News Bestsoldiers - "The Templar Veteran"

[joepanzer]

Hello friends, happy to show the first bust of Bestsoldiers line
"The Templar Veteran" XII sec.
Sculpted by
Jim Maddox (face)
Salvatore Miraglia
boxart by Danilo Cartacci
it will be available from 15/06/2011

Thanks to all for the support!!!!!!!!!

Marco Ganghini

www.bestsoldiers.com
http://productions.bestsoldiers.com/

 

[templar magister]

Marcooooo!!!!Very nice bust my friend!!Veeeery good face I like it a lot.
Christos

 

[Tommi]

Very nice indeed. Like the old wrinkled look in the face and the chain mail looks a nice sculpt too, good luck with this one my friend.

Cheers
Tommi

 

[Kisifer]

Fantastic release Marco. I wish you all the best with it

Xenofon

 

[Edorta]

I think it´s a real challenge paint this face. We're used to seeing
wrinkled faces in Indians and trappers, but also works very well with the
crusader.

http://www.mininet.tv/egminiatures.html

 

[kagemusha]

Stunning Marco. A real veteran, beautifully captured, with superb detail and painting.

 

[Sambaman]

Nice!

Jay H.

 

[megroot]

Very nice figure. The face is a great challenge to paint. To get the character out of the sculpt is a challenge that Danilo has done awesome

Marc

 

[gordy]

Stunning Marco. A real veteran, beautifully captured, with superb detail and painting.

Agreed!

Stunning work from Jim Maddox, Salvatore Miraglia and Danilo Cartacci!

thanks for sharing Marco!

 

[maco61]

The expression of the old warrior is fantastic!
I like it!
Bravo Marco!
Ciao by Maco

 

[dfmoss]

VERY nice - what a lot of character!

Don

 

[joepanzer]

Thanks for your words, I like lots bust so I use all my possibility to do a good first Bestsodiers Bust, I have this idea of bust from severals years and now is a real thing!!! I thanks Jim Maddox, Salvatore Miraglia for the realization of a dream and Danilo Cartacci for the magic paintjob
Thanks to all Planeters and the staff for all.
Marco Ganghini

 

[daniel]

Hello Marco,

Wondeful model ... sculpt and paint ...o)

When 'll it be available and what 'll be the price ?

Daniel

 

[Tommi]

Hello Marco,

Wondeful model ... sculpt and paint ...o)

When 'll it be available and what 'll be the price ?

Daniel

Daniel

Link below with the required info

http://www.bestsoldiershop.com/busts-12.html

Cheers
Tommi

 

[daniel]

Thanks Tommi ... when the brain don't work well ... o)

I've been on best Soldier after my mail ... o)


Daniel

 

[Mark S]

I reckon this is a brilliant piece of sculpting.
The face and the chain mail are superb.It really is a painters delight.....BUT.....

Please do we need anymore Templars, Hospitallers or Crusaders. I realise it's a piece you've had in mind for some years so you had conceived the idea at a time when not so many Templar pieces were being produced and they were selling well.
But honestly, having only limited sculpting skills myself I find the current plethora of Crusaders frustrating.Surely there are more crusader figures in production than individuals who ever participated in the original crusades.
Whenever I see sculpting at such a superb standard as this I often wonder why the imagination of such artists is so limited to what has gone before and is not more inspired as far as subject matter is concerned.

Having got that of my chest I still believe this to be an excellent piece indeed.

 

[joepanzer]

I reckon this is a brilliant piece of sculpting.
The face and the chain mail are superb.It really is a painters delight.....BUT.....

Please do we need anymore Templars, Hospitallers or Crusaders. I realise it's a piece you've had in mind for some years so you had conceived the idea at a time when not so many Templar pieces were being produced and they were selling well.
But honestly, having only limited sculpting skills myself I find the current plethora of Crusaders frustrating.Surely there are more crusader figures in production than individuals who ever participated in the original crusades.
Whenever I see sculpting at such a superb standard as this I often wonder why the imagination of such artists is so limited to what has gone before and is not more inspired as far as subject matter is concerned.

Having got that of my chest I still believe this to be an excellent piece indeed.

thanks , good post was lots so must arrive something of different ...

thanks for "excellent piece" here is a post to comments the piece .

I follow my way , I want realize a dream, some of different in a histocial period that give great ispiration to lots painters (not all , lots painters) , I hope this bust give the satisfaction to lots people and I'm receiving in these days lots goods indications that give me great power & satisfaction for this new adventure and I'm very happy about this.

salutations
Marco

PS:
now a Movie about Templar arrive (and is not the first...)

 

[Glen]

Please do we need anymore Templars, Hospitallers or Crusaders....

Whenever I see sculpting at such a superb standard as this I often wonder why the imagination of such artists is so limited to what has gone before and is not more inspired as far as subject matter is concerned.

One word: MARKET. If you are in the figure business (especially a new/young one) and you have x amount of money to put on the table, where do you put it? Something untried or something with reasonable amount of certainty on a return? Your personal likes - as well as mine don't count much - only the overall market's does. That's why we have so many German busts versus, say, Navaho or Commanche Indians - or Australian aborigines.

Jus' sayin'

Cheers,

Glen

 

[raty]

hi i like the new bust!! it looking excellent !! ok take care raty.

 

[pipetrepid]

very well done bust with a remarkable face. bill