Iguazzu
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Hi! No, the wall is not included and, by the moment, isn't comercial. But may be soon...
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Johan Kees
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Come on Janne, you don't want that everything is made for you, do you now? Just use your imagination and that pair of hands you got from our good Lord ...
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Uruk-Hai
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Actually, I seldom use the bases or groundwork supplied with the kit. Mostly because I have a better idea and that I want to make it personal and a little bit more unique. However this background cutting of the back of the scene, which I often try to do, I liked very much.
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Janne Nilsson
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Janne Nilsson
I'm happy that you like the wall. In our blog you can see photos of the process, if you bring yourself to make your own version. Thanks
http://thecursedmonkeys.com/
Uruk-Hai
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Thanks, it really ads to the the scene.
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Janne Nilsson
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smudger1960
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I like this kit alot,it adds something different to the stand alone gladiators on the market at present,I'm not sure about the gladiator lifting the leapord,it could be the leopard has leaped onto him,I don't see the wall being a problem,a section of wall should be esy to make as a back-drop,as I said I like this very much and the painting in the above photo's is stunning,perhaps a couple of claw wounds would look good on the figure as well
Brian
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Leandro Pereira
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Amazing set for sure ... but I was in doubt which gladiatorial class this figure represent. retiarius, murmillo, secutor??????
Fiction or not, a beautiful set that will surely to my bench!
Leandro
Fiction or not, a beautiful set that will surely to my bench!
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I don't think he's supposed to be lifting the leopard.
Don't know about others' thoughts but the first thing I thought when I saw it was "big cat leaping at gladiator, gladiator parrying airborne cat with left arm". The idea that he might be "lifting" the animal never entered my head.
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cinimod
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Those were my thoughts on the kit. If you think along those lines it looks like quite a natural pose.
Nice kit.....dom
Figurenfreund66
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The painting is beyond any doubt, I would even go with with the big cat as a moment of recording, the Gladiator must already have superhuman powers in order for a 70 to 90 pound cat to stumble.
But what is utter rubbish - a Thraex has never and is busy - never fought against animals of any kind!
There were special gladiators, which were specially dressed and ready!
Sorry but this wonderful scene in itself is complete fantasy!
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Hendryk
But what is utter rubbish - a Thraex has never and is busy - never fought against animals of any kind!
There were special gladiators, which were specially dressed and ready!
Sorry but this wonderful scene in itself is complete fantasy!
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Hendryk
Johan Kees
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Hendryk
A few things tell me (clearly) that the Scale 75 team did not mean this to be a particular gladiator, let alone a Thraex gladiator: the figure has only one greave and he carries a short bladed and straight sword typical for the Mirmillo. A Thraex was a gladiator of the heavy type wearing a small rectangular shield, two greaves and he was armed with a curved slashing blade. The helmet type with the griffon crest as shown on the figure, is allegedly of the Thraex' class. Conclusion: the sculptor intermingled weapons and armour of various types of gladiators.
Furthermore the manicae on the left arm are only credible if the gladiator would have been left-handed, as these were normally worn on the unprotected sword arm. Using manicae on the arm holding the shield would have been unpractical and superfluous.
In that respect your stating that this is a fantasy piece is plausible. To me however, this is just an extreme nice piece of sculpting and craftmanship which will be a spectacular eyecatcher in anyone's collection. Admittedly not a true historical figure. But if we discard any figure that has (obvious) historical errors, we would not be left with many pieces I am afraid. Our brushes would only gather dust and paints would dry out.
If one has not the abilities of a talented sculptor, one has to put up with what the market offers. In this particular case I think we should all applaud the originality that is offered to us here by the Scale 75 team, be it with some clear - even blatant - errors. Nevertheless, I like it big time...
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We can say that for sure can we? Bearing in mind that we're talking here about ancient history 2000+ years ago, and that as far as I'm aware no-one has yet built a working time machine to go back and check.
Maybe, maybe not. But I'm sure that many will simply appreciate it for what it is.
If you like it pick one up, if not then pass it by.
- Steve
Figurenfreund66
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Hi Babelfish
You lie there, unfortunately, wrong, because there are good records and also pictorial representations which gladiators fought with each other and which are not - this was strictly regulated!
Johan Kees
yes it is a complete mixing of diverse attachments.
I have not said that the representation and modeling is bad, but it is unfortunately not correct!
The dynamics and drama of modeling is beyond doubt.
However, one might the "Gladiator" also put on a gas mask and a helmet that would not be much perverted!
I will indeed make anyone this vignette bad, who would like to buy it.
I personally prefer it as accurate as possible!
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Hendryk
You lie there, unfortunately, wrong, because there are good records and also pictorial representations which gladiators fought with each other and which are not - this was strictly regulated!
Johan Kees
yes it is a complete mixing of diverse attachments.
I have not said that the representation and modeling is bad, but it is unfortunately not correct!
The dynamics and drama of modeling is beyond doubt.
However, one might the "Gladiator" also put on a gas mask and a helmet that would not be much perverted!
I will indeed make anyone this vignette bad, who would like to buy it.
I personally prefer it as accurate as possible!
Cheers
Hendryk
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Sure there are records and illustrations. But do you seriously believe that the records that have survived over the centuries are full and complete?
Armour and aircraft modellers (and indeed historians) can't even agree on the colours of some machines that were used in the two World Wars (because all surviving pictorial records are in black & white), or in some cases even exactly which theatres some of these machines were used in (because the records have been lost). And some of these events are still within living memory!!!
Plus of course the further back in history we go, the more gaps there are in the records. That's simple common sense. And every now and again, some new finding emerges that either adds to what we already know, or calls into question what we thought we knew.
So to come on here and claim as absolute incontrovertible fact that a particular type of gladiator could/would never have fought against a leopard/lion/other animal of choice 2000 years ago is - frankly - preposterous. Because the bottom line is that we can't say for sure one way or the other. But it is possible, because we do know that gladiators fought animals in arenas.
As I said - paint the thing of you like it. Otherwise don't bother.
- Steve
