Pegaso Models (Italy) - News

[Martin Antonenko]

New from "Pegaso"...:


Title: Celtic Pride
Scale: 1:9
Resin and whitemetal (two alternate headgear possible!)
Sculptor: Nino Lorenzoni
Boxart: Francesco Farabi
Number: NV200-002
Price: € 45,08, plus tax and shipping costs









http://www.pegasomodels.it/productdetails_en.asp?id=1026#


Cheers

P.S. Did you notice the friendly grinning piggy on top of the helmet? I had to laugh out loud ...!

 

[Filipe]

The "dino" helmet is fantastic or it is based on real evidence?

 

[gommolo]

The "dino" helmet is fantastic or it is based on real evidence?

Real Evidence

 

[Filipe]

Real Evidence

Thank you

 

[grasshopper]

Like to see the reference image..Celtic,helmets had more adornment than Viking, but can’t find piggy..and wouldn’t have been a dinosaur, unless as homage the piece is an interpretation.

 

[JasonB]

I'm thinking the skull helmet is a bear not a dinosaur. The Eurasian Brown bear was present in the British Isles up until sometime around 1000 ad, so the time period is OK.
Per Wiki
"The strongest bears apparently came from Caledonia and Dalmatia" Caledonia of course being modern day Scotland, so...

 

[grasshopper]

That’s a pig snout and hind quarters..no bear except by weird sculpting. But then the skull headgear is a bit odd..am seeing this as an homage rather than accurate

 

[JasonB]

That’s a pig snout and hind quarters..no bear except by weird sculpting. But then the skull headgear is a bit odd..am seeing this as an homage rather than accurate

The skull helmet is a bear, not the piggy helmet

 

[grasshopper]

Don’t disagree, only that it seems an odd thing to wear..I do know bears, my wife is a wildlife photographer specialized in bears and eagles..

 

[grasshopper]

Putty and paint has more images..under Farabi. And the helmet adornment is shown side on..wild hog...which makes sense re likely locale for the Celt as Conti Europe

 

[arj]

Nice sculpt and painting.

The 'piggy' is probably supposed to be a boar.
However, I would have expected it to be more like:-

or

Needless to say, I'd be happy to be corrected by factual evidence.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[grasshopper]

Found a reference..Celtic silver Coin, helmet w boar..from Celtic cult of the boar

 

[Huw63]

Nice model and an interesting discussion. As a celt all I will say is that boar properly seasoned is delicious and much tastier than pork (and there are a lot of them hereabouts and they are dangerous creatures if you ever unlucky enough to encounter one as they do their utmost to avoid humans).

Cheers

Huw

 

[grasshopper]

The reason I question the bear, is that the bear was cult thing for women...and it looks odd

 

[gommolo]

The warrior is about VII-VIII century AD

 

[RantaN]

Anatomy of the bear skull is very, very far from the real. This skull can not be mounted on the head in this way.Even if it is very large.

 

[grasshopper]

We are rivet counting at this point. A fun diversion but at the expense of pegaso..

 

[DEL]

Can't quite believe how seriously this is being taken.
It's a typical Celt offering from Pegaso that has a proportion of authenticity, an element of speculation and a smattering of fantasy.
Take it for what it is. Paint it as an 'historical' piece with the helmet on or go Fantasy with the skull.
From a competition point of view both would work in Fantasy and the helmeted version could double in History section.

 

[grasshopper]

pretty much what I said..but pegaso didn’t have a say..that’s the risk when these news things don’t come direct from the maker.

 

[DEL]

pretty much what I said..but pegaso didn’t have a say..that’s the risk when these news things don’t come direct from the maker.

Yeah well sorry I was keying the text while you posted so didn't see yours until I posted mine. I'm happy to concede the points to you