I’m not a
big fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but Sideshow hit the bullseye with its
new Leonardo figure. Apart from the base that it’s a bit too simplistic for my
taste and in comparison to the statue, everything in Leonardo is spot on. Is a
tour de force of Sideshow does best: let the imagination of its talented team
run wild and bring a different personal view of a character.
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| Great work, Sideshow! :D |
The perfect
balance between the more “turtlish” style with the cartoon flair is spot on.
And it shows all over the comiquette. The more salient scales give the
character a less comic and more edgy style. While the head brings the traces of
a real turtle but with a lot of personality and great facial expression. The color
pallet and overall painting work of the intricate scales and shell are flawless
(hope the final product is up to this prototype). I look at the pictures and
the only thought that crosses my mind is “TNMT should look like this since the
beginning!”
It’s like
Sideshow had reached my “platonic” view of the characters and materialized it
on a statue. It’s a marvelous piece and it’s a shame I won’t be able to afford
it as this work is all Sideshow is about to me: creative, full of personality
and movement views of our beloved characters. Congratulations to the team who
pulled this one off. And to the happy new owners, of course.
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