Zastrow.cuirassier
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First sorry for my bad English,
hope you will understand
In parallel with Facebook (my FB page : https://www.facebook.com/zastrow.cuirassier/) , I will post, hoping to have the time, not a simple review but more a series of photos allowing you to form an opinion on a figurine or a bust.
For information, I'm not a professional, let alone for the photo, I just share (so don't be too hard on me)!
I wouldn't allow myself any comment as to the accuracy, that is not the point either!
I would simply allow myself to note certain criteria, to make some personal remarks, but which are binding only on me.
I am not going to kick your boots or speak with a tongue in cheek worthy of some politician.
I criticize, but in a good way to criticize.
I admit that the figurines I present are mostly figurines that I like, otherwise what's the point of buying them!
Buying them also allows me to be free to think about what I write!
For this time, I opted for the latest innovation from METAL MODELES, now "in the hands" of Gilles GUIOT, the founder of ATELIER MAKET.
I admit to having apprehended this realization, although I had already bought the other MM novelties produced by ATELIER MAKET, I had not yet examined the new version of the parts leaving their home after the move of the old workshop of Seillans.
So I decided to show you the figurine that touched me the most in these latest novelties:
The Lancer of the Imperial Guard Second Empire
Why this choice, when I could have opted for the Lithuanian Tartar, or the Bavarian Light Horse?
In fact, I had been hoping for a novelty in the Second Empire range for a long time, I had even hoped for a rider with his mount, but I only have the rider and it is already a lot.
The subject had already been dealt with by Prestige Figurines (a brand of metal figurines from Historex, a brand that has now disappeared) but without much success, Prestige Miniatures producing figurines of varying qualities, beautiful or common, with an average foundry.
It is therefore a real pleasure to see Bruno Leibovitz get back to work to provide us with something out of the ordinary, but very much in tune with the times, the Second Empire seems to have the wind in its sails at the moment, thank you to our British, Spanish and Italian sculptor and producer friends!
Let us return to the chosen subject:
Lancier of the Imperial Guard (Second Empire)1855-1860
Metal
Ref : SE08 or MM183
Sculpture Bruno LEIBOVITZ
Box art Painting: Bruno LEIBOVITZ
Choice of subject: 10/10 (see why in "sculpture")
Packaging: 9/10, no complaints, simple, efficient. the typical packaging for a pedestrian in 54mm.
Sculpture: 10/10; Why ? Already by bias, it is a French subject, with one of the most beautiful uniform worn by this army of the Second Empire, the choice of the period, but above all the talent of our national sculptor, soon 40 years that Bruno offers us his talents sculptor with always this timelessness of his work, my photos do not reflect the quality of this sculpture, the images you look at almost 30 times magnify the piece!
In addition I warned you, I am not a professional of the photo!
Casting: 9.75 / 10 One of the best foundries I know, Piersergio ALLEVI, with its "Il Volto del Comando" range, is one of the benchmarks in metal foundry with MM!
Too bad that so many brands are abandoning this material for resin, I would be quite in favor of a mix of the two, but that is not the debate.
I hope for other novelty from our great sculptor, I would really like to see a Second Empire rider (Officer or Guide of the Guard) or a rider from the Great War; but a continuation of Napoleon's allies, with other Bavarians would not displease me either ... In fact with MM, I am a taker!
To really end, the uniform represented is that of Grande Tenue, it is a regiment which did not know the glories of other regiments, participation limited to the Italian campaign, it distinguished itself at the battle of Mars la Tour during the War of 1870, then formed into a marching regiment, was subsequently dissolved.
This full dress was however worn during the Orsini attack on January 14, 1858, an attack targeting Napoleon III. The escort formed that day of a squadron of Lancers of the Imperial Guard under the orders of Lieutenant Noguet had 12 wounded, the Emperor being safe and sound!
hope you will understand In parallel with Facebook (my FB page : https://www.facebook.com/zastrow.cuirassier/)
, I will post, hoping to have the time, not a simple review but more a series of photos allowing you to form an opinion on a figurine or a bust.For information, I'm not a professional, let alone for the photo, I just share (so don't be too hard on me)!
I wouldn't allow myself any comment as to the accuracy, that is not the point either!
I would simply allow myself to note certain criteria, to make some personal remarks, but which are binding only on me.
I am not going to kick your boots or speak with a tongue in cheek worthy of some politician.
I criticize, but in a good way to criticize.
I admit that the figurines I present are mostly figurines that I like, otherwise what's the point of buying them!
Buying them also allows me to be free to think about what I write!
For this time, I opted for the latest innovation from METAL MODELES, now "in the hands" of Gilles GUIOT, the founder of ATELIER MAKET.
I admit to having apprehended this realization, although I had already bought the other MM novelties produced by ATELIER MAKET, I had not yet examined the new version of the parts leaving their home after the move of the old workshop of Seillans.
So I decided to show you the figurine that touched me the most in these latest novelties:
The Lancer of the Imperial Guard Second Empire
Why this choice, when I could have opted for the Lithuanian Tartar, or the Bavarian Light Horse?
In fact, I had been hoping for a novelty in the Second Empire range for a long time, I had even hoped for a rider with his mount, but I only have the rider and it is already a lot.
The subject had already been dealt with by Prestige Figurines (a brand of metal figurines from Historex, a brand that has now disappeared) but without much success, Prestige Miniatures producing figurines of varying qualities, beautiful or common, with an average foundry.
It is therefore a real pleasure to see Bruno Leibovitz get back to work to provide us with something out of the ordinary, but very much in tune with the times, the Second Empire seems to have the wind in its sails at the moment, thank you to our British, Spanish and Italian sculptor and producer friends!
Let us return to the chosen subject:
Lancier of the Imperial Guard (Second Empire)1855-1860
Metal
Ref : SE08 or MM183
Sculpture Bruno LEIBOVITZ
Box art Painting: Bruno LEIBOVITZ
Choice of subject: 10/10 (see why in "sculpture")
Packaging: 9/10, no complaints, simple, efficient. the typical packaging for a pedestrian in 54mm.
Sculpture: 10/10; Why ? Already by bias, it is a French subject, with one of the most beautiful uniform worn by this army of the Second Empire, the choice of the period, but above all the talent of our national sculptor, soon 40 years that Bruno offers us his talents sculptor with always this timelessness of his work, my photos do not reflect the quality of this sculpture, the images you look at almost 30 times magnify the piece!
In addition I warned you, I am not a professional of the photo!
Casting: 9.75 / 10 One of the best foundries I know, Piersergio ALLEVI, with its "Il Volto del Comando" range, is one of the benchmarks in metal foundry with MM!
Too bad that so many brands are abandoning this material for resin, I would be quite in favor of a mix of the two, but that is not the debate.
I hope for other novelty from our great sculptor, I would really like to see a Second Empire rider (Officer or Guide of the Guard) or a rider from the Great War; but a continuation of Napoleon's allies, with other Bavarians would not displease me either ... In fact with MM, I am a taker!
To really end, the uniform represented is that of Grande Tenue, it is a regiment which did not know the glories of other regiments, participation limited to the Italian campaign, it distinguished itself at the battle of Mars la Tour during the War of 1870, then formed into a marching regiment, was subsequently dissolved.
This full dress was however worn during the Orsini attack on January 14, 1858, an attack targeting Napoleon III. The escort formed that day of a squadron of Lancers of the Imperial Guard under the orders of Lieutenant Noguet had 12 wounded, the Emperor being safe and sound!
