[Open-Box review] Seiren by Kevin

Hello to all out there in Figure land,

We all know that is amongst one of the companies that has made such an impact into our miniature world working with top sculptors and equally the top painters we all admire the skills of amongst these we have from Nuts Planet Myeon-Ha Hwang and a new painter to them a rather talented lady painter she is of course Pepa Saavedra

Both have their own styles and we shall see how they painted the bust later on ....either way it will be a burst of talent and colour from both artists. Before I progress please note this contains nudity ...but in a very tasteful way I hasten to add.

It is the one titled Seiren

What is a seiren well the definition is: One of several sea nymphs,part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to death by their seductive singing. .A seductively beautiful or charming woman,especially one who beguiles men So we are expecting a beautiful and alluring female sculpt well have we got it let's see what we are looking at: Title: Seiren Reference: NP-B021 Scale: 1/10th Material: Gray Resin No of parts: 3 plus a colour card Sculptor: Jun-Sik Ahn Box Art: Myeong-Ha Hwang and Pepa Saavedra

As with all of the releases from the Nuts range of release we are treated from the initial handling of the distinctive blue cardboard box which in this case has top box art from Pepa,

also included on the side is a triple view.

Parts were safely held in between foam layers with ease , no need to worry about any damage to the contents .with this company.

The parts consist of 3 , namely the actual complete torso , the hair brooch and the base

we also see included a insert card in full colour with a front

and back view of the box art by Myeong-Ha.

In this part I will give an overview of the pieces and in the next we will look at the details of the sculpt.

Prep needed

Torso ...Remove a casting plug from the lower front and a casting line to simply sand away from the lower part at the back.

Hair ...Brooch..Remove excess resin

Base...Fit if you are using

Torso ...this is a full one piece casting ,the Seiren is certainly a beautiful one and no doubt very successful at luring unfortunate sea faring men to their death .

She has been sculpted with her head turned to her left looking sultry , her full lips slightly open , head slightly looking down , long hair sweeping gloriously from her head .

Facial features are really smooth and very feminine , her eyes are wide open with good definition in shape , the nose is a cute one a little upturned and finely worked, her ears have piercings running along the lower edge , the ears themselves are nicely shown .

Her hair is a mass of strands all sweeping down her back, the hair is extremely well worked with little shells intertwining all over .

Just below here shoulders and breasts we have scales , all lovely in shape

Around her neck we have a couple of necklaces one beads like shells the other with small drop pieces and discs threaded through ......the sculpting on these are first class

The breasts are exposed and in proportion to her body , well shaped with nice definition but not over defined nipples.

Lets look at the the final 2 parts and the details then with some more pictures . Firstly the Hair Brooch, fitting is simple to the hair itself refer to the pictures for where to do this. The brooch consists of sea life namely a background of coral with a long and twisting shell together with a starfish, all are very nicely detailed and look good in position

The Base is the standard pedestal type looking good in place if you choose to use it , but as always pin it .

Just look at the sculpting on the necklace all showing great shape and undercuts

Sultry face or what !!!!

View of the strands of hair and form from above

The hair from 2 views showing the lovely decoration of shells intertwined amongst it

Here we see the earrings and the scales on the side of the face The scales at the back , the hair creeping over them

So there you have it our Seiren in all her glory

Final thoughts This is without doubt a painters piece , beautifully sculpted with some really fine details , painting will be a challenge but you have the opportunity to let your imagination go wild with colour as we have seen with the 2 artists we have seen namely Pepa Saavedra and Myeong-Ha Hwang Highly recommended Thanks to Nutsplanet for the Review model and to you all for looking in . For more details including great pictures go to the website at: www.nutsplanet.com or visit them and like at facebook : www.facebook.co/nutsplanet Nap