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KNIGHT TEMPLAR, XIII CENTURY by Age of Chivalry
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RESIN: Cape, head, chain mail of the neck and helmet
METAL: Rest of the part
METAL: Rest of the part
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Nice figure, I like lot the choice of the three scales.
Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia
Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia
This figure looks great. The fabric and mail are extremely realistic and the leather work and steel too. Clearly Andrea is working to raise the bar on figure quality!
Are the photos of the actual figure? They look like photo renditions or at least like they've been heavily worked in photoshop. It would be helpful to state in the post whether the photos are of the actual figure because I remember that at least some of us thought that the photos of the artillery officer were 3D renditions.
For those of you who are more expert on the period, this looks like a figure covering up to the middle of the 13th century. Is there evidence of pauldrons of this type during that period? I have never seen anything like those (but I'm not an expert). Also, the design of the pommel and the writing on the cross guard don't seem in keeping with the period. And the cross guard looks very thick compared to other examples I have seen from that period. I'd be interested on the thoughts of those on the forum who are more expert on this. These are little things which don't spoil the figure. I'm just curious.
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Gerry
Are the photos of the actual figure? They look like photo renditions or at least like they've been heavily worked in photoshop. It would be helpful to state in the post whether the photos are of the actual figure because I remember that at least some of us thought that the photos of the artillery officer were 3D renditions.
For those of you who are more expert on the period, this looks like a figure covering up to the middle of the 13th century. Is there evidence of pauldrons of this type during that period? I have never seen anything like those (but I'm not an expert). Also, the design of the pommel and the writing on the cross guard don't seem in keeping with the period. And the cross guard looks very thick compared to other examples I have seen from that period. I'd be interested on the thoughts of those on the forum who are more expert on this. These are little things which don't spoil the figure. I'm just curious.
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Gerry
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It's the 3D rendering, we will publish next week the painted figure, here you have some pictures of the head painted with acrylics. Scale of the figure: 1:18.
We published for the Officer both pictures, 3D rendering and painted figure.
We published for the Officer both pictures, 3D rendering and painted figure.
I make no claims to be an expert at all, but as you say the pauldrons would appear to be a little late to say the least, that said it's not impossible that a poorer knight might possibly be in mail using a family heirloom sword. I suspect they are meant to be spaulders, which again are a little late but far more likely than actual pauldrons. The two terms are often interchanged a lot. The other points re the sword I would say are even more debatable. My only real concern is that with bare head version the coif is shown thrown back, now if this the same for the great helm version then you have a much less likely scenario, I don't see two seperateparts for that, so some VERY careful work may have to be done there.
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There is 2 separate coifs
Watch the 360º video to see the 2 versions:
Watch the 360º video to see the 2 versions:
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Nice Work! Here Côme Sir Landry from the serie Knightfall
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Hope you like it 
A well posed figure which is being very well painted, although I'm not sure about the heraldry. Popular images always seem to show Knights Templars as above, but typically in reference books they are shown as having a small red cross over the left breast and the shield is white with a black top.
Of course none of us were around at the time, so there is plenty of room for artistic licence and a beautifully posed figure like this can have any heraldry from the period.
Mike
Of course none of us were around at the time, so there is plenty of room for artistic licence and a beautifully posed figure like this can have any heraldry from the period.
Mike
During the first crusade, they were no templar . They wore their familly full heradry with a small cross of different colours ( according to the land they were coming from ) sewn on the left breast .
When they came back lot of them had lost, familly, tittle, ground, castles and they didn't found any treasure, they came back for the most of them poorer . They formed the chivalry of the temple joined by those same peoples where in addition came last sons without inheritance and men at arms . Protecting the travell roads to Jerusalem for the pilgrim, meaning in fact taking toll at all passage ways . Bandits on the road ransoming the pilgrims . Loaning money at prohibitive % . Investing in ships loaning them during the next crusades. The mafia of the time .
When they came back lot of them had lost, familly, tittle, ground, castles and they didn't found any treasure, they came back for the most of them poorer . They formed the chivalry of the temple joined by those same peoples where in addition came last sons without inheritance and men at arms . Protecting the travell roads to Jerusalem for the pilgrim, meaning in fact taking toll at all passage ways . Bandits on the road ransoming the pilgrims . Loaning money at prohibitive % . Investing in ships loaning them during the next crusades. The mafia of the time .
So this is a figure that is derived from a TV show. It is available on Netflix for those who are interested. That explains a lot!
Gerry
