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"Sir hand Or is it ma'am? I fell out of my right place again And you Considered me And now I'm where a snail has to be I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell Was it something you would do for anybody? Was it what you'd only do for me? I need to know because you see I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell Friend Look what you gave And how can you ever be repaid? How may I give you a hand From the position at your feet where I stand?"
The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
While looking for eagle photos today I found a lot of snail shells. Some how I could see a photo there. So I gave it a shot.
The snail must have been in a great hurry ;-))
It was a lovely day and I spent it sitting in the backyard, sunbathing and making photos. I found some lovely motives and this is the first one. The rest will follow tomorrow :-)
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After that disaster that was the Flash Point figure, back to something that isn't perfect, but is certainly leagues ahead of the aforementioned trainwreck, the Snail Shell 1/12 Front Armour Girl Victoria set.
Not entirely sure why this was a double body set, other than to increase the price point, but yeah you get two of them - the base body, and the one that's decked out like Mash from Fate. I don't think there's any sort of actual duality to the character.
Predominately naked body is always nice, I suppose.
Relatively sparely packed, there's only four faces and 8 total hands, along with a Rifle weapon and a shield.. thing. To be fair though, this is probably one of the most intricate outfits that Snail Shell has done to date, and I do give them credit for attempting this.
The entire theme seems to be some sort of Lolita x Soldier get up, complete with Rifle and a magnetic Shield with a chain attachment. Displaying without the veiled head allows for a nice view of the not so armoured backside, though the armour count of the front is questionable as well. Naturally, it's my preferred look, but admittedly the veil is a nice touch.
As mentioned earlier, this is probably these most intricate outfit Snail Shell has done. Unfortunately, their QC isn't quite at a level where things will hold together perfectly. Like with Rosetta, the design is a bit overly ambition, and it's mostly due to the sheer number of articulated parts on the armoured body. It's actually annoying to pose the body because of how often things fall off. The side skirts aren't terrible, as reconnecting them isn't too bad, but the Paldrons are connected by the most tiny of pieces, of which my right one keeps popping off the hinges and is a pain to put back on.
To be fair though, at least that part hasn't broken despite my rough handling.
The aforementioned small part is one of several hinges on the armour that theoretically allow pieces to move out of the way such that articulation can be maximized, and Snail Shell did use soft rubber for the skirt itself. Having said that, the general bulk of the outfit interferes with hip articulation as well as the shoulder, and the Paldrons interfere with articulation of the head due to the dangly earrings. I also found that the chest section doesn't really want to swivel and tilt, despite that being what the base body is designed to do.
Just look at the photo of the two bodies and you'll see the difference in capabilities.
It also doesn't really help matters when it comes to using the weapons. While the Shield attaches magnetically, the Rifle connects the old fashioned way and needs to be manually positioned such that it doesn't look weird, which is difficult when your figure isn't that articulated in the first place.
Level of detailing on the armour and weapons is very nice, and I especially enjoy the boots and the fact they even sculpted in rounds into the Rifle cartridge.
Paint Applications are pretty typical for Snail Shell, which is to say generally clean and sharp. No so much paint specific, but rather parts thickness and a combination with material choices has left the hands looking translucent under brigher lights.
Build Quality, as mentioned the extraneous bits like to fall off, but overall it's still a much better experience than Rosetta.
The Grey Raven X Snail Shell Rosetta figure had potential. Taking the interesting character designs from the mobile game and marrying it with the expertise of Snail Snail in figure production SHOULD have been an easy win.
Well, they missed a few things for this one.
OK, so I'm not a player, but clearly from the photos its apparent that Rosetta is some sort of Cybernetic Centaur. Not too many of those on my shelf, so I figure why not.
Box is quite impressive - it's takes a lot of padding and empty space to make a 1/12 figure box the size of a 1/6. The figure comes with quite a few parts and an instruction manual that is downright confusing to follow.
The set can be broken up into two parts - the main figure, and the accessory parts needed to get Rosetta into combat mode. IMMEDIATELY upon opening the inner clam shell and taking out figure, I find that the legs on the figure are pretty floppy around the hips and ankles. Furthermore, upon even closer inspection, the body work on this figure is unlike anything I've seen from Snail Shell recently, harkening back to the Wolf Girl days.
The body work LOOKS beautiful, but is a real pain in the ass to manipulate and get into position. Overall, I'd say the level of articulation is on part with a typical figure, but you're gonna have to work much harder to get the limbs to cooperate - the exception would be the head, which I feel is somewhat restricted. This includes the articulated eyeballs, though in this case, the expressions aren't particularly varied.
Connection to the Centaur mode parts is... lazy. Rosetta literally takes one up the ass, connecting to her backside via a small peg. The rear half of the Centaur has pretty good articulation and in some twist of fate, isn't anywhere near as floppy as the main body.
There's a few more parts you can plug into the figure - a neat pair of wings, some wires for some reason, and of course, weapons.
The set comes with basically two lances of some sort. These can technically be used with the smaller figure, but they're clearly meant to be used with the Centaur mode. Not that it matters, as technically the figure doesn't actually hold the things. Instead, you swap out the part on the fore arms so you end up with a socket. The weapons have braces installed and this brace is what fits into the socket, while the hand stabilizes the weapon.
Or at least in theory that what happens... I could not get the hand and the socket to ever actually be properly aligned. Maybe I'm not good at it - so either it's a terrible system, or its a super finicky one.
All other factors quality of the finished figure is about right for Snail Shell - this includes Paint and Build. But holy crap those issues I mentioned above really put a damper on ownership.
A nice figure to look at, but posing is gonna be a mess. Wait for a sale, friends.
We found a dead land snail this morning. After removing the snail, this the shell before boiling. Note scale.
This is a shot of a snail shell I found out at our farm the other day. The picture was taken using the "reverse lens macro" technique.