German Infantry Russian Front - Young Miniatures Review

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YM1825
German Infantry Russian Front WWII
1/10th scale resin - 9 parts
Sculpted by Young B. Song
Painted by Sang Eon Lee

November's release brought us a German Infantryman bust adding to Young Miniatures ever growing variety of historical and military line of busts and figures. Sculpted by Young and painted by the master painter, Sang Eon Lee this bust has the individual character often found in Young's busts. The adding of the boots tucked under his belt adds a certain story line and offers the painter a challenge to make them worn looking from a cold climate.

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[Guy]

Arriving in Young Miniature's traditional heavy black box with all parts sandwiched between layers of foam and the small parts sealed inside a clear plastic bag to insure against loss during shipping.

The bottom photograph shows all the parts laid out for inspection prior to photography.

Above we see various views of the separate cast head.

Above you see the four sides of the separate cast helmet. Both the head and the helmet need to have the casting block removed prior to painting.

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[Guy]

Above you see the chest portion of the bust showing the attention to detail Young is noted for.

Above is the separate cast collar which fits on top of the chest prior to installing the head.

Above are the 2 sections of the boots which fit above and below the waist belt.

The above top 2 photographs show the rifle stock and the bottom 2 photographs shows the front and back of the rifle sling.

Above, is the traditional bust plinth the chest sits down on for mounting to a wooden base.

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[Guy]

Additional Box Art Photographs
Painted by
Sang Eon Lee

Conclusion:
Another beautiful addition to Young Miniatures ever growing line. Expert casting and packaging. Small casting blocks need to be removed prior to assembly and painting. Highly recommended.

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[Michael Tse]

A consistently supreme WW2 bust from the best of the best, then, nothing more, or less. I have strong faith in Young Miniatures' diversity in the future. In another word, could we have a 3rd, 4th and then some more Soviet subjects pls?

For Young, a sculptor highly recognised for his facial sculpting leanings, I cant help but notice a recent subtle change for even more pronounced manihood, in the form of very, very strong jaws. This is certainly very welcomed

Interestingly, this bust seems to be designed in such a way it can be easily featured without boots. Now the boots are drop-dead gorgeous but the 'without' version is, according to above pics, no less appealing.

Finally, it is a wonderful thing that the scalf section is now moulded with the usually intricate collar as one piece. One previous release required the modeller to fit the collar around the main torso in a manner of 'hugging' and the untrained poor me fell victim of inadquate gluing, leaving behind an unfinished mess...

 

[smudger1960]

Terriffic sculpt and beautifully painted by Mr lee,i've started to paint a few of young's products and this one is a definate for me this xmas

 

[Black Berny]

Thatnks Guy, for the rieview.

This bust looks really perfect !! It is definatly on my wishlist !!