YS Masterpieces
Series : "1821"
Code : HB-001
Title : Hellenic Revolutionary Freedom Fighter
Scale : 1/9 (200mm)
Material : High Quality Resin
YS Masterpieces recently announced a new series, “1821” based on legendary personalities from the Hellenic revolution against the Turks. This series begun with the bust of Georgios Drakos and here is my first review (ever in pF) for this.
This superb bust was created based on a long historical research by Costas Rodopoulos, inspired by historical portraits of Hellenic freedom fighters. The realization of this was made through a magical modelling combination: Card Reid (sculptor) and Danilo Cartacci (box art).
The bust represents the legendary Georgios Drakos (1788 – 1827), who fought against the Turks in charge of the Souliotes (from Suli area at Ipiros of Greece) in many battles. Here is an original portrait of him:
The kit is coming in a black cardboard box, all the pieces carefully sealed inside a plastic bag. It is also equipped with an illustrated color guide together with a short historical note and a biography for the represented character.
Don’t forget that this piece of art is coming in limited edition of 350 pieces and there is a Certificate of Authentic Copy (CAC) signed from Mr. Sagiadinos (YS Masterpieces owner) to certify this!
The kit is consisting from nine pieces, including the base:
First, the torso together with the head:
I took several photos, to show you the high quality and the level of detail of the casted resin:
You can clearly see how Card Reid has sculpted magnificent the face of Drakos if you compare it with the original image of him!
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