MU Darkhawk Paint Variant, anyone seen it?

M3T4L V1KING · 10-02-2011, 09:59 AM

Hey Arkers,

First of all I'm going to ask if there's a thread already asking this question, is there is, just send me there, then a mod can just delete this thread or something and all that fun stuff.

ANYWAYS, it's pretty obvious what my question is. Has anyone seen the MU Darkhawk Paint Variant? If so, what is it like? I'm hoping (I'm sure a lot of people are) that the variant is a Talon paint scheme. But part of me thinks it's going to be like Red Hulk, a very subtle difference you won't notice unless you pay extreme close attention to... Yup, EXTREME close attention.

P.S Title should say "Paint Variant", not "Pain Variant"... I guess we'll see if the Variant is painful or not.

yourfacehere · 10-02-2011, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by M3T4L V1KING

Hey Arkers,

First of all I'm going to ask if there's a thread already asking this question, is there is, just send me there, then a mod can just delete this thread or something and all that fun stuff.

ANYWAYS, it's pretty obvious what my question is. Has anyone seen the MU Darkhawk Paint Variant? If so, what is it like? I'm hoping (I'm sure a lot of people are) that the variant is a Talon paint scheme. But part of me thinks it's going to be like Red Hulk, a very subtle difference you won't notice unless you pay extreme close attention to... Yup, EXTREME close attention.

P.S Title should say "Paint Variant", not "Pain Variant"... I guess we'll see if the Variant is painful or not.

I'd also like to see it, I'd heard it was him in his classic outfit, but that'd look pretty bad, at least to me. Hoping someone spots it soon.

CLASSIFIED · 10-02-2011, 12:16 PM

I didn't realise there was a Darkhawk variant, nor did I realise he had a "classic" costume.

Darkhawk seems to be the "hot" figure from the wave.

He is an obscure character IMO, but I can see his potential as he was one of the figs my 8 year old gravitated toward when they arrived in the mail from BBTS.

nitewing73 · 10-02-2011, 12:56 PM

Darkhawk was just really well sculpted. He's always reminded me of the SIlverhawks.

D00MTR0N · 10-02-2011, 01:01 PM

anyone have a pic of this original costume?

M3T4L V1KING · 10-02-2011, 01:05 PM

Pretty sure this costume is as original as it gets.

yourfacehere · 10-02-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CLASSIFIED

I didn't realise there was a Darkhawk variant, nor did I realise he had a "classic" costume.

Darkhawk seems to be the "hot" figure from the wave.

He is an obscure character IMO, but I can see his potential as he was one of the figs my 8 year old gravitated toward when they arrived in the mail from BBTS.

Your son has good taste my friend, but I must tell you darkhawk's first costume was nothing to go gaga for, as a kid he was great, but I much prefer his new incarnation.

His old one had a really blocky head.

Looks like you beat me to the punch metal viking.

CLASSIFIED · 10-02-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by nitewing73

Darkhawk was just really well sculpted. He's always reminded me of the SIlverhawks.

Isn't he just a repaint of the same "slim" buck we've gotten a bunch of times before already?

Not that I'm complaining, I'm pretty easy to please.

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I don't see how these 2 costumes are any different from what we got?

M3T4L V1KING · 10-02-2011, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CLASSIFIED

I don't see how these 2 costumes are any different from what we got?

Yeah they're not horribly different. Just a slight tweak to the helmet and more serrated edges for the wings compared to the original one. Paint apps are probably different too.

thechris · 10-02-2011, 01:56 PM

I only know this guy from the New Warriors from the 1990s and I wasn't even a big fan of their comics. I just happened to have the Marvel card of their team and I thought Speedball was the lamest looking hero ever invented (and my opinion hasn't changed). Only saw them in a few issues starring OTHER heroes that I actually liked. One that stands out is a Spider-man Annual that involved Spidey and the New Warriors taking on Justin Hammer's paid hit squad of D-lister villains. Good ol' Marvel writing. The figure looks pretty good though. So I guess it's just going to be a head sculpt thing?

yourfacehere · 10-02-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by M3T4L V1KING

Yeah they're not horribly different. Just a slight tweak to the helmet and more serrated edges for the wings compared to the original one. Paint apps are probably different too.

