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Soom [MD/Sep] Epidos - Flame Sword discussion.

Aug 30, 2010

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    1. Regarding Lazule, I remember Soom saying back in May that they were discontinuing both Lupin and Lazule and that CW SGs would no longer be available. However, they didn't say when this would happen. I guess when the new SG sculpts come out. I do hope that they change their minds about Lazule as it is a beautiful sculpt.
       
      #641 MadamMauMau, Sep 14, 2010
    2. ^^ Yes, but they haven't made up their minds about the dates tho'... They told me in 2-3 more months, Lazule will still be available. I don't know if after that time frame they will discontinue him... Maybe at the end of the year?
       
      #642 fransyung, Sep 14, 2010
    3. #643 Bridget McCall, Sep 14, 2010
    4. #644 ShinigamiDuoLover, Sep 14, 2010
    5. yes, that's an NS chalco... XD
       
      #645 fransyung, Sep 15, 2010
    6. thanks! hes lovely too :)
       
      #646 Bridget McCall, Sep 15, 2010
    7. I generally think his proportions look better without the outfit, when he wears clothes, it bulks up his torso and makes it look much bigger than the horse part.
       
      #647 Humbug, Sep 15, 2010
    8. I would agree with you there, Humbug -he's nicer without the clothes, even though it's a great outfit!
       
      #648 Scarlett Empress, Sep 15, 2010
    9. Good news, fellows~ Soom has a section for Centauroid Gem right above Super Gem, maybe the centaur body will be released separately afterall? XD
       
      #649 shirou_oh_sakura, Sep 20, 2010
    10. Yep, that's been there since he was first released, so people are hopeful, but Soom's keeping mum as usual.

      .hlp
       
      #650 heidipay, Sep 20, 2010
    11. I'd love to have a centaur at some point - I would have liked to get Epidos in both versions, but hadn't got the funds even for layaway! Or the patience to wait...well, I think I'll start saving now for any future centaurs.
       
      #651 Scarlett Empress, Sep 21, 2010
    12. I'm still debating to the last second on whether to get him. He looks line for line like the original character bjd concept I have on my photobucket. From his upturned nose, to his lip shape, to even his elf ears. Yet I always dislike the faceups SOOM gives its monthlies. I just can't tell whether he would look like my original character in a different faceup. I think I might risk the second-hand market prices to see whether or not he looks like the way I imagine him to in different faceups.

      It's actually eerily similar to my character design. Though, I did base it heavily off of bjds and Sard, so I doubt SOOM saw my concept.
       
      #652 Lycansea, Sep 22, 2010
    13. Last day to order him!

      There's always room in the waiting thread! ;) </enabling>

      Actually, if he looks pretty much like your character (minus the face up) I'd strongly consider getting him. Paint is easy to fix.
       
      #653 Ostrich, Sep 22, 2010
    14. Yeah, I've been stalking this thread as I wait for the possible appearance of tiny versions, and I felt idrisfynn's post deserves a repost.

      Centaurs are complete, 100% creatures of fantasy. Yes, they may be based off of the idea of a man and a horse, but aren't dragons also based off of lizards/dinosaurs? Wouldn't it be silly if we were agrivated that the latest dragon model was not anatomically similar enough to a lizzard? The Greeks (and sometimes the minoans) are mostly credited with the creation of the Centaur, at least the one we are most familiar with today, and even they never gave them appropriate man-to-horse ratios. And these are the Greeks we're talking about! Proportion and perfection were their ultimate goals in life!

      This is actually one of the original (or the oldest we've found) Greek Centaurs.
      http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/pan1112/centaur.jpg

      Soom could have, in all rights, given us this handsome guy and his odd little poop hat. :lol: Even in the classical period when Greek art couldn't get even a hair more perfect, centaurs were still a matter of fantastical proportions.

      Check out this guy's scale http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/pan1112/Elgin_marbles_by_ConsciousVision.jpg (this is one of the sculptures from the frieze of the Parthenon I believe, so it's the classical period) He's very similarly proporioned to our dear Epidos (minus the big ole' noggin, but that's just a bjd thing).

      I just wanted to throw in my two cents, however unnecessary it was. I love Greek art and I ADORE the centaurs of the earlier mythological period. (you know, all the raping and kidnapping :lol: ) I just find it interesting that people are put off from the mytholigical creature because his proportions are off. I know many people here own or love horses, and that is often a source of the irritation, but centaurs are not horses just as dragons are not lizards or dinosaurs.

      (Also please forgive any historical inaccuracies. My ancient Greek art history is a bit rusty.)

      ~end rant~

       
      #654 sadistic_x_blood, Oct 6, 2010
    15. So... how many of you are going to make Epidos a daddy, given the two new Tinies that just came out...
       
      #655 purajo, Nov 4, 2010
    16. Apologies for the double post, but...

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      #656 purajo, Nov 19, 2010
    17. purajo - looking at your photos of Jaeryn kept megoing while I waited for my boy to come home, he has a happy glow to him!

      I took some pics of Robin with my other SG boys (and Joe who's on a 70cm body) and look - he's shorter -
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      Compare02 by Scarlett Empress, on Flickr

      He's a Teenie Gem ha ha!
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      Compare04 by Scarlett Empress, on Flickr

      Please excuse him looking so scruffy, I didn't sew the poppers on his shirt yet.
       
      #657 Scarlett Empress, Nov 27, 2010
    18. He's shorter than other Supergems? O_O
       
      #658 leXis, Nov 27, 2010
    19. Well, I just measured them, and Epidos is 65cm - which is what I thought all the SGs were - and Lazule is 67cm. According to my dodgy measuring anyway!
       
      #659 Scarlett Empress, Nov 27, 2010
    20. How cute is that? Love the picture with both of them standing back to back. So cute!
       
      #660 ladydiamond, Nov 29, 2010
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