Monger, did you like Harley? I thought she looked awful just imo like a doll as I said before. No worries if you like her, I get it. Did you ever see Baroness, the seams looked horrible. Unless they can guarantee much better QC I like sculpted with a bit of fabric. I guess that's why they keep doing both styles--to please all of us. I am just tired of cheap fabrics being used on the ladies and hiding their beautiful curves. Ivy lloked great sculpted but her paint was awful so it is hit and miss. On the boys though, the fabric usually looks great. It does work nicely on Cap and Supes. I hear your point tho. I would be for a bodysuit if it worked, but after seeing that cheap fabric on Harley, I want Catwoman painted with a fabric whip as the PF part. Of course IMO and to each their own, you have valid points I just have not liked Sideshow QC lately. Black Widow comic PF tho is looking good but we will see if her fabric outfit is a disaster in hand or not.
I don't care for Harley as a character. I like how her outfit turned out, sans the pointless nipples, since I always imagined it to be like pajamas anyway. I agree Baroness turned out poorly from the back seam, but she looked fine otherwise and I don't buy statues to stare at their butts. Did you see Spiderwoman? She's all sculpt and all terrible. Sculpts therefore are flawed and a poor option compared to fabrics. Look at Batman for example he looks great and he has fabric! Isn't cherry picking fun?
Harley's outfit looks like how I imagine it would in real life. Catwoman has a very different kind of outfit so I do not suspect it would turn out similar to Harley, but the fear of it turning out similar to Baroness I think is a very valid point. At the same time, one could imagine it turning out like Batman as well. We can't write it off quite yet.
At the very least, I think my point still stands that everyone on Batman's side so far that could have fabric have fabric so it would be odd to me to suddenly opt for all sculpt for Catwoman. Some people use Ivy as an example of choosing not to use mixed media, but what would have been mixed media? Real plants?
I can think of many bad instances of sculpted outfits and many bad instances of fabric outfits. M Bison looks terrible from PCS (which should not be surprising given that it's PCS) because of the fabric choice. It ruined what was otherwise a nice statue. Alex on the other hand, looks much better than otherwise because his fabric overalls brought out the character.
I like mixed media because it catches one's eye to the areas that would otherwise be uninteresting in comparison to the head sculpt. At the same time, it means less possible paint application errors so it serves many purposes in that regard. If Catwoman is just a sculpt painted black, then the only interesting part will end up being her head, which would be a shame.
I think of you as the biggest advocate for sculpting, which I also find puzzling because your picture features two statues greatly enhanced by their mixed media. Bride of Frankenstein would be quite boring if her outfit was sculpted. The Monster benefits a lot too. My Dracula would be quite a snooze if he was all sculpted. Mixed media also ages MUCH better than regular sculpting. If we are talking plain paint apps and sculpt, then Dracula is not on par with what Sideshow can offer these days. If we're talking his outfit though, he's only beat by their most latest creations like the Joker, and even then it is quite subjective. So long as the tailoring is good and the materials chosen are good, the outfit ages quite nicely whereas sculpts can often be beaten and enhanced the better the paint apps. Look at the Poison Ivy PF. It's a disaster if you compare it to the production models. Joker though? His outfit looks more or less the same.
I always thought the same way. Stunning art here for catwoman, but this pose is so weird with her back facing us. The pose is a bit stiff and it can be done so much better for this statue. Also fully sculpted is the best route for this without having it come out looking like black cats leather or the DC direct catwoman which was not good at all in my opinion. 
The QC on spider woman was huge. SS knows it but they just don't want to say anything to keep thing quiet under the rug. That's just not so good business practices. The statue was so much better in person. But the QC was a huge nightmare. Same as psylocke. Errr ......
