Japan’s Most Unbelievable Figure

[@thejuicynuggets]

Wow. 🤯You can see more of this artist's incredible work on Twitter @repe_labo ( twitter.com/repe_labo ), Instagram @repaint_laboratory, and they have a few livestreams on KZbin ( www.youtube.com/@RepaintLaboratory ). Also, check out why one Japanese Oshi no Ko fan got arrested right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIDGdp5nhslnnbc

[@IsItRey]

Why didnt you tag the youtube channel despite having footage of their livestream in the video?

[@itamog5307]

thx for sharing the artists handles in the vid and here. this dude's figures are amazing!

[@masteronepiece6559]

If Zanoba from "Mushoku Tensei Ⅱ: Isekai" knows about this, he will worship this Figure. We are all Zanoba.

[@X862go]

RepaintLaboratory has no videos i mean it looks fake ....

[@corasundae]

​@@X862gothey do livestreams, not videos...

[@minermole101]

Imagine the prices for figures soaring in this kind of art technique was applied.

[@timthirsty3816]

U had to word it out, now all of those big name anime figure companies will start doing this and tag them with 60k yen. All is doomed for us figure collectors

[@minermole101]

@@timthirsty3816 I highly doubt that some random figurine maker or company will look at the comment and jack up the prices and apply that art technique. But let me know if I'm wrong.

[@Ularora_Quolphastra]

@@timthirsty3816 ive seen a lot of dragonball figures painted in this style by the factories, also people do gundam models in this style,

[@bobbobson6290]

If it's more than 20 bucks I'm doomed.

[@RED_XLR]

@@bobbobson6290 You were already doomed then.

[@wander7812]

"Looks exactly like The Anime" This looks like BETTER THAN THE ANIME ITSELF

[@TopatTom]

scary… scary…

[@SketchHusk]

Nah, mate. That usually ends up in an opening animation-if lucky enough, even in an outro-like JoJo's.

[@tocide]

This is what i imagined 3d anime would actually look like, same shading and everything but in 3d

[@JackfrostAtreidesOmegaXZero]

​@@tocideYou know that the program japanese uses are obsolete? Because they believe in some sort of "respect the original vision" or an stupid thing like that. Due to with it was how were teached.

[@akatsukigajou1639]

Wander nope wrong you effing M0R0N its literally just like the anime itself.

[@DannoHung]

That is so fucking good. It belongs in a museum.

[@luizotavio44]

Ok ezreal

[@drvoid143]

The museum of weebs

[@user-isdjbdhsjw]

No. It belongs in a room

[@pyrielt]

@@user-isdjbdhsjw A rubber room (just for the rat copypasta, not saying you're crazy if you own it)

[@Fonras.]

Just compare this to taped banana on the wall then you will know that this deserved to be there.

[@chilomine839]

Original price: $367 New Price: $9000.00

[@anbi7418]

No, wait... I don't believe this is right. There's no way it isn't OVER 9 THOUSAND!!!

[@ayea4753]

@@anbi7418it isnt

[@tunasandwich1826]

Hamburger ​@@anbi7418

[@minhnhatb.h2503]

@@anbi7418 here is an estimate, 3 hours a day for 2.5 months, let's say 20$ an hour, that's 4500$ but you can't pay guys like this hourly rate so yes 9000$ is incredibly low

[@intruder6628]

Still better than modern art lol

[@vectoralphaSec]

That figure just went up 10K% up in value.

[@trowawayrizzay]

Need real dolls to get on this asap

[@Adrien-nh7ed]

@@trowawayrizzay for real 😂😂😂

[@Freek314]

@@trowawayrizzay Bruh I don't even... lol good idea

[@Crimson_Dragon01]

I often see this done with Gundam models and it always blows my mind. I wish I knew how to do this myself.

