You forget this whole discussion began when you decided to crap all over the people (despite your fake "for those who own it and love it, great" comment) who were posting pictures of the PF they had received and were enjoying and finding surprisingly good - even though you yourself HADNT SEEN...
Well the Enterbay picture is NOT a prototype - it really is the plastic-looking crap the customer gets for their money.
So keep laughing and enjoy your doll...
Very good question. The enterbay has plastic-y look to the skin that can't be ignored. The hips are too wide making the figure look fat with clothing on when he should look fit. The faux leather is too thick and so doesn't wrinkle in scale which leaves the figure with a doll-ish quality. The...
The people who actually GET the final product all seem pretty happy with the final product. It's only the people who've never seen the thing in real life that comment in the negative. That makes less sense than judging by what the sculpture looks like.
The reason the Enterbay face looks good is that the translucent plastic they use is very forgiving of the flaws when paint is applied. I've seen both the Enterbay and Sideshow Terminator heads in the raw clay and the Sideshow is vastly superior.
The difference is the that the other companies use a plastic that has a bit of translucency on the surface. This hides or reduces the surface detail quite a bit And disguises all of the flaws as well. The painted polystone tends to enhance the surface detail (darker colors pooled in the pores...