Do you often repaint things?
In a word, no.
But I have hand skills and am extremely particular about detail.
I would be confident in repainting (or adding to) the cuts, making them run realistically and fattening up the ones on the abs.
As far as redoing the skin tones I would need to see the statue in hand to work out the best way to approach it and experiment with techniques.
I'd tackle any bad sweat apps too.
For better or worse I'd attempt to 'fine tune' the statue and post images here, successful or not.
But like you I am very on the fence about it. So I may not get the chance to repaint anyway as I'm leaning toward picking up the GOD instead.
When I say the GOD is more accurate, I should say more realistic.
The ETD has a good likeness but it is almost nullified by the toy like characteristics inherited from the lack of skin texture and lifeless paint app.
Of course that is subjective, but we seem to agree on this.
I also think the likeness on the GOD is good, very good considering it is not being helped with the blank expression and dead eyes.
It is being helped however by the texture on the skin.
So yeah, it's the realism of GOD that appeals to me, the tailoring of the costume and a sound likeness.
I like aspects of both statues. I prefer the pose on ETD, and it is more iconic for my tastes. It's just a shame it looks like a blown up Enterbay figure.
The GOD, as a complete package, feels more considered.
IMO.
it doesn't look as smooth/flat as I thought also.i suppose it's down to the paintwork now to see whether it's sharp and not lifeless.
oh dear
The GOD and ETD are being pretty heavily compared to each other but in the ETD's case there is just a lot more for us to scrutinize. If we get it and we find that its a very well done piece, I think it wins.
