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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 25, 2008 11:37:58 GMT -5
Im just curious as to whether Jakks photoshops their protos much because for some reason I start to see protos which look to have undergone a facelift. You would think being prototype figures that they are all crafted well enough that surely digital manipulation isnt necessary. One example is the darker tone of everything in khalis ra34 proto and also makes me ask is Lillians proto which has some white clump near the hair:
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Apr 25, 2008 11:52:03 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that proto is genuine.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Apr 25, 2008 11:58:12 GMT -5
I was just about to make a thread about this.. i've noticed that Jakks photoshop the parts which usually have pegs that connect each joint together. For example: look at Lillian's elbow, knee and hands, not a peg in sight. Rated R NinJa
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Post by WalterF on Apr 25, 2008 12:00:39 GMT -5
The worst photoshop job is the new RA32 Jericho. That scan just looks liek a videogame head.
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Post by WCW-Figure-Fan on Apr 25, 2008 13:00:43 GMT -5
It'd be routine the photoshop some joints because often prototypes are made with the pins between the joints sticking out. Some other companies even leave their promo photography with the joints like that, but Jakks obviously doesn't and touches them up after. They may do something similiar with the heads, just resting them on the figure instead of fully attaching it to the joint, relying on a photo artist to make it work. I think this latest batch of protos had an unusual amount of photoshopping, though, and some of the touch-ups are just too noticable. There might have been problems with the photos, or the graphic artist doing the touch-up work was rushed or not skilled enough to do a more seemless editing job.
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Post by John™ on Apr 25, 2008 13:08:31 GMT -5
looks like most of them are photoshopd comn jakks
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2008 13:11:43 GMT -5
is regards to the "white clump near the hair", if you look closely, it's how the hair is that you can see straight through that part, and there is even a shadow on the shoulder....
Does anyone agree?
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Post by WCW-Figure-Fan on Apr 25, 2008 13:18:25 GMT -5
is regards to the "white clump near the hair", if you look closely, it's how the hair is that you can see straight through that part, and there is even a shadow on the shoulder.... Does anyone agree? Oh, is that what the OP was referring to? Yeah, that's obviously what it is. They just didn't pose the head so the hair lied straight on the shoulders. Plenty of long haired figures can do that. Especially protos if they aren't on the neck ball joint completely.
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Post by Rabid Heat on Apr 25, 2008 13:47:25 GMT -5
The new IE Khali proto is photoshopped if you look carefully at the head.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 25, 2008 14:34:57 GMT -5
is regards to the "white clump near the hair", if you look closely, it's how the hair is that you can see straight through that part, and there is even a shadow on the shoulder.... Does anyone agree? I beg to differ. The white patch is too awkward. It even looks rough cut around the edges. The bit of hair to the right is cut off too if it was see through. Not to mention if see through thats a really slanted shoulder. The shadow would be from the actual hairline as shown on the other side. Its definitely an unclean unfinished job as WCW-Figure-Fan said. Also to respond to theresonlyonekeano, i wasnt questioning its authenticity but more so its edited qualities.
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Post by wspaman1313 on Apr 25, 2008 14:40:22 GMT -5
The new IE Khali proto is photoshopped if you look carefully at the head. I know.I mean,come on!That head had to be shopped.I bet they'll just re-use the old crappy head.
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Post by regal101 on Apr 25, 2008 15:17:23 GMT -5
That white clump is 100% the space between top of shoulder and bottom of hair... I kept thinking that the white patch on Typhoon's hip on the CS17 Protos was a photoshop error but only realised yesterday that its the shine on his suit... Silly me.
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Post by WCW-Figure-Fan on Apr 25, 2008 15:20:41 GMT -5
I beg to differ. The white patch is too awkward. It even looks rough cut around the edges. The bit of hair to the right is cut off too if it was see through. Not to mention if see through thats a really slanted shoulder. The shadow would be from the actual hairline as shown on the other side. Its definitely an unclean unfinished job as WCW-Figure-Fan said. Also to respond to theresonlyonekeano, i wasnt questioning its authenticity but more so its edited qualities. I actually agreed with spadez on this. While I'll grant that there is touch up work here and they may have touched up that area, the white "clump" really is just the gap between the hair and the shoulder. Any akwardness in its shape is because its a gap created by an unusually molded, 3-dimensional object. Its not going to look uniform. Its not a hole in the hair sculpt, but a gap created because the prototype head probably isn't fully joined at the ball joint on the neck. Think of the CS3 Undertaker without his cape. The hair kind of "floats". That's what is happening here. Because its just a thin straind coming out that side, its not as obvious, but I think that's clearly what's happening here. I know there are some other figures that do this to some degree. I'll see if I can dig one out this evening.
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Post by 2cold on Apr 25, 2008 15:34:19 GMT -5
Lilian's bra defo looks photoshopped.
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Post by snkcrz23 on Apr 25, 2008 15:42:22 GMT -5
deff photoshop but itll prolly look pretty colse to that
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Post by Kody on Apr 25, 2008 15:50:51 GMT -5
the 'white clump' is just the the white background.....
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Post by TotalDivaCustoms on Apr 25, 2008 15:56:27 GMT -5
I was thought the same thing when I saw the Lillian Proto.
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Post by rikishifan23 on Apr 25, 2008 16:17:59 GMT -5
the hbk DX IE pants was really photoshopped
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Post by CS Collector on Apr 25, 2008 17:37:45 GMT -5
is regards to the "white clump near the hair", if you look closely, it's how the hair is that you can see straight through that part, and there is even a shadow on the shoulder.... Does anyone agree? I beg to differ. The white patch is too awkward. It even looks rough cut around the edges. The bit of hair to the right is cut off too if it was see through. Not to mention if see through thats a really slanted shoulder. The shadow would be from the actual hairline as shown on the other side. Its definitely an unclean unfinished job as WCW-Figure-Fan said. Also to respond to theresonlyonekeano, i wasnt questioning its authenticity but more so its edited qualities. Here is a better a look for you. It shows that the white blotch is the hair not touching the shoulder.
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Post by Da Handsome 1 on Apr 25, 2008 18:52:44 GMT -5
sucks!!!
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