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K-T Review: TWD Riot Gear Glenn

K-T Review: TWD Riot Gear Glenn

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PAINT AND SCULPT

Glenn is pretty damn faithful to the comic art. His eyes are perhaps small, but it’s not a bad thing, and may just be a product of the scale. All of the paint on the noggin is pretty damn clean, and he’s sporting a bit of 5 o’clock shadow I don’t recall him being drawn with. His brow is furrowed and he looks like he’s concentrating.

As best as I can tell, aside from the hip holsters (I freely admit I could have missed the panel they appear in) the uniform is a fairly exact recreation of its comic appearance. The pallet is black, with varying shades of grey-blue highlights and drybrushing. There appears to be a similar blue-grey dry brushing on the night stick, and the gerry can also has a half-hearted attempt at grimy weathering. He has a bit of light brown mud on his boots, and he’s got a tastefully understated amount of high velocity blood splatter over his body, shield and visor. I think it’s a bit fresh-looking for what I think decomposing blood would look like, but it’s not an eye sore or anything. About the only issue I have is that he has a couple of white spots on the back of his armor. Whatsupwitdat?!

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Glenn is generously appointed with a number of accessories, most of which are comic-correct. Firstly, he comes with a riot shield. It seems a tad small (only a bit larger than that of the Cobra Shock Trooper), but is covered in slash damage ( I think we’re supposed to believe the zombie finger nails could do that), a pair of .45 caliber pistols (some variation of the venerable Colt 1911). They fit well in the holsters, and snuggly in his hands, though neither hand is sculpted to hold a pistol. While flipping through my compendium checking the accuracy of the armor I didn’t note any holster or pistol use while Glenn was in it, but I don’t deduct for extra accessories. I ain’t one of those freaks. Next he comes with his side handle baton (the venerable nightstick, based on the Japanese tonfa) and a very nice riot helmet with a flip down visor and a plug-in chin strap. Finally, the gas can (which, strangely, was billed on the sticker like it was a selling point). The gas can looks good, if a bit too thin. They also didn’t do the open grips. What is this, 1:18 scale?

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