>>7255098inference is that i don't buy aliens in 1:12 scale, but i do in 1:18 scale. Detail is great on the 1:18 figures.
Whereas 1:12's larger size lends to more accurate appearances for the actual actors, because realistic sculpts benefit from the better paint we're seeing. You can fudge the paint on the less realistic stuff and they'll still look good.
Aliens don't need that paint and sometiems the paint is better on the 1:18 figures, like pic.