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Details of the release are:
Title: Musketeer
Reference: LMBT 065
Scale: 1/10th
No of pieces: 11 Resin plus 1 metal post
Material: Medium Gray resin
Sculptor: Muzafer Vaapov
Casting: In house
Box Art: N/A
Being a musketeer with the "apostles" being in use I expected a lot more parts but very pleasantly surprised to find them already cast onto the torso so for me that's a big plus point right away
Parts consist of the main torso , 2 arms, head, helmet , sword handle, scabbard, powder container, the main musket , top of the weapon rest , a silvered post to use as the rest post handle, finally a bag for his personal items..or other items!!
Prep
Having seen other busts there is expected to be very minimal to do ...was this the same here on this resin ....of course , casting has been cleverly carried out with casting posts positioned for ease of removal .
I would suggest special care is taken when removing the post on the helmet underside to make sure you don't loose the shape of the brim
Some might want to remove resin inbetween the baldric which holds the scabbard ..but not essential
There is a slight flashing on the hand cover of the sword
Should you find the the scabbard not straight then using a heat source will solve that ...be careful !!!
Fit of the sword handle is easy to do
Looking at the resin
Torso
Obviously the largest of the pieces , the first thing I noticed was the texture on the clothing , , the shoulders are cast ready to take the arms
I like the way the jkt has been shaped ( fluting ) where it leads to the shirt , this is full collared sitting naturally onto the shoulders
Wearing the apostles ( there should be 12 based on the 12 religious apostles , we have 11 on the sculpt ) on a nicely worn belt , the apostles ( which held powder ) are really well sculpted with the hanging cords being cast well
There is also a bullet ( shot ) bag , this looks like it is fully loaded , looking underneath there is 2 cutouts which the powder horn fits neatly into.
To note on the torso its also strewn with belts , all pulling into the torso correctly , seams of the jkt are worked onto the piece ...button and buckle work is cleanly shown
underneath showing the casting posts:
Arms
Both of these are continuing with the high quality texture work on the sleeve which you will see in the pictures
Wearing heavy leather gloves on his hands both well sculpted with good finger definition and not overworked creases with the wear.
The right hand sits clentched together on the hip the left ready to take the weapon stock and the post of the rest
Both upper arms have good locating area's to fit into the torso shoulder well
Right Arm
Left Arm
Head
As with all the releases no matter wether bust or full figure the facial work is a main focus point ...and on a bust even more so ( possibly I am a little biased as that's all I paint !!!..lol ) .
The face is a cracking sculpt , very typical of the period , features are all very sharply worked , the eyes are very well done ( you might see a slight line of flashing on his left ..this was removed easily )
Legion and the sculptor have well thought out the cheek protectors by casting these onto the actual face , the actual armored plates sitting correctly on a backing piece, this is all held tightly to the head by a strap running underneath the chin ...good buckle work as well
Facial hair is a pointy beard and well trimmed moustache both these and the hair at the back are all with good surface work
Showing the casting post to be easily removed:
Continued in next post
Nap
