NOTE: The head and face uses Color B - The head is unique to this model and other face plates will not fit under the hair. However, her slightly smaller face plates fit onto other heads with other hairstyles (generally).
I'm not much into the Fate series, it's complicated and nonsensical, and this model perfectly exemplifies why.
This is King Arthur. But it's not just the most popular character of the Fate franchise 'Artoria Pendragon', it's the alternate timeline in Fate Grand Order the game, who is a "Caster". I had no idea, I didn't even think it was part of the 'Fate' franchise when I ordered it, nor recognize 'Artoria' when I built it.
This is a 'premium' 30MS collaboration kit comparable to the Idolmaster and Uma Musume kits, which means it features dedicated sculpts and its own body and limbs, incomparable to regular 30MS models.
Aesthetics:
The kit looks and feels very premium compared to other kits, it uses very sharply detailed parts and sculpts, with a mix of materials, that being plastic and rubber skirts (inner and outer). The two part cape is entirely plastic.
My only complaint is the gold plastic which looks cheap and out of place.
There are a ton of flowing hair parts on this model and the staff, which makes it very fragile. Be careful with the red tassels when inserting them, as they are easily stressed - Hold it at the ball part when inserting into the staff's head.
The interior and exterior cape parts are color separated, but held together by the included double-sided tape. You can glue them together, but there's no friction fit.
The kit has a sticker sheet with gold emblems and the band around her cap which feels a little cheap.
Mechanics:
While the range of the model's articulation is good, it's hindered by its own skirts and cape parts, so it's not exactly a ballerina compared to some of the more mobile 30MS kits. On the other hand, most of the hair parts move, except for the pink hair on the staff.
The belt and scabbard hang loosely on the skirt, so it gets out of the way on its own, however it also doesn't really stay in place.
Equipment:
Ahoge - "idiot hair" little hair strand on the center filler piece that turns
Cape - Fits onto the back (and other models) and has a hidden 3mm hole between the two halves, to use with a stand
Staff - It's big, she can hold it
7 Hands - Fists, holding, spread open + a dainty hand
Cap - Fits into the little hair slot, compatible with other hair (depending on the hair shape)
3 Face Plates - Neutral smile, stoic with open mouth and teeth, 'tsundere' face with jagged teeth
Belt with sword - There's no real sword, it's just a hilt on a scabbard and you can't attach anything to the hilt
Conclusion:
It's almost a figurine, except you can pose it.
If I was a fan of the series, I don't know if I'd be happy or not with this model kit, mainly because I didn't even recognize her. "Altria" is a stupid misspelling of "Artoria", by the way, which doesn't help the confusion. Although at this point, maybe that's the idea, since it's all incomprehensible anyway.
Anyway, I think it's a cool model and because I don't have an attachment to the character, I can just throw the cape onto a 30MF model or some other girl and put the angry face on the model as she chases after them. GG!
