YH1833
"Gladiator II", 1st cetury AD
1/10th scale resin - 6 parts
Sculpted and painted by Young B. Song

In this past July, Young Miniatures released their second Gladiator in their historical line of busts. Cast in 6 resin parts and sculpted by Young himself.

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Packaged in Young's traditional heavy cardboard box with all parts sandwiched between layers of thick foam. All small parts are sealed inside a zip-lok bag to insure against loss during shipping. The bottom photo above shows all the parts (6) removed from the box for inspection prior to photographing for the review.

Bust Torso / Head

Close-up of head

Above you see various views of the one piece torso and head. The bottom photo showing a close-up of the head.

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Helmet

Close-up of detail

Above you see the four sides of the Gladiator's helmet plus a close-up of the detail on the side of the helmet.

Shoulder Armor

Face Armor

The top photo above shows the right shoulder armor and its detail and the bottom two photographs show the front and back of the face shield.

Young's traditional bust plinth is also supplied with this kit.

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Dry-fitting helmet to head / torso

Above you see the helmet dry-fitted to the head / torso.

Additional Box Art Photographs

Painted

by

Young B. Song

Conclusion:

Another quality bust from the House of Young Miniatures. Excellent detail and fitment. Highly recommended.

Young Miniatures web-site

http://www.young-miniatures.com/English/News-English.htm

R546

Good review thank you. It's a cracking bust but just a little too similar to the first one they brought out (YH1812). Why not a Gladiator bust for a Secutor or even a Retiarius (I know Pegaso do a Retiarius but that one looks like the footballer David Ginnola with a headband!)

A bit of a missed opportunity IMHO though I hope it does well.

Gary

excellent review, thank you Guy

Pretty. But I've seen it somewhere- http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?96938-Gladiator It's very nicely made​​. Congratulations!

As always a lovely piece of work from Young Miniatures, and a great review from Guy. Thanks a lot. This one will be on my wish list.

Not the lack if effort some might have complaint about after all! Thanks to the pics it is almost certain that this ain't a quick and east one borrowing parts from a previous bust. Well at least not for the mist part... It is as it turns out a lOvely sister piece, though the painter will try harder than usual to make the point it is different enough.

Beautiful sculpting as usual!

Nice piece but is this a gladia or a diator ?
not complete to be a gladiator
Best