Jim Patrick
A Fixture
Last but not least, I bring you Pegaso's 54mm Mamelouk Officer, 1805-1815.
In this box you will find a total of 27 parts. That's a lot for a 54mm figure making this more of a kit than a figure. This figure is sculpted by my personal favorite Victor Konnov. This guy must be insane. You have to see the detail he puts in a figure that is only 54mm. You would expect to find these details in a larger scale but not 54mm. Painting a figure sculpted by Victor is easy because you don't have to exagerate anything. It's all there. Difficult? Yes! But it's all there. There is a little flash present on some parts of this fogure but nothing that can't be overcome with a little effort.
Mamelouks are some of my favorite uniforms. They are so rich in color and can really stand out at a show (if I can paint it well). Information on these cavalrymen is hard to come by as far as uniform colors go. Pegaso did a very good job on this in their painting guide included with the kit. Assembly and painting need to be thought out carefully on this figure because you can find a disaster on your hands pretty easily if you don't. How do the parts fit together? Without ANY clean up I put the major parts together without any adhesive save for the two arms. Here I used some trusty "blue sticky stuff" and that was it. You can see for yourself the level of casting displayed by pegaso here.
Did you really think I'd stay away from my Napoleonic figures that long? :lol:
Til next time,
Jim Patrick
In this box you will find a total of 27 parts. That's a lot for a 54mm figure making this more of a kit than a figure. This figure is sculpted by my personal favorite Victor Konnov. This guy must be insane. You have to see the detail he puts in a figure that is only 54mm. You would expect to find these details in a larger scale but not 54mm. Painting a figure sculpted by Victor is easy because you don't have to exagerate anything. It's all there. Difficult? Yes! But it's all there. There is a little flash present on some parts of this fogure but nothing that can't be overcome with a little effort.
Mamelouks are some of my favorite uniforms. They are so rich in color and can really stand out at a show (if I can paint it well). Information on these cavalrymen is hard to come by as far as uniform colors go. Pegaso did a very good job on this in their painting guide included with the kit. Assembly and painting need to be thought out carefully on this figure because you can find a disaster on your hands pretty easily if you don't. How do the parts fit together? Without ANY clean up I put the major parts together without any adhesive save for the two arms. Here I used some trusty "blue sticky stuff" and that was it. You can see for yourself the level of casting displayed by pegaso here.
Did you really think I'd stay away from my Napoleonic figures that long? :lol:
Til next time,
Jim Patrick
