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 I have a true passion for sculpture , nothing quite captures the dynamics of the human form than seeing it in the round . Back in 1996 I was able to convince AC to let me sculpt Rad for release as a resin kit , and it was a huge success .ReelArt Studios has licensed The Blue Bulleteer for release as a macquette , an artsy fartsy term for statuette , and have forwarded shots of the work in progress to AC for approval , and Bill was kind enough to forward those shots to me . Shameless huckster that I am , I'm now taking those images and posting them so you FemFans can get a behind the scenes glimpse into the creation of a masterpiece . As a sculptor myself , I love seeing a work in progress , there's so much of the hands of the artist visible in an unfinished piece compared to the final craft of artifice that takes it to completion and the human aspect involved in its creation is carefully masked away . Finished works tend to leave questions , " How'd they do that ? " whereas unfinished pieces show the steps taken to achieve a result . I feel much the same as concerns painting , I love seeing brushstrokes in contrast to paintings where the artist has painstakingly worked to hide the workings of his or her hands . While I think the pin up work of Hajime Sorayama is outstanding , give me Gil Elvgren any day in preference . Along those same lines , I think the Red Devil statuette by Bowen studios is a beautiful sculpture which I have proudly on display in my living room . I can state with assurance though that the dynamics of Shawn Nagel's Blue Bulleteer are going to earn it a more dominant location .  Mass produced sculpture carries with it many considerations , and castability and mold longevity are certainly high priorities . For these two simple facts , many statuettes are made rather stoic and static in design , with careful attention to avoid undercuts and keep as much of the figure as possible on a single plane . A more complex design requires a much more complex mold , which entails a great deal more money and effort put into its production , a situation I am more than familiar with from my days as a sculptor of 25 mm miniatures . When I learned that Reel Art had chosen the artwork from the cover of Femforce # 38 as resource for their Blue Bulleteer I was very pleased , being that it is one of my favorite illustrations done for AC . When I did it back in 1991 I was trying to combine both an element of action as well as pin up and I've received a great deal of positive fan reaction to it over the years . ReelArt's decision to use it was a bold one , certainly they could have chosen a more typical pose , one that would be far easier to sculpt as well as cast , but if you've visited their website you are aware that they tend to think unique .The pose dynamics are off center with the Bulleteer's center of gravity in a forward momentum and Shawn nails it . There's weight to the pose and a very lifelike quality to it , not an easy effect to achieve and one you don't see often in statuettes .   There's an intangible essence to AC characters that make them distinctive from all the other superheroes out in the comic market . I've always thought of it as that " Golden Age " mentality , where less importance is given to reality and more idealism is adhered to . I've always preferred the Wonder Woman with a skirt over the one in hot pants , it's an aesthetics thing , I just think it looks more interesting . Shawn's Bulleteer has captured that essence admirably . As I had hoped , he's taken that original drawing and added his distinctive style to it , improving what was lacking in the original yet retaining the intent . The sweep of her cape , the tossing of the hair and the frounce of her loincloth are all exceptionally well executed and add greatly to the overall movement of the pose . When I look at the face , which still has a great deal of work left to be completed on it , I see so many of the steps I would take to do it were I sculpting it , that I was quite impressed . It's a very atypical expression if compared to every other figure on the market , primarily because an expressive portrait such as this is so much more difficult to execute . Shawn has surpassed my own abilities in this regard , so I'm even more thankful to have been able to see it at this stage because I can learn from these shots and improve my own skills . This is going to look exquisite once finished and paint applied . I can't wait to pick out a display location for her . 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