The Dark Knight Capes and Cowls - New Batsuit Discussion Thread

[Sandouras]

Teh puffy, Part II

 

[Sandouras]

Christ, take a joke.

Fine, i am sorry. Its just that i always expect your worst when it comes to replying to me.

 

[lujho]

'Cause he made her a HOOKER! A HOOKER of all things! *grr say the women of the world, grrr*

Dominatrix. There's nothing to say she was an actual prostitute in Year One.

 

[lujho]

I would do (and am doing...)something like this...

It's all a one piece as I see it.
I will be a black on black suit...
It's just all about how and what type of blacks to use.
I wanted to give him copper bronze lenses like his belt
to keep him dark and mono colored as much as possible..

Here is the oval suit option...

Alright...Im ready for my whoopin....

Nice. THAT is how the TDK legs should be. If A batsuit absolutely HAD to be outer plates stuck to a base suit (which it doesn't) then it should be a LOT more like this design.

Torso is still a little geometrical for me. I'd prefer rounder shapes. But the greater simplicity is good.

Helmet... kicks ****ing arse. That'd go over a neoprene hood, I assume? Lenses look awesome. Nose shape and mouth-hole shape great.

Oh, and I assume the cape clips on those little dots around the neck? Press-studs?

 

[lujho]

I'd like to see a full rendition of that suit on an actual model. I have a hard time liking how that cowl would look on a face.

It's not all that different conceptually from the TDK one, and wouldn't look all that different (aside from much better shape) once it was over a neoprene hood and had that neck under it.

 

[BatmanFanatic]

Dominatrix. There's nothing to say she was an actual prostitute in Year One.

Really? Cause by the time Miller was done with her she was running her very own brothel.

Is that a big enough hint for you?

 

[itsthebatman]

Really? Cause by the time Miller was done with her she was running her very own brothel.

Is that a big enough hint for you?

Escort agency. No shenanigans involved.

 

[BatmanFanatic]

Escort agency. No shenanigans involved.

Riiiiight.

And what exactly is an escort agency?

What other proof do you need exactly, Selina Kyles number on the bathroom wall?

Before Miller got hold of her she was a rebellious and damn good jewel theif. After Miller got hold of her, her entire life story revolves around the sex trade industry in some form or another. Why exactly was that necessary for a woman of her talents? He completely cheapened her character.

 

[itsthebatman]

Riiiiight.

And what exactly is an escort agency?

What other proof do you need exactly, Selina Kyles number on the bathroom wall?

Before Miller got hold of her she was a rebellious and damn good jewel theif. After Miller got hold of her, her entire life story revolves around the sex trade industry in some form or another. Why exactly was that necessary for a woman of her talents? He completely cheapened her character.

I thought escort agencies just supplied a date for the evening, if you felt like dinner for two in a restaurant, that type of thing. What exactly are you saying?

 

[BatmanFanatic]

I thought escort agencies just supplied a date for the evening, if you felt like dinner for two in a restaurant, that type of thing. What exactly are you saying?

Good lord. I don't see a smilie face but you must be joking =) Sure, there might be a date involved... first... but no one is going to pay $5k / hour for your witty conversational skills.

 

[sasquatchs]

There's always an invisibile smilie at the end of every itsthebatman post

 

[itsthebatman]

Good lord. I don't see a smilie face but you must be joking =) Sure, there might be a date involved... first... but no one is going to pay $5k / hour for your witty conversational skills.

Hey, I can converse on a wide range of topics, like... um... gimme a minute.
Nope, nothing's coming to mind.

 

[itsthebatman]

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[Superark]

I would do (and am doing...)something like this...

It's all a one piece as I see it.
I will be a black on black suit...
It's just all about how and what type of blacks to use.
I wanted to give him copper bronze lenses like his belt
to keep him dark and mono colored as much as possible..

Here is the oval suit option...

Alright...Im ready for my whoopin....

I really like the batsuit design with the oval! That's what I'm hoping they go for in the 3rd Batman film, as the suit evolves.

The studs around the neck look great too! I'd love to see you them holding his cape!

 

[Amazing Afroman]

I would do (and am doing...)something like this...

It's all a one piece as I see it.
I will be a black on black suit...
It's just all about how and what type of blacks to use.
I wanted to give him copper bronze lenses like his belt
to keep him dark and mono colored as much as possible..

Here is the oval suit option...

Alright...Im ready for my whoopin....

God job Wams! Like I expect any different. I'm not really fond of the non-oval symbol in the top pic and as oval symbols go, the bottom is of the better ones that I've seen. Overall the design is really solid. It's good to see a new concept from you.