[@Skullisho]

Quite simple really, first you need to dedicate a decade of your life to the craft, staying consistent and still pushing through, there will ups and downs but as long as you have a goal in mind you will achieve it, hard work beats talent

[@izzulazrizal702]

Yeah it's more common than you think, the thing that makes the Toga figure different is the subtle tones you see on the figure, normally it would just be hard edge shading

[@happyspacefun3796]

​@@Skullisho yeah but that dude started in 2022 with that style and it's kinda inhuman how good he is

[@mpizb8940]

You can take the traditional way and learn how to paint in this style without needing external references. Or, you can make a 3d render of the model in Blender or any 3d rendering program, create light sources and tweek the graphics to meet your desired visual appeal (it's much easier to have two opposing light sources as shown in this video rather than mixing colors up). Once you got an actual 3d render of how the product will turn out to be, just recreate it in real life and paint carefully. It's always easier when you have it all all planned out before execution. Id recommend you look up videos on how to create 3d anime render style, they are pretty similar to the product shown above.

[@turtlefreezer]

it's mostly about the brush and paint he is using if the brush can make straight and clean lines ( and if you have a stable hand) and if you have the correct colors and have +5 -10 years of experience in drawing and painting then you can do it too oh and also if you know how 3d works .

[@eyy_man1162]

Its crazy how he managed to make it so the ambient light doesnt affect the colors of the figure?? I think that's mainly ehat makes this looks so surreal. Awesome work he did there.

[@natayaway]

sandpaper, matte primer, very bright/fluorescent pigments, and a diffuser for lights when recording the figure (a lampshade... or even waxpaper)

[@DeathnoteBB]

If it’s a studio, you turn off all the lights you aren’t controlling to keep the ambient light down.

[@Sockfunky]

Draco centauros!?!?

[@koromoro6682]

I think the figure itself having its own diegetic (best word I can think for this) lighting source with bright colors is huge for the illusion

[@lordbiscuitthetossable5352]

I also think the fact it just doesn’t *bother* with transitions of light makes it pop more. It’s very cartoon/cell shaded which in itself is a very striking style when executed well.

[@Jelination]

The amount of skill to pull it off, it's crazy. Edit- not exactly the right paint, but also the skill involved to use it. 2Edit- 6k likes thats the first time that happened...

[@darkshadowsx5949]

its mostly just having the right paint.

[@Murpler]

Thank you for saying skill and not talent

[@Diamoondust]

try it yourself then​@@darkshadowsx5949

[@Rasupubegasu]

@DeadfishKing Talent of being able to do things without procrastinating and loving what you do.

[@CamelliaFlingert]

@@Rasupubegasu guess people in sport can be perfect at anything equally if they try hard enough, noted (this applies to any area of human activity, physical, mental or intellectual)

[@connorzen-vm8of]

This might be an actual artistic revolution.

[@rickybobby5153]

It’s nothing too new. I’ve seen people doing body painting like this for a few years now too. Same concept

[@wet0wl]

@@rickybobby5153Yeah but this is next level. With a lot of them I can tell they’re 3D still. This looks two-dimensional to me.

[@inendlesspain4724]

@@rickybobby5153 Hopefully it'll really take off after this. Not just in anime figures, but even animation in general.

[@Max4Million]

@@rickybobby5153actually now that you mention it imagine a body being painted in an anime style like this

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Now imagine if someone did this to a NSFW figure lol

[@maxs-lz4pn]

Usually there's a side that suffers when a figure is painted like this but this looks amazing from every single angle

[@hippieyoda1993]

Eh, it probs only sits on the shelf showing that side anyway 😆

[@Shadowl]

Correct. The figure was made to look fantastic but only from a specific angle.

