Hi Guys ,
Lets see what we are hopefully enjoying today :
Title: Alexander Nevsky , The Battle of Lake Peipus , April 5 1242
Reference: MJ09-006
Scale: 1/9th
Material: Gray Resin
No of pieces: 9 plus a wire
Sculptor: Chung-Sik, Lee
Box Art: Man-Jin, Kim
As always with MJ Miniatures packaging is very good a strong box with the great box art on the top as usual , colour quality is really good with the parts being held safely in bags inside an additional large bubble wrap bag.
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Parts consist of: the torso , 2 arms , a set of hands , 2 heads , the helmet , the face mask , sword blade, a base and a piece of wire to make the cord for the crucifix thats sits in the middle of his chest.
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Prep...
Torso...a casting plug to remove from underside if you do not use the base or clean up as it matched the base cutout if you choose to use it.[ATTACH]225232[/ATTACH]
Arms...tiny excess resin flash on the inside areas where it fits to the body with a couple of small plugs to remove on the right one underneath the lower arm
Helmet...small casting plug to cut off the top finial , slight bit of flashing on the edge of the neck mail and a fine casting line on the helmet and mail .
Hands..2 plugs to cut away
Face Mask...small plug to cut away from the chin area
Heads...full one has 2 small plugs to take off underneath , the other nothing
Sword ...removal from the former
Basic Build details ....the arms fit in perfectly after the prep , as does the head whichever you choose , I would suggest you pin the sword , if you choose the helmet version you could fit the face mask to the helmet as the hinge is cast on the mask...allowing display of the full helmet and face....or you could use the bareheaded version..the choice is yours.
Suffice to say all areas show sculpting of the highest order as is the casting
Lets look at the resin now beginning with the Torso
The sculptor has used the latest film as inspiration so the depiction is quite dramatic and cinematic , not that this is a bad thing , in addition I feel it also has a slight fantasy feel to it particularly the bareheaded version.
They say a picture tells a thousand words but my words are that the sculptor has shown great skill in the armour and individual plates , overlapping really nicely , great undercuts on all of them both front and back . At the sides we have the straps under we can see mail , moving up to the neck area this has a nice scalloped shape again with the mail being depicted well.
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In the centre we have the crucifix , a really good shape and the figure on it is nicely detailed....dont forget to add that cord ( a wire has been included for this purpose) [ATTACH]225237[/ATTACH]
Onto the Arms
Fit to the torso is spot on with no filler needed on both sides , looking at either side we are treated to the same high quality work , undercuts are particularly noticeable at the shoulders.[ATTACH]225228[/ATTACH] , the wrist and lower arms have wrap around plates , very sharply done, same quality work on the mail and the folds of the heavy material under the mail looks very well done naturally positioned at the elbow bend.
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Now to the Hands
These are clasped together holding the sword handle , , fingers are nicely shaped gripping with the edge of the sleeve showing at the wrist , on the visible ends we can see the fingernails .
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The sword handle has a simple pommel at the end with a cutout at the top of the hands ready to receive the sword blade
Continued in next post
Nap
