Hi to one and all
Following on from the announced kickstarter which was successfully funded Dolman released WW1 characters in various scales including 2 busts that I will look at today
https://www.plane tfigure.com/threads/ww1-characters-now-all-available-on-the-website.293241/

I asked a friendly Aussie for his thoughts so a BIG THANKS to PF Member Tony Dawe for these comments
"Depicting characters from the Australian forces including Lt Horse and a ANZAC at Gallipoli
the later is clearly based on a young Mel Gibson from the Peter Weir movie Gallipoli, however that’s where it gets a bit confusing.
Mr Gibson only appears in light Horse uniform once in the whole movie, and he wasn’t dressed as he appears within the bust (hat bream down and goggles). The alternate head version of this bust (with the bream up) looks much more like Mel as he appears in the movie.
It could be an attempted mash-up between Mel’s character from Gallipoli, and another character played by Australian actor Gary Sweet from the movie The Lighthorsemen.

The bust itself is pretty accurate and the uniform details are spot on. Perhaps the colour patches on the top of each arm are a little large but only by a fraction.
The biggest problem is the thickness of the bream of the slouch hat. It’s almost approximately 1mm thick, which if scaled up would make the bream 10mm (1 centimetre) thick. If I was inclined to thin it down, I would sand it down by about 50% "
Cheers Tony
Note : both pieces are released individually but they both use the same torso with no difference
Referencesa;
A great website to look at :
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/patches/inf-ww1.htm
Couple of good books




Details of the releases:
Titles: ALH and Gallipoli
Ref : N/A
Scale: 1/10th
No of Pieces: 4 in ALH and 4 in Gallipoli
Material: Lt Gray Resin
Sculpting: 3D
Casting: In house
Box Art: N/A
Received in a good flip over containerwith the pictures as above of the unpainted version
Parts consist of torso , ALH hat plus emu feathers , these are white metal ( brim turned down ), Gallipoli hat (with turned up brim ) head ...slight variation on hair on each
Prep
Torso: Sand away casting line and excess from underneath and drill to fit post , remove tiny excess resin on shirt edge , remove casting line on rolled sleeve
Head: Remove casting line from rear and under chin
Hats: Sand away excess resin from underneath and fit ....see Ton's comment ref brim thickeness which I concur with
Feathers: Slight sanding on edes and fit to hat side ...I suggest pinning as well
General Comments
Nap
Following on from the announced kickstarter which was successfully funded Dolman released WW1 characters in various scales including 2 busts that I will look at today
https://www.plane tfigure.com/threads/ww1-characters-now-all-available-on-the-website.293241/


I asked a friendly Aussie for his thoughts so a BIG THANKS to PF Member Tony Dawe for these comments
"Depicting characters from the Australian forces including Lt Horse and a ANZAC at Gallipoli
the later is clearly based on a young Mel Gibson from the Peter Weir movie Gallipoli, however that’s where it gets a bit confusing.
Mr Gibson only appears in light Horse uniform once in the whole movie, and he wasn’t dressed as he appears within the bust (hat bream down and goggles). The alternate head version of this bust (with the bream up) looks much more like Mel as he appears in the movie.
It could be an attempted mash-up between Mel’s character from Gallipoli, and another character played by Australian actor Gary Sweet from the movie The Lighthorsemen.


The bust itself is pretty accurate and the uniform details are spot on. Perhaps the colour patches on the top of each arm are a little large but only by a fraction.
The biggest problem is the thickness of the bream of the slouch hat. It’s almost approximately 1mm thick, which if scaled up would make the bream 10mm (1 centimetre) thick. If I was inclined to thin it down, I would sand it down by about 50% "
Cheers Tony
Note : both pieces are released individually but they both use the same torso with no difference
Referencesa;
A great website to look at :
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/patches/inf-ww1.htm
Couple of good books









Details of the releases:
Titles: ALH and Gallipoli
Ref : N/A
Scale: 1/10th
No of Pieces: 4 in ALH and 4 in Gallipoli
Material: Lt Gray Resin
Sculpting: 3D
Casting: In house
Box Art: N/A
Received in a good flip over containerwith the pictures as above of the unpainted version
Parts consist of torso , ALH hat plus emu feathers , these are white metal ( brim turned down ), Gallipoli hat (with turned up brim ) head ...slight variation on hair on each

Prep
Torso: Sand away casting line and excess from underneath and drill to fit post , remove tiny excess resin on shirt edge , remove casting line on rolled sleeve
Head: Remove casting line from rear and under chin
Hats: Sand away excess resin from underneath and fit ....see Ton's comment ref brim thickeness which I concur with
Feathers: Slight sanding on edes and fit to hat side ...I suggest pinning as well
General Comments
- Very minimal prep is needed no matter which version you purchase
- Casting is very good indeed
- Detailing is accurate , particularly of note are the badges and the feathers
Nap