Blanc Neige
Blanc flicked her wand and sent a squadron of snowballs to pelt the photographer. Her giggles echoed through the field as the camera man turned away to keep from being blinded with a face full of snow. It had stopped snowing a few minutes before, so everything was still covered.
“Okay, okay, I’ll be good,” she said while trying to wind herself down. “I’ll stand right here and look like a sad girl in the snow, a couple of clicks and then we can go for some hot chocolate, right?”
“Quit laughing already, will ya?”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. I’m trying to be sad but it’s making me laugh. Okay, okay, ahem, here I am sad girl in the snow. The weight of a childhood promise heavy in my heart, but the boy he just…hahaha.”
The camera man looked at the magazine writer. If only she were as much of an ice queen in real life as she was when in character he could have been home already. It’s strange how often a person is different from their image.
Review of Blanc Neige from Kotobukiya
There are a ton of Shining Wind and Shining Tears figures out there or are coming out. Considering how pretty they are in 2D, it’s not surprising several companies and sculptors are putting stuff out there for collectors to buy.
Kotobukiya’s take on Blanc Neige is alright. The appeal for me comes more from Blanc’s design than from the figure itself. It fits right in with Kotobukiya standards, not bad, not great, safe pose, safely mounted with a screw on a non-descript base.
Comes with an optional cape. I definitely prefer the version without a cape, fan of shoulders as I am, but the cape does hide how awkward she looks viewed off axis to the left if standing face to face with the figure.
Other Stuff
I need to get new props. That fuzzy feather stuff is starting to become over used already. It’s so pretty though, but I think I’ve run that into the ground and winter hasn’t even started yet.
Exelica Meteor and Foobarbaz both beat me to using the purple for this shoot. So yeah, stayed away from that and just kept to the whitey white. Well, I had to sneak a little purple in the background.
And there’s this Swimsuit Blanc Neige from a while back.
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Yhamm
on September 25th, 2008
love the pic with the mirror!
James
on September 25th, 2008
The mirror pic is awesome ! Great pics as usual
So you are happy with her ? Not disappointed at all ? I hope Max Factory is going to make a better one , as their Seena seems awesome !
What is the next figure you’re gonna buy ? Yami-chan or no ?
ron~
on September 25th, 2008
man.. your photos always made me want to buy the figurine……. amazing photo, especially the one with the mirror..
last photo however, shows that the paint quality is not that good (at least for her hair)
Keonyn
on September 25th, 2008
Nice, I like it. It’s sultry and sexy, but not in that overdone ultra fanservice way that so many figures seem to be.
Panther
on September 25th, 2008
Wahaha mirror picture was indeed great. Dammit you got her even before I got mine.
MF or Alter better come up with a real ice queen.
This one is definitely a letdown after the sample. Nice pictures as always though. Blanc Neige is my <3.
Colette
on September 26th, 2008
SO absolutely beautiful. You always inspire me
The pic of her facing the mirror is my favorite!
Vixion
on September 26th, 2008
awesome
i’m totally speechlessss
u rulessss
well , can’t say much about he quality of figure
Fabienne
on September 26th, 2008
That second Pic with the mirror is awesome
Where did you get this unique Backround?
Nork22
on September 26th, 2008
Right, you have reminded me to pay up on my preorder. ^^;;;;
Priss
on September 26th, 2008
Your props never fail to amaze! The tiny mirror is just precious and gives her a real fairy tale quality like the Snow Queen or Narnia or something! She’s not a figure I was sure about but these shots are almost as good as owning her! Kudos!
super rats
on September 26th, 2008
Am I happy with this figure? Yeah, somewhat…I know Kotobukiya isn’t on the same level as Max Factory, GoodSmile, or Alter, so I already knew I’d not be getting a top level finish, though the paint debris in her hair is like Koto of 2007 rather than how they’ve been lately. The happier change to Blanc’s face, I’m fine with, since it’s good to see a happy looking figure without the open-D mouth. There’s an understated quality to the pose and expression that I like.
