So my Saber Lily has finally arrived from e2046. Everyone and their mother ordered one, much like Max Factory Ignis a couple of years back.
There are plenty of other reviews that have done an excellent job, such as Kodomut. And Lightningsabre has a nice little photoshop too.
It’s like the Monolith. e2046’s packaging scares me. But the figures always arrive perfectly with no dents or crushed boxes.
Jumping around on bubble wrap. I’ve got so much of this stuff, I can probably melt it and make a 1:8 scale out of it.
More jumping. Thanks for the wrap, e2046!
FINALLY!!! After much unwrapping!
HEY! Down in front!! You’re in the way of the shot!!
Well… what else am I gonna do with the extra sword?
Immediately mistreated. Downgraded to the “Bottom Feeders” shelf to fend for space with Ashe and Sephiroth. She’ll have to stay there until I can make some room somewhere else. Asuka is in danger of being put in storage! 🙂
On the same day, we had to say goodbye to a very special brother and sister. Don’t worry, you’re going to a good home, and you helped pay for Lily!
Taking Kodomut’s awesome idea of feathers for Lily, I decided to do a photoshop image of Saber Lily with wings.
Click on the image for a full sized version!
It doesn’t really blend in all that much, but was still pretty fun to do. Here’s a youtube video of the whole thing being painted!
[pro-player]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeLJppYtXS0[/pro-player]
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You put her in the bottom shelf?? That’s just mean, man! LoL. I have saved a space for her on the top shelf, but I have to have one more fun with her before she stands at that permanent place. Even in that spot there’ll be another fun with her ^_^ Now if only I have time to do it all XD
Great touch with the wings! It’s well drawn. ^_^ It looks more realistic in the thumbnail XD
hee hee it’s only temporary though. But who knows how long “temporary” will be with me. >_>
The way you say “I have to have one more fun with her” kinda sounds … well, hee hee I’m assuming it has something to do with lilies. ^^
I sampled colors from Saber’s clothes to get the right tonal values, but I think I need to put in more detail all around and make it more solid in order for it to seem more realistic. That might be why the thumbnail looks more realistic. ^_^
The picture with wings is just amazing and beautiful ! Congratulation !!
Arigato! ^_^
Please…stop posting about Saber Lily :'( . I’m so mad that the frickin European suppliers couldn’t get her because of money problems. They said that there will be a second batch and that they would get her. But I swear, if I see her on HLJ or HobbySearch I’m ordering her there. I’m not going to be mistreated again because of the stupid Euro suppliers, cause it’s not the first time they screw with the major shops who have no fault in this.
I’m sorry about writing like this, you know I’m not like this…but seriously besides Sheryl Nome from Megahouse this was my second major wanted figure of this year mostly because of her beauty and imponent presence.
Awww, dang Belela-san. That’s terrible! But it’s good that there will be more coming. The small-time suppliers can be janky sometimes, so it’s always a risk. I wish you good luck with getting her. And no worries, I understand your frustration. ^_^
I’m pretty happy with mine. I picked her up when I was in Japan. Re: Excalibur, I decided to display her with the sword partially drawn from the sheath. She’s holding Avalon in her other hand, but it’s a pretty cool effect considering the whole thing appears to be floating from her hand.
that’s a good idea, actually. I was contemplating that before doing the photoshoot, but decided the sheath was actually a bit distracting from everything else that was going to happen in the photo. 🙂
When I decide to take her from the “studio” back into the bottom feeder shelf, I’ll do just that. ^_^
That’s pretty cool with that painted wings, it really suits Saber that much.
You did the wings with separate layer, right?
yup. The wings are on a separate layer. I never paint on the source layers in case I want to correct something.
Oh… gonna try something like that out sometime.
My Saber is seated at the top of my make-shift shelf above my computers. Need some IKEA action soon!
lol! honestly, detolfs are not that efficient for displaying figures.
rin’s jumping around is very cute ^_^
And your winged lily is my wallpaper now, thx!
I’m glad you like it! 😀
Yeah, I love my little mini-daughters. ^_^
You put Saber Lily at the bottom?? ahh, that’s so cruel. haha, she’s the cream of the crop, and you know what they say about cream and rising…lol. As soon as I got a tracking number for Saber Lily I started to move a bunch of my figures around to allow the whole top shelf of the detolf to be dedicated to her…although, she hasn’t spent much time in there. I’ve been moving her around constantly so I can view her..around the comp, the tv. haha ^_^
GREAT ARTWORK!!!! I saw this over at figure.fm and then made it over here to see your entry. She looks brilliant with those wings! I really liked the video too…I don’t know if you are familiar with Bob Ross, but that man is a genius with his painting, I remember sitting in front of the tv and watching his random paint lines come to life in an instant…and gotta say, I felt the same wonder when I watched your video! Job well done man! loved the little narrative with the nendos too. 😀
I remember Bob Ross, with his happy mountains and happy trees! He was awesome! I learned nothing from him though, ha ha.
