,..eye pupil placement ais great, no wonky eyes.. Cape is very nice. and he looks great with the SSC Batman and Joker 1:1... I have #216/1000. If your looking to add this bust to your Batman collection.. do so! Once he sells out, it's the usual $300 plus extra on ebay!

 

[iamgroot]

Review up! Sorry for bad video
SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES BATMAN DARK KNIGHT LIFE-SIZE BUST BALE - YouTube

 

[vader-nator]

Does anyone have both the Sideshow and the HCG in a comparative pic?

I have HCG Joker and Dark Knight as a matching pair.

IS there any point in getting this sideshow release? I already have that story being told in my collection…...

 

[attom44]

Here is a quick shot of my three busts on my computer station...

 

[Gipetto0812]

very nice Attom! any chance one may request pics of your framed posters/prints you've got hanging up there??

 

[attom44]

Sure no problem... the ones behind the busts are by Jason Edminston he's a great illustrator and they are Cesar Romero as the Joker, Heath Ledger as the Joker and Batgirl from the 66 TV show... The Batman crouching on the wall is a signed print by the great Neil Addams.. I'll take some better pics.

 

[Asdf]

That looks great

 

[attom44]

That looks great

Thank you..

 

[SuperJ300]

Here is a quick shot of my three busts on my computer station...

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Stunning!!!