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A Fixture
Dante Alighieri
Epica Series
ref. B110-02
1/9th scale resin bust
sculpted by Luca Piergentili
painted by Jean Paul Dana (clothed Version)
painted by Luca Piergentili (marble version)
Figuralia Miniatures web site - click here
Clother Version
Marble version
Once again I have the privelege to review a new release by Figuralia Miniatures. Their 2nd figure to be released and once again Luca Piergentili (pf member - Calvin) has raised the standard in what to expect from a manufacturer when they open a kit. From a well packaged kit in a sturdy cardboard box padded inside with foam to 2 different versions pictured on the outside.
Luca has also again provided a 4 page painting guide with a brief history of his sculpting refference to a complete color guide and color swatches for both the clothed version:
And a complete color guide with color swatches for the marble version:
This much help in painting guides is unheard of in the figure industry and I hope to see Luca continue to provide this information.
History
The greatest Italian poet and one of the most important writers of European literature. Dante is best known for the epic poem COMMEDIA, c. 1310-14, later named LA DIVINA COMMEDIA. It has profoundly affected not only the religious imagination but all subsequent allegorical creation of imaginary worlds in literature. Dante spent much of his life traveling from one city to another. This had perhaps more to do with the restless times than his wandering character or fixation on the Odyssey. However, his Commedia can also be called a spiritual travel book
Dante Alighieri was born into a Florentine family of noble ancestry. Little is known about Dante's childhood. His mother, Bella degli Abati, died when he was seven years old. His father, Alighiero II, made his living by money-lending and renting of property. After the death of his wife he remarried, but died in the early 1280s, before the future poet reached manhood. Brunetto Latini, a man of letters and a politician, became a father figure for Dante, but later in his Commedia Dante placed Latini in Hell, into the seventh circle, among those who were guilty of "violence against nature" - sodomy.
Additional History - click here
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Epica Series
ref. B110-02
1/9th scale resin bust
sculpted by Luca Piergentili
painted by Jean Paul Dana (clothed Version)
painted by Luca Piergentili (marble version)
Figuralia Miniatures web site - click here
Clother Version
Marble version
Once again I have the privelege to review a new release by Figuralia Miniatures. Their 2nd figure to be released and once again Luca Piergentili (pf member - Calvin) has raised the standard in what to expect from a manufacturer when they open a kit. From a well packaged kit in a sturdy cardboard box padded inside with foam to 2 different versions pictured on the outside.
Luca has also again provided a 4 page painting guide with a brief history of his sculpting refference to a complete color guide and color swatches for both the clothed version:
And a complete color guide with color swatches for the marble version:
This much help in painting guides is unheard of in the figure industry and I hope to see Luca continue to provide this information.
History
The greatest Italian poet and one of the most important writers of European literature. Dante is best known for the epic poem COMMEDIA, c. 1310-14, later named LA DIVINA COMMEDIA. It has profoundly affected not only the religious imagination but all subsequent allegorical creation of imaginary worlds in literature. Dante spent much of his life traveling from one city to another. This had perhaps more to do with the restless times than his wandering character or fixation on the Odyssey. However, his Commedia can also be called a spiritual travel book
Dante Alighieri was born into a Florentine family of noble ancestry. Little is known about Dante's childhood. His mother, Bella degli Abati, died when he was seven years old. His father, Alighiero II, made his living by money-lending and renting of property. After the death of his wife he remarried, but died in the early 1280s, before the future poet reached manhood. Brunetto Latini, a man of letters and a politician, became a father figure for Dante, but later in his Commedia Dante placed Latini in Hell, into the seventh circle, among those who were guilty of "violence against nature" - sodomy.
Additional History - click here
** Continued in next post **