[@serbiagamingiscool515]

​@@Shadowlit still looks great from other angles as well, just not as insane as from the front

[@hundredfireify]

And only in perfect lighting. The moment you light it from a side, the illusion breaks down

[@haxor-rex5705]

This looks like a properly made CGI for an anime but IRL, I can't find more suitable words for it

[@bwahchannel9746]

Cel shading

[@MALICEM12]

When an anime figure looks better than most anime cgi

[@pengen_gantinama]

​@@bwahchannel9746 exactly what i instantly think when i watch this

[@theog_spider6212]

Bro when I saw this figure, I was genuinely tweakin bru, my brain couldn't process if it was 2d or not

[@FRISHR]

This is how the Spiderverse toys should have been like:

[@sakareeh]

HONESTLY

[@DamageMaximo]

spiderverse is cool but MHA deserves it more, and it's not even amongst my favorite anime

[@four-en-tee]

@@DamageMaximo MHA is mid, but this is a cool repaint

[@Amealworm]

@@DamageMaximoinsane take😭

[@PillocksAnimationCentre]

@@DamageMaximo Ain’t no way u put MHA above spiderverse

[@TheBlackBrickStudios]

Genuinely, this figure is the single best example of good shading techniques I have ever seen. I will always be using this figure now as a demonstration for when I teach painting to hobby newbies.

[@elementneon]

100% The greatest part is we KNOW that high-end figure manufacturers are going to learn from this and create even better looking figures in the future, and I for one look forward to it!

[@Lazerlight1212]

The fact that not only is the guy talented enough to pull off this amazing paint job art style-wise, but that he could also make it perfectly consistent across all angles so it looks like a CGI model from any angle is just insane

[@ADreamingTraveler]

That's what I was thinking. When they spun around it I was shocked

[@maxs-lz4pn]

That's truly amazing skill, I'd kill to be able to see their work in person

[@keithrowsell6847]

I love that the screen left leg is painted with darker colours to the other leg because it's angled more inwards casting a darker shadow. This is some next level illusion-ism.

[@Netherwolf6100]

I haven't bought a figure before, but that level of detail and coloring would convince me otherwise. Its like, the first time I saw an anime game rendered in 3D space.

[@potappotapov1815]

You didn't even see the back of the figure, he didn't even show the coating up close. This kind of bull only looks good on camera

[@sourlessfix9109]

​​​​​​​@@potappotapov1815Maybe watch the video closer. You do get to see the back, and there are moments where we get to see the sides as well. I don't know what you get out of pretending like this isn't really impressive. Edit: Back of figure: 0:37 Right of figure: 0:12 Left of figure: 1:18 There are plenty of close ups where they go around the figure as well. Also I don't understand why people get annoyed when people try to put nice lighting and effort into videos like this, do you expect them to purposely make their video quality worse just to make you happy?

[@potappotapov1815]

@@sourlessfix9109 yeah, for like half a second. Couldn't have he took it outside, show how it looks under natural lighting, Instead of his obviously studio setup? This is just bull

[@potappotapov1815]

@@sourlessfix9109 when ppl are trying to sell me stuff, yes, I would much prefer crappy but real photos, such as from reviews, to set up photos in product pictures. Have you never bought anything online? Things always look different in customers reviews photos

[@prestonwuvsyou990]

Oh come off it. Nobody is going to be running outside with a figurine. Stop being contradictory for no reason.​@@potappotapov1815

[@misha6708]

dude the raw, sheer understanding of the mechanics of light and shading necessary to apply this in a three-dimensional space, let alone the absurd precision needed to physically imprint these concepts into reality

[@ComradeDmitriy]

The paint seems to have almost 0 reflections, leading to absence of depht, meaning only painted cell shading can define the form

[@DjamTG12345]

I’m telling my kids that this is the Mona Lisa

[@sammicopor]

The mona lisa actually had technique, this is modern anime bullcrap. Wheres the figurine of onizuka from GTO? Thats what I thought, you call this monstrosity the mona lisa when no one actually made anything based on a decent character not made to fan service angsty people who couldnt get laid if they even tried.

