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Author Topic: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!  (Read 16427 times)

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #30 on: April 07, 2009, 04:49:51 PM »
They look great! Some of them could almost pass as gauchos if you wanted to take it further south... are there going to be more sculpts?

Hmmm... Garibaldi's early campaign before he inveded sicily? Could be fun   :)

Gluteus old fruit, you'll be too busy recreating skirmishes between Mexicans, Texians, Apaches and Commanches to consider anything else and of course bowing down before your new lord and master... ;)  lol

 lol  I've always been a dreamer! I have even less sense than time and money  :'(

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Ps The mould makers have promised me the first casts next week to check over before production. How exciting :D

Indeed!  ;D

Offline rjandron

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #31 on: April 08, 2009, 11:57:57 PM »
Ps The mould makers have promised me the first casts next week to check over before production. How exciting :D

Cool. Are you planning on selling these online? What URL?
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Offline Malamute

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #32 on: April 09, 2009, 07:26:37 AM »
Ps The mould makers have promised me the first casts next week to check over before production. How exciting :D

Cool. Are you planning on selling these online? What URL?

They will be online eventually. (Website not built yet.) You will be able to get them though via me here on the forum. Watch this space for more news.
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Offline Argonor

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #33 on: April 13, 2009, 11:31:47 AM »
Not trying to take your thunder away, but speaking of Zorro:

http://www.miniature-giant.com/zorro-Reaper-sku-50054-pr-11919.html
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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #34 on: April 14, 2009, 07:33:37 AM »
Not trying to take your thunder away, but speaking of Zorro:

http://www.miniature-giant.com/zorro-Reaper-sku-50054-pr-11919.html

A very nice figure, but..... he doesn't come with a mounted version ;)

Offline Doc Twilight

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #35 on: April 14, 2009, 07:36:05 AM »
Not trying to take your thunder away, but speaking of Zorro:

http://www.miniature-giant.com/zorro-Reaper-sku-50054-pr-11919.html


A very nice figure, but..... he doesn't come with a mounted version ;)

Who's mounting him, then?

;)

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Can't wait to pick up these guys, Mal.

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Offline joroas

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #36 on: April 14, 2009, 08:20:25 AM »
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Sorry, couldn't resist.

You should have tried harder to resist...............
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Offline Argonor

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #37 on: April 14, 2009, 01:10:06 PM »
Not trying to take your thunder away, but speaking of Zorro:

http://www.miniature-giant.com/zorro-Reaper-sku-50054-pr-11919.html

A very nice figure, but..... he doesn't come with a mounted version ;)

No, I also like yours better. This one needs some serious putty-work on the cape....

Offline Malamute

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #38 on: April 14, 2009, 01:29:36 PM »
Not trying to take your thunder away, but speaking of Zorro:

http://www.miniature-giant.com/zorro-Reaper-sku-50054-pr-11919.html

A very nice figure, but..... he doesn't come with a mounted version ;)

No, I also like yours better. This one needs some serious putty-work on the cape....

True and as you have previously said you have held the greens in your hands,
next time it will be the lead version :D

Offline archangel1

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #39 on: April 14, 2009, 07:47:44 PM »
Not trying to take your thunder away, but speaking of Zorro:

http://www.miniature-giant.com/zorro-Reaper-sku-50054-pr-11919.html

Overall, it's quite a nice figure, but you try and carve a 'Z' with that sword! You might do it if you grasped the blade near the tip, with heavy gloves, and dragged it over your victim, whilst ignoring his screams, but, using it as a duelling weapon, I don't think so.  Might work if he was heavy cavalry...
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Offline Elprez

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #40 on: April 14, 2009, 09:55:32 PM »
I'm sure I'm just being stupid... but have you posted a picture of your Zorro figure on this forum?
If so, I cant find it. Can someone point me in the right direction, or repost it here? Please?
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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #42 on: April 15, 2009, 02:42:42 AM »
Lovely figure. Looking forward to its release.
(Thanks Schogun :))

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #43 on: April 15, 2009, 08:05:36 AM »
Not trying to take your thunder away, but speaking of Zorro:

http://www.miniature-giant.com/zorro-Reaper-sku-50054-pr-11919.html

Overall, it's quite a nice figure, but you try and carve a 'Z' with that sword! You might do it if you grasped the blade near the tip, with heavy gloves, and dragged it over your victim, whilst ignoring his screams, but, using it as a duelling weapon, I don't think so.  Might work if he was heavy cavalry...

It is rather large - but then again I would struggle to name any 28mm figures I have seen holding swords where they are actually the correct thickness. As for axes - even Arnie at his peak wouldn't have been able to lift, let alone swing them. Cast spears are usually more suitable for caber-tossing than fighting with >:(

The obvious reason is that they are a compromise between accuracy and durability. It is possible to sculpt and cast them the correct size, of course, but they would be so thin and fragile as to break very quickly - especially when handled by an oaf like me  :(

The obvious solution is to buy the figure and if you don't like the sword remove it and replace with  a piece of sharpened wire etc.

Don't let the size of his weapon put you off what is otherwise a splendid figure  :)

Offline archangel1

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Re: More Zorro sculpts - Mexican Vaqueros! MORE PHOTOS ADDED!
« Reply #44 on: April 15, 2009, 01:24:14 PM »
It's not so much the size of the sword that's off-putting, that's to be expected due to moulding limitations, but the fact that they didn't even attempt to model the style of weapon we're used to seeing for El Zorro.  It's a hack and slash blade, not an elegant gentleman's dueling weapon.  It would have been more acceptable to see something like those of Brigade Games' Swashbucklers.

 

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