[SwiftDeath]

Hmm I actually much prefer the unpainted artist proof approach to the gold painted approach a lot of other exclusive variants of limited statues have. A lot classier

That being said I still prefer the exclusive version to have a different pose or changeable piece that makes it unique

I'd probably feel less happy about the ACIV artist proof statue if there didn't already exist unpainted artist proofs of the other statues

Those artist proofs are incredibly rare and completely genuine. The ACII statue artist proof that the French AC collector has on here for instance. Somewhat feels like the continuation of that