[@TheFelix07]

@@sammicopor Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci and the paint wasn't anything special until it was robbed from its museum, in that moment it became important and coveted by everyone. It is priceless because of its story and artist more than the paint itself

[@vanilla5930]

@@sammicopor the comment was a joke, calm down snowflake

[@ng6635]

@@sammicoporI'm sure Leonardo da Vinci would approve with you discrediting others art

[@dcry1003]

@@sammicopor modern anime bullcrap my @ss, ya sure cuz the paint job for such a figure doesnt require any technique and skill, if thats the case i'd like to see you try it smart@ss

[@dkwroot]

Now imagine if someone built a full scale robot anime character and then painted it just like this.

[@takeuchi5760]

5-10 years

[@tntking1247]

Imagine a full scale Evangelion Unit-01 with this kind of paint technique, would be insane

[@unknown_username_not_found]

​@@tntking1247 OH GOD I NEED TO SEE THAT

[@turtlefreezer]

if only i had free time

[@AlottaBoulchit]

I just posted the same. LOL. real Waifus are coming!

[@Akiran_Edits]

I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. … I NEED IT-

[@lowprofile4970]

ME TOO

[@Azertyyys]

For what? You gonna put her in a jar?

[@OriginalMelonLord]

​@@AzertyyysYeah.

[@Akiran_Edits]

@@Azertyyys No- I just love it sm 😭

[@Makio_animz]

It's not like I want it or anything BUT I NEED IT

[@c.o.m.m.i.t]

What makes this so perfect is that it does a good job making every angle look as though it’s 2d, similar to how shows make them appear “3d” in the way they move

[@PS5toBhappy]

A 3d model that looks like 2d is absolutely mindblowing. Peak intelligence

[@hangonsapto2338]

Reminds me of Fatal Fury game that was released recently.

[@j-sant-animations8105]

That last bit must be a dream for any customizer, the work is so good, it not only impressed half of Japan, but companies are setting up offers for him! He better get a hefty percentage of any sales they make with his work

[@thenuggywuggy8389]

that has to be blender or something dude. my brain hurts looking at it.

[@ava_ava_ava_ava_ava]

irl blender

[@corasundae]

​@@ava_ava_ava_ava_avayou can buy those at the store though

[@Jurgir09]

It’s real

[@fantasynx4730]

Wheres the real life shadows?

[@SketchHusk]

It is always top tier with a figure literally look like something popped out of something visually vibrant.

[@da_roachdogjr]

I wish that man all the success he can have in life, truly an artist above many.

[@Abicated]

Its REALLY smart to have hard lighting built into the model like that because it means color tones would look the same no matter how you rotate it, cause the "light source" is rotating with it. That way, you can draw in shadows and highlights in a way that makes it look 2D from any angle.

[@Aritso]

In a time where the internet does anything to ruin someone's life over small crap they said 6 years ago or rumors that are untrue, it is nice to see someone getting job offers and recognition for the work they post online. I hope he gets to paint more figures like that AND get paid in the process.

[@somenuttysquirrel]

In the midst of today's A.I. takeover, it's especially nice to see an artist thriving.

[@danny297]

A lot of people attempt this style but this is one of the best I’ve seen so far. Damn

[@Dan-Ky-Kang]

The outlines are very well done. But no one is talking about the paint simulating the lights diffusing onto the figure on both sides. I don't think I've ever seen that done before. That's just insane.

[@AwwhHex]

That is the coolest looking figurine I’ve ever seen. Their art style makes it look soo trippy and like it’s straight out of an anime

[@NefariousElasticity]

Figure paintups like this have been getting really popular lately. Strongly considering trying it on a Jane Doe printed figure I'm in the process of prepping.

[@VisonsofFalseTruths]

The bit at around @0:30 about some people thinking it was “unnecessary” is like. That’s EXACTLY what people are like. ALL of art is unnecessary. That’s part of what makes it art. Without art we get brutalism and the only people happy with brutalist architecture are people who don’t have to live within seeing distance of brutalist architecture.

