I agree Misterscruff, I think you're right. That would actually make it easier to alter it myself if needed.
The only thing about this entire figure (and Luke) that REALLY bothers me are the gauntlets.
The light gray forearm sections look like plastic tubes with sculpted wrinkles, because... they are.
They don't look like they are integral sewn-on parts of the gloves at all, and they don't flare out away from the wrist.
If I do any mod at all, it'll be sewing real suede-like fabric pieces (very thin) to attach directly to the gloves.
I will cut very shallow depressions into the proximal ends of the hands, so that the fabric 'forearm sections' can be glued into place
and be flush with the 'hand sections', instead of overlapping them. This will give the illusion that the flared parts are sewn directly onto the hand sections at the wrist, and it will allow realistic wrist flexibility. Then I will add the wrist-com units, of course.
Look at the comparison below... is anyone else bothered by this? I have the Hasbro 12" tauntaun & Solo, and these gauntlets aren't much better. For the sake of authenticity and wrist mobility, I really want the gloves to look like they are real.
You're absolutely right!
Hold off on buying that suede-like material, though. Regarding the recently-released Darth Vader, Sideshow's promotional pics were QUITE different from the release version. Considering the rate at which Sideshow has been moving up in quality, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they make a change similar to that before the figure hits the streets.
