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Open Book "Sacred Pipe" - AuthorSculpt Miniatures Review

Discussion in 'Reviews , Video Reviews and Open Book' started by Guy, Feb 4, 2011.

  1. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    AS018-75Z
    "Sacred Pipe"
    AuthorSculpt Miniatures
    75mm resin - 9 parts
    Sculpted by Sergey Zlobov

    Pipe 01.jpg

    Recently Sergey Zlobov, owner of AuthorSculpt Miniatures released two 75mm Native American figures. The first I will review is the "Sacred Pipe" depicting a Native American holding up the Sacred Pipe in prayer to the sky. Cast in 9 gray resin parts.

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  2. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Pipe 02.jpg Pipe 03.jpg

    Pipe 04.jpg

    Arriving in Sergey's traditional sturdy brown cardboard box with all the parts to the kit sandwiched between two layers of foam with the parts sealed inside a plastic zip-lok bag.

    Pipe 05.JPG

    Above you see the separate cast gray resin parts laid out for inspection as the photography begins.

    Pipe 06.jpg Pipe 07.jpg

    Pipe 08.jpg Pipe 09.jpg

    Pipe 10.jpg Pipe 11.jpg

    Above you see the main torso casting showing the amazing attention to detail Sergey has sculpted into this figure. A slight seam needs to be removed down the left side.

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  3. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Pipe 12.jpg

    Pipe 13.JPG Pipe 14.JPG

    Pipe 15.JPG Pipe 16.JPG

    Above you see various close-ups of the torso section of the figure better showing the detail of the figure.

    Pipe 17.jpg Pipe 18.jpg

    Above you see the front and back of each arm and hand. A small casting block needs to be removed at the upper shoulder of each arm.

    Pipe 19.JPG Pipe 20.JPG

    Above you see the separate casting block with the decorative feathers for the pipe, the pipe itself as well as the head feathers and decoration that fits into a locater hole at the back of the head. One feather was loose in the bag upon arrival.

    Pipe 21.jpg Pipe 22.jpg

    Above is the sacred Buffalo skull that fastens to the resin base.

    Pipe 23.jpg

    Above is the sculpted resin base with the upper hole for location of the figure and the lower hole for correct location of the Buffalo Skull.

    Pipe 25.jpg

    Pipe 24.jpg

    Above are several photographs from AuthorSculpt showing the assembled figure and skull fastened to the base.

    Conclusion:
    An exceptional kit depicting a Native American Indian. Some slight seam lines need to be removed as well as casting blocks from the arms. Highly recommended.

    AuthorSculpt MIniatures web-site

    click here

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    DaddyO, John Bowery, Centaur and 2 others like this.
  4. mil-mart A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Beautiful sculpting Sergey and many thanks Guy for the review.

    Cheers Ken
  5. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Thanks for the revieuw Guy.
    Looks a crisp casting.
  6. gordy Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    thanks Guy ! (y)
  7. Meehan34 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Not really my main interest but since I just started painting my first indian and am having a magnificent time painting him I may have to give this one a try. Also, the 75mm scale is now my favorite. Excellent review Guy.

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