Reviewing The Avengers! (Part 1)

Finally!

It’s time to spend a little blog space talking about my second recent haul:

Some characters from the Avengers.

For today’s post, I’ll do just Captain America and Thor. The rest I’ll cover in parts. ^^

First off, we have Fabio Thor:

 

I must say, of my entire collection so far, I feel Thor easily ranks within top three of my most photogenic statues. The composition is amongst the most fluid and natural museum poses I’ve seen from Bowen thus far, and is easily one of my favourites.

Thor looks suitably intense and the detail of his features seem spot on. The billowing cape and windswept hair adds to the dramatic pose. The feathers on his helm are perfectly done as well, and the fabric used for the hammer’s strap is a nice touch, and lends additional, natural texture to an otherwise clean finish.

The paint job is immaculate, with great attention to detail for shadow effects.

With such a great sculpt, paintjob and pose, it’s so easy to come up with killer shots of this piece. One of my favourite shots below:

Next up, we have Captain America:

 

Cap also stands among top three of my collection. While not as photogenic as Thor, the detail on this piece is much nicer than Thor. The scales of his suit lend much needed texture to the piece and is a nice contrast to the clean lines and reflective paint on his shield. 

 

The ‘Blue Steel’ look is a little overdone for me, but does work for this piece. His gaze is unwavering and pure, the thin pressed lips adding to the look of determination on his facial sculpt.

The musculature of these two pieces is fantastic, by the way.

And finally, a shot of Captain America, with Thor looking on in the background.

Overall, I would say, where the overall composition of Thor is the defining signature of this piece, it is the facial sculpt, texture and shield that defines the Captain America.