NEW PRODUCT: WOLFKING: 1/6 sexy female pirate head carved red hair & blonde (WK89016BC)

skywalkersaga wrote:I’d be curious to see some pics of it in-hand ...

I've been tied up with some family stuff over this week, but I'll try to get to it on Monday.

GeeWillikers wrote:

skywalkersaga wrote:I’d be curious to see some pics of it in-hand ...

I've been tied up with some family stuff over this week, but I'll try to get to it on Monday.

Aw, no rush!  : )

OK, here we are (slightly NSFW to better show off the colour match):


^ Flash


^ Natural light (overcast English afternoon variety)


^ Pale red filter - looks best under this light IMO.


^ Those ridiculous ears (actually not so much too small as just oddly positioned) - luckily the hair is 'springy' enough that you need never see them - or that ugly neck joint. The hair is also less 'bouffant' than in the promos, which is just fine by me.
Note: See also photographer's pasty English finger for contrast and comparison - I may make this a dedicated feature of future shoots.  


In conclusion, this is OK, but not much more than that to be honest. It's not actually a bad sculpt or anything, but the possibilities are limited with that look, IMHO. Great if you can pick it up cheap (my seller was willing to negotiate), but again, it only really colour-matches with a Jaiou wheat body. Under certain light conditions though, I reckon this will pass for a Hispanic character if you have specific need of one.

Now that I'm more familiar with it however, the facial features remind me not of Jesse Jane but of an exaggerated version of a certain 1970s-present day British actress in her arguable 'prime' (especially around the eyes), but as it's now spoilt the Hispanic look for me, I won't say who it is.

Hmm, doesn’t look too bad in some of those first pics. Are those hands stock from the Jiaou? They look huge in a couple shots, but I like the nails.

I wonder, are you talking about Helen Mirren...?

Stryker2011 wrote:Hmm, doesn’t look too bad in some of those first pics. Are those hands stock from the Jiaou? They look huge in a couple shots, but I like the nails.

The hands are from a long-forgotten set from years ago, but I thought they'd look good with this figure. They do look a little large, but I'm not sure if that's mostly down to them being spread wide (the others in the set look fine). It's a fairly common set, now I think about it, but the nail colour is a rare variant. Happily, they are a very good match for this body.

Stryker2011 wrote:I wonder, are you talking about Helen Mirren...?

Heh, no, but of similar classy vintage (like a fine wine). It's completely the wrong body for the person I'm thinking of, if that helps any.

The head to body match looks pretty close. Joanna Lumley (but she was more attractive)?

GubernatorFan wrote:The head to body match looks pretty close. Joanna Lumley (but she was more attractive)?

10/10!  

In her younger modelling days of course (and yes, much more attractive)

(other, poutier examples are available at forum-busting sizes)

GeeWillikers wrote:In her younger modelling days of course (and yes, much more attractive)

Of course... I loved her guest appearances on Are You Being Served? Unfortunately, the stills are all at least somewhat grainy.

I'm glad it's not just me who sees it.

Thanks for the pics, GeeW! Seems like you made pretty good use of it .

skywalkersaga wrote:Thanks for the pics, GeeW! Seems like you made pretty good use of it .

It's good to have finally found a compatible head for one of those pneumatic Jaiou euro bodies, I suppose. Now all I have to deal with is the skin maintenance.

Question for GeeW -- I assume this head would work on some of the tbleague bodies? Mainly thinking the s12d or s23b?


You don't need to take pics or anything, just checking if you think it would work with one of those. Skintone not important in this case, just fit...

Yeah, it should be OK size and fit-wise for a TBL of that height. It might in theory even look better than on a Jaiou body purely in terms of fit, in that TBL necks are fatter and so there'd be less of an obvious seam/gap.  

And yes, the sculpt's skintone is far off either TBL skintone.

Thank you so much for confirming that, GeeW!