"Ole Guy" - Mountain Man - Ademola 22 Review

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#200-0024
"Ole Guy" - Mountain Man 1830
200mm resin
Sculpted by Filip Frydrysiak
Painted by Roman Rux
3 resin parts

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Ademola 22 has recently released a 200mm Mountain Man bust sculpted from a James Bama Print. Last year I emailed Roman Rux tons of photos depicting the American Mountain Man. Roman chose this one and named it after a fellow planet member.

Arriving in Ademola 22's sturdy black box with the box art on the front the kit itself was sealed in a clear plastic zip-loc bag and cushioned between layers of bubble wrap.

Above you see several views of the Mountain Man with the detail sculpted towards an older, weathered face with the tell tale lines in his face from living outdoors all of the time. A small tear in his shirt is stitched back together. A bone handled skinning knife is fastened to his shoulder belt and buckskin fringe, indictive of the Native American clothing, adorns his shirt. He also has a beaded necklace with Bobcat claws around his neck.

Wanting something different from the usual bust plinth Filip sculpted old planks, seasoned with cracks and grain of the wood and added a Lizard at the bottom of the plinth.

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Above is the doeskin rifle cover most Mountain Men kept their Hawken Rifle in for protection when in "Friendly territory". It has been adorned with stitching and beads to individualize the decoration of the rifle case.

Above is the bust and plinth dry-fitted together.

Above are all 3 parts of the kit dry-fitted together. The rifle has a locator lug that fastens to the corresponding hole on his back for correct positioning.

Close-ups

Above are close-ups of the head and face showing the aged lines of the face as well as the hat of the Mountain Man.

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Above are close-ups of the chest detail.

Additional Box Art Photographs
Painted by Roman Rux





Reference sculpted from

Above is a close-up from a print by James Bama that Filip used as a reference.

Conclusion:
An excellent bust depicting an old aged Mountain Man from the American West. Highly recommended.

Ademola 22 Miniatures web-site
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R340
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[Steve]

Typically great review, 'Ol Guy!

 

[Guy]

Thanks Steve. This is one review I enjoyed doing........for some reason..

 

[megroot]

I know you where revieuwing this sometime.
Looks a great bust to paint.

Marc

 

[davidmitchell]

Thanks for the review Guy, would like to paint this one.

Cheers David

 

[Kirtles]

This is a lovely bust - thanks for the great review Guy.

I'm itching to paint mine....

Great work by Ademola again.

Steve
www.skminiatures.co.uk