This was actually supposed to be a double review of Huit and Vingt from Queen`s Blade Rebellion but thanks to the heat I could only finish my Huit review and had to stop Vingt`s review in the middle.Thats why we focus today on the little elf tactician of the Rebellion Army right after the Jump!
Before I continue this review I wanna clear some things up before this gets too confusing.If youve come across Huit or Vingt before youve probably seen them written as Yuit and Vante.Their names are based on the french words for the numbers 8 ( Huit ) and 9 ( Vingt ) and the japanese adopted them in their typical phonetic way making them Yuit and Vante.Since their names are based on the french numbers I am keeping the correct french writing instead of the japanese spelling.I do know that this is actually “wrong” but I cant stand the thought of writing huit as yuit.
Youd feel weird spelling Computer in the correct japanese way as konpyuutaa too,right?
Vingt and Huit
Vingt is from the tribe of the little elves who are specialized into alchemy and live in a secluded area far away from wood elves like Alleyne & co.Shes the daughter of Great Alchemist Cyan,who happens to be a close friend of the weaponsmith Cattleya,and mastered the exceptional skills of her father already at a young age.The Neighbouring Kingdom of the Margrave-Kreuz family has close bonds with the little elves and their children Annelotte and Huit grew up playing with each other becoming childhood friends.Annelotte had to play the role of the crown prince, despite her gender, to keep order in her kingdom.Annelotte saw herself as the kind,big brother of Huit and spoiled her quite a bit throughout the years and even until today Annelotte remains the nii-san in Huit`s heart.
While Huit has a gentle heart and is kind to the ones close to her shes still a prodigy tactician and resorts to cold hearted tactics when the cause justifies the means.While she is able to defend herself she mostly resorts to her Alchemy powered clockwork Automaton Vingt who she has a close bond with despite her robotic nature.
Who would have thought that Annelotte and Huit meet each other again in a twist of fate thats so much different from their childhood days?
Thats the short rundown of Huits background story and I highly recommend you to read the illustrated QB Rebellion Stories translated by Fabio for more insight into the characters which can be found here.
Huit is a special case when it comes to Megahouse`s Excellent Model Core QB lineup since she came bundled with the limited Version of the Huit/Vingt Visual Combat book.Upon closer look it only makes sense to release her bundled though since a little elve is indeed little and probably wouldnt have sold well as a stand alone figure.
Megahouse recently released the accompanying Vingt figure that comes with an extra stand for Huit and Vingt`s remote control so keep in mind that the remote control you see in these pictures isnt included with Huit per default.As already mentioned earlier I intended to make this a double review but the weather made the cast-on process for Vingt impossible and I can only present you Huit for today.
Huit is the usual Megahouse deal meaning that the figure can be stripped of those annoying clothes and displayed in all her naked glory.Unlike a certain Half-Elf who likes to go out butt naked,shes clothed down there in the newest elven leave fashion leaving no room for barbie crotch perverts
Considering her small size the paintwork on this figure is remarkable and doesnt need to hide behind her big sisters.Sure she doesnt hold a thing against master pieces like Risty but its still a great paintjob for a size of about 14 cm.You have four options of displaying her: naked,clothed, clothed with cape or the all new popular naked with cape.
The only other optional part that comes with her at default is the key thats needed to rewind Vingt.
I was especially impressed with the attention that went into the golden design on her dress aswell as the little translucent wings on her head
Her pose is a bit boring all by herself but honestly she meant to be displayed with Vingt anyways and it changes from boring to cool when shes commanding the poseable Vingt to attack the enemy but thats prolly just me 
Theres just one real drawback to this figure and thats the fact that shes prone to falling when shes not wearing her cape.She seems to be leaning in some of my pictures but that isnt the fact.Shes just hard to balance without cape and seems to be a bit tilted witout it.
More Reviews can be found at Lylibellules Blog and Animatic Figmatation
And before anyone makes any Loli Comments:
This isnt an Loli but an Little Elf.
Stop discriminating poor things like Ymir or Huit just because their small in size ! 
Before I continue with the pictures Ive gotta say that I had quite a few problems framing Huit since shes so small in size.In the end I decided to use my 55mm Prime to shoot her because it takes sharper pictures despite the fact that I cant get as close as with my 18-55mm.What do you guys prefer? Sharp Pictures or bigger closeups? I could of course try switching between glasses to get the best of both worlds ^^;;;
Ahhhh….before I forget it….I do know that these pictures arent very interesting with its 360 Degree Rotation but her small size and pose didnt allow too many interesting angles.I already had to go very lowangle to make her fill out the frame enough.I guess this is where a Macro Glass is highly desireable.
Done with ogling over Little Elf Boobs? Good!
Ive totally sweat it but this blog had its second year anniversary on July the first!
I cant believe that its been two years ago that I started to blog and man Ive had some hardships the last few weeks.Ill do a proper anniversary post in a few days since Ive got some questions for my readers.
See you soon!
-Blowfish
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Great shots ^^ Very nice review, more informative than mine and glad you stuck with Huit too, I need to stop slacking with Vingt and do her review soonish too. “Stop discriminating poor things like Ymir or Huit just because their small in size !” Quoted for truth and pure win. If only people would follow those words.
