Richie
A Fixture
Hi All,
Seems I have had the pleasure of building and painting this 120mm figure from The Imperial Gallery, I thought I would share with you the kit breakdown and review the product.
Scale: 120mm
Kit pieces: 18
Sculptor: Maurice Corry
Box Art: Carl Barton (on the link below)
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/imperial-gallery-24th-foot-rorkes-drift-1879.60028/
Released by Rob Hardwick the owner of The Imperial Gallery http://www.imperialgallery.co.uk/
and sculpted by the very talented Moz Corry, the figure depicts a Corporal of the 2nd Warwickshire 24th Regiment of Foot fighting at Rorke's Drift 22nd-23rd January 1879 in the Anglo Zulu War.
What grabbed me initially was the dynamic pose of the figure on the back foot ready for action. The second thing was the wonderful face full of character that Moz captured.
The figure arrived well packaged and protected and as soon as I opened the box I could see how well cast and crafted the figure was.
The kit consists of 17 parts all cast in grey resin and a small sheet of the lead foil. All parts have casting blocks with the exception of the base. Although these look formidable they are not and very easy to remove. The only flashing to remove on the whole kit was on the Martini Henry after it was removed from the casting block. Other than that there is just about no clean up required.
After removing all the casting blocks and dry fitting the parts together I could tell that this was an extremely precise and well engineered kit. If you remove the casting blocks carefully there would be no need to fill any of the joints as all the parts match up spot on.
THE KIT BREAKDOWN.
The Head.
The Torso.
The Left and Right Arms.
The Legs.
The Boots.
The Martini Henry.
The Base.
The Oliver Pattern Water Bottle.
The Expense Pouch.
The Ammunition Pouches.
The Bayonet.
The Assegai.
The Haversack.
Seems I have had the pleasure of building and painting this 120mm figure from The Imperial Gallery, I thought I would share with you the kit breakdown and review the product.
Scale: 120mm
Kit pieces: 18
Sculptor: Maurice Corry
Box Art: Carl Barton (on the link below)
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/imperial-gallery-24th-foot-rorkes-drift-1879.60028/
Released by Rob Hardwick the owner of The Imperial Gallery http://www.imperialgallery.co.uk/
and sculpted by the very talented Moz Corry, the figure depicts a Corporal of the 2nd Warwickshire 24th Regiment of Foot fighting at Rorke's Drift 22nd-23rd January 1879 in the Anglo Zulu War.
What grabbed me initially was the dynamic pose of the figure on the back foot ready for action. The second thing was the wonderful face full of character that Moz captured.
The figure arrived well packaged and protected and as soon as I opened the box I could see how well cast and crafted the figure was.
The kit consists of 17 parts all cast in grey resin and a small sheet of the lead foil. All parts have casting blocks with the exception of the base. Although these look formidable they are not and very easy to remove. The only flashing to remove on the whole kit was on the Martini Henry after it was removed from the casting block. Other than that there is just about no clean up required.
After removing all the casting blocks and dry fitting the parts together I could tell that this was an extremely precise and well engineered kit. If you remove the casting blocks carefully there would be no need to fill any of the joints as all the parts match up spot on.
THE KIT BREAKDOWN.
The Head.
The Torso.
The Left and Right Arms.
The Legs.
The Boots.
The Martini Henry.
The Base.
The Oliver Pattern Water Bottle.
The Expense Pouch.
The Ammunition Pouches.
The Bayonet.
The Assegai.
The Haversack.
. But I'll settle for having the Zulu look more like he's on the attack.
