News from Latorre Models

[Dan Morton]

My 3 cents -

(1) I agree with Gary and others - A very skilled and experienced sculptor shouldn't make those kind of mistakes and certainly shouldn't put them on the market. Where's his craftsmanship?
(2) Buy whatever you want - fine. Manufacturers are free to make and sell whatever they want - fine. But don't expect me not to complain about the large number of figures that cover the same subject or nearly the same subject, especially those that cover it in the same ordinary, static poses and manner. How many figures are on the market now that cover the Russo-Japanese war, the Boer war, the Boxer rebellion, the 1930s wars in S. America, the Russo-Turkish war, the Russian civil war? I could go on and on.
(3) And finally, if you have want to propose a figure, there's a forum for that here on Planetfigure. I've gotten e-mails and comments from (a few - VERY FEW) manufacturers about some of the suggestions made there - but some of them are reading it.

All the best,
Dan

 

[Colin_Fraser]

My only problem with the figure is that the crotch is way to low. I don't have a problem with the arm or leg width. I also agree that the subject is dull - its easily cconverted from several Metal Models Figures already on the market (by the way -MM's figs could be criticized for anatomy too - IMHO the legs are way too fat).

Colin

 

[Kisifer]

Colin i will have to disagree with you regarding the anatomy of MMs figs. I believe for the variety of figures they have, the 90% or even more are really well sculpted. Fat legs? Could you give us a couple of examples so i can see what exactly you mean?
Thanks

Xenofon

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Hi Xenofon - All of them. I think it comes down to personal taste. IMHO if you scaled up a 54mm MM figure to full size, the circumference of the figure's thighs would be too large to look real. But in the end its a style and personal taste thing. There are very few figures on the market that could withstand such a test.

Don't get me wrong - I like MM figures.

Colin