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

Well said, i agree

[@Gonzas97]

I disagree, because brutalism is also art, and just like you said, is unnecessary, but ironically is necessary. What we don't really need are bananas pasted over a wall, or a red line over a white canvas

[@turbochargedfilms]

You sure you wanna be using brutalism as the example of something devoid of artfulness? If you're gonna talk about architecture, why not modernist minimalism? The merits of whatever perspective you may have on art are instantly invalidated by your absolute refusal to get out of this strange cognitive constriction you seem to think your analysis of art can be validated through. Stop it.

[@axelsgf]

God I wish more figures looked like this, it looks beautiful

[@dewaeryadi7776]

I remember back in the late 2000s, theres a japanese guy who paint his gunpla with the same technique, its simply magical

[@tweedlebug123]

He elevated an already beautiful figure of Toga into a true work of art.

[@natew5544]

glad people can appreciate his level of workmanship and time he spent on it. sucks when youre an artist and people dont see how hard you worked on something.

[@smolchungus9213]

We revolutionizing the figure industry with this one

[@Zorn_Arc_Vortigern]

THIS is the type of Art that actually belongs to an Museum

[@enilicht]

? Are you serious, it’s an anime figure💀

[@PranadonNakaseths]

​@@enilicht I'm sure art in museum nowadays isn't as innovating as this one

[@enilicht]

​@@PranadonNakaseths its an anime figure. if you don't like the art that's being presented in museums today then you don't ACTUALLY appreciate art. sorry!

[@Jollingo]

@@enilichtwait 100 years and it will be in a museum (if it was well kept)

[@enilicht]

its called an illusionary structure. there are multiple museums in the world that contain these types of pieces. you people only get enamoured by these types of things because you don't actually invest into art and go to museums and find ways to support artists who have talent to do this. also, if you want this to be in a museum so bad, then why don't you go ahead and support and encourage the artist to make more yourself??? i hate people who always demand stuff from creative workers without ACTUALLY doing something about it and claim to "appreciate art" like no you just wanna see anime girls

[@VOXivero]

The artist deserves all the praise he's getting

[@Big_Sloppa]

This dude has genus level visual processing and modeling in his brain

[@perialis2970]

1:15 wawawawawait wait nobodys gonna question the background whats goin on

[@RageDeRuin]

I mean it's a scene from the manga so 🤷🏼 they fight

[@perialis2970]

@@RageDeRuin AYO THATS NOT FIGHTING

[@KitKat-100]

it’s a scene where uraraka and toga are fighting lol

[@ILOVEFROGS-lp7qi]

Toga is pointing a knife at her

[@Cactus-Cactaceae]

That looks very weird if you don't know the context 😅

[@Chargeboltttt]

My girl himiko i need it

[@PLAYER42_ready]

THIS LOOKS AMAZING! Even better than the official 3D models used in the games! I hope some offical figure makers see this and can make more figures in this style because I love it! Toga my beloved

[@drongobrat6471]

I wonder if it only works in specific lighting or if it actually looks that good all the time

[@StarMisura]

I’m pretty sure even with natural light it still looks good

[@thecactusman17]

If this is real - and I'm not convinced it is - then it only works under very specific lighting conditions. Because none of the raised sections of the model are casting shadows on adjacent surfaces (like her backpack gas tanks or the shoes sticking out of the clothes pile). I've seen similar techniques before and they absolutely can look great from certain angles, but you can't do it from a full 360 degree rotation because the individual pieces of the model cast their own shadows and distort the color effect of the adjacent surfaces. What would convince me it's real is if they showed an angle where _all_ of the color shading stops looking right as the model turns. edit- looking at the making-of youtube videos, it's clear that something has been digitally altered for the twitter posts. You can immediately spot all the shadows and everything that the lighting should be making evident in the final production. And it still looks great! But there's no uncanny valley effect when it gets shifted around to provide access to the paintbrush.

[@chillpenguin7679]

Sheeesh! The fact that the artist made the model look good not just from one front-on angle, but from ALL angles is just... Amazing!

