Action figures have long been a perfect compliment to comic books, since every kid (or kid at heart) has that natural desire to act out adventures with their favorite heroes off the drawn page. Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. Each Saturday, Donny B will be showcasing various offerings from Art Asylum’s take on the ‘block figure’, with a weekly spotlight on Minimates.
Just about everyone knows the Human Torch from Marvel’s first family, The Fantastic Four. But not as many people know that Marvel had a Golden-Age character named Human Torch before the Johnny Storm incarnation. Back when Marvel Comics was known as Timely Comics, they had three signature characters; Human Torch, Captain America, and Namor the Submariner. While Cap and Namor survived the transition, the original Human Torch did not.
In a retrospective move, Art Asylum released a Golden Age Invaders boxed set, featuring the three signature Timely Comics characters, plus Captain America’s sidekick Bucky.
To differentiate the old school Torch from the current Fantastic Four character of the same name (and power), Art Asylum released this version in translucent plastic and with a more stylized face tampo, to reflect the comic art look of his era.
Since this Minimate is translucent plastic, I knew it would hold & reflect the light well. So I turned off all the lights and removed anything from the background that might keep the background from being completely black. I then positioned a mini flashlight above the Minimate and angled a bit, and the camera settings did the rest. No photoshop work at all 🙂
the lightning on this photo makes it look awesome!
Comment by Doorman — September 12, 2010 @ 5:40 pm