Odin Sphere Gwendolyn

Went to my favorite local anime store and my friend there had the latest of my multiple preorders come in from the warehouse (Thanks Luisa!). I only got 2 of my many this time and since the two I got were pretty amazing, I thought I'd do my first picture shoot on one of them, and share here what I've gotten.

Beforehand, The camera I used for taking the pictures is a Nikon D60 with the lens it came packaged with (18-55mm zoom). I am still learing the ropes around all the features varying the shutter speed and aperture for what I think are the best results. I hope in due time that I will develop many superb pictures in time. I appreciate any tips or comments which would help me out! Second, I'm not an official reviewer of figures or whatnot ; I base my compliments and criticism of figures as an avid collector of many and many of anime figures ^^.

With that outta the way, on to my two new additions to my large anime figure family!

It's Hioyri Pixy from Chu x Chu Idol and Gwendolyn from Odinsphere! I am not familiar with Chu x Chu Idol but I liked the figure. Gwendolyn's from the PS2 game which I thought was incredible in artwork and gameplay. The focus on this post will be Gwendolyn; I'll get to Hiyori in the next post.
Three angles of this figure. Very nice detail, as expected from Alter!

This angle's not too bad either ^^

I think I'm going to make this last one my current wp.

Here's the base for the figure. If anything, here would be my one criticism. The base is pretty small but it feels stable. There are two pegs that are on the foot that insert into the tree stump. For such a big figure, it's only being supported at this point and by two pvc pegs. Quite a balancing act! Despite that, it still is pretty stable just as long as something doesn't bump tremendously onto the flat surface Another angle that focuses on, well, you can see for yourself. The inspiration of the 2nd shot was from an image of the upcoming Saber-Lily figure by GSC, roughly at the same angle...(The blurriness shows my inexperienced, as of now, photo shooting)A close up of Gwendolyn's Staff.

Kudos to anyone that can identify the item in the background. (Sorry I don't have anything to offer, but still it'd be interesting to know if anyone can recognize it ^^)

Alright, that's Gwennie for ya! I hope you like the pics I have taken and expect to get better as I continue forward. Till next time!