Shin arrived today from Amazon. She's good, but definitely not great.
The body sculpt and articulation is pretty solid, though her shoulder armor should have a few noticeable triangular accents on it that are sculpted way too small. Unfortunately, most of the deco feels pretty flat, she needs a paint wash to bring it out and make her clothing and armor look more worn. I felt most let down with the head, but Hasbro didn't quite capture Ivanna Sakhno in TBS either. The likeness just isn't quite right, especially compared to so many other figures we've been getting lately. I was looking at the sculpt pretty closely, and I think it is mostly the nose and the eyes that feel off. The tip of her nose should be a bit more upturned and her eyes a little deeper set. The paint-app on the face doesn't help either; the eyes could have had more of a dark shadow to help sell them, and her beauty marks, while they are present, are so faint and small that they are almost unnoticeable. At this scale, I think Hasbro could have cheated those to be a little larger so that they are more visible, since they are a prominent feature of the actress's face. Shin's hair is also missing a paint wash to give her the darker roots and a bit of depth, as well as some detailing painting on her braid. And of course, there is the issue of the missing cloak.
All that being said, it is not a bad figure by any means and is still fairly close. It is good to finally get Shin in the line. I'm going to grab an extra to fix the paint apps up a bit and I may see if I can boil her head and reposition the nose a little bit too, but I don't want to flatten it. Hopefully, that should address most of my issues with her.
My Baylan is in a case from EE, so hopefully he isn't too far behind.
