Painting wise is a bit bland (no shading ,etc) But I’m not complaining as I myself paint my kits with minimal shading too, using lighting to effect the shades and shadows (only works with detailed sculptures of course. )

Anyway, for a noir era character, minimal shading seems to fit the theme (black and white era as it is, with deep shadows) :)

As for the lack of castoff, it’s ok with me, though it’s a bonus if it was available. This figure is sexy without being skanky, and the tease of being castoffable (but isn’t) is great. Again, it fits in the noir era. Sexy females where the sex is implied but never in-your-face. :)

And I guess Koto finally decided to be sensible: no silly, shiny, high gloss flesh paint unless it’s a beach scene oiled figure. Good. :)

I still wish they’d gone with more shading, as it just seems lazy to leave it all to the natural contours of the sculpt (though they don’t do a bad job).

At the price point, and given the skimping on the paint job, a nice castoff is the only thing that could’ve seriously redeemed the kit in my eyes. It’s not bad, but just feels a bit lacking.

I also had trouble getting the gun in her hand properly with the finger on the trigger, thought I might actually break the finger, but got it there in the end.

My only big gripe is no cast off, you’d think such a style of upper body clothing would be made removable…or maybe i’m just too much of a perv.