Today we are looking at two PKking resin kits. http://www.resin-kit.com/ I ordered these from the manufacturer from Ebay. I put the money thru Paypal less than a week ago and these arrived from Taiwan yesterday:
Everyone here gets 5 stars. The boxes themselves have a nice thought out presentation. The Dark Queen on the left was 110 USD, the Evil Fox on right was 140 USD. I have purchased and built practically every resin kit from around the world. Price on these is very good. Notice that Artist (Ppking) has signed top of each.
Image of our Queen. Even in black and white it looks pretty effing good. Based on a video game (I think), I like it cause she is just really cool. That's what we are looking for, right? Great pose!
A lot of care has gone into ALL aspects of this kit. Not only in the sculpting and casting, but in the packaging. What good is a part put in the box in such a way that it warps? I call your attention here to the staff, which has been carefully taped to stiff cardboard to make sure it stays straight. I can't tell you how many resin trucks I have bought that have warped chassis because the maker did not take the extra time to insure they laid flat in the box. Let's keep going, got a lot to cover.
General view of the parts in kit. Well wrapped with bags.
Close up of Queen's torso. So a couple of things here: 1) Notice kit is molded in grey. This means you can see what's going on. Often kits are molded in white, this makes it impossible to see casting flaws until you have put primer on it. 2) All the edges (around leg and neck) are sharp and crisp, no chipping. 3) Thought has gone into connecting as much of the kit as possible so there is a minimum of parts and logical construction. You can tell when the maker is a painter and builder, the kit is engineered to actually be built. This one is for sure.
Shot of the level of detail. Looking closely you can see that a real live human used tools to work this surface. I know, digitally created models are cool, but personally I like seeing the evedence that someone made this thing with their hands. No air bubbles or misaligned mold seams.
This is the back of the cape. A very complex part to mold. Yes this is one part. Pretty much no flashing. No air bubbles, pinholes (I hate pinholes!) or misalignment. I could just give you guys a big hug!
Ok, so here we see two small air bubbles. These were the only casting flaws I could find. This part is a large complex part. What I really wanted to show here was the addition of the that little disc attached to the edge where the cape comes to a point. That was added so the fragile point is protected during casting, shipping and building. One of the many fine thoughtful touches here. this is a clue that these guys really care about what they are making and what you are getting.
Flawless.
Another complex part to cast, notice the vents on the top. I like removing material, instead of having to add it.
1/7th scale. Very good size. I do like the big kits (1/4 scale), BUT they take a long time to build, are expensive and take up a lot of space. It is probably smarter to work in a smaller scale. In a larger scale these kits would lose their cuteness and probably be to big to get built. Kits should be built.
If this was one of my kits, I would sign it, too. This is an awesome model and worth way more than 110 bucks. Do not buy a recast! Not only is it bad for these guys, and you will get something of much lesser quality.
Here is the second kit, The Nine Balances Evil Fox. My wife call these "My Girlfriends".
It was so well packaged, it took me 35 minutes to unwrap it.
Again, part protected by attaching it to board.
Here are the the parts. It's a lot of stuff! It includes the base, which is flat on the bottom.
Amazing sculpting, breakdown and castings!
She practically fell together in my hand.
The coolest wolf EVER.
Here is a cape section on the base. Very large complex part. Note, the only part that was broken in shipping. One of the tendrils broke, but can easily be glued back.
Assembly guide. The kit is much simpler than it looks, but not for beginners.
Color picks from guide.
So let's wrap this up. 140 smackers for this one and worth tens times that. These are like Wingnut Wings kits..because they have been so well produced and they will get built. 5 stars out of 5, these are the most awesome kits ever! Grab one while you can and build it! I'm starting mine tomorrow!*
Oh, here is my crappy Mad Max kit, with a new smaller base. Cheers everyone!
*by the way if you nice folks at Ppking need some one in the USA to send "review" samples too...
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