Darth Maul 12" Image Thread

[EVILFACE]

None. Maul is lame.

 

[thenammagazine]

None. MaulFan is lame.

 

[unsung hero]

If you want accurate, Sideshow it is. Not perfect, but the closest. By far.

 

[Darth Cruel]

No doubt about it. Sideshow's homage to the very best villian in the entire Star Wars continuum has not been topped...ever. And quite frankly, I doubt that it ever will be.

 

[vareika]

Nykhö 's picture on Flickr....linked without permission but yah:

Medicom Maul gets my vote...

 

[thenammagazine]

Nykhö 's picture on Flickr....linked without permission but yah:

Medicom Maul gets my vote...

That's completely misleading and takes hours of custom work to get to look remotely like that. Although most of us prefer the Sideshow Darth Maul over the Medicom one, it's best he decides for himself. Corresponding reviews are hotlinked to the text beneath each picture:

I love P!tu to death, but he fumbled the hell out of that review. The Medi's costume isn't accurate, the body's too skinny, the likeness of Ray Park isn't there, the body's garbage and the ginormous giraffe neck makes him look like an Auschwitz prisoner. The only thing that Medi has over Sideshow is the boots look better and there's a skin texture to the sculpt.

Michael Crawford reviewed both, and it's a more accurate contrast:

Medicom Maul review

Sideshow Maul review​

 

[unsung hero]

I agree with what was quoted, Medi has a garbage body, costume is not even close to being remotely accurate and the head looks nothing like Ray Park.

 

[The Craw]

if you want a red lightbulb with eyes and horns, and a hasbroish lightsaber, then Medicom is the maul for you.

 

[vareika]

That's completely misleading and takes hours of custom work to get to look remotely like that. Although most of us prefer the Sideshow Darth Maul over the Medicom one, it's best he decides for himself. Corresponding reviews are hotlinked to the text beneath each picture:

I agree the pictures I linked are misleading. No questions asked.

However, compared to this

I would say both fail with different reasons. SS Maul's head is way to big, and he looks pudgy. Medicom Maul is way too thin and the headscult while looks "cleaner" is less accurate to the actor's face. Additionally, I would say that picture of Medimaul used in the review is the worst angle he can be in as it highlights his thin upper torso.

For the price, probably go with the SS one.

 

[thenammagazine]

if you want a red lightbulb with eyes and horns, and a hasbroish lightsaber, then Medicom is the maul for you.

I can actually see it!

 

[EVILFACE]

Someone combined both the SS and Medicom versions together and made a nice looking one.

I would just get SS and put everything on a Pro body.

 

[galactiboy]

Overall I prefer the Sideshow figure... but I think both have their strong points and weaknesses.

 

[unsung hero]

I would just get SS and put everything on a Pro body.

That's what I've done, and am working on a new head to top it off.

 

[thenammagazine]

That's what I've done, and am working on a new head to top it off.

Not seeing it, but that might just be the lack of paint. Great sculpt though. Definitely looking forward to seeing it completed.

 

[unsung hero]

Not seeing it, but that might just be the lack of paint. Great sculpt though. Definitely looking forward to seeing it completed.

Thanks. I'm going for this look...

 

[MaulFan]

I would say both fail with different reasons. SS Maul's head is way to big, and he looks pudgy. Medicom Maul is way too thin and the headscult while looks "cleaner" is less accurate to the actor's face. Additionally, I would say that picture of Medimaul used in the review is the worst angle he can be in as it highlights his thin upper torso.

For the price, probably go with the SS one.

They do both have flaws, straight out of the box though, Sideshow's is a much nicer looking figure. As much as I love Maul, the cloakless shots I did for Sideshow were a pain because he looks pretty ugly with the leg extenders on and no padding on the shoulders, but I had to shoot what would come out of the box and not what the figure could be. With futzing you can make the Medicom figure pretty good looking. My biggest issue with Sideshow's, and it goes for most Sideshow hooded figures, is the size of the hood is too small compared to the film costume.

 

[dedguy]

My biggest complaint with the Sideshow is the dead empty doll eyes.

 

[galactiboy]

My biggest complaint with the Sideshow is the dead empty doll eyes.

Yep, that's my biggest complaint as well... placing the eyes better (looking through the lids a bit) would have made a huge difference.

 

[MaulFan]

Color too, Sideshow's eyes are painted a goldeny yellow and a maroon red, a bright red and yellow would have had that piercing look. Thankfully, Sideshow improved on the Sith eyes with Sidious.

 

[vareika]

They do both have flaws, straight out of the box though, Sideshow's is a much nicer looking figure. As much as I love Maul, the cloakless shots I did for Sideshow were a pain because he looks pretty ugly with the leg extenders on and no padding on the shoulders, but I had to shoot what would come out of the box and not what the figure could be. With futzing you can make the Medicom figure pretty good looking. My biggest issue with Sideshow's, and it goes for most Sideshow hooded figures, is the size of the hood is too small compared to the film costume.

Yah I do like my Medi Maul, but I'm not as keen on the movie accurateness of figures so I guess thats one reason I like Medi Maul more - just looks higher quality to me (costs more too lol).

But yah, I am having a hard time with these cloaks/hoods, especially if SS ones aren't sufficiently "wired". I just got a SS obiwan today and first thing I did was wire the back part of the hood haha...