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Old 09-11-2022, 02:50 PM   #71
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I went ahead and gave Mai her "corrected" skin finish - not surprisingly, it's a vast improvement over the factory skin gloss finish, and I'm much happier with her overall now. Basically, I masked off everything but her skin, hair, and the rope part of her costume - it had a gloss finish as well, which is all kinds of wrong for rope. I used a Mr. Color flat clear finish, applied with an airbrush, and did some smoothing on her skin with a fine emery cloth afterwards. Ironically, her face actually does have the correct flat skin finish, in contrast to the rest of her body, so I didn't need to do anything there. Here are the after pics:
It's amazing how simple that is, and how big of a difference that makes. How did Koto let that out of the factory? Your version looks head and shoulders above the other. It really looks like a legit vs. recast version. Good lord.
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Old 09-11-2022, 04:26 PM   #72
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Maybe the plastic on her body did not cure properly causing an unintentional shine.
I'm pretty sure the gloss was intentionally applied - there is some subtle shading around her knees which was glossy, meaning that the shading was painted and then the gloss finish was deliberately applied over it - ugh...
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Old 09-11-2022, 04:31 PM   #73
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It's amazing how simple that is, and how big of a difference that makes. How did Koto let that out of the factory? Your version looks head and shoulders above the other. It really looks like a legit vs. recast version. Good lord.
Thank you! And yes this was my thought exactly - I can't imagine what made the art director for the piece think that a gloss skin coat was going to be a swell idea - or if it was just a screw up by the factory, then how Kotobukiya would have ever signed off on distributing the production run... Either way, this was a total mess for them...
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Old 09-11-2022, 05:31 PM   #74
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^ Really that bad in person huh? Disappointing. Love the pose.

Planning on 2 but maybe I'll get one in first to see how it is.
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Old 09-13-2022, 06:40 AM   #75
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I can't imagine what made the art director for the piece think that a gloss skin coat was going to be a swell idea -
Someone on MFC says they actually emailed Kotobukiya about it, and got the response below. So based on that it was intentional, and they give their reason for doing it. (The illustration they're referring to is the very first post of this thread.)

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Dear Sir or Madam

Thank you very much for purchasing our products.
We also sincerely apologize for any concerns you may have had regarding the product you purchased.

【About Shiranui's glossy finish】
The glossy finish of Shiranui's body is adjusted to be close to the illustration as a specification.
Please understand that this is not a case of forgetting to remove the luster, but rather a daring expression of the finished product.
The actual product may differ slightly from the illustration.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

If there are any defects in areas other than the gloss, please inform us of the details first.
・Details of the defect:

If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact our center.
We sincerely apologize for any concern this may have caused.
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Old 09-16-2022, 11:28 PM   #76
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Someone on MFC says they actually emailed Kotobukiya about it, and got the response below. So based on that it was intentional, and they give their reason for doing it. (The illustration they're referring to is the very first post of this thread.)
Ok . after watching a video. I see what they were trying to do. The cloths are a little more of a matte finish so it was intentional. Still a little odd though.
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Old 07-20-2023, 03:51 PM   #77
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Added recently this lovely lady to the family.

I'm kinda suprised how much Kotobukiya improved their quality since the Tekken Bishoujo statues.
Athena is going to be added next.
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Old 07-20-2023, 09:02 PM   #78
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Face looks weird on this Mai.
I got the amakuni one and I think it's way better than Koto's. Their horror and dark stalker bishoujo lines are excellent but they dropped the ball on Mai.
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Old 07-20-2023, 09:23 PM   #79
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Added recently this lovely lady to the family.

I'm kinda suprised how much Kotobukiya improved their quality since the Tekken Bishoujo statues.
Athena is going to be added next.
Nice trio! Who is the one with the screen produced by?
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Old 07-20-2023, 10:12 PM   #80
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Nice trio! Who is the one with the screen produced by?
http://www.statueforum.com/showthrea...52#post6126752
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