Connoisseur Figures (4 Viewers)

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Not sure who this is, but he's not to be messed with:

 

[nasirkasmani]

Not sure who this is, but he's not to be messed with:

Thats one bad *** viking

 

[fmethorst]

That picture reminds me of Boris Vallejo artwork.

 

[Spitfrnd]

That picture reminds me of Boris Vallejo artwork.

It does although not his favorite subject gender. Your post refreshed my interest in his work and turned up the following links for those interested.
http://vallejo.ural.net/
And now with Julie Bell
http://www.imaginistix.com/

I wonder how many of his (or their) images have been turned to figures?

 

[Combat]

Greek:

 

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Boris has added some new figures on his website:

 

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Another familiar face:

 

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A different kind of Tiger. Aeroart makes several animal figures.

 

[marco55]

A different kind of Tiger. Aeroart makes several animal figures.

I have the prowling wolf in winter coat.
Mark

 

[Combat]

Smiling Hermann - new from Andrea:

 

[fmethorst]

Smiling Hermann - new from Andrea:

Is that 54mm?

 

[Combat]

Is that 54mm?

90mm. Part of the Third Reich series - Hitler, Heydrich, FJ etc.

http://www.andrea-miniatures.com/market/AspsProductos/listado.asp?IdColeccion=128

 

[fmethorst]

A new mounted samurai from Tatyana Gapchenko and Kolobob. This is specimen 1 of SA07. I have to admit I was tempted but I'm already overcommited in other areas. Maybe next year.

 

[Spitfrnd]

A new mounted samurai from Tatyana Gapchenko and Kolobob. This is specimen 1 of SA07. I have to admit I was tempted but I'm already overcommited in other areas. Maybe next year.

That is a VERY unnatural movement for the horse but the detail is quite impressive.

 

[fmethorst]

That is a VERY unnatural movement for the horse but the detail is quite impressive.

It's interesting you mention that because one of my gripes with a lot of the connoiseur mounted figures is so many of them are on rearing horses in fantastic poses. I find I like the ones with more natural stances better but they are few and far between.

 

[nasirkasmani]

wow..

How much would that samurai roughly cost?

 

[fmethorst]

eBay link

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Sample-1-of-Kolobob-ELITE-Soldier-Samurai-Horseback_W0QQitemZ370061601597QQihZ024QQcategoryZ2634QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Combat]

Moctezuma II from Andrea:

 

[fmethorst]

Here is my latest samurai. Russian Vityaz PB706.3:

 

[Currahee Chris]

No, I wish!

I've still got several thousand dollars worth of samurai to work my way through before I start on another period.

I'm not sure where the connoisseur moniker came from either. It certainly has a snooty air about it don't you think?

The two pieces I've shown are Russian Vityaz PB200 (Catapult) and PB215 (Ballista).

Currahee Chris I think the piece you are refering to is SG-S05 from Andrea Miniatures, a beautiful piece (picture below). This is different than PB200

Frank

Frank- sorry for the super late response- you are absolutely correct- that is the piece I have and need to get painted. It's a very impressive piece.