Jim Patrick
A Fixture
Pegaso Kit # 75-022
Sculptor- Andrea Jula
Here is my review for Pegaso's 75mm Renaissance Knight. When this figure was first announced, I knew that I was going to own it one day. Well, that day finally came around at Atlanta. Man am I glad it got this figure. Please bear with me here. Yes, I know this figure has been raked over the coals on some sites. Yes, I know that this figure has been damned for not being historically 100% correct. But, I also remember when Andrea Miniatures released their 70mm version of Robert the Bruce. How many of you remember that one? There was no pF back then so all these people enjoyed tearing it apart and talking about how inaccurate it was. Know what? I painted it anyway and enjoyed myself while I was at it. I liked everything about that figure. Just like this one. You can tell me all about the historical inaccuracies of this figure, I can’t argue that. I really know very little about the armor of the period. Then again, I wasn’t alive in the 1400’s. But, in my opinion, you can count the number of figures that look better than this one on one hand, IF you can find that many. Take any pre-conceived notions out of your head and just look at the figure. This figure my friends, is art. Art scaled down to 75mm.
What you get are 13 finely cast metal parts with little to know clean up. A quick note about the casting of this figure. Whoever it was that planned this figure out for the casting process deserves a pat on the back. To say this would be a daunting task would be an understatement. The level of detail Andrea Jula sculpted into this figure will blow you away when seen in the flesh. There is literally detail EVERYWHERE! Then you want to talk about making a mold? :lol: You have to be kidding me. I’d hand it right back to Andrea Jula and say I don’t want to ruin it.
Well, thankfully, someone at Pegaso undertook this task and succeeded. Very little mold shift and when there were mold lines to clean, they were located in areas where it wouldn’t affect the detail that Andrea Jula sculpted into this figure. Once again, rather than show you detailed pictures of it all, I cleaned, pinned and primed the whole figure. What little gaps you see, are due more to my blue sticky tack glue rather than any deformity in the figure. One thing that struck me more than any other about this figure is you have to CAREFULLY plan out the painting process for this figure. There simply isn’t much room for error. Leave as many parts separate as you can and pin them all instead of attaching major subassemblies together. Here is the figure temporarily assembled.
Study the pictures carefully. Look at the level of detail. It shouldn’t take too long to discover just how graceful this figure is. Like I said. You will be hard pressed to find a more attractive figure. There are painting options aplenty out there for you to use. There were some threads, started awhile back, that discussed this very thing. In closing, I’d ask all of you to remember that this is a hobby. Yes, there’s room for all those who prefer historical accuracy but there’s just as much room for those, like me, who like a beautifully sculpted figure and will take the less accurate figure as long as it looks like this one.
Enjoy,
Jim Patrick
