Austro-Hungarian Dragoon Officer 1914
Vice75
Oils
A few gripes with this figure:
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Only one picture of the box art to go by( with a 'blue' thats's way too bright...its supposed to be light powder blue )
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No instructions
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No link to a useful website...which I found too late!
The left arm as supplied and fitted with the supplied guide lugs and lining up the seams, leaves the hand unable to engage with the sword handle.
A groove into the upper left thigh is supposed to allow the sword to rest against the leg. However, none of it adds up! Hence, the floating hand. On their website it looks OK but, the only way to get the hand onto the sword is to move the hand 5mm over and re-sculpt the gappy armpit area and or dig out a deeper groove in the thigh. The latter would remove a serious amount of the quad!
I'm annoyed ay myself for trusting the parts to fit 🙄and to the company for a complete lack of information! 😡
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John aitken said on October 18, 2021
Good save..I’ve had similar experience with others from them
John vd Biggelaar said on October 18, 2021
A pitty about the hand, David @mentaldental
The paintwork however is exceptional like always.
Tom Cleaver said on October 18, 2021
It still looks great, @mentaldental.
Spiros Pendedekas said on October 18, 2021
Well, even with "remarks", still looks excellent, David!
caudelguille said on October 18, 2021
Dear David,
Someday I will claim for instructions on how you achieve this sublime painting, no matter if they try to ruin your work!
Greg Fabian said on October 19, 2021
You achieved an incredible result despite the shortcomings of the figure. On a side note, if it wasn’t for Italy declaring war on Austria in 1915, I wouldn’t be here. That action motivated my grandfather to leave Italy (he was from a small town in Calabria) for the US.
Ian Foulkes said on October 19, 2021
Wow David, that's some spectacular save! Brilliant work
Jim Altergott said on October 20, 2021
Great job overall! I have had similar experiences with all resin figures I have purchased: Verlinden, Jaguar, Alpine. I too have had parts not line up according to the box photo, which is the only reference we have to go on! My compliments to you sir on a job well done and thanks for bringing out the constructive criticism, well said!
Michel Verschuere said on October 20, 2021
Fantastic David!
Scott Nelson said on October 20, 2021
Fantastic brush and shade work!