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Mandan Buffalo Dancer – PiLiPiLi Miniatures

Discussion in 'Figure News' started by quang, May 16, 2012.

  1. quang Active Member

    Country:
    Belgium
    Title : FA-15 – Mandan Buffalo Dancer (1833)
    Size : 120mm
    Material : Resin
    Pieces : 14
    Sculpted by Le-van Quang

    Hi y'all,

    Pre-production pictures of this figure have been posted by Marc many, many moons ago.

    It's available at last after some refinements and additions. I hope you like it.:)

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    The American bison or ‘tatanka’ was the most important natural resource of the Plains Indians.
    It provided them with all of their basic needs: food, clothing and shelter.
    Among the Plains tribes, the spirit of ‘tatanka’ was often invoked in ceremonies in which the dancers mimicked the buffalo with their head dresses and their stance.
    In all of them there were dancers dressed as buffalo, with great headdresses – sometimes a complete mask – of buffalo hide and horns. Often these headdresses included a strip of fur that extended all the way to the tail, worn down the dancer’s back.
    Other dancers might wear a headdress and a tail, arched by sewing it over a bent stick so that it looked like the tail of a challenging buffalo bull.
    The figure depicts a Mandan dancer of the Buffalo Bull society as recorded in Upper Missouri by painters Bodmer and Catlin in 1833.
    kaz6120, Crookedjaw, Kirtles and 15 others like this.
  2. Jim Active Member

    Quang:
    That is very nice!
    With that much skin area, it'd be time to break out the airbrush!
    :D
  3. housecarl Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Very well done.
    Carl.(y)
  4. IIICorps Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Excellent sculpting.
  5. Helm A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    That's a nice looking sculpt
  6. bagelman1952 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    England
    Looking forward to seeing this one painted

    Ken
  7. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Still some awesome sculptwork. Waiting for the painted version.

    marc
  8. BobLff257 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Great sculpt, looks Native American, well done.

    Rob
  9. John Bowery A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Quang,
    Awesome sculpt and great subject.
    Cheers
    John
  10. balder PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    Canada
    Love it! I'll pick this up once Red Lancers or Michigan Toy Soldier get it.

    Gerald
  11. davidmitchell A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    Great sculpt Le.


    Cheers David
  12. quang Active Member

    Country:
    Belgium
    Thank you all for your kind words. :)

    It was great getting back to the workbench once in a while!

    As you may (or may not) know, I now have a regular job in the 'real world' and therefore have not much time to devote to our hobby despite my itching fingers. Researching and sculpting the figure were the fun part. On the other hand, casting and post-production are tedious and time-consuming but nevertheless necessary for a commercial figure.

    As for the painted version, if I'd painted the figure myself, we'd all have to wait another six months to find the figure in the shops! I'd rather use my scarce spare time to concentrate on the sculpting. It's a pity because this figure lends to some exciting body paint schemes as can be seen in Catlin and Bodmer's sketches.
  13. Johan Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Belgium
    Excellent figure, great sculpt !! Will make a great companion to the Amos Garrett and Iron Hand figures.
    I would like to buy one if you don't mind ! :)
  14. quang Active Member

    Country:
    Belgium
    I won't mind.;)
  15. kagemusha A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    So.........errr...........what happened to it???
  16. Captain Lol A Fixture

    Country:
    Belgium
    Excellent sculpting. (y)
  17. Jimbo A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Good to see you back Quang, great figure, what's the cost of it?
    Cheers
    Jim
  18. JasonB Moderator

    Country:
    United-States
    Quang's last post on it was May 2012...
  19. Jimbo A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Thanks Jason... Oops! :whistle: So what did happen to it?
    Cheers
    Jim
  20. Blue Thunder A Fixture

    Country:
    Portugal

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