The Case for Going Solid

The Case for Going Solid

You can’t always see the difference at first. But you’ll feel it.

Some pieces are made to photograph. Lightweight, fast-turn, sculpted thin for speed — all surface, no substance. We don’t make those.

At Dastardly & Delightful, solid is a standard. Not a sales term — a commitment. We build our figures to hold weight in your hand, not just occupy pixels. Our collectors expect presence. Not just posture. That starts from the inside out.

Most of our figures are fully solid. Not partially filled. Not padded. Solid — because that’s how a form holds integrity when you turn it, move it, display it at angles not designed to flatter but to endure.

Hollowing might save cost. But it subtracts confidence. A figure that collapses under touch, that wobbles when set down, that echoes like a cast-off shell — that’s not our work. That’s not studio-grade.

We’ve scrapped sculpts that didn’t carry weight. Delayed drops to reinforce internal structure. Chosen form over finish times — because when the figure is in your hands, none of that compromise is worth it.

Going solid means more failures. It means higher risk. But it also means what you hold feels finished — complete. Not hollowed for convenience, not engineered to cut corners. Just what it was meant to be from the start: a fully realised form.

This isn’t about materials. It’s about respect — for the sculpt, the collector, and the space it’s going to live in. If you’ve ever held a figure and felt disappointed by its lightness, you already know why this matters.

We don’t make pieces to save time. We make them to last. That’s what going solid means to us. And if you're reading this — chances are, it means something to you too.