These statues do have the beautiful shape of those pictured on the website, but in that picture they look like they might actually be made of brass and have stone for wings. In real life, no one is ever going to mistake them for being brass and stone. It is very obviously paint, even from 15 or 20 feet away. Otherwise, everything is great, they are packaged well. There is a paper that comes in the packaging that tells you to spray them with UV protectant to protect the paint from sun damage.