【Azur Lane St. Louis Hugging Pillow Cover Illustration Ver.】Made into a 3D figure with a special bed pedestal that can also be displayed diagonally! St. Louis Hugging Pillow Cover Illustration Ver. made into a 3D figure on a 1/6 scale!

Speaking of St. Louis from “Azur Lane”, she is a character combining gorgeousness and a mature atmosphere. What lets you enjoy that charm in a slightly special situation is “St. Louis Hugging Pillow Cover Illustration Ver. 1/6 Complete Figure”. As if responding to fans' expectations of “If only I could gaze at the hugging pillow cover illustration directly in 3D...”, making into a 3D figure her lying face up on a bed and waiting for the commander with an oil bottle in her left hand. Not simply reproducing the character's appearance, bringing even the situation and atmosphere of the original illustration into the figure is the fun unique to this item. Prototype, coloring, and production are handled by HASUKI, and AmiAmi participated in planning cooperation. For people who want to collect St. Louis in an impressive figure, it is a finish that makes you want to gaze down to the details.

The figure is 1/6 scale, and the total height including the exclusive pedestal is approx. 282mm. Rather than configuring with only PVC or ABS, by also combining fabric and magnets, material expressions suitable for each part are incorporated. The set includes the figure main unit, skirt, and exclusive pedestal. A size of approx. 28cm has the charm of being easy to follow with the eye down to the sculpting and costume texture while firmly asserting its presence when displayed. For people thinking “If I'm going out of the way to display St. Louis, I want to thoroughly enjoy even the character's atmosphere”, the viewing value unique to 1/6 scale is a major point. Differing from types with movement in the pose itself, the unique silhouette born precisely because of the lying figure becomes an individuality of this work as well.

What cannot be missed when talking about this figure is the exclusive pedestal styled after bed sheets. You might think “Isn't a pedestal just something to support a figure?”, but in this work it functions as a directing device making you imagine the background. Furthermore, because a structure that can stand independently is adopted, not only the lying state, but displaying the figure stood diagonally is also possible. By changing the viewing angle, you seem able to enjoy a different impression even with the same sculpting. Flocky processing giving a raised feel is applied to the pedestal surface, taking into consideration damage to the paint film when the main unit touches it. Commitment as a complete figure can be felt in the point that thought is given not only to the visual atmosphere, but even to the time of display.

Pointing out “If displayed diagonally, is it really stable?”, what is adopted for that purpose is a fixing method using magnets. Powerful magnets are built inside the figure main unit and exclusive pedestal, becoming a mechanism where it can be fixed without using connecting struts. Because struts are hard to enter the field of vision, being hard to obstruct the long-awaited pose or worldview with unnecessary parts is a pleasing point. Yet, because it is a structure considering long-term display as well, it is a specification with good compatibility even for people who want to decide a favorite angle and display in collection cases, etc. It can be called a design where you can enjoy not only the figure itself, but up to “how to show it”.

And, the point that particularly catches the eye in this St. Louis is the black tights. By adopting actual fabric material rather than general painted expression, gloss and texture unique to fabric are expressed. Furthermore, through the manufacturer's technology, the point that it is specified so color transfer from tights to the figure main unit does not occur is also noteworthy. For collectors who want to display for a long time, the point that thought is given not only to exterior appearance but even to preservation state cannot be missed. However, because it is a delicate material prioritizing texture, caution is required in handling. To prevent runs, tights can be attached and detached up to above the knee, but cannot be removed completely. Handling carefully without forcibly moving would be the trick to keeping a beautiful state.

Pose faithfully reproducing the illustration, volume unique to 1/6 scale with approx. 282mm, black tights with fabric material, flocky processed exclusive pedestal, and a magnet structure that can fix without showing struts from the outside. Not ending with just “We made St. Louis into a 3D figure”, the charm of this figure is packed in points where ingenuity is applied up to materials and display methods. Savoring the sculpting from the front is good, and displaying diagonally to search for a slightly different look from the original illustration is also good. It is a complete figure that makes you want to search for your favorite way of displaying while gazing thoroughly at the character named St. Louis.