Hi to everyone ,
Its good to be back at the keyboard with sharing something , but sometimes I do suffer for the hobby
, having to sit over a PC or lap top looking at a screen till the small hours of the morning.......referencing items ...but for this one I am willing to suffer !!!!!
What have I in front of me a sculpt from a fairly new company from Russia , the company is AVE Miniatures . they told us about the release here:
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/natasha-scale-1-9-bust-from-ave-miniatures.65624/watch-confirm
The subject chosen by them is a rather nice looking lawyer ...I haven't see many of them ..mind you my lawyer is a fella ....I think!...apologies to any of our legal profession out there!
...it is Natalia Poklonskaya who is at the time of writing the Attornety General of Russian Crimea ..obviously a young lady who is going places in her career !!!
When her appointment was announced her pictures went viral , she has her own facebook page and is popular with the aime type drawing ...away from that she is as you will see a bit of a dishy woman ....with her smile and personality I am sure there are a line of men at her door waiting to be prosecuted !!!!
During my very hard and tortuous research one phrase cropped up time and time again:
AVE is a company we have not seen much from so I was wondering what I would find on opening up the parcel , which was received quickly just at the end of last year , transit packing with others being well protected with the actual model pieces being in 2 clear plastic bags.
Its good to be back at the keyboard with sharing something , but sometimes I do suffer for the hobby
, having to sit over a PC or lap top looking at a screen till the small hours of the morning.......referencing items ...but for this one I am willing to suffer !!!!!What have I in front of me a sculpt from a fairly new company from Russia , the company is AVE Miniatures . they told us about the release here:
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/natasha-scale-1-9-bust-from-ave-miniatures.65624/watch-confirm
The subject chosen by them is a rather nice looking lawyer ...I haven't see many of them ..mind you my lawyer is a fella ....I think!...apologies to any of our legal profession out there!
...it is Natalia Poklonskaya who is at the time of writing the Attornety General of Russian Crimea ..obviously a young lady who is going places in her career !!!
When her appointment was announced her pictures went viral , she has her own facebook page and is popular with the aime type drawing ...away from that she is as you will see a bit of a dishy woman ....with her smile and personality I am sure there are a line of men at her door waiting to be prosecuted !!!!
During my very hard and tortuous research one phrase cropped up time and time again:
Our Natalia puts the " Cute in Prosecute"
AVE is a company we have not seen much from so I was wondering what I would find on opening up the parcel , which was received quickly just at the end of last year , transit packing with others being well protected with the actual model pieces being in 2 clear plastic bags.
What are we looking at in this little thread:
Title: Natasha
Scale: 200mm (Approx 1/9th)
Material: Gray resin
No of pieces: 5
Sculptor: Vitaly Sevalnev
Box Art: None available
The presentation was as stated just in clear bags , no company details were present but I know that the are based in the city of Tula in Russia and are an internet sales only company with a presence on PF of course.
Parts consist of 5 pieces , the torso the head and 3 hair pieces , the piece looks a small in relation to others in this size but to be honest I am willing to suffer ...after all the exhausting research!!!
Prep was simple , removing the hair strands and positioning them to the head , quick clean cuts with the knife and a tiny bit of filler if you think its needed , the underside of the neck has a small casting plug to sand down as does the bottom of the torso ....but apart from a simple 5 minute prepping the casting was super smooth .
Fit of the head into the torso was good and no issues were encountered !!!
Looking at the head first:
Sculpting is very good when comparing with picture references , delicate in all area's, nice eye detail with the lips tightly closed (a smiling version might be a nice idea as well ) , the hair is put up , tightly sweeping round her sides of the face into a "bub" at the back , hair detailing is good particularly at the lower part near the hairstyle at the rear. Here ears gently peek out from underneath.
The face is nicely sculpted with the pose looking straight ahead , not a blemish on the skin ..this is a great chance to test your skin tones out of ...delicately of course .
The strands of hair now:
There are 3 to locate , nicely worked and looking like in her pictures ..rather sexy ....Oh ist a hard life reviewing !!!
Now to the torso:
Our Nat wears her official UKRANIAN and not Russian uniform , very smartly turned out , collar and tie , both nicely worked , the neck area is super smooth , with the back of the bust being finished high up on the shoulders , I like this style of sculpting , on her lapels we have gold embroidery and a badge with her shoulders being adorned with the wide shoulder boards on which we see the 2 stars of her rank (she since been promoted as seen in some pictures if you google!!) , the surface of these have the appropriate decoration on.
Sculpting of the torso is again really smooth with fine details on the badges etc
Final Thoughts:
When together she looks really nice , prep is easy , casting and sculpting are good , perhaps an insert card could have been included with the review model ( they might be with production ones), at the end of your time with Natasha you will certainly have had fun...
Oh did I mention you best check her out on You Tube as well as collecting suitable references ...it's hard being a bust painter eh ......
When based up you will have an unusual subject to display , one which you will have enjoyed in all aspects I am sure!!
Thanks to AVE Miniatures for the review model ( I will have more to share with you) so for more info and to order why not follow the link in the release thread from AVE :
or e mail them at :
or pm Andrew via the PF user ID
AVE.M
Thanks to you all for looking in ..off to lay down in a dark room!!!
Happy modelling
Nap
