Vetinari wrote:Hah yeah - like everyone else I do love the idea of just printing a doll! And all the sculpts you could want! There is a minimee 3D print company out there, but as the technology accessible by these companies stands... I'm happy to wait a couple more years! Though now that Makies have more options they are getting tempting...
MeltedCaramel: Yea Shiny!Vincent really sounds like the first version figure, I was tempted until I saw the figure in person in the shop and eep..
Yea I can see what they were trying to do with Version III Vincent's cloak but I think they failed miserably. Yea Advent Children Vincent's cloak is tattered... But it's also bright red and implied to not be simple cloth...
Ah that's a shame! I've had a nendoroid eat one of it's own joints before (annoyingly the joint holding the torso together) - but I hadn't had QC issues with Figmas before.
Hrmm yea I have not been impressed overall with Hot Toys recent output.. The Crow figure, though wonderfully sculpted is also sadly lacking!
Yea I really love the whole cyberpunk aesthetic and dystopias for coming up with interesting character designs and plots. Ah thanks so much!! Eeh - it's really lovely to hear that! <3 Eeh - I'm gonna go off and be happy for a bit now that you like my little group!
Edit: Ok long-overdue photo update in my doll-thread now...
Vetinari wrote:Just wasted an hour on Evilbay - caught myself looking at dollhouse miniature busts... I'd planned out a layout for a little collection of the things for the 1/6 guys and everything
MeltedCaramel:Yea as the current 3D printing stuff available for commercial (not industrial) use stands I agree with that stance for now! (Having seen what the high end industrial 3D printers are capable of though... I am willing to wait for the technology to get cheaper/more widely available - cos wow I want some of that!!)
Snigger! From now on Version III Vincent is redubbed Frazzle!Vincent after the bacon crisps!
Hrmm that really is a shame about Strength - I think I'd have that figma in billions of irreparable pieces within minutes. Since despite careful handling I've managed to almost rub off Lelouch's little fleur de lise thingies on his uniform I reposed him a bit too often cos I could never decide if I wanted Geass face/Zero mask! Though I think Revoltech win the breakage to time open ratio for me - Revoltech Iron Man mkIII - broke his wrist off immediately... Still much as those figures are kinda cool Hot Toys Iron Man definitely superseded them...
The Crow - brilliant face-sculpt/likeness of Brandon Lee, but lacking lots of other details that would bring the figure up to the usual standards I'd gotten used to from Hot Toys. He's lacking The Scar, which Neca remembered to include on their lower end figure way-back... His coat is a bit "action-man" in how it sits - it's a bit too bulky/the material is too thick to really hang well. He's another recent example of a high pricetag with relatively few accessories, and it's common consensus that Hot Toys really should have given him the old Bruce Lee body rather than the narrow shoulder body he ended up on. Cos the narrow shoulder body can look really odd in tight tshirts - and guess what The Crow is wearing under that slightly too bulky coat? So he just seems ...rushed and not quite finished. But despite all of that I'm still glad to have him, the likenss is spectacular - and he is probably the best version of The Crow available on the market. I'd just expected slightly more from Hot Toys - especially wrt The Scar - I know it's not obvious in the film, but Brandon Lee insisted they include it as part of his makeup and it is there. It's as though the research guy who tells them what is/isn't important to the character was having a bad day or something. And he could really have done with a more neutral to melancholy face tbh - cos he's not even wearing the right outfit to recreate the scene in the film where he has the pyschotic grin! Ok that last bit is taking it a bit far - but from that overlong ramble I think you know what I mean! ...Just lots of little things not quite right that add up to overall disappointment.
Aw! Thanks again! <3 (Yep I've come over all emotional)
Elrana really should get more attention from me - but the male dolls steal all of it because they're so loudly charismatic to Elrana's quiet sneakiness. Though to be fair Elrana does probably win clothes-wise, her jumpsuit was the single most expensive bit of dollieh clothing I've ever bought! I'm going to try and rectify the attention thing with a new (hopefully improved) face-up next time the urge strikes, and possibly a more striking (though less practical for sneaking) wig. She still has one of the 1st bjd face-ups I did, and I'd really like to make her character a bit more obvious this time around (and the face-up less goofy!) Especially since her character developed a bit more as the newer guys have changed my weird internal plotlines for all of them! (Vasily is the other main casualty that's in dire need of a repaint! My first attempt at freckles looks more like smallpox!)
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