Secutor

[Evgeny Dravskikh]

Continue "Gladiators of the Rome"
"Secutor"
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Sculptor: Igor Gurochkin
Painted for Boxart.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Excellent work

Mobo

 

[misfit151]

Exceptional brushwork..... Mike

 

[Ferris]

Beautiful figure and painting!

The shield is a bit thick, but other than that an excellent sculpt.

Adrian

 

[Peter Day]

Fantastic work!

 

[Redcap]

The paint job is absolutely superb but I am still unconvinced about the helmet (is it based on a re-enactment one?) as the eyeholes are far too large to provide purpose for the design; i.e. for the fighter to see but not allow the trident to strike the face.

The attached picture is of a genuine helmet recovered by archaeologists and all others of this type appear to be of a similar design but perhaps Mercury based theirs upon one I haven't seen before...?

I have all of Mercury's 75mm Gladiators series but will pass on this one for the reason given.

Gary

 

[Edorta]

Great work, in a personal and unequivocal style.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Evgeny Dravskikh]

The paint job is absolutely superb but I am still unconvinced about the helmet (is it based on a re-enactment one?) as the eyeholes are far too large to provide purpose for the design; i.e. for the fighter to see but not allow the trident to strike the face.

The attached picture is of a genuine helmet recovered by archaeologists and all others of this type appear to be of a similar design but perhaps Mercury based theirs upon one I haven't seen before...?

I have all of Mercury's 75mm Gladiators series but will pass on this one for the reason given.

Gary

Many thanks! I was not a historical consultant for this figurine But I suspect that the sculptor thought that there was no uniform standard for helmet holes. As for the sculptures, the difference is quite big.

 

[Vassilis_D]

Another great brushwork there Evgeny!!..keep creating

 

[Redcap]

Hi Evgeny.

Thanks for the kindly reply.

Sculptures allow 'artistic licence' or of course are limited by the sculptor's talents. I would base historical evidence upon archaeological recovery (all like helmets I have ever seen have been the very small eyes version like my pic) rather than those shown in stone sculpts.

Irrespective, I hope it does well for you and I look forward to seeing what you come up with next in this range.

Best Regards.
Gary

 

[Nap]

Hi Evgeny

Always a pleasure to see your artwork, really like the weathering on the shield and the metallics

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Evgeny Dravskikh]

Excellent work

Mobo

Exceptional brushwork..... Mike

Beautiful figure and painting!

The shield is a bit thick, but other than that an excellent sculpt.

Adrian

Fantastic work!

Thank you very much friends! Thank you for the good feedback and motivation for me! I am very glad that you liked this figure!

 

[Evgeny Dravskikh]

Hi Evgeny.

Thanks for the kindly reply.

Sculptures allow 'artistic licence' or of course are limited by the sculptor's talents. I would base historical evidence upon archaeological recovery (all like helmets I have ever seen have been the very small eyes version like my pic) rather than those shown in stone sculpts.

Irrespective, I hope it does well for you and I look forward to seeing what you come up with next in this range.

Best Regards.
Gary

Thank you for your good feedback. Yes. I agree with you that archaeological evidence is more reliable when creating a historical miniature. I just tried to understand the possible logic of the sculptor Perhaps they had to balance between history and marketing. Not everyone knows the real helmets of the secutors. But this option looks more "Hollywood".

 

[Evgeny Dravskikh]

Great work, in a personal and unequivocal style.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

Another great brushwork there Evgeny!!..keep creating

Hi Evgeny

Always a pleasure to see your artwork, really like the weathering on the shield and the metallics

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thank you very much for such good words about this paintwork! I almost "burned out" at this job. I had little time for this figure and many ideas could not be realized . I didn’t like the result myself, but I’m very glad that you liked this result. Thanks my friends!

 

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