War Story WS-003 Kunoichi

Hi all, it's been awhile and finally got around to shooting pics of this figure. It's a very good figure, but it did have some things that just irked me and needed fixing.

Head sculpt is definitely very nicely done.
WS003 HS 1 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 HS 2 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 HS 3 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 HS 4 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 HS 5 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Now here's what irked me about this figure. Glue... lots of it. All the metal pieces were threaded and glued to the straps. The metal shoulder guard had a patch of material with elastic string threaded through glued to it. The elastic stings were then tied into a knot and all those loose ends were just left dangling and hanging around (I cut and trimmed them, will apply a small dab of glue to keep the knot in place or think of another method to strap the shoulder guard on). The front piece of the upper bodice had the string glued together as well. That made taking the clothing off a pain. The amount of string they used was insufficient to keep it in place as you took it off. You needed to unthread the entire thing and rethread putting it back on. But the strands used were all frayed at the ends, which means I needed to trim the frayed ends off, apply some beeswax to the ends to prevent fraying and rethread. Yeah, that didn't happen as they didn't give me the length I needed to do even that. The glue they used also couldn't hold the strap to the metal guards. Mine came with two of the guards completely undone with the wear on the straps already.

Straps that were glued to the guards. They came undone and removing the glue was time consuming. It was a sticky, gummy residue.
Guard Straps by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

After snipping off the threads, removing the glue residue and experimenting with C-Lon bead cord...
Rethreaded Bodice 1 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Rethreaded Bodice 2 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Rethreaded Bodice 3 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Rethreaded Leg Guards by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Rethreaded Arm Guards 1 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Rethreaded Arm Guards 2 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Rethreaded Arm Guards 3 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Rethreaded Arm Guards 4 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Interesting enough, I think it worked well for the most part. I like it better now than when I pulled it out of the box. LOL

Figure masked.
WS003 Masked by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Some quick posing with her accessories.
WS003 Pose 1 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 Pose 2 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Figure itself
WS003 Stance 1 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 Stance 2 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 Stance 3 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

WS003 Stance 4 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

Here's a poor pic of when I pulled it out of the box with 2 of the guards that came off inside the box. Also sent this pic to the shop about the issue. It's original look...
Out of Box by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

I don't know how the original looked but that doesn't matter, your use of the cord makes it look far better and higher quality than just some straps!

Great review and a cool looking figure! I also had this figure on my "maybe" list, as i thought it looks really badass and has style. Even with the slight quality problems looks like a good buy.

What pose will you give her on the shelf?
I like the pic of pose 2 with the blowing straps, for sure some great possibilities here to show some styles.

Yep the red cord is fitting the theme and a great contrast.

I would replace the weird heeled shoes with some Waraji Socks and Sandals thingies though.

I picked up the head parted out by itself, but it looks like a nice set. And I think you've overcome the greaves issue.

Valiarde wrote:Great review and a cool looking figure! I also had this figure on my "maybe" list, as i thought it looks really badass and has style. Even with the slight quality problems looks like a good buy.

What pose will you give her on the shelf?
I like the pic of pose 2 with the blowing straps, for sure some great possibilities here to show some styles.

Ok, playing around with wires and seeing how it goes:
WS003 Pose 3 by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

And had this up on my desk for a few days... I don't know... something about a girl with a BFG makes it look so bad (in a good and bad way!) LOL
Kunoichi BFG by Vicki Lee, on Flickr

I don’t know how I missed this thread — but all your efforts paid off to rethread her. And your wire experiment and BFG look pretty cool.

great looking figure. I just wished they use seamless "net clothes" instead, so i won't see the ugly thick seam lines. The body is tbleague i guess?

brassco wrote:great looking figure. I just wished they use seamless "net clothes" instead, so i won't see the ugly thick seam lines. The body is tbleague i guess?

Yes. They did use a TBL body for this one.