From the commoner sculpt-set of Napoleonic
troop types and in the style of the blow-moulded knights we've looked-at in the
past, the main difference is that this isn't a blow-mould, being a solid,
very-dense, polyethylene lump. Finish is the same as the knights though with a
metallic bronze/gold dry-brushed over a flat black.
Over eight inches with the base the figure
is a good seven-odd.
The base does seem to be slightly hollow,
which may be due to shrinkage (the result of injecting such a large piece), or
the use of a blow-mould/Rotary-mould tool with a large shot of plastic designed
to be slightly hollow for cost, but tough-enough to survive handling? The
little sticker is a generic version of the ones used by HCF, but lots of
from-HK import novelties had the same or similar, still do, but now they read
'CHINA'!
The depth of the plinth and strange pinch
to one end may be a sign that the statue was pleased in some kind of receiver
or holder of some kind, maybe a piece of kitsch furniture or a lamp stand? The Sabretache
has a florid, copperplate 'A' on both sides - as per the Fontanini original.
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