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Re: ponder !! ......(and where is martin macALKA?)

"In fact, I love the old Airfix sets. Not in spite of their flaws but because of their flaws."

Re: ponder !! ......(and where is martin macALKA?)

giorgio
"In fact, I love the old Airfix sets. Not in spite of their flaws but because of their flaws."


me too. I´ve been trying to paint every fig pose of every set Airfix ever put onto the market....so far I have got 36 sets finished in my quest
One of the most versatile sets is the Robinhood set...great for creating extras for medieval armies.
Cheers
Paul

Wow

You really have done them justice
Great work

Re: Wow

CC
You really have done them justice
Great work

Thanks
Cheers
Paul

Re: ponder !! ......(and where is martin macALKA?)

Paul,
pre-Strelets' Jacobites, I used the Airfix Robin Hood figures for highlanders: heavily converted obviously.

donald

Re: ponder !! ......(and where is martin macALKA?)

ochoin
Paul,
pre-Strelets' Jacobites, I used the Airfix Robin Hood figures for highlanders: heavily converted obviously.

donald

Hi Donald,
I´d like to see pics of those..:-D
Cheers
paul

Airfix Jacobites

Hi, Paul,
After a big break from painting tartans, I've just gone back to working on my Jacobites.

I'm using a mix of metal Irregular figures, the Strelets' figures, Airfix conversions & various other odd Highlanders I've found.

I need loads (to face a medium sized Marlburian army I have) so I don't think I'll finish any time soon.

Give me a few weeks & I'll do a work-in-progress photo or two at Benno's.

donald

Re: ponder !! ......(and where is martin macALKA?)

I think Auguste Rodin is 10/10 so having established that benchmark then these are about 6/10.

HaT's figures vary a lot in sculptural quality and particularly style (for Napoleonics alone). It is difficult to be objective especially with comparisons as Italeri's Austrians have some plus features and some negative ones. They also get a PSR 9 for sculpting but then the style is very different. Very clean lines almost like little Meissen porcelain figures whereas the HaT figures are a little more irregular(like bronzes) with a lived in look. It is essentially a comparison between the Neoclassical style eg David and the Romantic style eg Delacroix and everything those terms embrace. In the end it depends how they are to be used. For example with a battlefield diorama maybe the HaT figures convey the energy and chaos and the Italeri figures are better for the pageant and spectacle. Obviously purchasers buy the ones that appeal to them and those not worried about style get both sets and mix.
It is hard to judge details from photos but the sole firing figure (HaT set) seems to have a left arm far too low. Sceptics just try the pose and see where your elbow comes. Anatomical mistakes (if this is one) are not to do with style and to my mind just make a figure look shoddy when they are wrong. This figure probably is OK in the round but in the scan/photo it has a Quasimodo shoulder and the same in the painted test shots. Looks better in the master figure.
If a figure or figures have anatomical mistakes then this should affect the sculptural quality rating. Style though is likely to be subjective so the numerical value is in the eye of the beholder.

David

Re: ponder !! ......(and where is martin macALKA?)

I HOPE MARTIN IS WELL ,he always has good material.

Re: 9 out of 10 Give me a break

Perhaps a little generous but not desperatly so I would say, a lot of character there I think...

Cheers