WIP Critique Kirin 120 mm, 11th Dragoon

[Ferris]

Very nice progress!

Adrian

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Almost missed this one Mark, great cold looking face tones and the rest is shaping up very nicely.
Unlike the rest of the guys I have never seen this figure before it looks really nice, what scale is it.

Ron

 

[custer760]

Hi Ron,
the figure is 120mm scale and was made by the now long gone company known as Kirin.
Regards
Pete
Mark has done this one proud !!! Great job so far.

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl ... Cheers mate

Adrian ... Many thanks

Ron ... Thanks! And as Pete says Kirin 120mm

Pete .. Cheers

Boots finished and just need dusting up once he's on a base, working on buttons and buckle ...

 

[Ferris]

Nice, very nice.

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[DEL]

Mark this is wonderful. You can just imagine him standing on a corner of Unter den Linden looking uber cool waiting for Lili who is fashionably late.
I love this figure and it's the only one I've ever been tempted to buy from a re-caster.. I didn't and wont.
Cheers
Derek

 

[gothicgeek]

Adrian ... thanks

Derek ... Cheers and it is a great sculpt!

Fiddling about at various bits and bobs, leather needs a bit more work and the red of the collar too ... still much to do.

 

[blabsy]

Hi Mark,
looking good mate
Best Regards
Paul
www.paulblaber1.moonfruit.com

 

[tonydawe]

Nicely done Mark, you're making excellent progress on this classic figure.

 

[gothicgeek]

Paul ... Thank you!

Tony .... Many thanks


Leather is mostly done and apart from working the neck strap of the binocular case up is just needing a lick of Klear to set it off ....

 

[Edorta]

Very nice work, Mark. As I see, you didn´t use metalic paint for the chin scales, eagle and crest of helmet, neither for buttons, the result is convincing. I like the leather of belts and the pale skin tones too.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[pmfs]

Neat work mate!

Pedro

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Mark,
What's Klear?

David

 

[gothicgeek]

Eduardo ... many thanks and yes all NMM it's a personal obsession

Pedro mate! Many thanks

David ... Klear as in the floor polish, it's a water based Acrylic ( I think ) clear liquid that dries to a gloss finish ... Diluted with water it can make nice satin finishes too HTH

 

[housecarl]

Looking great Mark. Will it be finished S&L?
Carl.

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl ... Cheers mate Yes it will but not sure about a base for him,probably ultra simple tbh

 

[housecarl]

I can bring the base for it if you want to use it at a later date.
Or I can pop it in the post.
Carl.

 

[gothicgeek]

Carl ... Thank you! at S&L will be great!

Onwards!

As a bit of a joke I copied part of a German map of a trench system, a " loose lips " idea

 

[Dan Morton]

Maybe some of you know this already, but I believe this is the Fortunio Matania wartime illustration (May 22, 1915) from which Mr. Hansen got the idea for his figure.

All the best,
Dan

 

[bonehead]

Maybe some of you know this already, but I believe this is the Fortunio Matania wartime illustration (May 22, 1915) from which Mr. Hansen got the idea for his figure.

All the best,
Dan
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Actually, back during the Kirin days, I found a copy of this illustration in a magazine (in color). I thought Derek would be a great choice to sculpt it. When I sent a copy of it to him, he agreed. So, he got the idea from us at Kirin. But the execution was all his.....