The Dark Magician was the first pre-painted, pre-built figure I bought from E2046. They say she is in 1/6 scale, although she is really closer to 1/7. She is based on the PC MMORPG Lineage 2, albeit with a Caucasian skin tone rather than the inky blue complexion featured by the game’s dark elves.
The dark magician – who has no name as far as I know – comes with a cool mirrored base and a pair of staves, one silver and one somewhat akin to copper in hue. Her proportions are rather atypical; she is presented with very long legs and an impossibly curved back. She comes with a sort of train or tail for her outfit that covers up her backside, but I’ve elected not to put it on her.
I didn’t know much about E2046 or their ORI lineup when I bought her. I don’t even remember how I came across that site but when I saw this figure, I knew I needed to buy it. I love the outfit, the sculpt, and the character. Of all the figures I own, this one is my favorite.
Very nice looking figure and a good shoot – think the plain white background is actually very good for catching the contrasts and details. Have never played Lineage or any other normal MMO; I just object to the monthly payments (have played Guild Wars quite extensively for that reason).
Just ran a search in Ebay for lineage 2 figures to see what else there was out there and encountered a US retailer selling an elf ranger… seriously you have a very nice figure there… but this one… talk about pudgy and butt-ugly. Anyway – made me laugh.
Just realised why it looks so crap – the guy appears to specialise in selling nasty Chinese knock offs of other models – just seen a Miko Kanu that is just so wrong…
Thanks, I’ve been thinking about re-shooting this figure since it’s one of my favorites, but if I do, I think I’ll keep the bright background for most of the shots.
Yeah, I didn’t like the subscription model much when I first started playing MMOs, but I did save quite a bit of money playing Warcraft, since I basically shut down all my other hobbies. I pretty much shut down the rest of my life during that time, too, so I don’t think it was a very good trade.
Haha, yeah, the Lineage figures have all been bootlegged like crazy. Particularly the Good Smile Company one; that one is famous for its fakes.
Tier, I’m a first time poster here. I just discovered your site about 3 days ago. Because of you, I saw this post, and hence this statue for the very first time. I was already familiar with and wanting to get Good Smile’s Dark Elf Female from Lineage 2′s statue, it’s all over ebay. But it’s pretty pricey there, so I’ve been holding off.
But this Dark Magician is new to me. And I just had to have it!!!! And I’m a brand new collector trying to figure out where to start, but when you said “of all the figures I own, this is my favorite.”, you sold me. I played Lineage II for 2 years, almost always a dark elf Shillien Elder or Blade Dancer, so I’m quite familiar with their very sexy gear
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Alas, this Dark Magician figure isn’t on ebay except for an obvious fake seller who paints his own resin kits and tries to sell them as a knock off as Cantan says.
But I got lucky. E2046 is selling a combo set right now with BOTH the Dark Elf Female AND the Dark Magician. The pictures suggest that I’ll be getting the same paint scheme as you have posted here, so hopefully I’ll get both in one BANG. I just placed my order. Though I’m out $311 now and will have to wait before I get anything else for a while, I think it should be well worth it, especially looking how hard it is to get one of these, let alone BOTH.
This is my first purchase with them, I hope it goes well. I’ll post again here when I get it, letting you all know what I think of it.
I have you to thank, Tier!!
Have a better one!
Deckard
Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad I was able to help out and I hope you have fun with this hobby XD (In the interest of full disclosure, the dark magician is now my third favorite figure, right behind giant Kenshin and Senhime, but she still looks no less amazing to me than when I first got her).
Nice pictures, I also looked at E2046′s pre-painted resin products, but I was skeptical of the quality of the paint job. I just might pick something up from them now.
They do a pretty good job. I suppose one complaint I’d have is that their skin tones often have a shiny look which isn’t all that realistic, but it’s not uncommon with hand-painted model kits. However, for the price, I think their quality is excellent.
Man that is an excellent figure she has. Nice.