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<\/a> Day Two of Scarabus week may be running a bit late, but I hope you won’t mind once you see the pictures. Today, I’m focusing on the sculpt and since that’s the one aspect that any picture can show, I thought I’d try & spice this one up with a little help from Scarabus’ two alternate looks: Demon Fire & Dormant Form! <\/p>\nWhile the improvements in quality that I talked about yesterday<\/a> demonstrate how Four Horsemen Toy Design has hit their stride on the production end of the toy industry, the sculpt is there to always remind us where the Four Horsemen got their start.<\/p>\n The best thing I can about the sculpt might just be that nothing’s missing. I know that sounds odd, but think about how many toys you buy were the boots or gloves are delineated only by two areas of paint on the same smooth sculpt? I’m not one to complain about a figure like Negative Man<\/a> having to miss a sculpted detail here or there (I rather enjoyed that figure, in fact), but I think you’ll understand that I simply must praise a figure where every detail is sculpted, right?<\/p>\n Take the Scarabus’ figures standard leggings as an example. Not only are they are believably layered and detailed with some nice crosshatching, but they have their straps, and those straps have fasteners where they originate and buckles – that just happen to be little scarabs – where they end. That’s just two pieces. Scarabus is like that from head-to-toe. <\/em><\/p>\n I mean it feels somewhat silly getting so excited about the little details like straps and buckles, but I think that’s a byproduct of the toy industry. There are some expertly sculpted mass\/online retail toy lines out there (some sculpted by the Four Horsemen, no less), but those sculpts aren’t… terribly complicated. Take MOTU Classics as an example, those figures have great sculpts, but, like a lot of toys, the designs themselves are relatively simple and the figures end up being relatively straightforward as a result. Again, there isn’t anything wrong with that, I love MOTU Classics. But I will admit that having Scarabus makes me wonder what He-Man would look like give the same sense of realism.<\/p>\n As I tout the level of detail, it’s probably important that I similarly point out that the sculpt doesn’t look busy. There aren’t any excessive lines, rivets, or texturing. Every detail on the figure has a purpose and it gives the figures a cohesive, layered look. Some of that is by virtue of actual layering. While there are pieces separated by articulation, there are also a few areas where separate pieces help give the figure some extra depth without adding movement. <\/p>\n If you haven’t seen the awesome exploded view of Scarabus<\/a> that was on display at Toypocalypse, you need to. Go ahead. I’ll wait…<\/p>\n I think that photo, more than anything, demonstrates how much care and craft went in to making this figure. You might also pay special attention to the neck and lower torso which are also separate, but immobile pieces.<\/p>\n Now, the pieces could be there as part of articulation that had to be removed (the ab crunch being one, the back of the figure shows that it was intended early on), but they are still doing their job providing depth and layering. Again, I feel like I’m overstating little things, but take a closer look as the neck in the pictures, I don’t think it would look nearly as nice if it were one piece. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I also want to point out the materials used to help give Scarabus his look, particularly at his hips. I’ll cover this more when I talk about the articulation, but Scarabus’ robes are particularly interesting. Scarabus features hips similar to DC Classics, but it’s the way the robes are divided between the parts that makes the joint really sing. The belt and middle strip of “cloth” are separate, soft plastic pieces while the upper part of the robes covering the legs (the part lined with trim) are hard plastic (that’s the actual thigh piece you’re looking at). The lower part of the robes, beneath the trim, are again the soft plastic.<\/p>\n I don’t know that I explained that well enough, but the end result is that Scarabus has good aesthetics and articulation. When you pose him, the robe flares out and it looks pretty sharp. I want to shake the hand of the Four Horseman that engineered that setup. While we’re talking about the softer plastic, I should point out that Scarabus’ cape also utilizes it and is glued to his hard plastic shoulder armor, again mixing the media to get the desired outcome.<\/P> <\/p>\n I think that covers most of what I wanted to mention about the sculpt, so let me get in a few comments about the two figures that posed for the pictures here.<\/p>\n Technically, my little photoplay is misusing the Dormant Form Scarabus (purple\/silver) a bit. While I said yesterday that I’m dying for a tidbit about each figure, Dormant Form gives us one by virtue of his very name. While many of the figures in this wave are unique characters, his figure is a version of Scarabus – evidently during a time when he’s dormant (feels like for centuries to me). I ended up using him as a possible good aspect to Scarabus (uh, a very dormant<\/em> good aspect?), but hopefully you guys’ll forgive me.<\/p>\n Dormant Form will still be one of my favorites once all is said and done. His silver\/purple color scheme just jumps out to me for some reason. I can see him being on the popular end of the variants. Dormant Form Scarabus is also the regular home for the more skull-like Scarabus face. The regular Scarabus comes with his own version, but it’s creepier in black and silver, so this guy is going to be keeping it, but the colors still look pretty sharp with the regular Scarabus face as well.<\/p>\n The Demon Fire Scarabus is more like the rest of the lineup, in that we don’t really know what makes him unique. He’s another version of Scarabus, more demonic in appearance by virtue of his unique faceplate with its extra horns and protrusions. The regular Scarabus includes a version of his face plate as well, but, just like Dormant Form, I think it looks best on this figure, in this deco. Red is this guy’s color. <\/p>\n Demon Fire surprised me a bit because I hadn’t paid a lot of attention to him before opening him. The black and gold deco is very sharp though. Some of the sculpt details get a little lost in the darker color scheme, but there’s other figures to appreciate them with. Yeah, Demon Fire, is the badass of the group. The regular version of Scarabus doesn’t look like a fighter. He can kill you without lifting a finger – and while that same power surely lies within Demon Fire, he strikes me as a more hands-on fella. As such, he’s been the most fun to pose and play with out of the six I’ve opened so far…<\/p>\n Obviously, you can tell I had a ton of fun with this pair. I built them a little dungeon, they scored a whopping twelve pictures for their review, and both really stand out despite being the only two non-unique characters in the whole wave. I think that’s what’s really interesting about them too, the basic sculpt of Scarabus has enough range in it to give these two figures, just two more versions of the main man, a ton of unique character with just a different coat of paint and a new face. It puts a whole new spin on the buck system, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n I hope you enjoyed this little photoplay\/review. Tomorrow, I’ll be taking a look at the paint with two more figures from the Scarabus wave (not sure who just yet). In other Scarabus news, the Four Horsemen posted today on the Fantastic Exclusive Forums<\/A> that pre-ordered sets have started shipping! Yay! So if you’ve already ordered, your wait is almost over. And if you haven’t? Well- oh, look there’s a link to StoreHorsemen.Com<\/a> right there. How handy!<\/p>\n A huge thanks out to all the Four Horsemen – Cornboy, Jim, Chris, and Eric – for making Scarabus Week a reality!<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n Back to Day One<\/a> | Continue to Day Three<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day Two of Scarabus week may be running a bit late, but I hope you won’t mind once you see the pictures. 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