I’ve tried their prepainted gathering service once and the paintjob was pretty decent, but it’s hard to judge how good the painters are from a single sample. Dunno how they work out the costs for the batches either.

The scepter pose looks really cheesy tho, and it looks like someone messed up with painting the corset. Were they trying to go with a see-through effect? The contrast between it and the skin colour is too great IMO. They were probably better off painting it in the same colour as the rest of her underwear!

@Tier: the reason E2046 is able to keep prices low is because they are using parts which are recasted from an original kit (basically, a bootleg). The quality of the material isn’t as high and the parts are not as good quality which keeps the price of the unpainted kit down. As for the paintjob, they probably pay a fixed fee to some factory to get people to paint it. Again, it keeps the costs down by doing it in bulk instead of individual commission jobs.

I haven’t seen the unpainted kit, but I think her underwear is cast as part of her body. I haven’t yet painted a model kit but it looks like a real pain to paint parts like that. I’m kinda surprised that E2046 can keep their prices down to near-PVC levels.

The square hair-bit looks nice from behind, but it looks like someone broke her hair from the top/front, which is a bit off-putting.

The gown is pretty nice, but I was going to comment that it was quite bulky and ill-fitting at the front, which you’ve explained

I also think the details on her undergarments don’t seem detailed and precise enough. Like the yellow ruffles in her undergarment, and the straps?

>> Lylibellule
I waffled for a while too, but I decided to buy this figure (and Sylvia) after I watched the first couple episodes of the show. Little did I know that the show was going to joyfully jump off a cliff and head straight down into mediocrity.

Your English is fine! I lived for ten years outside of the United States and I wish that I’d taken the time to learn another language, but I can only speak and read English.

>> Blowfish
Haha, I was hoping that my review would get someone to watch the show just to see if it’s really that bad! I actually haven’t watched the really bad parts yet, I think I stopped around episode 5 or 6 where I could tell that it was going off the tracks; I’ve read a couple of anime blogs that follow the show though and it definitely becomes a trainwreck. (I forgot to mention in the review that the main character’s harem unofficially includes a male character, and that breasts and panty shots are censored. I mean, what the hell? This show comes from an h-game, and they’re going to censor panty shots?)

You should! You should buy that massive, epic-scale KOS-MOS that they’re putting out. That figure is going to be legendary.

I definately need to buy a Gathering figure again when The PVC Market gets a bit less crowded.