I’ve had this version of Revy for a while now, but it’s only recently that I actually took her out of the packaging. I originally ordered her with the full intention to sell. Seeing as polystone figures seem to be expensive and all, I thought that I could make a small amount from it (like $20 or something). Turns out, that demand for her at the time wasn’t very high. I don’t know if it still is that low, but regardless, I decided to keep her. She’s now on display, but at a sacrifice of putting two other figures away in order to make the space.
I hope you like my new photoshop image. I’m not going to talk too much about how I did it, because it’s really no different than my other posts. The only real difference for this one though, are the shadows. I painted them on myself. I couldn’t use the shadows on the original because they were on a checkered tile, so I could only use the original image as a reference for creating a new shadow. It was difficult to try and get it to look convincing, but overall, it’s not too bad, I suppose.
The face is fairly well painted. None of it are decals like typical PVC figures. These are painstakenly painted on using a brush. I do wish that the expression on her wasn’t so… casual. The cigarette is a metal piece that you poke into her mouth. It looks terrible without it, so it’s not an optional piece of accessory.
Very nicely sculpted tattoo. (what do you think I’m talking about?!) It’s actually engraved in her rather than simply painted or decaled on. While decaling it on would be more believable, engraving it on actually gives depth to it, and makes it quite cool. She looks so Lara Croft without it. 🙂
The attention to detail is very nice. To know that they are using a pretty hard material (as I said before, PVC is much softer) it’s pretty incredible that they were able to do this with polystone.
I know it’s just a gun, but the detail is good. I like this shot anyway.
The sculpt on her hands are quite well done, the details on the boots are good too. The laces are bendable metal that go into holes in the boots (which are protected by metal rings of sorts)
Well, that’s about it. In case you’re wondering, this was the original lighting and background I used for the photoshopped photo.
As always, there are more photos in my gallery https://www.radiantdreamer.net
Until next time!
nice photoshop image. looks awesome. ^^;
this figure is not bad. must have cost a lot. revy’s mouth looks a bit weird though. would be better if she shows some teeth in her smile. as for the tattoo, decaling or painting over over it would look nicer.
nice photoshop work, good one 🙂
I still don’t have any poly stone / cold cast figurine, their price is too expensive and quality wise, not much difference with PVC
The only reason I did not get this figure, and prefered ALTER’s one, is that smile on her face. This doesnt work. Revy is frightening when she smiles, and would make children cry ^^
Well, that’s how I “like” this girl. But I guess it is not easy to sell dreadful figures hehe (I want a Balalaika figure T_T)
Another great composition! Painting the shadows by yourself, wouho! impressive.
@ gordon : Yeah, the smile is a little bit unusual. I would however, disagree with you on the tattoo. You’ve seen Jo’s (Bakuretsu Tenshi) tattoo decaled on right? The color doesn’t look right as well as the bit of “shine” on it, and it honestly looks more like a decal than a tattoo. This at least makes it a bit interesting. I can understand why it was sculpted in – easier to paint.
@ ron : Once you own a polystone figure, you’ll understand what the differences are. Polystone is a MUCH harder plastic (but brittle) so you can have very dynamic one leg poses and there is no worry of leaning, or need for support pegs. It’s harder than resin, so the chances of breakage are MUCH smaller. Think of it as porcelean, except it’s cast molded instead of sculpted.
@ luk : I have both Alter version and this one. I agree, I really like the attitude of the Alter version. Is this figure really that “dreadful”?
Not at all, but at least it has a “neutral” face ^^ I prefer that than a smile, it suits Revy better imo.
Your PS skills never fail to amaze me ^^. I hope I can become as good as you one day :P. The details on the figure are nice, details always make a figure good or bad.
Nice photoshop skill, the image looks superb.
Another cool composition, great job. Without knowing the character (sorry I don’t ^^;) the facial expression does make it a bit more of a friendly atmosphere and doesn’t really match the rundown environment. The lightsource matches well with the background as always.
Overall, I like your previous photoshops a little bit more only because they’re more dynamic and has a lot more going on in them. This one seems a little plain.
Great looking figure too, the engraved tattoos do look a little weird though as usually tattoos don’t really have grooves on the skin. It does add a little shadow around the tattoo though to make it more interesting and less of a decal.
@ AS : Thanks!! I’m glad you like my work! I’m not the best at it, so I try to make up for it by practicing. I’m sure with practice, you’ll make excellent photoshop comps too!
@ Kin : Good call, it does look a little plain. I was going for a bit more realism in this particular composition for sure. So I am at least, getting better in matching environments with my figures (Quite a difference from my Gemini Sunrise comp), but you’re right – it does not seem very interesting. I’ll have to think up some more stuff for surrealism. 🙂
From what I hear, (I’ve never seen the series before either) Revy is supposed to have quite the attitude – I guess a sort of Lara Croft meets Jet Black?