The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[PulpSuicide]

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

Thanks for sharing. Didn't know there was a Witcher store.

Instant buy for me. The book is beautiful, and the artwork is amazing.

Have been a witcher fan since the first one, played the first and second on my pc years ago, before CDR finally making it to the consoles.

I really want to buy it but the shipping cost is killing me.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by KittyBang

I really want to buy it but the shipping cost is killing me.

I was thinking about it too but I probably be hit by customs too, although as I said before it was nice but at 3x the price + shipping and customs is killing it for me

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

So no one answered my question yet from earlier regarding the PS4 version -- did the foam come with the gwent cards inserts cut out already (and just nothing in them?) or did it have different foam than the x1 version?

I wager it doesn't come with the foam cut out with a slot for the gwent cards as if it wasn't provided with the edition anyway I don't think they would cut them out so that air would just fill the slots. Well if the PC version doesn't have it (the version I have) then I doubt the PS4 would have it too

Anyway the code for a free comic on the back of the compendium is invalid for me =/

Edit: https://youtu.be/Ql0CuLzICO8?t=1m38s Ps4 CE unboxing

I managed to get a set of cards and cloth map, now need to figure when to put them, don't want to cut the foam =/

[ob1ob]

I purchased mine from Best Buy. I posted a message regarding my broken statue on their forum. I find that it's often easier dealing with BB employees through the forum rather than calling. I also emailed WB games about the situation.

[flatout]

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt "Downgrade" RANT

[GODZYLLA]

@KnightOfTruth: No, the PS4 and PC versions have a different foam, only to accommodate the game/steelbook and the medallion.

Edit: The PC version comes in two game cases, so the cut is deeper, all the way to the cardboard box.

Here's a picture of mine:

[CloudyMemory]

So, since a lot of us can pretty much agree that the paintjob on the statue is quite horrendous I thought 'Screw it, I have nothing to lose,' I borrowed a whole box of Games Workshop paints from my friend and decided to take a shot at re-painting some of the worst spots. Unfortunately I forgot to take a 'before' photo, but let's just say that I got one of these:

http://i.imgur.com/XeCosYY.jpg

Here are the results:

Face & Torso: http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0123.jpg

I ended up re-painting the entire face because there was a complete black and red mess around the eyes and mouth. I re-painted most of the hairline and beard because it was mostly gray without any texture with some haphazard white paint application. I left the eyes black because it doesn't really look that bad and I was a bit scared to go for realistic looking eyes. There was scattered paint on his collar so I re-painted that too, as well as most of the 'leather' and the 'metal' parts on it, and the necklace (it was almost completely black). Oh, and I gave Geralt some eyebrows

Head Back: http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0125.jpg

Added some texture to that dark gray mess on the back of his head. I also restored some of his hairline behind his ear, since it made sense to me and it's kinda visible in the sculpt. This could look better, but I think it's definitely an improvement over the original.

Griffin Head: http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0124.jpg

I kept the color of the inside of his mouth and repainted the tongue with a richer red with some added texture and gloss.

Silver Sword: http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0126.jpg

Mine came completely and by that I mean completely black. No silver, no red. So I just re-painted it to hopefully look like it's silver and added some blood splotches courtesy of the 'Blood for the Blood God' paint from GW.

Sheathed Sword Hilt: http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0128.jpg

This was a relatively small detail. Since the hilt of the sword seems to be made of leather in the game I painted it light brown and dry-brushed it with a darker color later.

These are the biggest changes I made. I also added a bit more gray to some of the Griffin's feathers with dry-brush techniques. There are a lot of air-brushed areas on the statue that would deserve a touch-up as well, but that's beyond my skills. As bad as the statue looked in the beginning, I can say I'm finally happy with it. Also, I'd like to say that that this is my first time customizing a figure/statue - and holy crap, it was a lot of fun. Let me know what you guys think!

UPDATE - FINAL VER.: http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0143.jpg

Added some detail (gloves, griffin feathers etc.), corrected further paint errors and re-painted doublet to better match in-game appearance (previous version seemed too dark green). I also didn't like the red stain on the griffin's butt so I did this: http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0138.jpg

[flatout]

Looks great! Awesome job!

Wish I had painting skills. I am good at modifying and fixing things but paint has never been a strong point.

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by StayFree( ' 3')

All is right with the world again...

Ah, it really is better, isn't it? I've got the same setup with mine.
(Don't worry, I'm not a fanboy of any, just prefer my PS4 to Xbone. )

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

So no one answered my question yet from earlier regarding the PS4 version -- did the foam come with the gwent cards inserts cut out already (and just nothing in them?) or did it have different foam than the x1 version?

I was wondering this too, and to back-up the answer above, I looked up a couple of PS4 unboxings and yeah, it just has holes cut for the game/steelbook and in the middle below that there's one for the medallion.

[Gazereths]

Good job on that repaint CloudyMemory, looks a hell of a lot better. The original is shockingly bad, what were they thinking?

[Cosmic_Link]

Originally Posted by GODZYLLA

@KnightOfTruth: No, the PS4 and PC versions have a different foam, only to accommodate the game/steelbook and the medallion.

Here's a picture of mine:

It looks empty without the cards in there... Like there should have been something else! XD Anybody who is buying the Gwent Cards from somebody, like an ebay seller who is splitting the CE up should ask if they have the collector's box too and get it as a whole package.

Anyway, regardless of the sub-par paint job on the statues, I really like this CE. ^^