PCS Lady Death 1/4 statue in the works

[xellos49698]

First thought when I see this is Khaleesi aka Daenerys Targaryen from GOT, not Lady Death.

[DiscoCougar]

my $0.02...

The problem with most all (but especially the PCS 1/3rd) Lady Death statues is that sculptors and designers don't have a clue about who Stephen Hughes was and how his original art really embodied that classic '1970's Heavy Metal' style of design. Even Sideshow's Taarna release (from Heavy Metal) looks more like Lady Death than anything else "Lady Death"-statue related has in recent years. And I think it's kinda the sign of the times where every custom statue design you see just wants to give every-single-female "phat assets" rather than appropriate ones - and most all sculpts look the same now. There are multiple X-23 and Spider-Gwen designs where they both have FF-sized breasts, and they look horrid for it. Jean Grey is usually given the same butt as Storm, and now they same the body type as each other. Even Power Girl's chest reduction makes her body look no different than Wonder Woman's *shrugs*

But for Lady Death, what always confuses the hell out of me is when she gets a "thick" statue when she has an actual character rule-book that every artist is given before they (officially) create something her (statue, art, action figure, etc). I've talked to a couple of current artists who work with Coffin, and they all say there are basic rules about what she's supposed to look like - athletic, buxom, 6' tall, slight muscle definition, larger chest-to-hip-to-waist ratio, etc... Yet, somehow PCS (and other companies) give her thick thighs, a smaller chest in comparison, and stumpy legs - and she always comes out looking more like a cosplayer than she looks like the character herself =(

[Fullscale_PCS]

Originally Posted by DiscoCougar

my $0.02...

The problem with most all (but especially the PCS 1/3rd) Lady Death statues is that sculptors and designers don't have a clue about who Stephen Hughes was and how his original art really embodied that classic '1970's Heavy Metal' style of design. Even Sideshow's Taarna release (from Heavy Metal) looks more like Lady Death than anything else "Lady Death"-statue related has in recent years. And I think it's kinda the sign of the times where every custom statue design you see just wants to give every-single-female "phat assets" rather than appropriate ones, and every sculpt looks the same now. There are X-23 and Spider-Gwen designs where they both have FF breasts, and they look horrid for it. Jean Grey is given the same butt as Storm, and they both look exactly the same. Even Power Girl's chest reduction makes her body look no different than Wonder Woman's...

But for Lady Death, it always confuses the hell out of me when she gets a "thick" statue when she has an actual character rule-book that every artist is given before they (officially) create something her (statue, art, action figure, etc). I've talked to a couple of current artists who work with Coffin, and they all say there are basic rules about what she's supposed to look like - athletic, buxom, 6' tall, slight muscle definition, larger chest-to-hip-to-waist ratio, etc... Yet, somehow PCS was allowed to give her thick thighs, a smaller chest in comparison, and stumpy legs...

Your point is well made, but we work closely with coffin on her design from concept through to final sculpt. She's a fully licensed and approved design. We don't work in a creative vacuum. And her backside has been WELL received.

[Pharmer]

Originally Posted by Fullscale_PCS

Your point is well made, but we work closely with coffin on her design from concept through to final sculpt. She's a fully licensed and approved design. We don't work in a creative vacuum. And her backside has been WELL received.

It must be a huge challenge trying to stay faithful to the source material that is from a 2D comic character. There are many examples of comic art that looked great the way it was drawn but the 3D piece ended up looking almost inhuman as the anatomical proportions were way off (but done on purpose to exaggerate or convey a sense of movement). Just looking at LD?s image above, if that were turned into a PF, there would probably be a lot of negative feedback about the facial features, anatomy etc?.

[Straken-SWE]

Originally Posted by Pharmer

It must be a huge challenge trying to stay faithful to the source material that is from a 2D comic character. There are many examples of comic art that looked great the way it was drawn but the 3D piece ended up looking almost inhuman as the anatomical proportions were way off (but done on purpose to exaggerate or convey a sense of movement). Just looking at LD?s image above, if that were turned into a PF, there would probably be a lot of negative feedback about the facial features, anatomy etc?.

Its not that art direction Coffin Comics have for Lady Death anymore either. PCSs statue look closer to current Lady Death than that 25 year old picture does

[Shoo]

[Jiggatron69]

Can’t wait! I’m pretty excited for this

[bdlovelace]

Originally Posted by Atlantisatdawn

I agree with you, need to close the legs a little, kinda looks like she's sitting on the toilet

The Bonus EX could be a squatty potty.

[Lonewolf65]

Originally Posted by Shoo

[ukshaun]

I like the portrait.
One dragon (the dragon behind her) would have been enough.

Since i own a 1/4 Lady Death (by Sideshow) i do not need a 2nd one.