Artist Creates Action Figures Of Marvel Superheroes In '70s Style, And They Are All Stunning
Almost all of us grew up with superheroes. We've seen them on TV, in movies, cartoons, comics, books, and action figures.
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We've been passionate about these characters since we were kids. But for some other fans, they want to go beyond just being fans.
These superheroes inspired them to become artists. And now, they are living the dream by creating artwork related to these superheroes.
One of them is Paul Harding. He is a sculptor and an action figure designer.
Just recently, he started superhero design series called Marvel in the 1970's. So if you're wondering what these characters would look like in the '70s, explore the gallery below.
Aside from being a sculptor and designer, he is also a concept artist and an illustrator. Harding has created tons of action figures of various characters from the Marvel, DC, and Star Wars universes.
Paul Harding is a sculptor, illustrator, concept artist, and designer of action figures and statues. During his 17 years in the industry, Paul has created a myriad of action figures and sculptures for various superheroes, supervillains from the DC, Marvel, Star Wars, and a number of other universes.
In an interview, he mentions that action figures were a large part of his childhood. His collection consists of Marvel Secret Wars, DC Super Powers, and Star Wars.
The artist saw also saw comics and movies of X-Men, Star Wars, and Batman. He is still fascinated by superheroes in his teens.
1. Paul Harding's latest series of action figures
2. James "Logan" Howlett
3. The Hulk
4. King T'challa
5. Misty Knight
6. Stan Lee
7. Doctor Strange
8. Dark Surfer (Silver Surfer)
9. Captain America
10. Storm
11. Luke Cage
12. Tony Stark
13. Captain Marvel
14. Thor
15. Spider Man
16. Bucky Barnes
17. Daredevil
18. Blade
19. Iron Man
20. Peter Parker
21. Gwen Stacy
22. Black Widow
23. Wolverine
24. Deathlok
25. Red Skull
26. Ghostrider
27. Nick Fury
28. Cosmic
29. Iron Fist
30. Black Panther
31. Thanos
32. The Punisher
33. Morbius The Living Vampire
34. Nova
35. Dazzler
36. Dr. Doom
37. White Tiger
38. Jack "The King" Kirby
39. The Kingpin
40. Moon Knight
41. Mephisto
42. Shang-Chi
43. Brother Voodoo
44. Madam Hydra
45. Coleen Wing
46. Bullseye
47. Silver Surfer
48. Sabretooth
49. The Ninja
50. Howard the Duck
Harding, in his 17 years in the industry, has had the opportunity of working on various characters.
His first step is to do everything digitally with Zbrush, a software that has functions needed by sculptors. He creates the joints, cut up the figure in sections, and 3D prints them for painting and production.
This is the very process he used for Marvel in the 1970's. However, the rendering with materials, textures, and colors is done using another program.
This enables him to create illustrated portraits that center on the essence of the character. He chose the '70s decade because it was a hopeless era in comics and there were myriads of edgy storylines and racial diversity.
I hope that people are able to imagine a whole story in their heads when they see them.
Just like other art forms, sculpting has its own set of challenges. These are present even as Harding produces his work.
The artist has to think about how to make the figure unique. He also spends a lot of time and effort just to get the details right.
Do you want to see more of his work? Head over to Harding's Instagram page.