TravelGuide wrote:Ah, OK. Thanks. That explains.ThePhotogsBlog wrote:this is the 2nd version of Tomoe Gozen that was released by TBL. The original had a more Asian skin tone. That notwithstanding, I have two of the current Tomoe head sculpts which I use for Kamiko, and they are a little more orange than the TBL pale bodies. This is barely noticeable to the naked eye, but sure shows up in photos when I warm up the images in Photoshop as I am prone to doing.
Depending on the light she indeed does appear a bit more pinkish than the regular pale bodies. When she first arrived I tried the head on a pale body, and then I couldn't see the difference. Diid you just get the heads?
No, I got the heads many months apart, and both some time ago. Since I do almost nothing but kitbash, I tend to buy mainly from Monkey Depot. This requires explanation. I first created Kamiko as a DAZ 3D character around 6 years ago.
Tokyo Alley_2 by Gary Menten, on FlickrWhen I got involved in 1/6 scale a couple of years ago, I realized that I would have to create a 1/6th scale equivalent. The head that seemed the closest to DAZ Kamiko's was the Tomoe head sculpt, but there were none on the market at that time. Then Monkey Dep got a bunch of Tomoes and parted many of them out and so I grabbed one at $59.00. They are one of the most popular sculpts on the market it seems and command very high prices, even at Monkey Depot. 8 months...a year later ( I think) they got at least five more and so I grabbed another. I was right to do so immediately because by 11.00PM that night they were all sold out. It's not a perfect match for 3D Kamiko, but then the chances of finding one that was exactly 100% correct in every details is statistically 0%.
Since then, I have retired DAZ Kamiko, and toned down her personality somewhat to make the stories acceptable for posting on 1/6 scale forums, but the basics remain pretty much the same.
