Product Review Star Ace Queen Gorgo

If I were so inclined, I could export that head I did as an .obj so it could be 3D printed. It doesn't have any textural detail though as they were maps overlaid onto it in Poser. I guess, if anyone with ZBrush wanted to, they could add in the missing detail.

Just a thought.......

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Glad you liked the review, MBAM! Just telling it like it is. Decent figure in itself, but not quite achieving what it should have achieved.
Roger, if you ever do make your model 3D printable, maybe make it bald so that people can glue hair on top of it.

That wouldn't be a problem, the hair was 3rd party and not a part of the model.

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Thanks for pointing me over here, GF! It's a very fair review, with excellent photos and posing as usual.

I agree that price is ridiculous for this figure.

The best thing I can say for it from my perspective is that I appreciate the smaller bust on this body. ;p

skywalkersaga wrote:Thanks for pointing me over here, GF! It's a very fair review, with excellent photos and posing as usual. I agree that price is ridiculous for this figure. The best thing I can say for it from my perspective is that I appreciate the smaller bust on this body. ;p

Thank you! Silver linings... in that sense they were relatively accurate!

GubernatorFan wrote:

skywalkersaga wrote:Thanks for pointing me over here, GF! It's a very fair review, with excellent photos and posing as usual. I agree that price is ridiculous for this figure. The best thing I can say for it from my perspective is that I appreciate the smaller bust on this body. ;p

Thank you! Silver linings... in that sense they were relatively accurate!

Haha, indeed.

I don't know WHAT Star Ace's problem is, but they seem to struggle with a lot of likenesses...

I think it has a lot to do with poor casting and cheap production in a bad factory.

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Some of their output has been so bad I've gotten second-hand embarrassment just looking at it...

I know what you mean, I've seen the full horror of the teenage Hermione up close! Their Dracula wasn't bad, but, I didn't want to pay what they were asking for him.

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Here's another view of my old Poser one, just so you can be reminded what she should look like.



I did that on relatively simple software. If ZBrush wasn't so damned expensive I'd have a crack with that.

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Very pretty, Roger!

And lol, yes, the infamous Hermione ...

Rogerbee wrote:
I know what you mean, I've seen the full horror of the teenage Hermione up close! Their Dracula wasn't bad, but, I didn't want to pay what they were asking for him.

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That one should have also come with a third head sculpt with mouth closed. As it is, the two heads are too scene specific and stylized.

And teen Hermione.. Oh, the horror!!

Stryker2011 wrote:

That one should have also come with a third head sculpt with mouth closed. As it is, the two heads are too scene specific and stylized.

And teen Hermione.. Oh, the horror!!

Completely agree, Stryker! I wish it had come with a neutral head as well...would have loved to have paid homage to Sir Chris with that one.

And lol, is there a Hall of Fame (or Shame?) for 'Worst 1/6 headsculpts ever'??

Stryker2011 wrote:

That one should have also come with a third head sculpt with mouth closed. As it is, the two heads are too scene specific and stylized.

And teen Hermione.. Oh, the horror!!

I agree!

Have you seen the Pegasus resin kit also from Scars of Dracula!? 1/6 and it does look very impressive albeit a tad pricey.

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Rogerbee wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:

That one should have also come with a third head sculpt with mouth closed. As it is, the two heads are too scene specific and stylized.

And teen Hermione.. Oh, the horror!!

I agree!

Have you seen the Pegasus resin kit also from Scars of Dracula!? 1/6 and it does look very impressive albeit a tad pricey.

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Yes. If the SA version had come with a sculpt like that, I would have gotten it. But my painting skills aren’t that great for real people, so I’d never be able to do that model justice.

Same here. The headsculpts on that resin kit are indeed miles better than the Star Ace versions. But I personally prefer to have articulated figures in 1/6 scale, as I find them more satisfactory than a static statue, however beautifully sculpted and/or painted.

Apologies also to GF for going off topic in his review thread.... perhaps there should be a 'headsculpts that could have been done better' type thread for this sort of thing..

skywalkersaga wrote:And lol, is there a Hall of Fame (or Shame?) for 'Worst 1/6 headsculpts ever'??

We need one of those. Anyone want to start off a "Worst Headsculpt" thread? There have been some shockers over the years.

shazzdan wrote:

skywalkersaga wrote:And lol, is there a Hall of Fame (or Shame?) for 'Worst 1/6 headsculpts ever'??

We need one of those. Anyone want to start off a "Worst Headsculpt" thread? There have been some shockers over the years.

I think in order to do that, it might have to go by year. Compared to today’s standards, the head sculpts we thought were acceptable ten years ago, look like garbage. But if it was kept within the last 3-4 years, the judging might be a little easier. Teen Hermione, for example, would have sucked ten years ago, maybe not 15 years ago — by today’s standards, it never should have left the factory floor.