I've just received this bust, and thought i would do a review,my first, on this the offering of this new company Heroes & Villians Miniatures.
Sculpture: Raúl García Latorre
Painting: Fernando Ruiz
Material: Resin
Number of parts of the kit: 4 (includes 2 heads)
Scale: 1/12
On opening the sturdy box with the usual 2 layers of foam, which keeps the parts secure,i was extremely impressed with the quality of the bust.On closer inspection the casting was near perfect with just some remains of the casting blocks to remove from underneath the bust.
This bust comes with 2 heads which is a very novel idea and i can truthfully say that they're both so good i'll be painting both.
Also included in the box is a sprue with the typical all metal pistol used by the Jacobites.There's also 2 cockades and the pigtail for the bare faced version,all beautifully sculpted and the casting of these parts needing minimal clean up,and i mean minimal.A nice touch is the inclusion of a piece of brass rod for mounting the bust on a base and there's even a hole been drilled at the bottom of the bust for fitting the brass rod.
I would have taken pictures of the busts and parts but the ones that have already been taken by the company are excellent and exactly what you see is what you get and i include them here.
The other new feature with this new exciting company is they have a full SBS of their busts on their website,which is a brilliant idea.
On summing up,i've painted many busts in the past and 1/12 is my favourite size, although up to now not so popular with figure companies,but if your into busts this is a MUST have.I couldn't recommend it highly enough and costing £29 including the postage to the U.K. it's worth every penny.
I've not included the painted versions of this bust as there pretty numerous and can be seen on the figure news forum which have been painted by some of the top painters around at the moment.
This is a company to look out for and with the title of Heroes & Villians i look forward to their future releases with anticipation.
Brian
Sculpture: Raúl García Latorre
Painting: Fernando Ruiz
Material: Resin
Number of parts of the kit: 4 (includes 2 heads)
Scale: 1/12
On opening the sturdy box with the usual 2 layers of foam, which keeps the parts secure,i was extremely impressed with the quality of the bust.On closer inspection the casting was near perfect with just some remains of the casting blocks to remove from underneath the bust.
This bust comes with 2 heads which is a very novel idea and i can truthfully say that they're both so good i'll be painting both.
Also included in the box is a sprue with the typical all metal pistol used by the Jacobites.There's also 2 cockades and the pigtail for the bare faced version,all beautifully sculpted and the casting of these parts needing minimal clean up,and i mean minimal.A nice touch is the inclusion of a piece of brass rod for mounting the bust on a base and there's even a hole been drilled at the bottom of the bust for fitting the brass rod.
I would have taken pictures of the busts and parts but the ones that have already been taken by the company are excellent and exactly what you see is what you get and i include them here.
The other new feature with this new exciting company is they have a full SBS of their busts on their website,which is a brilliant idea.
On summing up,i've painted many busts in the past and 1/12 is my favourite size, although up to now not so popular with figure companies,but if your into busts this is a MUST have.I couldn't recommend it highly enough and costing £29 including the postage to the U.K. it's worth every penny.
I've not included the painted versions of this bust as there pretty numerous and can be seen on the figure news forum which have been painted by some of the top painters around at the moment.
This is a company to look out for and with the title of Heroes & Villians i look forward to their future releases with anticipation.
Brian