 

[Mandalore464]

Wams, I ansolutely dig the cowl, legs and arms on your concept. I'd really love to see the actual suit when it's done.

The torso is cool too, the only thing that bugs me is that the abs section stands out a little too much if you ask me. Oh and the oval symbol suit is actually the best in my opinion, although I'm usually not a fan of the oval around the Bat symbol.

Nice job, really. I love how you didn't just take the movie Batsuit and changed just two or three things but actually created a new concept for the cowl and the cape clips.

Thumbs up.

 

[bunk]

What kind of Belt Wams?

 

[Wams]

Nice. THAT is how the TDK legs should be. If A batsuit absolutely HAD to be outer plates stuck to a base suit (which it doesn't) then it should be a LOT more like this design.

Torso is still a little geometrical for me. I'd prefer rounder shapes. But the greater simplicity is good.

Helmet... kicks ****ing arse. That'd go over a neoprene hood, I assume? Lenses look awesome. Nose shape and mouth-hole shape great.

Oh, and I assume the cape clips on those little dots around the neck? Press-studs?

Thanks Lujho....Glad you guys for the most part dig it...
The Cape (rivets) clips will be press studs but cool ones.
and you are correct about the hood.
I believe when you see this suit on a person you will not
have a problem with the geometric shape on the suit...
Trust me.

 

[Wams]

The belt is gonna be a hard nut to crack but it will be sweet.

 

[Cobblepot]

Good stuff Wams.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

i dont know what to say bout your suit.....(except that i like the one without the oval logo...seems to be interesting to fit the logo in the whole suit design )... your avatar is kind of interesting ..is that you???

 

[The Guard]

While I appreciate what he's doing, I have the same issues with that suit design as I do with the DARK KNIGHT one. It's just too much.

Let's not kid ourselves into thinking these real-world stress occurrences and whatnot affected how Bale chose to bulk up. Nor should we use it as a crutch to explain Bale's physical downgrade.

That's just blatant denial.

Agreed. It apparently just wasn't much of a focus this time around.

 

[Nepenthes]

Dominatrix. There's nothing to say she was an actual prostitute in Year One.

This is true. Eveything Millars done concerning catwoman and ****ES has been well written enough so that we can interpret it as we want.

Personally I like to think that running an escort agency is good because Selinas girls can go out and scope new scores or listen to rumours from big wigs in politics or business etc. She provides a safe, clean and better paying alternative for the street girls that she cares about and in return they're essentially her spies. In Millers timeline I imagine that Selina became a madam long before she was old and fat with purple hair. Because clients can pay cash it's also a great way to wash her money trails, she logs hours that were never worked.

Really? Cause by the time Miller was done with her she was running her very own brothel.

Is that a big enough hint for you?

Theres a plently of brothel keepers who've never actually "worked". Maybe not so in America but in countries where it's legal there are. I wonder what the status is in gotham city? Ok now this covo is getting weird.

 

[SLYspyder]

Yeah, because having more geometric shapes than a high school math book isn't silly at all. At least the 89 suit was trying to look human like which works in my opinion because he is human. When you make him look like Robocop he isn't Batman anymore. It doesn't matter if this suit moves better compared to the older ones, it only matters if it looks good and the TDK suit does not in my opinion. Besides, it doesn't matter what suit moves better, the editing in the film makes it impossible to see anything anyway. So with that said, give me something that looks like Batman and not Iron Man, I saw that already. Maybe if you take the ears and cape off it can be used in a cop movie as riot gear.

LMAO. So true.

Screw all this realism crap, it's STILL a comic book movie. Batman does not look right, he needs to be in an organic suit. All they need is one scene explaining how much protection he gets from the material. He's BAT man. The bat is scary ANIMAL. You shouldn't even want a BAT man to come near you. With the TDK suit, I just might go up and ask if they sell the suit at Best Buy. I can't believe they went from bad to worse with the Begins suit to TDK.

And look how the cape sticks out, it wouldn't stick out like that if the suit was organic like it's supposed to be. Guess they couldn't robotize the cape as well.

And the whole two color scheme, well three colors, black and very very very dark gray, with ugly yellow belt sticking out doesn't work at all. Don't get me started on the weakest emphasis on the hero symbol that I've seen in any movie with Superman Returns in a close second. I mean, look how the SM movies made the Spider symbol on his chest bigger and better as each movie went by.

I want to s**t bricks when I see Batman if I'm a criminal, the TDK suit makes me want to throw a bucket of water at him to see if he'll short circuit.

 

[inflames]

someone should photoshop me a pic of the TDK suit with a silver belt. It seems cool in my head but having a hard time visualizing it.