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Andrey

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Hello, friends!
Our next novelty of December!
"Musketeer"
Scale 1/10
Sculpt by Muzafer Vaapov
email: [email protected]

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For me, half-figures inhabit a murky no-man's-land between busts and full figures.

They're neither one thing nor the other, and somehow look incomplete. As if the sculptor just gave up part way through.

Which means that a half-figure has to be something truly exceptional to tempt me. And THIS is truly exceptional.

Definitely on my radar. (y)

- Steve
 
Excellent, not a period that I would have an interest in but because of the quality of the sculpt I am getting the I want feeling, I must say that legion seem to be giving us fairly regular releases, keep it up especially if they are going to be of this standard.
TERRY
 
Jim you might have clicked onto something here, start casting legs, groins and bellies, whatever is required to turn busts into full figures, Nap will blow a gasket lol.
TERRY

Hi Terry.....Yeah! I reckon that could be a good move forward, I think Kev will blow more than just a few gaskets,, food for thought(y)
This is such a great looking half figure with a lot of kit with it too..brilliant!
Jim
 
This is a superbly sculpted figure, and a nice and unusual subject, beautifully executed.
But at the risk of making myself unpopular again ( the last time was about trumpets ! ) the musket is really too small. This figure is from the late 1500s/early 1600s, I presume from his clothing. There were two sorts of firearms used at that period.
The older was the caliver, bore around 0.5 or 0.6", developed from the earlier arquebus. Calivers were relatively light weapons ,which were used without the musket rest. and normally loaded from a flask and bullet bag. Barrel length varied, but seem mostly to have been around a metre.
The musket, however appeared from the 1560s, and was a much heavier and longer weapon altogether, designed to bring down heavily armoured horsemen at a distance. Bore was around 0.8 " ( later settling at around 0.75", which was standard for the next century or so), and the barrel was at least 48" long .... that's 1.22 metres.
That was a handful to control, and the forked musket rest was invented, essential for steady aim. They were also normally loaded from charge bottles on a bandoleer, as shown on this figure.
So if he's a musketeer,as it appears he is, with a musket rest and a bandoleer, he needs a larger weapon with a longer barrel.
Sorry to be a pedant...
 
This is a superbly sculpted figure, and a nice and unusual subject, beautifully executed.
But at the risk of making myself unpopular again ( the last time was about trumpets ! ) the musket is really too small. This figure is from the late 1500s/early 1600s, I presume from his clothing. There were two sorts of firearms used at that period.
The older was the caliver, bore around 0.5 or 0.6", developed from the earlier arquebus. Calivers were relatively light weapons ,which were used without the musket rest. and normally loaded from a flask and bullet bag. Barrel length varied, but seem mostly to have been around a metre.
The musket, however appeared from the 1560s, and was a much heavier and longer weapon altogether, designed to bring down heavily armoured horsemen at a distance. Bore was around 0.8 " ( later settling at around 0.75", which was standard for the next century or so), and the barrel was at least 48" long .... that's 1.22 metres.
That was a handful to control, and the forked musket rest was invented, essential for steady aim. They were also normally loaded from charge bottles on a bandoleer, as shown on this figure.
So if he's a musketeer,as it appears he is, with a musket rest and a bandoleer, he needs a larger weapon with a longer barrel.
Sorry to be a pedant...
Hi Tony

I thought this at first and I'm no expert on the period but after studying the photos I now think the musket is a good hefty looking weapon (judging by this photo) and I reckon it's good as it is, but if you feel the need to increase its barrel length then that's an easy thing to do, cut it, drill & pin both cut ends then fill the gap with magic sculpt, file it down to shape once the magic sculpt hardens, Job done!..Still reckon it looks good as it though, it's a great looking figure.
Cheers
Jim (y)
 

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