30MS SIS-Dc88w Eliene-Elierica [Elegante Form]
It's been some time since I've done a 30 Minutes Sisters kit. Mainly because the tampo-printed faces have made the kits $50-60, rather than the $30 range of the 30 Minutes Missions line, such as with the Acerbys. However, for some reason this kit was discounted to $14, so it was an instant buy.
Eliene is an angel-aesthetic counterpart of Neverlia, featuring mostly the same parts in a slightly warm white, as well as a really nice sky blue and dark blue. Her "normal mode" form is very simple, although I do like the hairpiece design used, it's very cute and being shorter, doesn't limit head posing as much as some of the longer designs.
Eliene has two "armour-up" options, using these really well designed angel wing parts in pearlescent white, which I gloss coated to really bring out the effect. They're also partially transluscent, and thus they catch light super well whether you light the kit from the front or from behind.
I really like how the larger wing parts have been designed, and I found their stability and poseability much better than even the RG Wing Gundam (EW). You can attach the larger wings either to the back, like a traditional angel, or reconfigure them into a kind of bow weapon.
There's a cute little heart arrow that you can make Eliene hold, or clip into the bow. I wish there was a full quiver of these included, like with the 30 Minute Fantasy archer kits. I had initially planned to combine one of these kits with her, as I would've preferred a more traditional bow style that would let me keep the wings for her back, but I couldn't find any in stock anywhere. The shaft of the arrow is a metal part, which is super rare to see.
Overall, its a really nice kit, especially for the discounted price. I kind of wish i'd picked up an extra one for kitbashing purposes with the wings, and I definitely plan on coming back to the kit and customising it with one of the 30 Minute Fantasy kits later, to either give her a more magical girl look or maybe kit her out like a proper archer.