John Atreides
Super Freak
Is this 29" high or 31" high?
Doh! congrats man, hurry up its been 3 minutes already!![]()
Hold your horses!! LOL
Okay, here goes (and sorry for the crappy phone pics as I went)
This is the NYCC Exclusive. It is EX #183/190
It ships in 3 boxes. Not surprisingly, one is the base, one is the horse and both heads, the last is the Dealer and his various bits.
Is he big? Oh yeah, he's big.
Date night
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Overall?
The negative -
That blasted foam. It's the worst possible kind and won't age well. It was crumbling when I touched it and it sticks to everything!!!
The bottom of the base is boring. Simply black with the edition number hastily written on with silver paint. But who's looking at that.
No artbox....at all!!!
Other thoughts -
The sword is a bit odd. From Frazetta's painting it's hard to tell how he's wearing it. Therefore it's hard to pose on the statue as the cloak gets in the way. I'm happy with how I got it posed in the end. Be careful draping the real metal chain as it might scratch the paint.
Base is hollow, horse is hollow, Dealer is solid.
The positive -
What can I say, this thing is gargantuan. Pics really don't do it justice. It's so epic and imposing.
The detail in the chainmail and other armour, the skin texture on the horse, viscera on the axe....just amazing.
Ehren has nailed it.
The paint is flawless on mine. I can't see any slop or colours bleeding on to other colours.
Highlights are great too.
One more thing....there was some discussion a few pages back about additional shipping. Mine did not incur any and also slipped through customs without any additional taxes! Hooray!
In terms of a 1/4 scale statue, this is an astonishing achievement. Well done ARH.![]()
I just spoke to customer service and was told the Death Dealer should arrive at their warehouse in the next two to three weeks. They need to do something about those NYCC COA's that were supposed to be signed by the artist. It's bad enough they didn't come through with signature on the print and the better packaging that was promised.
Wow - great photos - DD is just amazing... and date night made me smile and laugh - thanks for that! Those two should definitely hook it up.
TBH I don't really care about the son's signature. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all, but it isn't his painting that I'm buying a statue of. If it was Frank Frazetta's signature then yeah that would be a different ballgame, but otherwise eh.