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Originally Posted by jmsmith3388
There is just something about this piece that I do not like, just not sure exactly what that is.
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I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, I love the piece but when I saw it being sculpted I thought it might be one of my all time favorites. I ordered it but here are the things that bothered me about the final piece in order of importance.
1. The legs: They appear too short to me for the body and the pose is odd postion I think. Also not a huge fan of the sand volleyball style knee pads.
2. The eyes: The final painted version seems to have really dead eyes to me. They should be blue at a minimum but worse they don't look realistic at all. Here is an example (admittedly by a pro but still what can be done)
This is a fabulous example I know and a little bigger but I have had 1/6 scale models painted and they were able to get a similar effect or at least much better. Especially when you look at the unpainted sculpt eyes.
3. Monotone paint scheme. I get this is a factory paint up but there are popping veins in the sculpt that could be lightly highlighted blue, the beard is painted one color with no highlights whatsoever, the overall skin tone is more like a mannequin than realistic skin tone IMO, and even the metal could be more aged looking.
4. The boots: They look like modern snowmobile boots to me. I do like them better than the original fur slippers though, so this is a minimal complaint.
All this said I think the upper body is near perfect and I still love the piece and ARH and the things that they do. They are one of the few companies out there that makes the things I like.
