Iron Man Extremis Version by Bowen Designs

I’ve been busy for the past 2 weeks with several things, and then I got sick so slowly getting back on track…

If you are a comic book fan (specifically Iron Man) then you have probably heard (or followed) the Extremis series. Here Iron Man gets a different look and basically after so many things that happened to Tony Stark he is back in the ball game.

This new 12” statue by Bowen Designs is inspired by the art of Adi Granov (remember the famous Iron Man punching the ground pose?) and features Iron Man firing his repulsor ray. It also comes with a base with the logo of Stark Enterprises printed in the middle.

BD makes good with the size of the statue (1/6^th scale) to collectors who have limited display shelves. I checked online and urban collector is selling this piece for $148.99, but is currently not available. I also checked Bowen’s site and this retails for about $175.00 and is also sold out.

http://www.urban-collector.com/iron-man-extremis-statue-bowen-designs.html

http://www.bowendesigns.com/sculptures.asp?id=567&type=

PhoTOYgrapher’s Perspective:

I did several rim light shots to see if this would come out as good as the Mark VI one by Sideshow Collectibles but I got a different treatment (you will see when I do a blog on the Mark VI).

I love photographing BD statues because despite of their smaller size than the others, they maintain the details of each piece. Here is where Bowen statues shine. The careful attention to details makes each statue a good photoygraphy subject. Kudos to the sculptor Avinash Hedge for executing this pose well (http://aysculpture.deviantart.com/).

I would probably try and shoot this together with War Machine, maybe do an outdoor shot or table top with dry ice on each side to emulate smoke. That would probably be nice. 

Some Issues:

1.) When I think of Iron Man I think of Tony Stark inside a suit of bulky armor (think of the movie) but the Extremis version is totally different. It looks more of a suit than armor for me. I still prefer Tony looking like a robot rather than one of the guys from Tron. However, BD captured the Granov Extremis very well with this statue. 

2.) The paint job could do some improvements. Once you use a macro lens for photoygraphy you get to see things that you normally would not using a regular wide angle or short-range lens.