Romeo's 90mm Knight Hospitaller c1300

jojjemannen wrote:It might be my eyesight that's wrong, but the newly constructed head looks a tad to big for the body.. Or am I wrong Ray?

Tiny, no there is nothing wrong with your eyesight....it is spot on

However, the reason you are seeing it the way you are seeing it, is because the head as supplied with the kit, was "squeezed" into the mail coif so that it would fit in the great helm which obviously has some "tickness" due to casting material.

However, having said all this, I would still REVISE & MEASURE AGAIN after your keen observations, because maybe I still got stuck with my head's proportions

Ray wrote:

jojjemannen wrote:It might be my eyesight that's wrong, but the newly constructed head looks a tad to big for the body.. Or am I wrong Ray?

Tiny, no there is nothing wrong with your eyesight....it is spot on

However, the reason you are seeing it the way you are seeing it, is because the head as supplied with the kit, was "squeezed" into the mail coif so that it would fit in the great helm which obviously has some "tickness" due to casting material.

However, having said all this, I would still REVISE & MEASURE AGAIN after your keen observations, because maybe I still got stuck with my head's proportions

iCocker wrote:I still need to find the WOW factor

But yes I will start mine sooner then later ... I am trying to find a niche light maybe I can do this as a black one ... oh forgot mine is already primed

As long as we can fight the WHITE Templars on EQUAL terms, BLACK or RED it does not matter really.......would be cool ALL 4 of them standing next to each other in Class 2 next year or even the 4 of them in Catania

What will the changes be for a Black one? Belts? Sheild? Helmet if any or are you using the other helmet supplied? Coif? Sword scabbard attachment point?

One word of warning.....the face looks exceptional beneath the Great Helm ONLY. Other then that, one must opt for a new face by all means as it is featurless and as I said earlier "squeezed" in the coif to accomodate the great helm. The ones I listed to Harold are the only close mouthed I have and still have to see how they appear on "him" as they might be a tad too big or a tad too small like the Hospitaller's which I showed earlier.....however it is far better to compare/measure/check "in the flesh" as pics ARE misleading sometimes especially as regards angles & height of shot pic

iCocker wrote:Red or Black surcoat, that is a very difficult decision if one is doing a 13c Hospitaller Miles Christi.

So for sure c.1250 the Pope granted the Knights to wear loose surcoats as the habit hindered them to fight. At that time Hospitaller Uniform was still black with a potence cross.

Late 13c, the Pope granted them again as for battle Knights are to dress red and black for civil life, mantle shall remain black. Sargeant and man at arms remain black with white cross.

Now back to the figure he looks to be from 1250 onwards going through the 1300s, so historically we have that difficulty for red or black. Helmet on the other hand looks a bit a late type of greathelm. Till date I have found difficulty to highlight exactly when and what makes a red surcoat or a black especially a figure that is near the transitional period.

So I end up the usual motto when in doubt and seems no one yet answer this quest, it leaves it in the capable hands of the artist ... for sure no eight pointed Maltese cross!

Ivan

Noel Petroni wrote:Beautiful figure!!!!!!!

This is much more of a man-stuff-build compared to that sissy-stuff butterfly!

Anyway...... this is a beauty! I did not read the posts so anything I say or repeat is because of this.

I would like to see you do this displayed with the helmet on. THe reason is that it gives the figure more of a warrior look and it is also a nice detail to see the eyes through the vision slots.

Red or Black........ I can guarantee that nobody knows what the hell the Knights of Christ wore when they went into battle! So see what you have in the vetrina and if you never did Black....... than paint this one black!

PS: Will it be for sale?

iCocker wrote:Forgot to mention, those that are in love with white why instead diverse into a Teutonic one, they started off in the middleEast and were almost annihalated in the fall of Acre. That is white field with a latin black cross.