[@axa122]

HUH so it wasn't clickbait. I'm so impressed

[@jorgexd8385]

real

[@magictriangle6878]

It also comes down to the lighting of the room and how there doesn't seem to be any shadows on the figure, letting the paint job just look like flat tones

[@manason2776]

they call it Cel Shading in the Gundam Community

[@magictriangle6878]

@manason2776 Makes sense. Cel shading is already the name for the typically used shading style in animation. Cel is short for celluloid, the sheets that traditional animation was made on

[@Nobody.thatyouknow]

0:06 HOW'D YOU KNOW MY THOUGHTS!

[@resveries_]

i was expecting the illusion to only work from one angle. the fact that it still looks good when u rotate it is blowing my mind rn, that’s a work of art right there

[@TheGoodContent37]

That picture on his profile is the biggest flex when you realize those are freaking real models. Guy is a genius.

[@NorikaiWS]

Me try to tell my brain that is was 3d figure Brain:no it's not

[@gernil6216]

This is giving a lot of potential for anime to real-life merging movies

[@IvanSmith-dq7ip]

Do you mean cgi or stop motion animation?

[@politedonut2637]

​@@IvanSmith-dq7ip prob making the 3d models look 2d

[@IvanSmith-dq7ip]

@politedonut2637 Interesting idea. I hope something like that will pop up in the future!

[@IvanSmith-dq7ip]

@EverIight or mix them.

[@gernil6216]

@@IvanSmith-dq7ip the anime-style painting in the video is the closest to depicting anime life-like characters while seemingly make them feel like they're truly in the real world, not too cgi, not too realistic. If an animation or some cgi is done with that style of color tone and painting, along with the realistic lighting and cinematic movie standards, is gonna be a very interesting genre as a movie

[@fleurala]

this is insane bro i need my favorite figures to look like this..

[@zephyrias]

Same!!

[@ziggybearofficial]

As a huge Toga Himiko fan/simp since before the pandemic. I see this as a win. Toga is the best, this figurine is pure art and amazing.

[@purrfekt]

I am seriously impressed by this artist's work. Making 3D look like 2D is an amazing gift.

[@8-random258]

My brain after seeing this: "What even is reality"

[@NSMP10]

These figures should be shown on massive screens during war in order to confuse the enemy and have their brain short circuit

[@-SuperNintendo64-oj4bz]

Bros learned how to cell shade things 💀💀💀 (naw but this is actually cool asf)

[@soomitsunami5936]

Bro got the cell technique (jjk)

[@Agente13840]

No shit that's literally what the vid showed

[@makii4772]

This comment is so ass bruh

[@-SuperNintendo64-oj4bz]

Damn bro chillll it's not that deep 😭😭😭

[@ng65gaming]

We need more efforts for art like this, because it is the peak of creativity. Also, you know as a bonus it just looks fantastic.

[@goldenweeb2081]

so they made a 3D figure that looks like it was in 2D that is made to look 3D

[@LegendaryHeroponRiki]

they better hire this guy to work on figures

[@janoitheauratrainer1379]

I honestly thought that was edited. I was ready for a clickbait. That is some amazing work.

[@RatAndRaven]

"if you thought this was a cel shaded 3d model *etc* you're wrong" but it is literally a cel shaded 3d model

[@SchemingGoldberg]

The phrase "3D model" means CGI with a computer, not a physical object.

[@mr.duck1246]

I think a really cool aspect of it is the bright red and yellow pieces that effectively look like neon lights and not just random red and yellow lines. Takes immense talent to do stuff like this.

[@Ren-uk7kj]

At first I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. The artist did an incredible job with the figure. I’ve never seen anything like this before.

[@sdwlmkcgarou]

Ngl, this made my jaw actually dropped.

[@DivineJoseph123]

My brain is not braining

[@denis_d3]

THIS is how anime characters would look like if they moved to the real world.

