{"id":539,"date":"2022-05-09T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/?p=539"},"modified":"2025-07-22T23:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:11:42","slug":"the-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/the-batman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><h2 class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Big+Shoulders+Display;font-weight: 600;font-size: 85px;line-height: 1;text-align: center\">The Batman<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1cfdb9ee wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-05-09T23:08:00-07:00\">May 9, 2022<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Categories: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/category\/modern\/\" rel=\"tag\">Modern<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/category\/science-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Science Fiction<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-839c3b89 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advanced-gallery-block-gallery\"><div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3, 1fr);gap:8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20220509-190936_orig.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20220509-190936_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100px;object-fit:cover;display:block;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20220509-190943_orig.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20220509-190943_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100px;object-fit:cover;display:block;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20220509-190745_orig.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20220509-190745_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100px;object-fit:cover;display:block;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \"><strong>The Batman, The World&#8217;s Greatest Detective. VENGENCE.<\/strong> <br><br>I have always liked the Batman as a character. He is very different to lighter characters like Spiderman. Spiderman\u00a0 was cool for the over the top action against other super villains and the occasional hero. I liked Batman for very different reasons. He was trying to make streets safer. Super villains had big goals and big plans and while their stories were interesting they were unrelated to me as a kid. Batman laying the hurt on a scumbag was satisfying. Over the years though the character has changed and seen lighter and darker versions. He has also seen more perfect versions as well as more broken ones. He is not a great hero. His parents get killed so he dresses as a bat to extract revenge. New versions like Chris Nolan&#8217;s and the most recent The Batman has examined the transition of the character a bit more from revenge to something else. The character is very flawed and not a role model. For all that though there has been a fertile ground to tell stories.<br><br>The opportunity came to get this figure on sale and I grabbed it. Overall the figure is good and for what I paid it is excellent. Where these kinds of figures lose points is in\u00a0 their paint jobs. Many will say painted by hand but that doesn&#8217;t really mean much. The base colours are very good and good coverage. Things like the symbol are very difficult to do on miniatures and the symbol here looks good. Where it fails is in two areas. One the eyes. More definition around the edges is needed. The second is in the wash. Washes are used on miniatures to give some definition and a fake shadow. Even coats are something miniature painters aim for so the wash has a unified coat in the areas we want it to go. On many figures\/statues this does not happen. You can see the uneven drying of the wash on his arms, in the chest creases, boots and leg muscles.\u00a0 Instead of giving some shading it looks more like stains which isn&#8217;t the effect they should be going for.<br><br>Overall though I am happy with it based on the price. 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