"Following the Enemy" - Best Soldiers Miniatures Review

[Guy]

Best Soldiers Miniatures
Best - 54001
"Folowing the Enemy"
54mm resin - 2 figures & base & 4 optional heads
Sculpted by Alan Ball
Painted by Davide Chiarabella

Recently Best Soldiers released a 2 figure vignette sculpted by Alan Ball and included 2 figures, a sculpted base and 4 optional heads which would give the painted many options to personalize this scene.

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Arriving in a unique sturdy black cardboard box that as you opened the box it unfolded. The parts were sandwiched between layers of foam to protect them during shipping.

The above photo shows the base in the center and each figure bagged separately to prevent loss during shipment.

Figure one
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I am going to do this review a little differently than previous reviews and will show the parts for each figure separately. Above are the parts for the first figure as they came out of the box and are laid out for inspection.

Optional head 1






Optional head 2

Above you see the four sides of each optional head for figure one.

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Above are the four sides to figure one showing the immense detail Alan Ball is famous for.

Above you see both arms for figure one with the hand holding the rifle attached. Also the head feathers for figure one optional head.

Figure two

Above we see the parts for figure two laid out for inspection and to be photographed.

Optional head 3

Above you see the four sides to optional head 3 of the kit packaged with figure 2.

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[Guy]

Optional head 4

Above is the optional 4 for the second figure.

Above you see the four sides of the second figure with this kit.

Above you see the separately cast arms with the rifle and hand cast cast together along with the feathers for the decoration of one of the optional heads.

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[Guy]

Above you see various views of the sculpted resin base for both figures.

Additional Box Art Photographs

Painted by
Davide Chiarabella

Conclusion:
A fantastic kit for Best Soldiers first 54mm release. Sculpting is beautiful in the folds and equipment as we would expect from Alan Ball. Some clean-up as you saw will be needed prior to painting. Overall an excellent kit and I would highly recommend this for anyone interest in American History and Native Americans.

Best Soldiers
web-site click here

R454

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[Kevin D.]

Very nice duo and very nice review Guy,

sure wish they were 75mm's but very nice none-the-less

kevin d.

 

[davidmitchell]

Great review as always Guy,very nice instant vignette.


Cheers David