Originally I had posted this on grymm-one's thread on his Nebua build.
However, after further thought I decided to pull this from there and start a new thread for it here.
The discussion was about some of the really sweet pieces Marco Arts has been producing.
(He's a very talented sculptor guy who lives in China. - Yeah, I know, CHINA?!?!?)
Marco has released a number of the Avengers from "Endgame". In addition, he's released an Alita figure,
(from the "Alita: Battle Angel" movie).
To date I've picked up a Captain America, an Iron Patriot and a Thor (all from Endgame - this was done
during the latter part of last year, before the coronavirus pandemic hit).
Marco has also released Nebula and Iron Man, (also from "Endgame").
My very first purchase from him was for two of his 1:6 scale Alita figures. They were very reasonably priced, (with each one
coming in at around $125.00 each).
There were all sorts of additional "add-ons" available, (like pants, a shirt and boots for the figure, in addition
to synthetic hair).
The reason I purchased two of her, along with all of the extras is because I wanted to do one stock, (without
the clothes), along with a second one, (with the trousers, blouse and boots). For the second one I planned to
"do surgery" on her body, changing the pose around. I figured that if I ended up really butchering her body in
the process, I would be able to hid my miscues with her clothing and shoes.
So far I have just worked on one of the Alitas. I have just glued her torso together, leaving her outstretched left arm,
along with her head unattached.
I'm blown away by all of the really intricate lattice-work indentions embedded in her cybernetic body. (Some of it is really light and subtle).
I think I got sidetracked when trying to come up with a way to try to simulate the Porcelain look of her robotic body. (It's a bit translucent, especially around the edges).
(Perhaps an Ivory color, or an off-white, polished up)?
I'm now thinking about just keeping the resin body stock, (no primer nor paint), and just hand-paint all of those
metallics which make up her body's fine lattice-work.
Let's see if this tread of mine can "breath some life back into the project", resurrecting her from the robot junkyard.
