How perfect do you want these things to be? I mean they're supposed to be toy soldiers. Is there a perfect line of toy soldiers? I doubt it. How realistic can you get? Each brand has it's own quirks and charms. I mean I have some old Britains with really bad paint jobs, but I love them.
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Ladies/Gents
Firstly, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and the forum should support this, otherwise it gets boring and repetitive.
What, OzDigger says about the faces I in part agree. Some of the sets recently have been slightly humdrum. The AK29 Rommel was particularly disappointing ( the vehicle was cracking though) although I bought the set to complete my AK diorama. The recent Britains ACW and WWI faces I believe (my opinion) are far superior and I am looking forward to the next batch, especially the WWII figures.
The vehicles are always top notch and I prefer the way they are made with polystone to any of their competitors - even the tracks and wheels which save me weathering them.
By the way OzDigger I heard that the Australians have given up playing cricket against us Poms as they now realise that they won't win the ashes back in the autumn, and are now going to play an in-house Tiddlywinks championship instead.
Only kidding.
Andy
Firstly, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and the forum should support this, otherwise it gets boring and repetitive.
What, OzDigger says about the faces I in part agree. Some of the sets recently have been slightly humdrum. The AK29 Rommel was particularly disappointing ( the vehicle was cracking though) although I bought the set to complete my AK diorama. The recent Britains ACW and WWI faces I believe (my opinion) are far superior and I am looking forward to the next batch, especially the WWII figures.
The vehicles are always top notch and I prefer the way they are made with polystone to any of their competitors - even the tracks and wheels which save me weathering them.
By the way OzDigger I heard that the Australians have given up playing cricket against us Poms as they now realise that they won't win the ashes back in the autumn, and are now going to play an in-house Tiddlywinks championship instead.
Only kidding.
Andy
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Shannon Reuss said:Okay Oz, now tell us what you LIKE about King & Country figures and vehicles.
I've never actually seen a King and Country figure with a face color that would match a plum as Dragoon has, so I guess I have to be thankful for that
What I like. I like that they do subjects that others steer away from such as the LAH range, and I like that Andy C. cares enough about his products and company that he reads the crap that we type here most days.
The main thing I like is that the majority of the pieces are accurate and well finished but sometimes the products tend towards the artistic rather than actual copies of a person or vehicle. I appreciate the beauty of the artistic side but the sometimes lack of accuracy annoys me at times. On the frequent occasions that they get that artistic flair and accuracy 'just right' the piece is hard to fault, even for a fussy, discerning, know it all, like me
Anyway, I have to go outside for a while and I may be sometime, see you guys later.
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Hello guys! Just Received the NEW AK Sets; and the ONLY Improvement I think , should be in the Figure's; is the Body Statue, Comparing with EAO3'S and EAO4'S? The NEW Sculpturing , in some of the Sets Like (AK28) seems to be getting SMALLER in Size? I was a Disapointed about the size of the British COMMANDO'S Sets also; they're Smaller?
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Hi guys - been a bit busy, came and read this thread with some disbelief - I think some sets e.g. ww2 royal marines are unbelievably good - if people find something to criticise I say well done Andy for raising the bar
If in doubt look at the earlier peices. Also see the pics in the gallery at more than life size.
Andy, still not quite there yet.....
- I think some sets e.g. ww2 royal marines are unbelievably good - if people find something to criticise I say well done Andy for raising the bar If in doubt look at the earlier peices. Also see the pics in the gallery at more than life size.
Andy, still not quite there yet.....
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Dragoon said:Gaugin and Monet, surely you jest. I much prefer Meissonier, Detaille and of course for those perfect flesh tones, Bouguereau.
When I wrote Gaugin and Monet, it was not to jest (I had to look in a french-english dictionnary for that word). My comment was not in relation with the flesh tone of those artists as I will never impress anybody with my knowledge of art paint which is non-existent. In fact, it's that I find that the making of military figures is an art, and it was in that perspective that I refer to Gaugin and Monet. Believe me, I was not, in any way jesting at you.
Pierre.
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King & Country figures represent the perfect proportions of da Vinci's Vitruvian Man:
http://www.davincilife.com/vitruvianman.html
Some other manufacturers still look like Salvador Dali's work:
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http://www.davincilife.com/vitruvianman.html
Some other manufacturers still look like Salvador Dali's work:
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CannonFodder1971 said:King & Country figures represent the perfect proportions of da Vinci's Vitruvian Man:http://www.davincilife.com/vitruvianman.html Some other manufacturers still look like Salvador Dali's work: javascript
While I agree with CannonFodder about the comparison of others to Dali, I will continue the feud began in the 1500's; I think that Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni's "David" is the real example of a typical K&C figure. http://vlsi.colorado.edu/~rbloem/david.html
Michael
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I have to disagree with you Michael. Michelangelo's David is at repose, K&C figures in action poses are more akin to Bernini's David.
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Louis Badolato said:
I had forgotten about Bernini's Goliath slayer. It is a beautiful work of art and is among the greatest pieces of art ever done by a human hand. I would like to think that each David, the King and the Slayer are representations of equal value. I have seen each and if I were to choose the best, I could not. I am not of sufficient worth to be able to make such a choice.
I think that the following quote best expresses my thoughts, it is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Bernini)
"The twisted torso, furrowed forehead, and granite grimace of Bernini's "David" is symptomatic of the baroque's interest in dynamic movement and emotion over High Renaissance stasis and classic severity. Below him are armour and a disguised harp. Bernini's David appears to be the eldest of all the Italian sculptures mentioned above. Michelangelo expresses David's heroic nature; Bernini captures the heroic moment. In political terms, it can be said Michelangelo's David epitomizes a Florentine republic that would not allow defeat; Bernini's David is a Counter-Reformation Rome anxious for a fight. Or could it be the young ambitious Bernini aiming his projectile at the hagiographic Michelangelo oeuvre?"
If you have ever read Joseph Campbell, our age seems to lack the Heros of the past ages, perhaps that is what we look for as collectors - Heros to help us to understand our reason for existance and to give us the courage to face the adversities of everyday life. Everyday life can be as challenging as anything the fabled heros had to face. Perhaps the vision of both Davids gives me the assuance that others too see value in the human existance and that there is value to our lives.
Deep uh. Michael
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nmrocks said:
To really appreciate this wonderful work of art, one MUST see it in the original velvet with gold baroque frame.
I have the version with the beagle dealing in my family room, we have a miniature beagle named "Billie" who is a match for the fellow in the painting. We also have one with dogs playing pool.
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If you'll allow me to digress a moment from the artistic merits of "Dogs Playing Poker" to Bernini, if you think his David is great, you should see his "Rape of Persephone". It shows the god of the underworld carrying off Persephone, and so captures living human flesh in marble that you can actually see the imprints of his fingers in the flesh of her thighs. If you get the chance to visit the Borghese Galleries in Rome, you can see both of these statues. They are truly among the greatest sculptures ever.