The Dark Knight Capes and Cowls - New Batsuit Discussion Thread

[p4poetic]

How can gray be charcoal at the same time? The gray on the costume doesn't look that light. But being a pain in the ass about your description aside, I like it, just not for the movie People were already *****ing about a new suit, we don't need deja vu of it again, oy. I still remember the headaches. You'd think giving Batman the luxury to turn his head around would of been appreciated.

 

[Saint]

It's not necessary . The Batsuit if prefect just the way it is . You know their really isn't anyway to really please you people . You always have to find or nitpick about something wrong.

Yeah! What's up with having criticisms? Grr, people who examine things critically are so dumb! You're impossible to please if you don't like an aspect of the movie! Jeeze, what is up with you people? God, why do you have to do awful things like suggest alternatives? That's nitpicking! You're nitpickers!

Sigh.

 

[Saint]

How can gray be charcoal at the same time?

Because the colour of charcoal ranges from grey to black. "Charcoal grey" suggests a darker grey.

 

[The Caped Knight]

I still don't get the puff comment made about the Begins suit .

Does this freaking pic of The Batsuit look puff ? It sure as hell doesn't to me . It look badass is more like it .

 

[slevinkelevra]

touche

 

[SuperZer0]

I still don't get the puff comment made about the Begins suit .

Does this freaking pic of The Batsuit look puff ? It sure as hell doesn't to me . It look badass is more like it .

Nice!

 

[SuperZer0]

Not that I don't like the new suit, but here's another badass pic of the old suit in TDK.

 

[Borat]

What would you guys think if they use B:AA suit design for the 3rd movie? Minus the underwear and replace the light grey with a charcoal grey.

Man that game looks badass.

 

[-Arya-]

Not that I don't like the new suit, but here's another badass pic of the old suit in TDK.

Man this pic is GOLD!!! Thank you sir t:

 

[p4poetic]

Because the colour of charcoal ranges from grey to black. "Charcoal grey" suggests a darker grey.

I stand corrected

 

[Alex_Spider]

I tried to tone a little bit the techy vibe from the suit and make it more animalistic ala begins style but still maintain the agility of the suit.

 

[metalhead_dave]

I tried to tone a little bit the techy vibe from the suit and make it more animalistic ala begins style but still maintain the agility of the suit.

That suit is actually really sweet... even with the leggings.

However, you think you could take a head shot of the Begins cowl and put it on this suit? I always felt the smaller cowl was more badass.

 

[Matthew Allison]

I still don't get the puff comment made about the Begins suit .

Does this freaking pic of The Batsuit look puff ? It sure as hell doesn't to me . It look badass is more like it .

You know what would have been great? If the suit looked "badass" in every shot. What gets me is that people have to dig deep to find the limited amount of photos and stills in which the suit looks half way decent. One would hope that the suit would look good no matter in what pose or lighting.

BTW - the suit's half covered by the cape there and darkly lit. It's practically just a silhouette. Not the best example.

 

[bunk]

It clearly does have some bunching and "puffing up". Of course, that doesn't mean you should dislike it, only that you should acknowledge it isn't "perfect".

 

[lujho]

That suit is actually really sweet... even with the leggings.

However, you think you could take a head shot of the Begins cowl and put it on this suit? I always felt the smaller cowl was more badass.

The Begins cowl is bigger, not smaller, than the TDK suit. Well, they're more or less exactly the same size except for the slimmed down jaw on the TDK.

Maybe the Begins cowl sometimes looks smaller due to it being on a bigger neck, but in no way would the actual head part be any smaller than the new one.

 

[lujho]

If made out of Spider-Man-esque materials (perhaps with some mild layering for those armour panels; something to give it some interesting texture) it would probably look great. A thinner bodysuit means you'd also need a thinner cowl, so a solution besides rubber might be necessary.

It needs to lose a bit of that sharp muscle desinition too, to be a little softer, IMO. But yeah really cool rendition of a comics style suit overall... though not really a million miles away from various other concepts that have been described on these boards over the years.

I don't see why a thinner cowl might need to be made out of something other than rubber though. Dead End Batman and Niteowl in Watchmen both seem to have rubber cowls that are a lot thinner than the official movie cowls. Plus, (though admittedly it's only still photos), Niteowl seems to have no problem turning his head even with a one-piece cowl.

 

[millennium movies]

...BTW - the suit's half covered by the cape there and darkly lit. It's practically just a silhouette. Not the best example.

Go figure i thought this was Batman we're talking about...

 

[abiwankenobi]

Here are the components to my new Batsuit.

Zoot Zenith Wetsuit.

Latex Scuba hood.

3 1/4 Batman mask.

Ninja Gauntlets on Ebay from The Bronze Armory.

Adult Batman Utility Belt.

Black Jedi Boots.

Homemade cape.

Black Chemical gloves.

I will post pics when it is finished.

 

[The Caped Knight]

BTW - the suit's half covered by the cape there and darkly lit. It's practically just a silhouette. Not the best example.

Here is this enough light for you ?

 

[Matthew Allison]

Go figure i thought this was Batman we're talking about...

I heard DC was going to go back and adjust the brightness on Batman in all the comics. We don't need to actually see the suit or anything. It's only one of the most iconic designs of the last century of American and world wide pop culture.

 

[Saint]

It needs to lose a bit of that sharp muscle desinition too, to be a little softer, IMO.

Agreed. As I've said in the past, no more over-the-top fake muscles.

I don't see why a thinner cowl might need to be made out of something other than rubber though. Dead End Batman and Niteowl in Watchmen both seem to have rubber cowls that are a lot thinner than the official movie cowls. Plus, (though admittedly it's only still photos), Niteowl seems to have no problem turning his head even with a one-piece cowl.

Well, whatever works.

 

[Saint]

That suit is actually really sweet... even with the leggings.

However, you think you could take a head shot of the Begins cowl and put it on this suit? I always felt the smaller cowl was more badass.

The TDK cowl is smaller than the Begins cowl, though not by much.

 

[Kaizer]

I heard DC was going to go back and adjust the brightness on Batman in all the comics. We don't need to actually see the suit or anything. It's only one of the most iconic designs of the last century of American and world wide pop culture.

Are you trying to sell this as bad-looking? if so, you have failed.

 

[Matthew Allison]

Are you trying to sell this as bad-looking? if so, you have failed.

Yeah, I'm sure Jim Lee would love it if they turned this:

into this:

"Sorry, Jim. Batman needs to be in the shadows. People don't want to see your line work and design. They want darkness."

The point here is that you can take anything and light it a certain way and make it look better. Take the worst Batman costume from any of the films and backlight it till all you see is a silhouette and people will say "Cool. It's Batman." All the flaws are hidden. Honestly, I like the darkened Jim Lee drawing better because I think he's a s***ty artist anyway so the less I see of his bad anatomy and poor shading the better. In other words, I wasn't trying to sell that image as "bad". Just the opposite actually.

 

[lujho]

Has anyone noticed that the Batman Begins the unfinished cowl has much smaller eye holes? The sculpt is the same but there is added material within the existing eye socket that further closes the hole. You can see it clearer in the film.

I guess we're meant to assume that the the cowl is always meant to be like this - that the cowl comes up right to his eyes and thus he's not really wearing black make-up - both on Begins and on the TDK cowl.

Anyway, I'd be interested in seeing what the cowl would really cook like if it was like this the whole time and no eye makeup was worn - or if there were lenses put in to those smaller holes.