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I kept looking for this thread, and realized, no one's started one yet!
I guess there aren't enough figures in hand to see lots of variants yet.
But, with Maulfan's and edwint's shots and many more to come, I thought I would show my repainted ALIENS Warrior, and give my review of it, since I have a few comments to make on it.
First. GREAT HT Box. Perfect as always.
Upon opening, it is an easy buildup. Took me less than a minute.
The bendy hands are cool and the back tubes go on easy.
Now, my complaints.
The back tubes fall off easy (if you are prone to play with it like I am...)
The feet just fall off if you look at 'em wrong...
And, of course...you all know me...movie Accuracy.
BUT, all that having been said, this is one amazing figure. The poses are already well documented by edwint and Maulfan already. So, I will refrain from trying to compete with those amazing images. NO WAY I can do that stuff! Just anticipaing MF's ceiling shot....
So, how is it finish wise? Paint wise. Fine. For the non-fixerupper, it works fine. As Maulfan has said, it's glossy, catches light well and has the look of the Aliens version in amazingly dramatic ways, so much so, that I have to rebut my own previous criticisms of it.
However, being an ALIEN/Giger fanatic, I have to repaint mine. I will say, it is an easy paint, if you are halfway capable. as the raised details on the more paintable legs and arms are easy to drybrush to bring out raised details.
It is hard to match the rubber chest and head areas, because there are no blacks or real darks in them, so you have to fudge it. But, it can be repainted and remain posable, and it becomes about 100% more dramatic! And, dare I say it, more movie accurate. it even has physical attributes of the original ALIEN and that alone makes it a keeper for me. I never knew it would be so cool.
Edited Additional BEFORE repaint shot:
Now, my pics...
I did repaint the tongue, as it is supposed to be white and not dark. Left the teeth alone.
And side by side with my repainted MacFarlane Alien (reworked into an ALIENS Alien)
You can see the differences from the more movie accurate Mac toy, and this one, but, IT DOESN'T MATTER! This is so cool a figure, and TALL! It is more in keeping with the famous Takeya Alien Pile statue kit, and therefore is still very much in the lore of all things ALIEN.
I posed mine for this shoot with a physical homage to the original Bolaji Bodajo ALIEN posture, with his slightly bowed legs and physical "weirdness".
This is a great toy! I sure hope you guys can get one, if you haven't already.
Now, for more pics! Who knows what kind of stuff is to come! (Wait til Pjam and WOrGar get their's! I imagine the WorGar kitchen is gonna get rough! )
I give this figure, FLAWS AND ALL, FIVE STARS! It rules!
I guess there aren't enough figures in hand to see lots of variants yet.
But, with Maulfan's and edwint's shots and many more to come, I thought I would show my repainted ALIENS Warrior, and give my review of it, since I have a few comments to make on it.
First. GREAT HT Box. Perfect as always.
Upon opening, it is an easy buildup. Took me less than a minute.
The bendy hands are cool and the back tubes go on easy.
Now, my complaints.
The back tubes fall off easy (if you are prone to play with it like I am...)
The feet just fall off if you look at 'em wrong...
And, of course...you all know me...movie Accuracy.
BUT, all that having been said, this is one amazing figure. The poses are already well documented by edwint and Maulfan already. So, I will refrain from trying to compete with those amazing images. NO WAY I can do that stuff! Just anticipaing MF's ceiling shot....
So, how is it finish wise? Paint wise. Fine. For the non-fixerupper, it works fine. As Maulfan has said, it's glossy, catches light well and has the look of the Aliens version in amazingly dramatic ways, so much so, that I have to rebut my own previous criticisms of it.
However, being an ALIEN/Giger fanatic, I have to repaint mine. I will say, it is an easy paint, if you are halfway capable. as the raised details on the more paintable legs and arms are easy to drybrush to bring out raised details.
It is hard to match the rubber chest and head areas, because there are no blacks or real darks in them, so you have to fudge it. But, it can be repainted and remain posable, and it becomes about 100% more dramatic! And, dare I say it, more movie accurate. it even has physical attributes of the original ALIEN and that alone makes it a keeper for me. I never knew it would be so cool.
Edited Additional BEFORE repaint shot:
Now, my pics...
I did repaint the tongue, as it is supposed to be white and not dark. Left the teeth alone.
And side by side with my repainted MacFarlane Alien (reworked into an ALIENS Alien)
You can see the differences from the more movie accurate Mac toy, and this one, but, IT DOESN'T MATTER! This is so cool a figure, and TALL! It is more in keeping with the famous Takeya Alien Pile statue kit, and therefore is still very much in the lore of all things ALIEN.
I posed mine for this shoot with a physical homage to the original Bolaji Bodajo ALIEN posture, with his slightly bowed legs and physical "weirdness".
This is a great toy! I sure hope you guys can get one, if you haven't already.
Now, for more pics! Who knows what kind of stuff is to come! (Wait til Pjam and WOrGar get their's! I imagine the WorGar kitchen is gonna get rough! )
I give this figure, FLAWS AND ALL, FIVE STARS! It rules!
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