Since no one else has posted pics I will oblige, fair warning it's with rough overhead lighting, a $200 phone, and my crap photo skills but I did my best.
Honestly I'm pleasantly surprised with this one, I saw some pics on FB and I wasn't too enamored and was worried I'd be a bit let down but it came out pretty damn awesome.
A quick run down and my thoughts.
Packaging: Decently compact, pretty tall and long but skinny box. Has styrofoam blocks on every side of the art box. I think corners are better as they give it a crush zone but I'm not expert on shipping there, mine came a-ok for the most part so can't complain there.
It had straps not tape holding it together which I always love so high five there. Here's a quick shot of the interior box. Wax paper and plastic bags (both) around the pieces, not cloth.
Paints: Overall pretty damn awesome. Especially the weathering I am very impressed. I'll start with the weakest part, the gold bits.
The eagle shoulder pad (which is packed separately to help keep it safe) has kept the detail very well and looks damn good. The weathering is also decent on it but IMO should have been a couple shades darker brown to really make it look nice.
The badge could have used some better shading tbh and either the paint was a bit too thick there or the sculpt lost a bit of it's sharpness, either badge while it still looks nice could have been a bit better. Still from a normal even up close it still looks pretty good. The chain is loose links btw not solid sculpt so they aren't likely to come damaged (fortunately).
Buckle is alright (looks better then it does in this photo), nothing mind blowing but nothing wrong with it.
Now the metal bits, VERY well done on the weathering effects there. I'm sure most of you have seen the terrible metal wear effect that seems to sneak it's way into statues where it's just a brush of silver across and it looks horrible. None of that here, just top notch wear on the shin guards, VERY nice looking. I'm glad that the weathering did not turn out like it did on the Ultra Bison.
The boots also had a lot of nice dirt and scuff marks to go with them
The shotgun also was painted beautifully, I was worried the skull would have some poor linework but it's solid and the weathering on the gun is also present, mostly on the barrel but there is still good shading through out.
I tried getting a good picture of the body weathering but unfortunately I was unable. It's present and done very well with some black in all the little crevices of the suit. You can vaguely see it in the badge photo. Here's the best full body shot I took but I can't tell there's shading in there but trust me there is shading on his body suit and all over his pads/belts/boots/etc. It's done well, not too strong and just the right amount of subtlety. The pic will show you all the suit detailing was retained though.
Before going to the heads I'll go over to the base. This was also similarly impressive. Not in a mind-blowing way but if you've ever seen rock bases (especially SS ones) they tend to be flat (2 or 3 tones at most), light on shading, and have a bad tendency to look kinda plasticy. Fortunately there are a lot of different colors and nice highlighting on the base which while it is a mostly plain base manages to look top tier.
I have statues from pretty much every big company out there. SS, PCS, HMO, Tsume, XM, and P1 and even the best (XM, HMO, P1) clearly give less attention to the base. A lot over spraying to blend colors and "muddy" looks. They still look great, but they clearly are a secondary focus. I don't know if I can say this is some of the best painted rock I've seen (it's clearly painted) but it looks great. It's nothing special as I said, but it's certainly a base paint job I'm happy with (though the stairs woulda been cooler ;p) Also sorry it's a back shot of the base! Forgot to take a front one. The skull in front is ok, nothing amazing.
