So I recently was suckered into purchasing the Play Arts Kai Tomb Raider Figure. This is the same one that comes with the collectors edition. Honestly, it is an awesome figure, but while I was in the store, I noticed the WIDE range in Quality of the figures.
The main differences I noticed was:
- On the forearm, some figures have uneven plastic, where the arm must have been broken off from the mold.
- The dirt looks like it is painted on free hand with a brush so almost every figure is slightly different.
I went through all the boxes of Tomb Raiders until I found the one I was most pleased with in quality.
I really liked the figure, however, the one thing that bothered me was they seem to have painted the figure based on the multiplayer Lara. Shes great and alll, but the Lara I know is the poor college kid that got thrown into the action, she got cut, hurt, and really beat up.
I don't suck at the game by any means, but the Lara I grew to like really got freaking messed up and injured. The figure I bought, wasn't my Lara from the game. Well... Since I am a miniature painter in my free time, I whipped out my paints to fix it.
The first thing that needed to happen was that intense stomach wound where [SPOILER] Lara gets impaled at the beginning of the game.
The next thing was, my bandage on her right arm was VERY poorly painted. I repainted it, and added some blood on it because [SPOILER] She get shot in the arm!
I also added a bunch of scrap marks after a screenshot I had in game
Here is another view of her stomach wound, arm scrapes, and wounds on her upper chest
And can't forget the wound in her back that came from the impalement!
Another view of my more messed up Lara. I also added some extra dirt painting to make her more dirty because lets face it, in the game she gets so filthy you wouldn't want to come within 10 feet of her!
