I don't get why companies don't use scanners for their work. Hot Toys literally had celebrities over to their store for autographs and pictures. What a wasted opportunity!

@@zedabyu that's too bad

@@zedabyu Actually most companies that produced smaller than 1/6 usually directly use the scan data Marvel provide so they tend to look very similar despite from different companies because it require less detail. And getting portrait license from actors/actresses is extremely hard, you can't just go and scan them on set even if they agree with. However, Marvel usually provide scan data of the character, but they're extremely crappy that we tend to just resculpt their entire face in the end which is much easier than clean up the messy scan and I believe Hot Toys is very aware of it so they just end up sculpting from scratch. Perfect scan like what you have in the video doesn't exist in the industry, because actors/actresses time are valuable you can only work on what you have which usually less an hour which not only include the shape of the entire body with costumes but also all the textures in different lighting scenarios. The initial setup and the final calculation are also include in that one hour so eventually we have to scan one character under 15 minutes with all the requirements they need and that's why the result usually really really bad, how bad? They're like something scanned from an App on your phone. But it's never the shape they care about when scanning, it's the highres textures came with it because artists can perfectly recreate the characters' likeness but it's hard to replicate their skin texture and shader so the matter is when doing a scanning is how many things you can do with the 15 minutes you have. Sorry for writing so many because what you wonder here just happened to be my working area so probably can give you an insight about things related to scan data and why companies like Hot Toys tend to sculpt from scratch then using the scan data Marvel provide.

You are too kind. The collecting community is way harsher and would not shy away from criticisms and more often than not, mockery.

@@zedabyu my art form and materials I use are entirely different, I mainly work with products made for nail art, and let me tell you, sculpting is a talent I’ve taken years to achieve… but to get that exact of a sculpt of a real person? Unbelievable talent my dude!

Shorts brought in lots of subscribers but none of them watch the full videos unfortunately.

Thanks for watching 😁

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Yay! It worked, for one person haha. Thanks for keeping up with my posts.

The MINI definitely has the best resolution right now to scan a 1/6 headsculpt. RANGE is meant for bigger things. POP 2 is like an in between, which I prefer for most of my projects.

yes, he is a nobody

Yeah, I can't quite get his neutral expression right. I think it might have to do with all that silicone pulling his features downwards slightly with gravity.

Soon! Still stuck with certain commitments. Will be back in March

thanks to your support 💚

Grazie. I hope one day I can ignore the algorithm to make a variety of creative things and people but still watch them.

Yes I might look into more Spiderman related customs since they do pretty well.

Haha I need them all as they have different uses

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that's unfortunate 😕

I might look into making a tutorial series once I figured out a consistent way to paint realistic skin. The glossy look is just UV resin after painting.

@@zedabyu that would be awesome! Looking forward to it.

There are plenty of tutorials! I don't really know how to teach unfortunately