Moving on now to the pieces itself , looking first at the head ......
When dry fitting the parts there was found to be no need to grab the filler from my model box ..so no problems in this area (for the purpose of the pictures a little amount of Blu tac was used)
As expected Ulrich has captured the look of this proud warrior in all aspects the nose ,the look from the eyes (painting of these will be no problems and provide a great focal point) , the overall feel of the head is spot on .
The hair (braided with beads in some strands) is carefully done as well to represent it blowing a little (working very closely with the references that he had available) .
Around his neck he wears a "choker" style neck band at the front is a avolonie shell intertwined within , (To bring out all this lovely detailing the use of washes is recommended) .
On the back of the head is a lovely feather (possibly eagle) , nicely sculpted , and again washes will bring the details out
Certainly the sculpting skills have come to the front with this piece and is all credit to Up Miniaturen and the casting .
continued in next post:
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