1. Copying kits is a crime that hurts original artists & producers. Help support your favorite artists by buying their original works. PlanetFigure will not tolerate any activities related to recasting, and will report recasters to authorities. Thank you for your support!

European Chain mail Knight XIV Century, 75 mm

Discussion in 'Figure News' started by Jinkoo Park, Mar 14, 2019.

  1. Jinkoo Park Active Member

    Country:
    South-Korea
    European Chainmail Knight XIV Century
    Scale :1/24 - 75mm
    Sculptured by : Олег ПогосянPainted by: Roberto Del Cima
    Product range : Miles Lusorius - Historical Miniatures
    Material : HQ Resin

    This is a high quality resin miniature.
    Requires basic modelling skills for assemblage.

    ORDER HERE
    jinkoo@gmail.com
    www.jinkoocollectibles.com

    [IMG]
  2. Oda A Fixture

    Beautiful sculpt and painting!

    Oda.
  3. grasshopper A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    What does the resin cast look like? It’s nice stuff
  4. fmargem Active Member

    Country:
    Brazil
    Ooooh! I like the pose a lot!
  5. grasshopper A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Those chains look a bit odd, but maybe there is a historical reference, and don’t think they need be used
  6. Blind Pew A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    I believe chains were used with the heavy weapons like swords and stuff to act as we would use a lanyard for a firearm in the modern era....
  7. grasshopper A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Makes sense, but the ones on this model look darned unwieldy...esp for foot...this guy has more men at arms look than Knight.
  8. Helm A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    There dividing line between rich man at arms and poor knight is indistinguishable. The chains were a short lived fad especially common in Germany. Those chains while possibly large are not imbossiblyso.
    Steve
    [IMG][IMG]
    Babelfish and Blind Pew like this.
  9. Wayneb A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    This is a perfect example of when the sculptor makes an anatomicaly correct base figure to build on and then loads it up all kinds of clothing, chainmail and armor and then it ends up looking short and squatty. The sculpting is great, but the sculptor needs to look ahead for what's going to be added. I wonder how many figures started out as 75mm figures ended up 90mm when that fact was realized. Live and learn...nice paintwork.

    Wayne
    grasshopper likes this.
  10. Helm A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Which is exactly what it should look like, put anybody in all those layers and it looks like that
    Steve
  11. grasshopper A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Thanks guys..to me it’s a cool piece..so don’t want to seem silly bugger, but just seems the chains suited modern heavy equipment ...and somehow would unbalance use of the weapons..try swinging an axe with a rope hanging off the handle end..it’s slow and ponderous....in battle I would want something light and manageable with perhaps a lanyard if I were mounted..I have a feeling that on foot a dropped weapon would end badly chain or not..
  12. Helm A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Contemporary illustrations
    Steve
    [IMG][IMG]
  13. grasshopper A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Thanks Steve..
  14. Wayneb A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Yes, Steve, you are exactly right......But what is more pleasing to the eye when it comes to sculpture? A short squaty guy loaded with armor or a well balanced figure. Probably the average man back then was probably 5'6 maybe 5'7. But the bottom line is what's more pleasing to the viewers eye and when I look at a sculpt to paint, that viewer is me...For me it's all about balance.

    Wayne
    Babelfish and grasshopper like this.
  15. grasshopper A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Sent a note to Jason Kingsley simply out of interest, asking if he had tested chain lanyards...his stuff verges on experimental archaeology ..and is fun
  16. Tom W. Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Germany
    There´s 90 mm knight in exactly the same pose from Stefano Borin´s White Models Company.
    Blind Pew likes this.
  17. Blind Pew A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Maybe they simply found chains more durable. They might not have had cables in those days as we know them today...
    Interesting that it was short lived though, it was probably not worth the weight and being so cumbersome.
  18. Babelfish A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Steve (Helm) is correct and backs his point up well with some illustrations, and Wayne is also correct about "balance".

    I'm on the fence with this one. While it appears to be well researched & "historically accurate" and is a good sculpt (it's Oleg P. after all), I can see exactly where Wayne is coming from. I think it might work better with thinner chains. Or no chains at all.

    Would I buy it? Maybe! But it's not top of my list.

    - Steve

Share This Page

planetFigure Links

Reviews & Open Box
Buy. Sell & trade
Articles
Link Directory
Events
Advertising

Popular Sections

Figure & Minis News
vBench - Works in Progress
Painting Talk
Sculpting Talk
Digital Sculpting Talk
The Lounge
Report Piracy

Who we are

planetFigure is a community built around miniature painters, sculptors and collectors, We are here to exchange support, Information & Resources.

© planetFigure 2003 - 2022.