YH1827
"Templar Knight In Jerusalem"
1/10th scale resin - 7 parts
Sculpted by Ebroin
Painted by Franco Mocci

Young Miniatures most recent release for February of this year is The Templar Knight in Jerusalem. Sculpted by Ebroin and painted by the talented Franco Mocci this 7 part resin kit is a dead ringer for Sean Connery, even without the paint.

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All Young Miniature kits come packaged in a sturdy black cardboard box with the parts sandwiched between layers of foam. In the top photo you can see the thick top foam removed to see the contents of the kit. The bottom photo shows the parts removed for inspection.

The engineering of this kit brings us a facial portion of the hooded head as a separate part and once the casting blocks are removed fits snuggly into the bottom portion of the hood.

Above you see the four sides of the bottom portion of the hood and neck before the casting blocks were removed.

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Above you see the upper portion of the turban.

Above you see the face dry-fitted into the lower portion of the hood and neck after the casting blocks were removed. The photo on the right shows how the face fits into the hood.

Above you see all three parts of the hooded head dry-fitted together and held in place for the photograph. Fitment was excellent.

Above you see multiple views of the chest portion of the bust showing all the attention to detail Ebroin is noted for.

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The above photos shows the dry-fitting of the hood to the chest and the face installed into the lower portion of the hood.

Above you see the dry-fitting of the head, neck and top portion of the turban with the chest.

Above is the lower portion of the turban that will hang down on the left side.

Above you see the front and back of the highly detailed shield with the wood grain showing through the tears of the shield fabric.

Above is the bust plinth that is standard with most Young Miniature busts.

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Yum. I can't wait to get this one.

Additional Box Art Photographs
Painted
by Franco Mocci

Conclusion:
Another beautiful kit by Young Miniatures. Dry-fitting after removing casting blocks was excellent. Highly recommended.

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R488

Thanks Guy. Having seen it 'in the flesh' I want one even more!

I was really pleased how well all the parts went together Dave. Excellent kit.

Great sculpture and painting. Excellent.
Saluti
Tony

Thanks for the review, Guy. As always greatly appreciate you taking the time

Forgive my ignorance, and I did a quick but unsuccessful Google search, but is this supposed to be Sean Connery? And which movie?

Thanks Rudi. I believe it is just the face of Sean Connery and not tied directly to any movie that I could find either.

Beautiful painting and sculpting , yet another classic from youngs.
Thanks for the excellent review Guy.

Cheers Ken

Dear Planeteers,

a small tip to the painting of is bust:

A friend in an other forum, who knows really a lot about the age of the templar-knights, has pointed to the extensive and strict dress regulations of the Templars.

Then knights ONLY carried white coats!

The dark capes and coats, like on these photos, were left to sergeants and ordinary fighters.

Who wants to paint a regular templar-knight, has to paint the cape white.

Anyway - a fine bust!

Regards

From a book on the Templars that I've just finished reading; the 'habit' was white with a red cross (The surcoat worn under the cape and directly over the mail hauberk) The cape or cloak could have been white or possibly have been black/dark brown signifying the monastic origins of the order. Of course the turban could have been any colour as it was not part of the Templar's uniform, but black or dark brown (IMHO) would have been most likely.

Thanks Guy for another great review,cant wait to get one of these.


Cheers David

Thanks Guy

The folds and wrinkling are excellent, Ebroin nice work!

Many thanks for the excellent review Guy, now I want to buy this sculpt most definately.My buddy Frank Konetzke from Frank Miniatures has them coming in this week...So its off to the phone I go !!!!
Regards
Pete

My goodness. Now this is not just Young standard. Destined to be a celebrated one.

If i remember good enough it was: The first knight

Thanks Guy,
Now i gonna get me one within 3 weeks.

marc