airbud
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Post by airbud on Jun 1, 2017 5:17:33 GMT -5
I've been really depressed ever since the Elite 51 images came out. I had been really excited to get my first AJ Styles elite action figure, until I saw the dreadful yawning headscan. BEFORE:And I apparently can't do a headswap with his previous basic and elite because it'll make him look like a giraffe. Has anyone tried to headswap with his Zombie figure?? Does that look better??? And to top it off, he didn't come with the WWE world title... which just seems cruel at this point. I will say, the attire looks awesome. Still not a fan of how scrawny and hairy the figure looks. But I still want to get the figure, and I'm trying to justify it to myself to pay $30+ for the figure. I realized the headscan actually looks great, but the eyebrows are painted badly. So I opened up the image in Photoshop to retouch the photo to see what it would look like with new eyebrows. And it looks great imo. Now I need to figure out how to remove the old eyebrows, and paint new ones on. AFTER:
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Squared²
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Post by Squared² on Jun 1, 2017 5:21:32 GMT -5
Looks dead on to me
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Post by popyduggan on Jun 1, 2017 6:32:59 GMT -5
I knew it was those eyebrows, looks like he's power yawning(or...you know). I hope they can do a running change like your edit.
You could probably get them off carefully with a Q-tip and acetone.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jun 1, 2017 6:36:38 GMT -5
It's not a surprise that a bad paint app was the problem, seems like a issue for most Mattel heads.
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Jun 1, 2017 8:59:23 GMT -5
I thought the headscan was great, it's the body mold that looks horrible. He needs a sin cara torso, molded belt, thicker legs and wrist cuffs. A lot of Mattel headscans look crappy due to the bad paint jobs. If you also repaint the beard and hair it should look fantastic. You could use some rubbing alcohol and strip the eyebrows, then repaint them. As far as the beard and hair, layer it. I'm just hoping they address the issues on AJ, I've passed on both releases thus far.
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Post by PJ on Jun 1, 2017 9:02:03 GMT -5
I liked it more than the original as soon as they showed he proto pic
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Post by Matt on Jun 1, 2017 9:20:11 GMT -5
Head scan looks great to me.
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Post by Xæro #FakeCollector on Jun 1, 2017 9:30:10 GMT -5
I still hate it. Mattel just can't pull off screaming faces in my opinion.
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Jun 1, 2017 9:32:43 GMT -5
His original looks like he's yelling, "BEAT UP JOHN CENA!"
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Post by CrossRhodes on Jun 1, 2017 10:37:36 GMT -5
Honestly looks fine to me...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 13:21:45 GMT -5
I liked it more than the original as soon as they showed he proto pic
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Post by ty2005_92 on Jun 1, 2017 13:51:33 GMT -5
It's a little shocking how much better it looks with smaller brows
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Post by WalterF on Jun 1, 2017 14:03:37 GMT -5
I think the scan is great. Not often a fan of screaming scans but this likeness is solid
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Post by SporeSpam on Jun 1, 2017 14:19:38 GMT -5
It looks exactly like AJ. What I don't like about the figure is the small torso, skinny legs, no Japanese lettering on the jacket, no knee pads, wrong type of elbow pad, and no 'P1' painted inside the hand. This figure is just full of inaccuracies.
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China Claus
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Post by China Claus on Jun 1, 2017 14:35:45 GMT -5
I'm on the fence with the new scan, but I gotta say, it looks tons better with the smaller eyebrows you photoshopped. I wonder, would it be possible to make them thinner without completely removing and repainting them?
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Post by TheChamp420 on Jun 1, 2017 14:39:02 GMT -5
Doesn't Matter if it looks terrible or not, if you swap it with the first one he ends up with giraffe neck, & the other one ends up with no neck lol
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Post by King Richius on Jun 1, 2017 15:29:44 GMT -5
Now that I have the figure in hand, I don't mind the head as much as I thought I would, given I usually hate open mouth screaming heads (I'm looking at you Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins). I do hope Mattel goes back to the straight faced look for future figures as I prefer that one.
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airbud
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Post by airbud on Jun 1, 2017 15:34:39 GMT -5
I'm on the fence with the new scan, but I gotta say, it looks tons better with the smaller eyebrows you photoshopped. I wonder, would it be possible to make them thinner without completely removing and repainting them? The eyebrows are too high on this forehead. They need to be thinner (and lighter), much lower and angled differently so he looks angry and intense.
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Post by Showstopper on Jun 1, 2017 18:02:57 GMT -5
Ooof, not a fan of the scan or the torso. Too many AJ figures in a short amount of time.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jun 2, 2017 9:34:57 GMT -5
I don't know what you guys are talking about! The eyebrows look lifelike to me!
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