Von de Plume

The double tanks are cool but one thought comes to mind I recall the design of Kozo was to have two tanks, shame this wasn't designed sooner

The photos on the News and 3AA threads look killer. I'm a fan.
I really really hope he doesn't have some kind of big letter stencil painted on that coat for the final, as I'm loving this as is, and that would wreck it for me.

Sans coat, on the run, fumes on full blast for me.

WWR spec talk anyone? wanna chat on Von yo!

-if Vons shitty 9 run into the new DD's are they gonna fight?
-does Von get involved in the fighting? the clean coat on seems like no but in the promo pics is coat off his battle mode?
-are n.o.m. aware of him attempting to work with EC?
-sup with all the hoses and two tanks? is he huffing more gas than the usual n.o.m.? more bad-ass than a disciple or a plume?

I think Von is like Cobra Commander. He has his uniform/coat for when he wants to make speeches/command his minions, then he takes it off for when he wants to get down and dirty battle mode. Those fist hand sculpts also give me that Cobra Commander vibe.
And as far as the many hoses and tanks, my speculation is he has emphysema due to years of smoking.

Von painting on Ashley's instagram

^^^von looking dope in battle for hobby japan on Ashtragram-
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAtCh2TzO5D/?taken-by=ashleywoodart

realized my fav part of Vons design sans all them hoses is the cool grill on front of mask

Vader grill!

Hm, don`t know what to think about Von...the design is great as always, but he looks SO clean (and all black with absolut no color diversity on cloths/helmet/mask/lenses or tubes) on this pic, that he would not match with any of my dirty NOM crew...must wait for in hand pics...

I like the look so far, plus they should have displayed him with his coat off next to the totem agent.  But seeing the two together has me considering buying the agent as well he would look really nice next to von

Exactly!

Von looks more like an Black OPS Totem Commander than WWR...

Could be a prototype, didn't have time to apply the weathering, etc. I think he looks fine personally.

No complaints here so far. I'll reserve final judgment for when he's in hand.

Argentix wrote:Could be a prototype, didn't have time to apply the weathering, etc. I think he looks fine personally.

No judge in my words, just vibes... matches Evenfall in a cool way...Strigoi approved!

call me absentminded but what was the slated release date for Von de Plume?

June was listed on the Bambaland page

Send him on, I don't care if he is weathered or clean, I'm pretty sure that in hand he is going to be sooooo damn cool.

gregory wrote:June was listed on the Bambaland page

cool beans maybe he'll arrive before July, can't wait until he ships.

I agree with Argentix, prototype. regardless he looks dope...

He'll be my Vader de Plume for sure. Sombre will be his right hand.

Wooly wrote:He'll be my Vader de Plume for sure. Sombre will be his right hand.

Von, Sombre, NW Com and 27
(would dream to have a 2-4-6  squad of Afterhour Grunts to complete this high noon)
finally trying to end Barg is my plan...  ( me=Team BarguesT ... )
...and Supreme in a no gravity "Angel"  pose above this scenearuyo ...


Too sad, i heavent had funds as's lonely Lady Von Vader TQ dropped...

gregory wrote:June was listed on the Bambaland page

Hope we get a ship update soon.

From Ashley Wood's Instagram page. He says shipping soon!

SOON! The one thing adult life has taught me is that that word is meaningless. Tube still looks great though, just hope it doesn't cause shipping complications.

If I remember correctly they'll package the tube within another box.  At least something like that was said awhile back.  I'd hate to see shipping labels placed on that nice artwork.  Anyway, like you basically said, talk is cheap.  We'll see what is done when all is said and done.