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A lesson in scale and propotion, a mannequin was placed beside two smaller boxes with another placed on its head to create a number of shapes and angles.
1: The principle this photo investigates is proportion. It's reflected in the composition because the CN tower is behind the rogers centre making it look smaller.
2: The aspect this photo visually strikes is the blue sky.
1) The principle of design is proportion. It is represented by the height of the first head being taller than the second head. The head in the head in the background also appears to be smaller than the first head adding proportion to the background.
This image shows the difference in proportion between the duck closest to me and the others. My favorite part of this image is the clear fore, middle and background.
So I saw an opportunity to get my hands on a ThreeZero DLX Soundwave. Not something I'd normally buy but I was intrigued by their Arcee and as curious to see what the bigger figures ere like.
Being Soundwave, you're not going to get an alternate portrait. He did, however, come with some hands, his shoulder cannon, blaster Base/Stand, and a fully functional Ravage with this trademark weapons.
Like with Arcee, a quick look will provide evidence that ThreeZero did try their best to adhere to the highly angular design of the movie character. Proportion wise, its pretty good, though compared to show models it's a bit stout in the upper body and the cassette door is too big. Arms and legs appear to have the proper amount of chunky love needed.
As a treat, whoever previously owned this figure was kind enough to leave the batteries in so I could at least get a sense of what the effect is like.
Size wise, I have no clue what the actual scale is, but the figure itself is about the height of the averge Female Hot Toy, so 11.5 inches... ish.
Construction of the figure is as with the rest of the line, some die cast metal components that you see on the surface, but it is mostly in the frame and joints. Plastic panels again have the ability to shift around to allow for greater ranger of motion. I presume that physical constraints prohibited both back arch and ab crunch to both be built into this figure. The joints are truly well designed and can hold even one legged poses. General bulk does interfere with the overall range of motion for this figure but you should be in pretty good shape if you just want to do battle poses, as this body should be able to handle all but the mot extreme dynamic poses.
Shoulders are truly a thing of beauty, featuring butterfly, typical swivel, and lateral raise motion. Whiie the larger body didn't all for more types of motion, it did allow for more articulated wrists, though again size and bulk get in the way of how you can pose the hands.
Paint Application wise, overall its pretty good. The colours aren't as pristine as weith Arcee, but Soundwave was designed ot have a more weathered look. What I am curious about, however, is whether the rough paint work on the sculpt itself was on purpose, as even by figure standards it appears on the crude side. Maybe that's part of the aesthetic for this character?
Build Quality wise, everything is manufactured nicely, including Ravage who transforms and tabs together nicely. Weapons and hands fit into their appropriately, as do parts that need to plug into ports. Even the cassette bay door and the tolerances on the bay itself are well implemented Limbs move as designed, even though this may involve several parts needing to function simultaneously.
Sereniel is still a bit taller than Finn, even with him wearing shoes but they haven't got so much of a Kili and Tauriel thing going on XD
Proportion Mannequin Factory, Spitalfields Life spitalfieldslife.com/2013/10/22/at-the-mannequin-factory/ rights reserved to photographer Patricia Niven www.patricianiven.com/