Nah, his whole armor was smoothed out and made to look much more techno-organic, before it was like he was wearing robot armor over spandex, instead of a full suit.

Snowflakian · 10-02-2011, 03:12 PM

Yeah, the variant isn't a repaint, it's a remold.

He'll be getting a new classic inspired head, and maybe more squared off shoulders. Hopefully they'll be painting the wings too. For certain all we know is the variant will have the classic armor squared off helmet. It won't show up until the revision waves, assuming they don't just make it a new figure altogether with its own number.

TomsToyChest · 10-02-2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CLASSIFIED

I didn't realise there was a Darkhawk variant, nor did I realise he had a "classic" costume.

Darkhawk seems to be the "hot" figure from the wave.

He is an obscure character IMO, but I can see his potential as he was one of the figs my 8 year old gravitated toward when they arrived in the mail from BBTS.

I've only seen Darkhawk in my area once, thankfully I was able to get him when I did find him along with Ultron. I have yet to see a Commander Rogers here though so I guess he's the tough figure to find where I live.

D00MTR0N · 10-02-2011, 05:18 PM

since this is now the official "Darkhawk thread" has anyone noticed sloppy paint apps on the face area?I noticed some silver overspray on the red area of the visor and on both my darkhawks there were some minor but pressent spots where there was no paint,only the size of a needle head or maybe a bit bigger but hey,any muffed paint is worth noting right?I just touched them up with a silver sharpie but the visor area is impossible.

Tiberius · 10-02-2011, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by D00MTR0N

since this is now the official "Darkhawk thread" has anyone noticed sloppy paint apps on the face area?I noticed some silver overspray on the red area of the visor and on both my darkhawks there were some minor but pressent spots where there was no paint,only the size of a needle head or maybe a bit bigger but hey,any muffed paint is worth noting right?I just touched them up with a silver sharpie but the visor area is impossible.

From a could be trade with an arker, his extra Darkhawk has a blue ink splatter on the silver on his face. Easy fix, but if you didn't have the tools to fix it, it would be quite the bummer.

KingLouie731 · 10-02-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by thechris

I only know this guy from the New Warriors from the 1990s and I wasn't even a big fan of their comics. I just happened to have the Marvel card of their team and I thought Speedball was the lamest looking hero ever invented (and my opinion hasn't changed). Only saw them in a few issues starring OTHER heroes that I actually liked. One that stands out is a Spider-man Annual that involved Spidey and the New Warriors taking on Justin Hammer's paid hit squad of D-lister villains. Good ol' Marvel writing. The figure looks pretty good though. So I guess it's just going to be a head sculpt thing?

That storyline you are refering to is called "hero killer" and it is one of my favorite stories of all time, Sphinx is the main bad guy along with Hammer's goons: Rhino, Constrictor, Speed Demon, et al. I am a huge New Warrior Mark and have all the issues and most of the spin off titles like Night Thrasher, Darkhawk, & Nova, so I'm amped to be getting Nova next year and if they make a classic I'd be all over that. New warrior figures are something of a holy grail for me and Darkhawk is one of the reasons I decided to jump on board the MarvelU train. CHOO! CHOO!

M3T4L V1KING · 10-02-2011, 06:47 PM

Okay, here's a good picture to use for what I'm about to say.

Here we have Talon (left) and Darkhawk (right). I'm pretty sure that image of Darkhawk is the last of his original look. As you can tell Talon and Darkhawk have different helmet designs. And the Darkhawk figure we're aware of has the helmet that looks like Talon's (which I believe is the modern helmet). So if we're getting a variant Darkhawk that's a classic version of himself, it would most likely be this one right here...

I still think a paint variant of Darkhawk to look like Talon would be the coolest thing. Ever.

D00MTR0N · 10-02-2011, 06:58 PM

imo the darkhawk we have now looks like that version of darkhawk rather than the madalorian looking talon helmet,no?

CLASSIFIED · 10-02-2011, 07:02 PM

I don't see the difference between the two.

Maybe my paper-bag needs bigger eye holes?

