Paul Harding Studios

Jim Lee Batman Black & White statue!

2012-01-19T09:20:00.000-05:00

Coming in May of this year is a brand new Batman "New 52" statue designed by the legendary Jim Lee and sculpted by yours truly. Check out the digital sculpt below for a little behind-the-scenes action! Oh, by the way, Jim Lee is a really nice guy!

Arkham City Riddler official solicits

2011-12-14T09:56:00.001-05:00

Here is the official DC Direct solicitation shot of my Riddler figure from Batman: Arkham City Series 2. He comes with a removable hat and cane.

Sopranos toy designs

2011-11-28T16:38:00.001-05:00

While I wait patiently to be able to show some more of my upcoming sculpts and toy work, check out a Sopranos figure design I did back when the show was on fire. I never actually showed this to anyone so let me know what you think! You remember the show right?!

Albany Comic-Con, Sunday, Oct. 30th

2011-10-26T14:03:00.000-04:00

Albany Comic Con is this Sunday, October 30. I will be sketching and signing my figures all day, 10am-4pm. My usual 9x12 sketches will be available along with sketch cards (2.5"x3.5") similar to the ones shown below. The characters are up to you! There will also be an auction benefiting the Upstate NY flood relief cause. I have a Riddler pencil sketch available to bidders (shown below). Also, VIP attendees will receive a limited edition sketch print of the various sketches that will be up for auction. Contributing artists include Joe Staton, Lee Moder, Christian St. Pierre, Matthew Dow Smith, Fred Hembeck, Paul Abrams, Mark McKenna, and Patrick Piggott. Come by and bid on them! Other heavy-weights in attendance will be Ron Marz, Tom Raney, Jim Starlin, Joe Sinnott, and Dick Ayers!

Green Lantern Animated: Saint Walker statue

2011-10-17T13:05:00.003-04:00

Just unveiled at New York Comic-Con is my latest statue from the Green Lantern: The Animated Series -- Saint Walker. I did this one completely from scratch as a digital sculpt. Certain characters lend themselves really well to the digital medium and I think this guy is definitely one of them. Anyone looking forward to this cartoon?

Arkham City Riddler debuts @ NYCC

2011-10-14T08:38:00.001-04:00

Day one of New York Comic-Con 2011 brings some exciting news. The upcoming Arkham City wave 2 figures have been shown including my latest installment: The Riddler! Thanks to JW Productions for the studio photo and paints. Later in the week I will put up sculpt pictures.

NYCC Exclusive Joker

2011-10-10T15:53:00.003-04:00

Available during New York Comic-Con Oct 13-16 is my new diseased Joker figure! It will retail at the Graphitti Designs booth #1154 rather than the DC Direct booth. $20 each. Here's the info at Toy News International I originally sculpted the body for the first Arkham Asylum Joker figure based on the hugely successful video game. For this release I did a new sickened head sculpt and DC gave a new sickly paint job.

New Batman Black & White Statue

2011-10-06T13:47:00.002-04:00

My new Batman sculpt that I worked on with artist Cliff Chiang is hitting stores as I write this. His blog says it all so check it out: http://cliffchiang.tumblr.com/post/11060364027

Unseen Wolverine sculpt pics

2011-08-24T14:24:00.006-04:00

Here are a few shots of a Wolverine sculpt I did some years back. This figure was up for order at a few online retailers but was pulled for some reason. I believe it was meant to be a vinyl figure with very limited articulation. I haven't shown these angles yet so enjoy his back!

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Spanish Officer portrait

2011-08-09T14:16:00.000-04:00

Out this month is a new wave of 6" Pirates of the Caribbean figures from toy company Jakks Pacific. I worked on a few figures for this wave and had a wonderful time at it! A head sculpt of actor Gerard Monaco as the Spanish Officer is shown below.

Aqualad from DC Direct in stores soon

2011-08-03T11:21:00.000-04:00

Wizard World Philadelphia 2012

2011-07-27T19:45:00.000-04:00

I'm officially a guest at the big Philly show June 1st-3rd. Come and visit!

Green Lantern Animated maquette, Star Wars Boushh, and Thor images

2011-07-25T13:15:00.000-04:00

San Diego Comic-Con was fantastic. I got to see so many awesome artists that I haven't seen in a while and was able to meet a few new ones too! Thanks for hanging out and having a great time!

A few things got shown this week that I've been waiting for a while. The included images are the highlights of this years Comic-con.

Heroic Age Thor: SDCC Exclusive

2011-07-16T10:01:00.000-04:00

I think I sculpted this bad boy about 3 years ago. Finally it is seeing the light of day. Actually, I'm very happy to have this one released beycause it was extremely fun to make and it was during Coipel's beautiful first run on Thor. Those of you going to San Diego this week check it out!

Poison Ivy (Arkham Asylum) figure in stores today

2011-07-13T12:46:00.000-04:00

Superman Vs Brainiac out now

2011-06-15T11:57:00.001-04:00

These are painted prototype shots but the actual statue hits stores today!DC Direct Classic Confrontations: Superman vs. Brainiac Statue

Witchblade anniversary pin-up

2011-05-31T16:10:00.000-04:00

Hey, Hey. Check out my illustration in the 15th anniversary issue of Witchblade! Issue #144, out now.

Next up: Poison Ivy

2011-04-20T12:11:00.000-04:00

Due out July 23rd (not in May as earlier reported) is my Arkham Asylum Poison Ivy figure from DC Direct. The Joker figure is darn near impossible to find for a reasonable price and Ivy is likely to sell out too. Just a heads-up to fans of the game and toy line!

**** 4 Star review of Joker from Michael Crawford

2011-03-03T09:58:00.000-05:00

www.mwctoys.com

YouTube Joker review by jtrain997

2011-03-03T09:17:00.000-05:00

Video review of my Joker figure from @optibotimus

2011-03-02T12:40:00.001-05:00

Arkham Asylum: Joker figure hits stores

2011-03-01T14:05:00.000-05:00

I first announced almost a year ago (really??) that this figure was on its way. Well, it finally arrived... and here it is! As you can see, the Joker holds the smaller ventriliquist's doll known as Scarface.

Guy Gardner: Red Lantern

2011-02-20T15:40:00.000-05:00

Here's the new "Red Lantern" Guy Gardner figure (from DC Direct) as so many fanboys have requested. Would you believe there is a Facebook page dedicated to the creation of this toy?!?! Here . He comes with a red chainsaw! Hope you like it! Also shown below is my new head sculpt for the standard Green Lantern Guy Gardner figure. About six years ago I did the previous standard Guy head sculpt so I definitely feel like I'm a part of the Guy Gardner mythos. I first discovered him in about 1987 with DC's Justice League America series that redefined funny for many of us. The painted figures are by Jason Wires and the shots were taken at Toy Fair by Action Figure Times.

Archive of work

2011-02-04T12:17:00.000-05:00

Don't forget to check out www.HardingStudios.com for a gallery of my past work! And be sure to follow me on Twitter @HardingArt

JLA, Aqualad, and Batman!

2011-02-04T11:55:00.000-05:00

Here some images of my recent work that have surfaced. The three heads are for a Justice League Icons series, then a nice shot of the new Aqualad, and finally a great close-up of the Cliff Chiang designed Batman Black and White statue. Check DC Direct for street dates on when to purchase.