ahbake wrote:Very nice ics and review.
It's a great figure overall, lots of nice details and quite a good fit for the elaborate outfit. I still think the head sculpt has a bit of Travolta going on, but maybe a repaint could bring out more of Pitt?
Thank you very much! Now that you mention it, yes, I can see a bit of Travolta in there (though the nose and forehead are different). It still looks sufficiently well as Pitt for me. I don't know if I will be messing with the paint, but who knows? What do you think would make it more Pitt-like in terms of paint?
skywalkersaga wrote:Thanks for the more detailed review. I have been eyeing this one for a while, and your review did nothing to dissuade me, lol.
Oddly I think the 'sad' headsculpt is a slightly better Brad Pitt likeness when looking at it straight on, but both sculpts 'work' just fine once on the body and posed. Though it is a bit strange that one headsculpt has a longer sculpted part of the neck than the other.
You might have already answered this (apologies if I missed it), but where did you get those LED braziers?
You are very welcome. I agree on the sculpts. I just noticed the neck difference after you brought it up -- no idea why they differ, but it confirms my impression the head sculpts are not completely identical -- the overall neckpiece length ends up being the about the same anyway.
You didn't miss anything, I did not discuss the LED braziers. They came parted out from those POP Toys Henry V sets with a throne. They come in six parts: base and capital (which are identical), stem, dish, a small ball-like light and battery compartment with a couple of batteries that you separate with a little plastic tab to turn off the light, and the translucent molded flame that you place on top. The whole thing fits very precariously, so if you have a safe way of storing it complete, it may be advisable to apply a little glue, especially to where the stem attaches to the base and capital; maybe even to the places where the dish rests on the capital; but you need to keep the battery compartment and the flame loose so you can turn it on and off.
Valiarde wrote:Haha this one mad me laugh. The "expression" of Pitt is priceless and very fitting to this scene."Ummm, I..take this head...thank you..."
Very nice lighting and super cool figures. I often thought about getting the vampire, cause of the awesome outfit. Nice to see it in detial
Thank you very much! I'm delighted it made you laugh, that was its purpose. Did you also notice he handed the head right over to the goblin, preferring to focus on the girl (and her neck)?
ahbake wrote:I think the problem with the sculpts is that the upper lip is wrong, BP's is a lot straighter, not heart shaped like in the sculpts. Also the cleft not he chin is too pronounced on the rooted hair version, as well as the eyebrows being the wrong shape... so there's a lot of BP there, I just think some details are wrong, which throw the sculpt off for me.
There is something, but I'm not sure what it is. In most images the upper lip may be vertically narrower, maybe a little less wavy, but it really varies. The eyebrows too. Look at the photos below. I think you are right the cleft in the chin is not very noticeable on the real Pitt. All these details are more pronounced on the loose hair head sculpt than on the other one. The loose hair head sculpt is intended to look more disheveled, and that was probably their rationale for the bushier eyebrows.
skywalkersaga wrote:Yeah, if you are a stickler for exact likeness, I can understand. I personally want this figure to use as a totally different character rather than Louis, so the impression is good enough for me. ;p
I looked up the live action manifestation of the Beast (Dan Stevens?) and I can see how these heads would work quite well for your purposes, perhaps with a little bit of modification.
