Capes and Cowls - New Batsuit Discussion Thread

[darknight7]

The only thing I would change, is giving him long red gloves/gauntlets (but not with spikes) just armored forearm guards

--dk7

[Saint]

Originally Posted by bunk

You mean just make the colors normal without the shine? It would look a whole lot better than. I still don't like the cut of his mask and the extra stars. The short gloves don't look right either. His belt is pretty cool though.

Eh, the mask doesn't look as weird in the actual book (and I'm sure it'll eventually go back to normal as the artists fine tune the costume). I could live without the stars. The gloves, though, I think kick ass. They'd look good on the old Cap uniform, too. The shine also is less annoying as it's coloured in the book, too.

[Crook]

I absolutely hate the black. Looks so off, in contrast to the bright red and blue.

[Fred-Green]

Originally Posted by Crook

I absolutely hate the black. Looks so off, in contrast to the bright red and blue.

yeah, looks like half captain america, half punisher

[-Crusher-]

punisher with pirate boots.

[phil]

Originally Posted by darknight7

I FOUND IT!!!! I did it ...2 months ago-ish. Around the time when there was talk of Alex Ross redesigning Batman. I went with a similar idea as Alex Ross' redesign of Captain America:



--dk7

Nice! And I love that Capt. America! I saw that a while back. The thing that got me thinking if it would work is a Shazam manip from someone at bluetights. I kept stepping over the idea because it has been so many times but in the end to me it just works nicely.

I don't use prisma crayons I use pencils.

[phil]

Originally Posted by Boom

Are you using a light gray or a dark gray?

somewhere in the middle

[darknight7]

Originally Posted by phil

Nice! And I love that Capt. America! I saw that a while back. The thing that got me thinking if it would work is a Shazam manip from someone at bluetights. I kept stepping over the idea because it has been so many times but in the end to me it just works nicely.

I don't use prisma crayons I use pencils.

But they are coloured? Correct?

--dk7

[Sandouras]

Originally Posted by darknight7

I FOUND IT!!!! I did it ...2 months ago-ish. Around the time when there was talk of Alex Ross redesigning Batman. I went with a similar idea as Alex Ross' redesign of Captain America:



--dk7

You know what's people's opinion on the new Cap costume dont you? Same here. Why would you want batman to be so stylish and fashionable?

Originally Posted by -Crusher-

i still cant get used to the new captain america. why the gun?

Originally Posted by Saint

Because he's a soldier. He carried guns in the early days, too.

Yeah i found the gun wrong myself. So yeah, Cap killed nazis in WWII. Now what, is he supposed to be a shiny stylish version of the Punisher? And his name....Bucky.....my god!

Originally Posted by Fred-Green

yeah, looks like half captain america, half punisher

Indeed

Originally Posted by bunk

That new Cap design is just plain terrible.

He is so shiny....
Captain america used to be a MAN. caps lock man!
The new one is a trendy kid filling the place of America's greatest hero. Oh great! I bet he could handle Ironman like Steve did.

Originally Posted by bunk

You mean just make the colors normal without the shine? It would look a whole lot better than. I still don't like the cut of his mask and the extra stars. The short gloves don't look right either. His belt is pretty cool though.

This reminds me of Spiderman's suit so bad!

[phil]

Originally Posted by darknight7

But they are coloured? Correct?

--dk7

yes, but in pencil form. They give as nice look. I love this design with Batman, He needs more eyecandy so he can look good, this is Hollywood when it becomes live action. Flat black that looks grey just hides highlights and then your working against the comic book Batman most known to the public. Superhero's are made appealing using highlights and shadows. Capt. A. is too shiny but maybe it's just the way it's drawn. It almost looks chrome, I'm sure a live action version wouldn't look so metallic. You can certainly achieve a nice look without going overboard. If these live action costumes were designed only for the diehard fans there wouldn't be a movie at all. Any designer has different things to consider and balance because to them it's a product. Good drawing, you definitely get your idea across, looks like we think a like when it comes to Batman.

[darknight7]

Originally Posted by Sandouras

You know what's people's opinion on the new Cap costume dont you? Same here. Why would you want batman to be so stylish and fashionable?

Of course...but my name isn't Alex Ross




[Explanation]I would be sure to make mine lovable by all fans, I wouldn't make the mistakes that Ross made. I would simply just use the design. Not a lot of people are fans of Ross, and I know that...hence: I am not Ross[/Explanation]

--dk7

[lujho]

Don't like that inverted triangle thingy on Batman, persdoanlly. It's too Spider-Man/Nu-cap/uniformy/Star Trekky, IMO. Either all grey or all black, not two-toned (just the bodysuit, I mean - the whole costume can be two-toned in the traditional way). I don't like the v-shape on the F4 movie costumes either.

Nice drawing though.

I agree about Batman's design being all about "points" or v-shapes though - it is. Not only the obvious ones but the way that the face is made up of 3 v-shapes - the slanting eyes/brows, the top edge of the mouth hole, and the jaw/chin all work together to create a cohesive look - and the ears sometimes add to this when they flare our or are parallel (and tend to look flared out when the head is tilted down). Which is why I get pissed off that the Begins/TDK cowls totally mess that up by getting the nose/mouth-hole wrong.

[darknight7]

Ya...the BB cowl could use some modifications

--dk7

Originally Posted by lujho

Don't like that inverted triangle thingy on Batman, persdoanlly. It's too Spider-Man/Nu-cap/uniformy/Star Trekky, IMO. Either all grey or all black, not two-toned (just the bodysuit, I mean - the whole costume can be two-toned in the traditional way). I don't like the v-shape on the F4 movie costumes either.