[@hangonsapto2338]

No. This is how the characters in 3D anime should be made.

[@midnightfox5074]

he took into account alk the lighting details, making the figure more realistic. no wonder it took him 2 1/2 months to finish, it looks STUNNING.

[@revivedsoul1099]

Looks really good, the colors on side make it seem its animated. It has alot of details.

[@p0rt3r]

I assume the effect only really works like this with all-round soft lighting so it's evenly lit, to avoid *actual* shadows and bright spots. It wouldn't look like this, if it's just standing on a shelf.

[@goodie2shoes874]

I think the reason people aren’t noticing is because of the shadows. They change with your perspective irl but not in anime/manga. Just make it more surreal when u notice.

[@mattwo7]

A good modern shader in a graphics engine could render natural looking shadows in rendered 3D though. This is _next level_ uncanny.

[@Renkencen]

I'm sorry but I need to see this in hand to be fully convince it's super realistic anime paint colours!

[@caylya7869]

It works because the colors wipes away a lot of the shading making it look flat. Same technique that makes those humans covered in paint look 2d.

[@StephenBanyar]

This character had herself a prize figure in the crane games dotted around Tokyo a few months ago. She was doing her usual pose, showing off her teeth and to the uninitiated, she looked rather hungry.

[@limo1132]

it actually looks edited in wtf

[@nowanepcfw]

Without knowing the price I already know that this figure is expensive

[@TheSpeedfoever]

Yo this I would love to have! WOW!

[@importedinventions]

It's the blurry shadow edges that really creates the optical illusion

[@vivalanina]

the red and yellow light reflecting off of everything is amazing

[@y.kal08]

bro literally bent light to make that

[@Megaritz]

I wonder if this looks this good from a lot of angles and in a lot of lighting conditions, or only from a few angles and/or a narrow range of lighting conditions?

[@fortunewookie191]

i love how they made the yellow and red glow. i remember seeing some videos of a similar style on dragonball figures but the quality of this one is insane

[@reddragon2943]

holy fuck that looks soo good. why can't they sell it like this?

[@bobbobson6290]

How to mass produce this?

[@kevinkite3418]

They could sell this, but I think really few people would have the money to pay for this.

[@JosephPao]

​@@kevinkite3418Yea

[@batterupman]

@@kevinkite3418 It wouldn't actually jump up that much in price. Though they weren't pulled off quite as nicely, the Dragon Ball Manga Dimensions figures did this exact thing some years ago and they were only about 4.5k yen. At a budget more similar to the original Toga figure (which is actually still a very nice figure. I own it, and it's one of my favourite from my entire collection.), they could 100% pull this off.

[@PixyEm]

Because it requires a lot of special matte paint instead of just single color 3D printed filament (or worse, cast plastic)

[@coolmew4721]

I don't think I have a jar big enough for this one

[@0strangerghost08]

I WANT IT AHHHHHHH

[@chillax319]

That paint job elevated that figure to the heights of insane quality.

[@SianaGearz]

Keep in mind there is photography technique to this as well. Ring light or an arrangement of area lights are necessary. If you held it in your hand in normal room lighting, it wouldn't look like that at all, it would be unmistakeably a miniature sculpture and not a hand drawn picture. But yeah top notch craftsmanship for sure.

[@alfanscholz8663]

Now I'd just need a jar

[@thelastgamurai]

In the words of Angry Joe Dat loo good

[@echo7project904]

This mans skill and knowledge of lighting is ridiculous geezzz ussss

[@zenos9302]

You need to be a top notch anime coloring artist to pull this off :o amazing!

[@Shadoooop]

My Hero Academia - Himiko Toga 1/8 Scale Figure (2D Ver.) Preorder

[@TheJanstyler]

That looks SO damn good. If this were how all figures looked like, I'd be more hooked than I already am.

[@SkyREX4LIF3]

Honestly i wasnt here for the character, neither the pose, but for the techniques used, is something i didnt knew i was seeking.