M3T4L V1KING · 10-02-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by D00MTR0N

imo the darkhawk we have now looks like that version of darkhawk rather than the madalorian looking talon helmet,no?

Yeah I'm looking at pics of the figure itself (because I don't have it myself yet) and I'm starting to think you're right. I was looking at a modern pic of Darkhawk and the one I just posted and assumed the figure had the same helmet as the modern picture. So PERHAPS the variant will look like the one in your signature?

CLASSIFIED · 10-02-2011, 07:04 PM

I'm still waiting on a reply to the original question posed in this thread.

M3T4L V1KING · 10-02-2011, 07:09 PM

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I'm still waiting on a reply to the original question posed in this thread.

I'm pretty sure it's a no. No one has seen it yet. BUUUUUT, like I said, it could be like the Red Hulk and could only be a slight paint variation.

Amalberga81 · 10-02-2011, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by M3T4L V1KING

Okay, here's a good picture to use for what I'm about to say.

Here we have Talon (left) and Darkhawk (right). I'm pretty sure that image of Darkhawk is the last of his original look. As you can tell Talon and Darkhawk have different helmet designs. And the Darkhawk figure we're aware of has the helmet that looks like Talon's (which I believe is the modern helmet). So if we're getting a variant Darkhawk that's a classic version of himself, it would most likely be this one right here...

I still think a paint variant of Darkhawk to look like Talon would be the coolest thing. Ever.

hmm i like this, hope they have release variant figure for darkhawk.

CLASSIFIED · 10-02-2011, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by M3T4L V1KING

No one has seen it yet. BUUUUUT, like I said, it could be like the Red Hulk and could only be a slight paint variation.

Or maybe its like Bigfoot and you see it but can't produce any physical evidence.

yourfacehere · 10-02-2011, 08:30 PM

I'm just going to post this for lack of pictures of the actual photo, we need something for reference

On closer inspection, this actually IS the classic darkhawk, so does that mean we'll be getting his war of kings outfit next?

10-02-2011, 09:59 AM	#1
M3T4L V1KING You Can't Ignore My Girth Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Posts: 2,032	Hey Arkers, First of all I'm going to ask if there's a thread already asking this question, is there is, just send me there, then a mod can just delete this thread or something and all that fun stuff. ANYWAYS, it's pretty obvious what my question is. Has anyone seen the MU Darkhawk Paint Variant? If so, what is it like? I'm hoping (I'm sure a lot of people are) that the variant is a Talon paint scheme. But part of me thinks it's going to be like Red Hulk, a very subtle difference you won't notice unless you pay extreme close attention to... Yup, EXTREME close attention. P.S Title should say "Paint Variant", not "Pain Variant"... I guess we'll see if the Variant is painful or not. __________________

10-02-2011, 12:16 PM	#3
CLASSIFIED Santa Claus Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 2,400	I didn't realise there was a Darkhawk variant, nor did I realise he had a "classic" costume. Darkhawk seems to be the "hot" figure from the wave. He is an obscure character IMO, but I can see his potential as he was one of the figs my 8 year old gravitated toward when they arrived in the mail from BBTS. __________________

10-02-2011, 01:05 PM	#6
M3T4L V1KING You Can't Ignore My Girth Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Posts: 2,032	Pretty sure this costume is as original as it gets. __________________

10-02-2011, 01:45 PM	#8
CLASSIFIED Santa Claus Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 2,400	Quote: Originally Posted by nitewing73 Darkhawk was just really well sculpted. He's always reminded me of the SIlverhawks. Isn't he just a repaint of the same "slim" buck we've gotten a bunch of times before already? Not that I'm complaining, I'm pretty easy to please. Quote: Originally Posted by M3T4L V1KING Quote: Originally Posted by yourfacehere I don't see how these 2 costumes are any different from what we got? __________________

10-02-2011, 01:47 PM	#9
M3T4L V1KING You Can't Ignore My Girth Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Posts: 2,032	Quote: Originally Posted by CLASSIFIED I don't see how these 2 costumes are any different from what we got? Yeah they're not horribly different. Just a slight tweak to the helmet and more serrated edges for the wings compared to the original one. Paint apps are probably different too. __________________