PCS - Ariel DarkChylde - Regular (Red) ΒΌ scale
Sculpt: Alterton bizarre
Art Director: Randy Quenn - Jerry Macaluso
Ariel DarkChylde landed on my doorstep today, and represents my first PCS piece (Yay!). I picked this up during the recent Sideshow Comic Con 2018 sale. The Exclusive (Black) was ordered, the Regular (Red) was posted? (more on this later). Hands up, it was an impulse buy
Ariel DarkChylde is a nice piece. The portrait paint app, which looks nice and clean, leans more towards being cartoony (which is fine), and the skin tone is reminiscent of my Ms Marvel from XM Studios. I like red metallic paint used on the dress. The wings look excellent. The base, containing skulls in blood works well enough. One issue with the piece, Ariel DarkChylde appears to be leaning backwards slightly, which looks slightly odd given her legs are straight (maybe her wings are preventing her from falling over?),
Ordered:
Ariel – Darkchyldearts (Black)
Excusive Limited Edition: 125
Includes: Color print of the original design and a signed Certificate of Authenticity
Received:
Ariel – Darkchyldearts (Red)
Regular Limited Edition: 350
Includes: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Slightly annoying, as I was really looking forward to receiving the Exclusive. While Red never shipped with an Art Print, it did ship with a signed Certificate of Authenticity, which was not present. I have sent Sideshow an email, and await their reply
I spotted a message on Facebook a couple of days ago. The poster mentioned receiving the last Black Ariel DarkChylde during the Sideshow sale, and it was an Artist proof. The color print and a signed Certificate of Authenticity was missing also.
UPDATE:
'This piece was shipped to you from Pop Culture Shock in North Carolina' - SSC
It appears the warehouse staff at PCS made an error. Not the fault of Sideshow. Since there are no more Ariel DarkChylde pieces in stock, as they was old stock, i decided to keep the piece and accept $40.00 of Sideshow credit. Great CS from SS as per usual.