No worries, Saber Lily will get her place. She’ll be rising soon – with those wings too! 😛
It’s good that you’re so excited about Saber Lily. She totally deserves it! Definitely one of my top favorite figures!
Thanks for checking out my site, and my artwork! Hope you enjoy my other works too!
Woooww… I still can’t believe that it took you an hour only… and man, the video was great too, I kept on rewinding because I couldn’t believe it!
Those are some serious skills RD, please post more vids of your photoshop l33t sk1llz so I can keep on opening my mouth like a fish out of the water =D
I was going to order Lily Saber but I decided against it, since I already have one Saber in my collection. It’s tough but I wanted to get something desperately, and sometimes you can’t buy everything, it’s either one or the other (lol like selling the Goku there)
^____^ I will do my best in making more photoshop videos!
I do feel sorry for Goku and Suigintou. It was very difficult to let them go, but I need money, and space, so SELL SELL SELL!!! XD
I’d like to know – what was it that you got that was more important that Saber Lily? O_o I’m REALLY curious to know! Or maybe I know already? ^_~
Hahaha yeah now that I have plans of moving out (although nothing has been decided as of yet) I’m thinking hard of selling a whole bunch of stuff… it’s no fun, having to part with beloved manga and figures ;_; (besides I already trimmed my collection, so it’s even tougher to part with everything).
Well I decided to get a cintiq. I cancelled a lot of pre-orders in figures (not that I still don’t have some lol) and had some saved moola, so I finally bought the damn expensive board. I’m more traditional but the art material sure likes to use up space everywhere (expensive to hell too) so I tried using the pc since it gives you an emulation of practically any medium; the problem is I never got used to the regular tablets (god knows I tried…) so I’m very excited of having a hybrid. will post pics when it arrives ^^
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Oh my god! Yakuri-chan! You bought a Cintiq!? Sugoi! I would love to see photos of such a sexy toy when you get it! Congratulations!
I suppose if I didn’t buy so many figures, I could have bought a Cintiq a long time ago too… curse this useless hobby! 😛
It definitely is difficult to let beloved figures go. I’ve already trimmed off a lot of figures, and it’s getting down to the ones I really like. I need to use a new standard! Saber Lily quality, or SELL! 😀
didn’t know that you like to photoshop figures! visited your gallery and I love all ur artistic figurexphotoshop works! ^^
Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been doing photoshop pix for a few years now. It’s quite fun!
Everybody’s getting a Saber Lily ^^ And wow you’re pairing Saber Lily with Sephiroth o_o
Haven’t thought of having wings associated with Saber Lily, but it’s a nice idea. Really like your photoshop painting there!
did you get Saber Lily too?
I actually have a better idea of who to pair up Lily with, but the scale is wrong, so it will have to be a photoshop-only deal. Maybe soon tho. ^_^
I haven’t got Saber Lily, mainly because of the fact that I’m just getting Alter’s Fate True Sonic Form and that’s it for the year (excluding action/poseable figures which I can afford to get a few more). For scale figures, I am only trying to the ones I *really* want. Saber Lily truly looks nice, and being one of the most stunning figure out there when it first appeared on the web it’s one of the candidates for “the most anticipated figure of the year”, but I have to pass as you may have known that I am really picky on scale figures ^^;
That’s really good that you’re really selective of your figures! That kind of willpower and restraint is highly commendable! Good on you!
I need to learn to buy only the figures I REALLY like. I would end up with more space, and more money left over. ^_^
Your work made for the wings is awesome! And the final rendering is gorgeous.
This is the photo on Tsuki who allowed me to discover your site. I spend more often.
Thanks for visiting my site! I hope you enjoy your stay! ^_^
about the visits, I suggest you also put links on Twitter! already gains for visits, but with direct links would be even better! 😉
trusted! and congratulations for your blog! 😉
Thanks for the suggestion!
Q___Q ur great man…… very nice photoshopping~~~~~
Thanks so much! Stay tuned for more!
Can’t find a word strong enough to describe how I love this picture. Dude, that’s just amazing. It’s good to see new creations of yours. I’ve always enjoyed them =)
OMG! LU-K!! You’re ALIVE!!! Where the heck have you been?!
Ahaha yeah still there, staying tuned to the figure community, but keeping quiet ^^
I’ve been kindda passionately busy with other projects, especially music ones, and put aside all the anime/figure stuff. But I miss all this, and I’m thinking about “coming back”, easily =)
Well I’m glad that you’re actually alive. Not hearing you respond, or update your blog with anything on you leaving was a bit worrisome. I’m glad that you were able to get out of it and find other projects that interest you.
Figure collecting is definitely a fun hobby, but it does have its share of problems, so do think deeply on what you want to do. 🙂
It’s good to see you again, mate! Feel free to MSN me! my MSN is coolartist3d at hotmail.
no! never sacrifice Asuka!
Nooooo bottom self! I laughed at the nendoroids jumping. Had a nice chuckle. have you found a better space for Saber Lily yet?