You’ve seen artists with posable wooden figures, they’re cool but are limited in their movement and expression. This can be hard for someone who wants to get into drawing their own comics, manga, and storyboards. Well, help is on the way in the form of Stickybones, a poseable mannequin for not just drawing, but animation as well! I want to give a big thank you to the awesome folks over at Stickybones for making this review possible by sending over Karl, well, that’s what I’m calling him now.
“Who’s Karl?” you’re probably (not) asking. Karl is my Stickybone figure who came in Yellow and Black, not gonna lie, the colors are awesome, giving a crash test dummy/biohazard vibe! Karl came disassembled, DON’T PANIC (like I did), it’s actually quite easy to figure out which parts go where but if the instructions (that came with it) are confusing, Stickybones has an assembly video you can watch!
Karl is 8.5 inches tall and has magnets in both his hands and feet, the figures come with a steel plate they can stand on. Stickybones also sent along a Fly-Rig to help give Karl some air! The rig also has magnets on the bottom to attach to the plate, this will allow you to pose your figure in a more dynamic action pose, or something silly as I did with Karl running with scissors, which my Art Teacher Brother did not find the humor in it…
Karl has four poseable fingers that allow him to simulate holding things, since there are magnets in his hands, DON’T put anything electronic in their hands like your phone. The fingers can pop off easily if you try to really force them so it’s better to just try to make the hands pose as naturally as possible while holding something, but if you want more realistic-looking hands, there are two separate hand packs to choose from if you wish.
I feel your Stickybones figure is limited by your own imagination. I mentioned above it can be used for drawing but you can also use it to animate, but for those who cosplay, maybe you can make smaller versions of your outfits to put on your figure to get an idea of how to improve on your designs. If you’re not interested in drawing, you may like to have one of these figures for your workspace to hold your favorite pen, business cards, or whatever, as I said you’re only limited by your imagination.
For the price you’re paying, I personally think it’s worth it, whether you use your Stickybones figure a lot OR in limited ways to express silliness, I personally think it’s worth it in the long run.
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