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Originally Posted by slynger
I understand the reservations as Vader will always be made time and time again.
For me it's the "differenct" aspect. The battle-damaged look and the damaged portrait take this to another level. Even though it's probably not "accurate" - I do like the lightsaber flame effect. Just adds to already cool piece.
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Yeah, for sure.
I'm one who usually dislikes (quite a bit), when artsy-fartsy flourishes are employed over honest, studied, physics-correct, representations. I usually see it as some combination of laziness and ignorance as to not understanding how things work (like how different weights of fabric would realistically behave when being blown in the wind), and brushing it off as "that's just the artists' style, man".
This is a rare case where I happily accept that something (like the cape here) is represented as purely illustrative and meant to be more evocative than accurate.
Same goes, in a slightly different sense, with the sabre.
The whole thing- those flourishes, the pose, the implied setting/base- all of it comes together and works to set a vivid scene.
Mine was set to be delivered tomorrow- but I'm in the heart of the area that was hardest hit in the WNY blizzard. I'll still be digging out the driveway come Wednesday. Travel bans may just be getting lifted by then. There are people/bodies, I'm sure, still trapped in cars here. UPS deliveries- unless they are emergency medications- are far from a priority.
I'm sure the cross country trip it's been making was hobbled several other points along the way as well.
