Customize Structure 3 is now out with an 'altar' theme... without any altar.
Still, despite that, the kit has plenty of interesting parts!
You are meant to paint the kit.
Contents:
The kit includes two duplicate runners to make the pillars and the well, and two duplicate runners for the monsters, one in the same standard grey as the others and the other monster runner in clear plastic, mainly to give you two water surface discs, one in clear and one in opaque grey.
The well (11cm diameter) consists of four identical quarters that loosely fit together around one of the discs. The discs both have two sides with different water patterns, one calm and the other more wavy.
The two identical pillars have nicely sculpted in worn details and attachable braziers for a decent height of just over 15cm (roughly Silhouette 3 height). Without the brazier, there's a 3mm peg on the top of the pillar. There are seam lines in the corners that are decently hidden from half the angles. You can omit the spikes at the top.
Note that there are no flames included for the torches inside of the braziers. The manual suggests using the round torch flame from the Item Shop 4 (Quest Option) kit, which is an absurd proposition (at import prices), just to have flames in them, so finding an alternative is probably preferable.
The remaining parts are duplicated in grey and in transparent plastic, so you have two of each of these.
A flat puddle with a damaged Rosan Maximilia head. These are actual, usable heads, without the clear eyes. I've confirmed that you can attach eyes and head gear as normal, and use these on Silhouettes as normal with one exception - they have no mouth slot.
Interestingly this shows the 'true' Rosan face under their masks, with fairly horrific jagged spiked teeth.
Owl/Raven - The base body is a small owl with a single eye and a mask attachment slot. Its legs can tilt slightly. It has a 'coat' back part that adds a long tail with a peg, allowing it to attach to the back of Maximilia heads (both for the bird to sit on the head and also as a back piece to the head itself), as well as a 'crow' mask that also fits onto Maximilia characters (Knights etc, probably best fit on Silhouette 1 models).
Spider - It has a footprint of around 6cm and its forward legs can tilt slightly so its head points more upwards. The rather cute face has a mask slot, which fits the included insect mask (fits onto Maximilia faces).
Porcupine - A little piglet body with an attachable mini mecha skull face and a spiked armor plate that attaches onto the body.
You can attach the 3mm pegged 'face' onto other stuff and the armor plate is specifically showcased as a bracer in not just the manual, but even in one of the animations. If you take the head off, you can stick the body onto a stick for a campfire roast (with the Item Shop 4 kit).
Conclusion:
It's a nice complete set, especially with two of the pillars, with the exception of any flames to put into them.
Having transparent duplicates of the monsters is a little odd, but you can sand, prime and paint them all the same.
The customizing parts, like the animal masks, are a nice addition and especially the damaged Rosan heads that can add a lot of character to a model, like the Necros Knight (albeit without a mouth guard).
With the other Structure kits, there's now a good handful of various creatures to pit against the characters, but they're all critter sized, so hopefully there will eventually be some monster kits, that are more than companions (Wyvern and Fenrir). Maybe with the Monster Hunter collaborations? We'll see!
