Completed Royal Horse Artillery Officer. Stormtroopers, 120mm

[carl reid]

If we are now down to the last words, can I ask Moz, to sculpt Arthur Scargill so those of us that don't know who he is or what he done can research and be better informed in our lives. The man is now 75, and led his troops into disaster, but all the same he was a Battler, and I am sure Old Grumbler, who asked me who he was, would enjoy all the Bloody mindlessness of the coal strike. Perhaps he could be sculpted in coal, but it would have to be done in cheap foreign imported. We could even have a policeman bashing him over the head, now that would pose a nice diorama for entry into the civilian category at Euro Militaire.

I heard recently that Scargill took the NUM to court, and lost! To continue to pay the £35000 a year rent on his appartment in Belgravia London!
Its amazing to think that all the while he was encouraging miners to strike with no pay, he was go back to his life of luxury in one of the most affulent areas in the Britain!!

Carl

 

[Steve]

Beautiful paint work, the sculpt though has major flaws, the figure is not balanced, if you draw a plumb line from the chin to the inside ankle of the leg that the weight of the body is resting on it should line up, however it doesn't on this figure and therefore looks very odd indeed plus the shoulders are not indicating the weight resting on the right leg. Basic figurative sculpting errors unfortunately.

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[Johan]

After looking long and hard at the pictures, I think Old Grumbler does have a point, but given the fact that in Victorian times severe malnourishment caused many people to be deformed even to the point of monstrosity, it could be historically accurate that some English officers in the Crimea were stunted bow-legged dwarfs ...
Just my 2 eurocents.

 

[old grumbler]

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That's class. real class.

 

[old grumbler]

I think that Carl Reid is right, an Arthur Scargill figure is long overdue! How do you simulate the combover in putty?

 

[MCPWilk]

I heard recently that Scargill took the NUM to court, and lost! To continue to pay the £35000 a year rent on his appartment in Belgravia London!
Its amazing to think that all the while he was encouraging miners to strike with no pay, he was go back to his life of luxury in one of the most affulent areas in the Britain!!

The Scargill story is here: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...ses_legal_battle_with_unun__over_London_flat/

Food for thought, if off topic. Good point about modelling the comb-over though!

Mike

 

[Tommi]

Right, we all done now?
Tommi

Guess not then
Tommi

 

[baronband]

Heads back below the parapet...possibility of snipers still out there!

 

[stu]

I am sick of this now.

I would like to apologize to alex for this, it is a superb piece of work.

I would also like to thank moz for the way this has continued....you are one of the best in the buisness and dont deserve this .

Old grumbler I dont know who you are and I doubt you will tell us. I believe this is a very friendly and open forum and you dont seam to pocess these qualities

I have asked for this to be locked down

The figure is now possibly going to be withdrawn,,,I cant see the point in remoulding it

Sorry

Stuart

 

[baronband]

I am sick of this now.

I would like to apologize to alex for this, it is a superb piece of work.

I would also like to thank moz for the way this has continued....you are one of the best in the buisness and dont deserve this .

Old grumbler I dont know who you are and I doubt you will tell us. I believe this is a very friendly and open forum and you dont seam to pocess these qualities

I have asked for this to be locked down

The figure is now possibly going to be withdrawn,,,I cant see the point in remoulding it

Sorry

Stuart

Stuart
i know pretty much nothing about anatomy and wouldn't profess to but i know what i like and i love this figure and the sculpting and painting are superb. I havn't bought this figure yet purely due to finances but i sure hope it is still available in the future as it is one i certainly want to own. Keep up the good work and chin up
John

 

[Tommi]

THREAD NOW LOCKED

Sick of all this crap again and the continuous stream of emails and complaints. Seems a shame to lock this one down as Alex Varela has gone out of his way to show us his exceptional painting skills on this figure in the PAINTING section of the forum only to have it turn into yet another war zone.

Sort it out guys and get back to what we are all supposed to be doing in this section, PAINTING
Tommi