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Finally got my hands on an old model of KOS-MOS! It's been out of stock for ages but they just did a small run recently.

It's a very striking old kit and E2046 really delivers on rare/old characters. Highly recommend if you're into modeling, but be aware they do sell 18+/adult kits.

Okay, there's a fair amount of junk left behind, but nothing seems warped or broken. (TBF I've never had snapped parts from them. Of the dozen or so figures I've ordered all have been in great shape.) Older kits always have a certain amount of cutting, smoothing, and bending.

I don't have to do any face work, which is good, since I suck at it. And hands/fingers are also a thing of my nightmares. The hair might need a little heat bending, but we'll see what it looks like on the dry fit. The details are gorgeous on KOS-MOS, but they're going to require so many painting sessions.

I need to do a bit of filling for some of the pieces, though once I grind the extra tags and stuff off it'll fit better. Plus the pegs are... really bad? I'll definitely need to drill in some better support. Outside of a couple of solid ones on the legs, they're way too shallow for weight-bearing sections.

Wait. Aren't there a ton of super delicate pieces on this kit? Like, look at them wrong and they crack thin layers?

Oh. Oh no. There are 53 pieces on this, please no. ALL of them need fit adjustments?

E2046 Shantae resin garage kit build photoset July 9th, 2022

It wasn’t until after I had already bought this kit that I realized that there is an actual official kit of this, available through Volks. I had preordered an R-Type Leo kit that was cancelled, and my money was refunded back to me via store credit. I used that credit to buy Shantae here.

For Shantae’s hair, I used Mr. Color 67 Purple atop black surfacer for preshading. Her harem pants were preshaded Mr. Color 29 Hull Red with the main color being Mr. Color 81 Russet mixed with Gundam Color 23 MS-065 Pink. For her skintone, I first sprayed her with Mr. Color’s Bome flesh set Carrot Orange. Her main color is an assortment of other Mr. Color paints: 19 Sandy Brown, 7 Brown, 173 Fluorescent Orange, and 62 Flat White. The gold is Gaia Notes 122 Starbright Gold. The blue gem on her tiara is a blue Swarovsky jewel I found at a 100 yen shop.

As usual, flaws can be seen when zoomed in up-close, but I think she turned out great.

Conceived in the '90s as a cross between Ranma 1/2, Nadia, Pokemon, and I Dream of Jeannie, Shantae was finally released on the Gameboy Color in 2002. So far I’ve only played this game via emulator on Retropie, but I have bought the sequels on Steam. She is also a DLC character in the first Blaster Master Zero.