Hey Sean, did you post your thoughts on the Luke?
Nope, I got a little caught up in things pre-trip and only managed a few shots I'm happy with so far post-trip, still a little tired and the work can suffer under that circumstance.
I did water treat his tunic after seeing your images though and even for posing and reposing it makes a nice difference I think.
As far as impressions go, like everyone else I think the accessories were executed immaculately, great detail and craftsmanship.
As far as paint apps, I think hair comes down to preference, but as a general statement, I think it may be a touch on the darker side, that or less yellow to the shade it is, but it works fine how it is. Flesh tone is fine. As I suspected from early images, it suffers most in the eyes. The color is very close to the flesh tone so in most cases, you can't distinguish the shape of the eyes from the face which hurts the likeness. A bit whiter, just enough to distinguish flesh from eye and it'd shine. Could possible use a different paint app on the iris, but I'd have to see what the current one is like against a whiter eye first.
The tunic may have been better on the proto, but I actually find colorwise, it almost seems a bit on the greyer side. I'm not sure either tunic really nails the tone of his tunic, but I'd lean towards the production color, at least going by the lighting I've seen it under, a shade like that will behave differently in lighting colors and conditions. Pants came out fine, boot cloths are very realistic and nicely done too with the weathering, a step up for them in that department. His poncho is nice, might have been better with a wire in it, but I think you can get it to look fine without one.
My only big nit witht his figure and it's a broken record one for the board, but the Buck hurts this one. I know Sideshow makes these things with display intended, so slap him on the base and it's ok if the body has a few shortcomings, but the work I do with these figures exposes shortcomings and it can be a bother. The ankles on the Buck body suck utterly unless the figure is in boots, they are week and don't hold many poses. The method they used on Luke's boots gives him the best overall look, but in the end he suffers like any non-booted Sideshow figure with floppy feet and getting him to stand nicely without a stand can be a ^^^^^. I know a lot of folks would say he'd be better on Prometheus no matter what, but to me the Buck can be sufferable with some figures but in this case, it hurts the figure in a way that's hard to look past. However, Prometheus may not be the saving grace we all hope for, if it's anythign like the Hobbit body, it'll suffer it's own problems, loose wrists and ankles and neck joints, so time will tell how that body will pay off for us. In the end, Luke could use a body with strong ankle joints.
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