"The dark Captain von Kardsten is the commanding officer of the infamous Kommando Parsifal, the armed wing of the Okkultbüro.
Although the very existence of the Kommando Parsifal has never been documented, its men are rumoured to have been the very first to set foot on Thule."
As always, great stuff from Smart Max! The question now is: do we do him stock? Or do we adapt him to some character from Hellboy?? Or. . .
Hauptsturmführer Konrad von Kardsten is a character from Smart Max's Mauser Earth line. Originally offered as a 1/35th scale offering, the 150mm version was released late last year, the third 1/12th scale offering from Smart Max. Interestingly, the 150mm figures appear to be a collaborative effort between Smart Max and DESkit. While not being privy to the particulars, it would appear that DESkit is doing the casting work in these larger scales, as the figure is cast in an olive green resin.
The kit is comprised of 24 crisply cast pieces. One will encounter some air holes, but nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, I am very pleased with the evinced production quality! While somewhat "simplistic", if you will--the kit definitely has a "polystyrene figure- model feel" to it, in this scale it is an open invitation to let your hair down, and have some fun hyper-detailing!
But, alas, not for me. What prompted me to acquire this figure were the first images of the Red Skull from the forthcoming Marvel movie event: this will be the base figure in my rendition of Hugo Weaving as Herr Johann Schmidt, Der Rote Schädel.
Preliminary work is underway, but I don't expect to get rolling on this piece until late Summer at the earliest.
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