DC Comics Statues and Busts: DC Sculptors: Sam Greenwell

Sam Greenwell has worked with DC Collectibles for a long time. He sculpted some of the Cover Girls and Bombshells statues. He favors sculpting long, narrow faces.

Long, narrow faces are potentially problematic due to how statues are made. Statues made of "hard" materials, such as resin or polystone, are cast with "soft" silicone molds. Statues made of "soft" materials, such as PVC (plastic), are cast with "hard" metal molds. Silicone molds warp with repeated usage, which means that they're good for only a certain number of statues before they have to be replaced. If you get a statue made at the tail end of a silicone mold's lifespan, you might end up with a distorted face. The following pictures are of statues that, while not sculpted by Greenwell, illustrate what can happen with silicone molds:

Harley Quinn RWB by Artgerm Statue

Harley Quinn RWB by Babs Tarr Statue

I think this explains why I tend to like Sam Greenwell's PVC statues a lot more than his resin statues. The "hard" molds used for PVC statues maintain better consistency throughout the entire production run, so there's less of a chance that you'll end up with a smushed/elongated portrait.

DC Core Batgirl, sculpted by Sam Greenwell

Several years ago, Sam Greenwell worked on some of the Ame-Comi statues (DC's in-house attempt to interpret its characters in a Japanese manga style). Last year, Greenwell sculpted the DC Core Batgirl statue and DC Artists Alley Sho Murase figures, all made from PVC. Jack Mathews, Greenwell's colleague and friend, sculpted the Sho Murase Catwoman. Catwoman's face is obviously much rounder than the faces that Greenwell sculpted.