Abraham Lincoln (75mm)

I have just received Zone Miniatures' 75mm resin full-figure of our 16^th President, Abraham Lincoln. As I indicated in my introductory posting, the figure was 3D-sculpted by Sándor Harsányi. It is based on a near full-length portrait photograph of the President in the NPG (NPG.79.151), by Thomas Le Mere, taken in April, 1863.

In the same posting, I indicated that this was "not the ideal base figure". I was wrong! I based my preliminary assessment on what I thought would be the engineering/# of component pieces of the figure, and the painted boxart. While the figure is comprised of 7 pieces, the design is brilliant(!), and very miniaturist-friendly! In like terms, the casting is exceptional! If this figure is characteristic of the quality of Zone Miniatures, then they deserve the highest rating--on all counts!!

ALVH v.2 . . . here I come!

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003

ALVH. . . v.2

In Summer 2010, I plunged into Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (NY: Grand Central, 2010). By the time I was half-way through the blockbuster tale, I had already con- ceived-of and started acquiring the elements of a 54mm rendition – conversion – of the title subject.

This was a difficult 2 1/2 year-long project, primarily-and surprisingly!-due to the unavailability of a larger (>/=75mm) figure of the 16^th President of the USA. While I am satisfied with the outcome, in retrospect, I was not satisfied with my “belief” in what I was doing. Thus, this subject was always on the “do-over for myself” list.

Over 11 years later, I stumbled across a resin, 75mm figure of Abraham Lincoln, 3D-sculpted by Sándor Harsányi, and released by the Hungarian figure company, Zone Miniatures. While not the ideal base figure, it is a marked improvement over Andrea Miniatures’ 54mm Undertaker, 1880s! It is now on-order.

In the meantime, I have read and re-read my bench log to re-familiarize myself with the then-project, and I now await the receipt of the figure to launch ALVH redux. . .

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003

Michael Myers - Prep 1

As I mentioned in my last posting, the figure components have all been assembled. Since then, I have re-engineered the attachment of the head to the torso; reworked the neck join; repositioned the left arm; and dramatically redesigned--minimalized--the base/groundwork, so that the viewer's focus is on the subject figure, not its setting. And today, I spent some time reworking the likeness of the subject: I'm about 50% done, and the difference is notable!

 

UPDATE - 06.11.2021. . . The eyes have been resculpted, and the head is now essentially done! I am still working on the coiffure, and tweaking the lines of the mask; but just about there. . .

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003