With Seena up for pre-order, I’m hoping Max Factory goes back and does non-swimsuit versions of Blanc and Ryuna. Seena looks great.
For the mirror pictures, the background wallpaper is a sheet of scrapbook paper. It’s cheap, like 50-99 cents, thick enough to not get messed up easily like wrapping paper, but the downside is it’s only like 10×10 inches or something like that which limits it to close-up and medium shots. The upside is most craft stores can stock a lot of different patterns for scrapbook paper, since it’s compact. It’s cheaper and easier to find variety than wrapping paper, which is also a good background.
The mirror is a jewelry box shaped like a wardrobe cabinet. This is my second jewelry box shaped like furniture. If this keeps up, I might become a jewelry box collector as well.
bigearl
on September 26th, 2008
Love this set of photos, especially the ones with the mirror. The expression on her face and pose make the mirror shots all the more awesome.
Blood on the mirror
on September 26th, 2008
It looks LOVELY
Kotobukiya puts a lot of detail on their figures I see.
That’s so worth it.
Danny Choo
on September 26th, 2008
Lovely pics.
The quality of the hair looks a bit dodgy?
Belela-san
on September 26th, 2008
An amazing figure, everyone “knew” it would become great when the proto pics came out. For me kotobukiya still has one flaw and that’s the hair, they still can’t compete with GSC and Alter on hair but they’re well on their way.
I agree with you the fuzzy feather is getting over used for someone who uses lots of props
. The mirror picture is amazing
suneo
on September 27th, 2008
love that mirror shot. What did you do for the black with bits of purple background? Looks like something with light shining from behind?
gordon
on September 27th, 2008
i agree with the rest, the mirror was a very nice touch.
Blowfish
on September 27th, 2008
and for the 21232141235123651235621st time: Lovely shots especially with the mirror.^^
Sarith
on September 30th, 2008
The mirror shot is amazing. Tony Taka’s art is beautiful, but the Shining series is complete shite otherwise unfortunately. It’s similar to Magna Carta with the wonderful art and character design but lackluster plot and game mechanics. RPG companies need to start hiring these awesome artists for the GOOD games, IMO.
meronpan
on October 1st, 2008
not that this figure is bad or anything, but seems like you can make anything look spectacular ^_^ love the shots!
Veers
on October 1st, 2008
Ha, I actually just put this one in my e-cart this week before seeing this entry. Yum. Rough finish on the hair won’t deter me; I love the facial expression and the dress :3 Love those shots with the mirror~
Do you know what, if any, differences there are between the Japanese and NA version of this figure, aside from the $20ish price difference? I ask because this figure has two versions and I ran across this Octavia figure and really liked it, but then it looks like the NA version doesn’t have the drawn-sword option, which I really think looks better.
otaku dan
on October 2nd, 2008
the picture with the black and purple background is nice and the mirror one is great
tj han
on October 2nd, 2008
WOW this series is fantastic seriously. Pure awesome.
Veers
on October 2nd, 2008
Ha, I actually just put this one in my e-cart this week before seeing this entry. Yum. Rough finish on the hair won’t deter me; I love the facial expression and the dress :3 Love those shots with the mirror~
Do you know what, if any, differences there are between the Japanese and NA version of this figure, aside from the $20ish price difference? I ask because this figure has two versions and I also ran across this Octavia figure and really liked it, but then it looks like the NA version doesn’t have the drawn-sword option, which I really think looks better.
(Not sure what happened to previous attempt to comment here… perhaps IE ate it, so trying with Firefox since that’s what I normally use…)
Optic
on October 5th, 2008
The mirror shot is my favourite shot. It makes me want to buy her now. >_<
Where do u get ur props?
coeli
on October 7th, 2008
I so regret not getting her T_T
She’s so pretty~
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suki
on October 22nd, 2008
Lovely shoot, the use of the props here are amazing ^^