Verlinden 200mm Roman Centurian Bust Review

There is a Tube of You's channel that I subscribe to where the primary focus is painting figures. For some reason, I thought, "I should try this". What was I thinking? I never painted a figure before, but you have to start somewhere I guess.

Here is the box. If it didn't have that big picture on it, I think I would have lost it.

The parts so unceremoniously tossed in a thick zippy style bag. The material is resin and not the typical styrene plastic that model kits are molded in. The detail is typically much greater, but may be hazardous to your health. I heard an explanation that the dust particles of resin are like microscopic shards of nastiness in your lungs, precautions will have to be taken during cutting and sanding I think.

Assembly is rather minimal. There will be some cleanup, however.

Here are the side face guard flap things that attach to the helmet. The detail is really nice here. I like the ancient motif.

The base will required some cleanup, but it has a very subtle wood pattern on it. Can you see it? You can click the picture or some such, maybe it will take you to a bigger version? How do these Internets work?

The feathery thing that goes on top of the helmet. So many technical terms in this post. The feather detail is very beautifully sculpted.

Some weird light distortion with my lamp, but ignore that.

It's a face! Very nicely detailed and great detailing on the oak leaves. Maybe they are not oak leaves?

That is not where the sideburn goes, it's where the face guard helmet flap thing attaches to.

A touch of cleanup on the back of the helmet.

Gasp! A pin size hole on the top of the head! Easy enough to fill, will have to be careful of the detail that's right next to it.

The folds in the cape are quite exquisite as well as the detail on the armor.

Look at how that fabric drapes in the back. Freaking awesome.

Some cleanup at the bottom required.

This will actually be a bit bigger than I previously anticipated. Maybe I should have started with something smaller?

Highly detailed, minimal cleanup and assembly. I'll get adventurous at some point and give it a shot. I have a couple of small Beethoven and J.S. Bach busts that I've had for years that I will be practicing on first. I'll probably be using acrylics to paint all of them. The great thing about that is, if I don't like it, which is a very high probability, they can just soak in some Windex overnight. I have name all picked out for him when he is complete and will reveal at a later date.