Nice drawing though.

I agree about Batman's design being all about "points" or v-shapes though - it is. Not only the obvious ones but the way that the face is made up of 3 v-shapes - the slanting eyes/brows, the top edge of the mouth hole, and the jaw/chin all work together to create a cohesive look - and the ears sometimes add to this when they flare our or are parallel (and tend to look flared out when the head is tilted down). Which is why I get pissed off that the Begins/TDK cowls totally mess that up by getting the nose/mouth-hole wrong.

[DARKxGOTHAMITE]

Originally Posted by darknight7

Of course...but my name isn't Alex Ross




[Explanation]I would be sure to make mine lovable by all fans, I wouldn't make the mistakes that Ross made. I would simply just use the design. Not a lot of people are fans of Ross, and I know that...hence: I am not Ross[/Explanation]

--dk7

wait huh?

Ross is redesigning Batman?

is this takin place after the whole Batman RIP thing?

i havnt heard this?


and i love Alex Ross

[darknight7]

Oh believe me, I love Alex Ross, he is one of my favourites (I just know a lot of people out there dislike his style)

As for you DxG...I can tell you like Ross. Your art displays it, not just your style, but your medium (cough: watercolour) hehe.

I was talking to Luchastyle about your comic before, and I compared your half of the comic to Alex Ross You can ask him for yourself.


As for the redesign, that is what I heard. I heard they were going to scrap killing Batman and just redesign his suit (Alex Ross). But I don't know how true any of that is...

We will see...

--dk7

Originally Posted by DARKxGOTHAMITE

wait huh?

Ross is redesigning Batman?

is this takin place after the whole Batman RIP thing?

i havnt heard this?


and i love Alex Ross

[DARKxGOTHAMITE]

Originally Posted by darknight7

Oh believe me, I love Alex Ross, he is one of my favourites (I just know a lot of people out there dislike his style)

As for you DxG...I can tell you like Ross. Your art displays it, not just your style, but your medium (cough: watercolour) hehe.

I was talking to Luchastyle about your comic before, and I compared your half of the comic to Alex Ross You can ask him for yourself.


As for the redesign, that is what I heard. I heard they were going to scrap killing Batman and just redesign his suit (Alex Ross). But I don't know how true any of that is...

We will see...

--dk7

really?

wowzer!!!

thank you!!!

while i think it was good, some detail got lost because of the size i did it, which was 11 x 14 which is still large?!

but wow thank you sir, im honored.


but back to the suit, thank GOD they're not killin Batman, i'd be mourning harder than i was for Heath

[Cobblepot]

What about this guys:


http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=67994

I painted it, to match my favourite design.

[Savage]

I love it. I hate how in the movies they've forgotten that Batman is a pulp hero along the lines of Zorro, The Phantom, The Spider, The Spirit, and The Shadow. I was watching Justice League: The New Frontier and was amazed at how right they got the character. He's a guy in a bat costume. That's it. He has gadgets yeah but for the most part he's flipping around like Jackie Chan and whooping ass. It's just so disappointing what they do in comparison. I really wish that was the costume we're getting. Maybe the Justice League movie will make it like that.

[DARKxGOTHAMITE]

Originally Posted by Cobblepot

What about this guys:


http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=67994

I painted it, to match my favourite design.

dude nice!

on a random side note, i like the dave mazzuccelli type color scheme of Year One, and wen the Dark Knight comic series first came out in like 89? 90? the batsuit was a wierd tone of brownish grey, which i dug, i mean i'd look odd on film, but love stuff like that


AND COBBLEPOT your SIG FTW!

PRINCE!!!!


and its "i just looked her in the eye..." not poked

lmao it'd be funny to see though

[darknight7]

Originally Posted by Savage

I love it. I hate how in the movies they've forgotten that Batman is a pulp hero along the lines of Zorro, The Phantom, The Spider, The Spirit, and The Shadow. I was watching Justice League: The New Frontier and was amazed at how right they got the character. He's a guy in a bat costume. That's it. He has gadgets yeah but for the most part he's flipping around like Jackie Chan and whooping ass. It's just so disappointing what they do in comparison. I really wish that was the costume we're getting. Maybe the Justice League movie will make it like that.

AGREED! 100%

and love that statue

--dk7

[Savage]

I mean can you imagine what they'd do with character like The Question? He'd be wearing blue battle armor and a fedora.

[Cobblepot]

Originally Posted by DARKxGOTHAMITE

dude nice!
AND COBBLEPOT your SIG FTW!
PRINCE!!!!
and its "i just looked her in the eye..." not poked
lmao it'd be funny to see though

Thanks guys, I know that's not the actual lyric but I can't stop hearing that when I listen to the song.

[DARKxGOTHAMITE]

lol^

understood,

at least its not like erotic city and funk vs f**k

[Cobblepot]

Haha, still I can't really make that out when I listen too it.
Well back on the subject.

Black and GREY! Is that so damn hard Hollywood!!

[lixdexia]

Originally Posted by darknight7

AGREED! 100%

and love that statue

--dk7

i love the boots, but the head looks terrible

Originally Posted by Savage

I mean can you imagine what they'd do with character like The Question? He'd be wearing blue battle armor and a fedora.

i dunno, they seem to be getting the spirit right. and personally, i blame the whole armor thing on burton