XM Studios Magdalena

[iceprince_x]

Honestly this statue makes me feel so sad that I could cry... So much potential... After seeing and owning the Darkness... I know XM can do greater service to the Top Cow characters after CS Moore's near perfect take on them.

I hope XM is listening and will really reconsidering a better base, spear and portrait for the Magdalena.

[archery]

Agree with others. This needs some work to get it back on track. But easily fixable:

* Paint job on the portraits should match first reveal
* Needs a third portrait without hair covering the face
* Hooded face needs reworking. Hair strands do not look natural
* Headstone/statue base should be the same color as the pillar underfoot or a much lighter color. Light green or white marble to offset the dark clothing of Magdalena.

I think body sculpt and paint job are good. Not much I would change there.

[archery]

Originally Posted by iceprince_x

Honestly this statue makes me feel so sad that I could cry... So much potential... After seeing and owning the Darkness... I know XM can do greater service to the Top Cow characters after CS Moore's near perfect take on them.

I hope XM is listening and will really reconsidering a better base, spear and portrait for the Magdalena.

I know how you feel. This was at the top of my list. I own The Darkness too - great sculpt but there is a LOT I would change about the color scheme of that piece.

[silentwinter92]

The headstone/statue and the pillar underfoot needs to be the same color scheme. It looks very disconnected from the main statue, even the tiling is different.

[Davidian]

Originally Posted by TB-303

This is what I see

[Finisher]

Originally Posted by TB-303

What the hell has gone wrong again that this beautiful natural face:



ends up as a flat and lifeless caricature:



There was so much beauty in the head sculpt. Now it has been lost in my opinion.
I am very disappointed and don't know if I will keep my preorder.
Always these negative changes to the female head sculpts. I don't get it.

Cant get it either... thats just dumb.

[ukshaun]

Bad photo or have XM messed up some how?

[Tbolt]

I just looked at the photos on FB...They wrecked this.

Bunny toothed portrait...WTH?

And again, exactly what I was afraid of, they went dark on the garden angel tombstone and she gets lost in the wash.

I was ready to drop a grand on this...boy do they struggle with the females. Thought they had it sorted.

[ChaFoShizzle]

I think a white marble or alabaster look would suit the headstone base much better. Looking at the portrait again, it's strange. The ones they posted besides the hair strands looked like a winner. This just doesn't look as good.

[Tbolt]

Originally Posted by ChaFoShizzle

I think a white marble or alabaster look would suit the headstone base much better. Looking at the portrait again, it's strange. The ones they posted besides the hair strands looked like a winner. This just doesn't look as good.

They really struggle with their pallet in this regard. Many of their pieces have too many details that 'blend in with each other'. I am not convinced they will change it, as they haven't really caught on to the problem 'at least what I perceive is a problem' yet.

While I would rather they didn't have the giant backdrop taking away from the main character, not having a solid white or marble for contrast is a huge miss.