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Both Mike and Luca make a perfectly valid point. These Russian 'artists' are working on a different level, and on some of their subject I can appreciate it. My issue with this figure, and what inspired this thread, is that Lawerence's attire is fairly well know. If i'm not mistaken the figure is based upon a contemporary photo. Also much of his attire from his service witht the Arabs has survived and is on display at the Tank Museum at Bovington. So to me it completly flies in the face of history. Whereas, their medieval figures are harder to ascertain their accuracy. Simply because we face an issue between archeaology and history. Much of what we know from the 15th centruy backward comes from archeaological dicoveries and because of a distinct lack of written evidence much of what we know can be questioned. However, as we reahc modernity the increasing bureaucratic nature of the state has led to a vast depository of knowledge upon which we can base our research. So for me such a modern subject should, IMHO, be dealt with a degree of accuracy for the subject.Ross
Both Mike and Luca make a perfectly valid point. These Russian 'artists' are working on a different level, and on some of their subject I can appreciate it. My issue with this figure, and what inspired this thread, is that Lawerence's attire is fairly well know. If i'm not mistaken the figure is based upon a contemporary photo. Also much of his attire from his service witht the Arabs has survived and is on display at the Tank Museum at Bovington. So to me it completly flies in the face of history. Whereas, their medieval figures are harder to ascertain their accuracy. Simply because we face an issue between archeaology and history. Much of what we know from the 15th centruy backward comes from archeaological dicoveries and because of a distinct lack of written evidence much of what we know can be questioned. However, as we reahc modernity the increasing bureaucratic nature of the state has led to a vast depository of knowledge upon which we can base our research. So for me such a modern subject should, IMHO, be dealt with a degree of accuracy for the subject.
Ross
