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Introduction
Scale
1/8
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Sculptor
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Maker
SOL |
Completed
10/98
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Parts
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Retail
$31 |
Even though this is one of my earliest figure kits, I still think it
is one of my most beloved. The kit has so many facets - with the cape
she's very cool, stringing it back after having her enemy slain; without
the cape she's very shapely... let's just leave it at that. The kit looks
great on many angels - both the front and the back can be displayed on
its own. These kind of sculpts are the best sculpts. A base with a slain
monster is included too! Did I mention the sword is cast in white metal?
All for the price of just $31!
[Update] The piece can be had cheaper recently. Anyway, she is actually
from an original drawing by Luis Royo, who is a great fantasy artist (thanks
to Jack who pointed it out.) This particular piece was called "Seeds
of Nothing", which depicts the characters's back facing the viewer,
standing amongst a sea of corpses, with 2 slash wounds on her. The angle
is similar to the lower right picture. I really like the piece, and she
looks very cool! This also explains why the backside of this figure is much
better sculpted than the front side. I now like the figure with the cape
better too.
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Kit
Review
Seam lines: ?/5 Pinholes: ?/5 Casting:
?/5 Fit: ?/5 Part Break: ?/5 Help
Parts: Right arm with glove, left hand, body, left & right feet,
base, top & bottom cape, sword (white metal).
This is a vinyl kit. All the divisions are at clothing parting line so
no major work is needed. Almost no surface preparation is needed. Wonderful
kit!
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Building
I decided to allow the cape to be taken on and off from Marie. It's silly
but I put the cape in place with silly putty. To give the kit weight I
filled the base with plaster. I also filled the feet with epoxy putty
so that she can be put onto the base securely.
Painting - I used a rather dark flesh tone for Marie and it works pretty
well. I spent a lot of time on oil to give her the right shades. The cape
is nicely textured so it's heaven for drybrushing. The base has a horned
humanoid monster (I think it's Gardin, a monster in the same series) which
has his eye rolled out... fun to paint :) The sword is paint in Rustoleum
Chrome silver. In retrospect I wish I didn't paint it and just polish
it so that it's more realistic.
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