Bowen Designs: Yellowjacket

A digital sculptor. "Digital." Still an artist - just a new medium.

Distributor Bowen Designs
Sculptor Jason Smith
Size 12"H
Type Statue - Museum
Release Dec 2010
Price $185.00

Zimm's Two Cents
Not a big Yellowjacket fan. Is anyone really a Yellowjacket fan?

Points in Favor

• Great colors. Even the 'shadows' are a little more subdued on this one.
• Clean lines - but is that due to the 'digital' piece?
• Muscles aren't really overdone.

Points Against

• How many ribs can a person show?
• Don't see much of a base.

Recommendation: Neutral. There is really that much to talk about on this one. It looks like a good piece, and Jason Smith looks to have done a really nice job. It just didn't launch off of the page and yell, "ORDER ME NOW!"


Robert's Two Cents
Um, I'm a Yellowjacket fan. More correctly, I'm a Hank Pym fan. He was originally a separate personality of Hank Pym's. then he beat his wife and it rolled downhill from there.

Generally I'm opposed to male characters wearing yellow as their primary color, especially their pants, but for YJ, I've made an exception.

Points in Favor

• I think Bowen's team may actually be understanding how the paint job should be used to provide texture and tone. The colors on this is dead on.
  
• I'm glad they didn't go the goggle route. The two lenses is definitely my preference.
  
• Good standard super hero pose. Normally, I'd be mocking this, but it seems appropriate for Yellowjacket.
  

Points Against

• The base is the standard bland base.
  
• There really should be a tiny Wasp on the base or flying around or something.
  

Recommendation: Neutral. Why a neutral? Like Zimm said, there's nothing screaming "Gotta have it!". It's a standard depiction of Yellowjacket. Plus it needs a Wasp piece to go with it. Without the Wasp, Yellowjacket was not that interesting.