Stanley Lau's Pepper Collection (Premium Format and Print)

[HieroJux]

Originally Posted by qz33

WHOA! You're in here now! Ha ha knew it was only a matter of time.

You do the best reviews! Please Please do a LOOOOONG review of this!

Haha you were right. I couldn’t resist. I’m not really doing reviews right now. I’ll resume at some point but not plans at present.
I will say that she’s pretty impressive. Bigger than I thought she’d be. The base is surprisingly appealing. Paint is on point. Flash photography does her no favors. All the color washes out with my phones flash anyway, she just looks better in person in natural light. Everything about her is pretty accurate to the artwork with the exception of her face. Compared to the art, and Artgerm’s work in general, her face is a little longer and more mature looking. That’s not a good thing. She doesn’t come across as cute as I think she ought to. That’s not to say she isn’t attractive, on the contrary, she’s very pretty and still is obviously a product of Stanley’s design. I’m very happy with it but given the price, I’d expect it to nail the art. And even though it isn’t a dead on reproduction of her face, it’s still fantastic to look at.

[qz33]

Originally Posted by HieroJux

Haha you were right. I couldn’t resist. I’m not really doing reviews right now. I’ll resume at some point but not plans at present.
I will say that she’s pretty impressive. Bigger than I thought she’d be. The base is surprisingly appealing. Paint is on point. Flash photography does her no favors. All the color washes out with my phones flash anyway, she just looks better in person in natural light. Everything about her is pretty accurate to the artwork with the exception of her face. Compared to the art, and Artgerm’s work in general, her face is a little longer and more mature looking. That’s not a good thing. She doesn’t come across as cute as I think she ought to. That’s not to say she isn’t attractive, on the contrary, she’s very pretty and still is obviously a product of Stanley’s design. I’m very happy with it but given the price, I’d expect it to nail the art. And even though it isn’t a dead on reproduction of her face, it’s still fantastic to look at.

Would you say it looks like the prototype statue?

Matching drawn art especially Mr. Lau's pencils is something many have tried and none have totally succeeded.

Just know that there are those of us that are awaiting your return to reviews.

[HieroJux]

Originally Posted by qz33

Would you say it looks like the prototype statue?

Matching drawn art especially Mr. Lau's pencils is something many have tried and none have totally succeeded.

Just know that there are those of us that are awaiting your return to reviews.

So I went back and looked at the prototype pics and there are some significant discrepancies. It’s possible that some of this is due to lighting but the final version doesn’t seem to have the eye shadow or lipgloss from the piece shown at comic con. I posted a couple pics in the stickied thread. I can tell you that the pics I took do not do her face justice. Still, the finished version is lacking in comparison.

[HieroJux]

I’m not sure what to make of this. It looks like lighting is everything with this piece. Here are two pics I took today. The flash murders her whole vibe. I get the sense that I could have the one they showed at sdcc and depending on the lighting, think that is was completely different.

[pokritz17]

Originally Posted by HieroJux

I’m not sure what to make of this. It looks like lighting is everything with this piece. Here are two pics I took today. The flash murders her whole vibe. I get the sense that I could have the one they showed at sdcc and depending on the lighting, think that is was completely different.

the face looks just odd in that photo - how does it look in person?

[CyborgHunter]

Originally Posted by HieroJux

I’m not sure what to make of this. It looks like lighting is everything with this piece. Here are two pics I took today. The flash murders her whole vibe. I get the sense that I could have the one they showed at sdcc and depending on the lighting, think that is was completely different.

Looking at the photos you posted in the other thread..I think her face looks really good. I would be very happy with this purchase.

[ukshaun]

Originally Posted by HieroJux

I’m not sure what to make of this. It looks like lighting is everything with this piece. Here are two pics I took today. The flash murders her whole vibe. I get the sense that I could have the one they showed at sdcc and depending on the lighting, think that is was completely different.

With the flash she don't look anywhere near a pretty as the official Sideshow images.

Natural daylight works best. Whenever i use flash, the results are dire.
If you have a fancy flash, that can bounce light off the ceiling, not directly onto the subject, good results can be achieved.

[qz33]

Looks best in that warm outside lighting. Thanks for posting pictures!

Originally Posted by HieroJux

Got Pepper today.

[Josado]

So disappointed with the face. :/

[qz33]

Originally Posted by Josado

So disappointed with the face. :/

It's just one of those things that was so dependent upon the skill and style of the painter on the prototype (exquisite painting master, Ms. Sapene) that the production pieces were almost surely never going to live up to it.