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Thanks alot for the praise.
Well,I might have a more informative post than you but Ive been a teeny tiny bit longer into QB than you so thats forgiven.
I really hope to continue with my figure reviews when it has cooled down
dang i guess i need to remember to default to you whenever i need queen’s blade info. nice background writeup ^^
guess the heat got the better of you in the end, huh? alas ^^;
nice with the kyouka cameo, thought that was hilarious ^^
like the pics – is that gradient from the paper or your lighting setup or what? personally i prefer it to a solid color unless it’s black/white.
for your lens choice i’d say there’s a couple ways to go about it… if you mostly care about how the pics appear in your post, then i’d say use the lens that gives you the framing you need. resized to 500px either lens should produce sharp pictures just fine (though there may be differences in the contrast and such).
or due to the higher sharpness of the prime you could always just crop down to the desired framing. once again, since you’re resizing down for presentation the pic should still be decently sharp.
lots of other things to consider, personally i’d go for sharpness but that’s ‘cuz i’m always trying to find new excuses to print stuff nowadays ^^;;
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You soon wont have to rely on phony background information like mine since QB gets an english adaption soon!
I really hope they catch up on Rebellion fast
The Gradient comes from putting the overhead light relatively close to the backdrop which is only possible thanks to the small size of the figure.That way theres a pretty intense lighthalo on the bottom of the backdrop that gets less intense the higher you go.
Usually Id prefer a solid state aswell but the alchemy background of Huit makes me want to opt for something more magical.
I personally prefer sharp pictures over the full frame ones.Even though the pictures are presented in a small resolution I always check the pictures in full resolution on my computer.
I dunno but maybe i wanna print some of those later aswell ^^;
adding some pictures to my desktop wallpaper pool
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Ahhh…Wait until shes united with her trusty Clockowrk Automaton Vingt.
Those are gonna Rock
Nice, looks like a cute loli! Errr… I mean a cute elf. XD
Nice photos, very sharp and perfect lighting. Indeed, her pose doesn’t lend itself to many challenging angles, still well done. ^^
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*cough* A Cute LITTLE Elf
Im personally not that happy how lighting turned out but I am gld you like it.
Her Pose all alone by herself isnt too hot but its getting really awesome next to Vingt. Hope to do her soon
Huit looks really nice. I bet she looks a lot more interesting when displayed beside Vingt though. Your photos really bring out the deep shade of blue in her hair – looks really nice.
Also congrats on 2 years
(+12 days)
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Thanks alot mate!
Yeah,she looks alot cooler next to Vingt but the darned weather wont let me take pictures yet.
Shes a nice little figure considering that you get her for just a little more than the regular Visual combat book price
Even if she isn’t a loli, she still looks adorable. It’s too bad that she’s hard to balance without her cape, but I guess Megahouse just figured everyone would keep it on.
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Yeah, it doesnt take too much to figure that most people wouldnt display such a petite framed girl in her naked state ^^:
Haha scrolling quick on the last few imagesseems to give a 360 animation XD
Its such a shame though about the flaw with the cape though… I guess a bit of blue tac might be needed when you fancy her without!
As I said earlier its possible to display her without the cape but I wouldnt display her in the long run like this because shes prone to falling.
Imaging displaying her on a shelf hung up high and her making a nosedive o.0
So yeah some Blue tac is definately recommended
Huit is super cute!
Didn’t realize there was a spoiler thingy at first. Then saw the naughty bits. ^ ^
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Hmm…is the spoiler tag that hard to spot?
Wouldnt want my readers to miss the most important part XD
Nice. You’re pretty informative about QB. You should write your own fan-fiction.
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Before I write the fanfiction id like to have an intense debate about the character couplings with you
Man, I’m actually a bit interested in their story now. I never really took that much of an interest in Queen’s blade besides admiring some of the figures because it seemed like an excessive amount of boobs,butts,boobs,butts,boobs,butts.
She’s really cute
IMO it would be pretty cool if she was displayed as “commanding” a whole legion of figures with weapons.
Queen`s Blade has a fair share of butts and boobs & butts and boobs but theres actually quite some backstory to the whole world and characters.
Sadly people only see the fanservice and regard it as porn while it has actually alot more substance than many other anime.
The Anime had a bad fanservicey start and it took them the whole first season to introduce all the protagonists thats what annoyed many people I guess.
If you dont mind some boobs give it a try
Hehe as of now you can display Huit only commanding Vingt but thats already pretty cool imho ^^
Read, I am suppose to be reading stuff. I am in it just for the pictures O_o
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Ha! The heat is crazy. I felt a couple of my figures melting in the heat even though I had the AC on full blast.
I’m quite tempted to get her because she’s 1/2 price at the moment, but I hate paying for shipping for books. It’s so expensive. I’ll get her if she’s still on sale and HLJ offers the free shipping thing again. XD
Her pose does look boring, but you can always tilt your camera! That’s what I do for boring figures. And how boring can she be if you can take her clothes off.
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