MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
With my boromir ex po converted, I am finally caught up on this series! Special thanks to scarver & dinodb for being such wonderful sellers.
As i said before this series is phenomenal - the intricate details and excellent paint app. Especially when you have them together. I really cant find any fault with the paint app on a single piece, which is pretty amazing considering this is sideshow..
1) Gandalf - this turns out to be my favorite statue out of the series, my photo of him looks bad as are most photos, the statue has to be seen to be appreciated. This is probably the only piece where the ex is a must, the regular staff without the crystal and not holding in front of him just doesnt look right.
2) Aragorn - i like the thought process, with the removable hood piece so you can switchout the heads. I was going to display him with hooded head, but once i put the ex unhooded head on it looked so much better.
3) Legolas - i didnt find the skin color to be an issue at all, maybe just got lucky but his skin even under direct 2700k orange light still looks pretty pale as elf should be. Also to me legolas must hold the bow that defines him. So I made him hold the bow and only hold 1 ex dagger while leave the other dagger in his sheath (best of both worlds) - as if he just took a shot with the bow then realized there is an orc within melee range and unsheathed a dagger in the spare hand. The missing gold paint on the quiver is a disappointment but i dont really care much as it's in the back and hardly noticeable.
4) Gimli - although i dont feel the ex is a must, it's the best ex out of all the pieces so far if that makes sense. The dead orc is excellent and amount of stuff you have to add to gimli makes him the most complicated statue in the series. I dont really like the way ss did the hole in the eyebrow thing (see my post in gimli thread) but other than that excellent statue.
Time to bring out the hobbits sideshow!! Enjoy the photos
ps sorry about the optimus in the background, still waiting for his curio to arrive, it had to be custom made to hold such a deep base (stupid!)