Hi everyone!
Today's post is an unusual one, because:
- the title is in Italian (but only the title, sorry for my Italian neighbours)
- the figures are 1/32, and not the usual 1/72... except for one
- the figures are displayed UNPAINTED !!!
But keep cool, there's an explanation to each of these statements...
You all know, or can easily imagine that I am a big fan of Atlantic (an Italian manufacturer) Ancient figures - they are regularly mentioned or shown on this blog - for instance here, or there. Well, after checking the links, I can say that they were mentioned at least in 2017... but look at my avatar :)
Believe it or not, as a kid, I only knew of their 1/72 range. It's only been a few years since I discovered that there were also a 1/32 range, thanks to an incredible collection that Mabo displayed at Benno's, and I began to desire those wonderful Atlanticses, my precious, and looked for some for a looong time... until last week, when I eventually found an offer on a website dedicated to second hand items: a complete original Atlantic 1/32 box, At the Pharaoh's court.
And there you are, in my own hand:
The box was complete, including the mummies and their sarcophagus.
And of course my favorite figure, the scribe. On the picture above, you can see the 1/32 version next to the 1/72 one - this latter looks soooo small.
Mini-me, next to Maxi-me :-D
I was so happy to receive them today that I couldn't help taking pictures and show them on this blog, even before they were painted.
Hope you like them :) Do these figures bring some childhood memories back ?
Wow, what a find! They look positively monumental compared to their 1/72 fellows. :)
RépondreSupprimerHi Norman! Yes, they're huge, 6 cm high, rather 1/30 than 1/32. I think that I will paint some of them as stone statues for 1/72 :)
SupprimerVery nice - I haven't seen them in 1/32nd before.
RépondreSupprimerHi Maudlin, nice to read you - I wish you a Happy New Year :) First time for me with my own eyes, and not sure to know how to paint such huge figures.
SupprimerFantastic haul Phil! I have the Egyptian infantry, loose figures, and some WW2 and modern figures of Atlantic 54mm figures (infact they are a bit bigger as that! :-D)
RépondreSupprimerGreetings
Peter
Nice collection too! I think these minis are very rare, nowadays.
SupprimerWow these are very nice, not to mention bloody massive!. What are your plans for them?. They would make great statues for 1/72 games.
RépondreSupprimerYes, much bigger than expected! I see 2 possibilities: paint some of them as Egyptians, just for the pleasure of painting, and may use one o two of them as gods in a 1/72 Fantasy Egyptian army, and actually paint a few as statues... but since the ancient Egyptians painted their statues, maybe there will be no difference with the first option :D
SupprimerThe figures on the chairs would definitely make great statues. I recently painted a Reaper Miniatures Sokar figure as a statue using a tan color, and then hitting it with a darker tan spray from about half a meter away, which gave it an interesting sandstone like color and texture.
RépondreSupprimerI agree, some of these figures will be used as statues in the 1/72 universe.
SupprimerHi Phil, Happy 2022
RépondreSupprimerI see you got some Musueum material omnyout hands :)
Treat It carefully...their plastic uses to become brittle After so Many centuries ..
Hi Sceavus, and a happy New Year too (not too late ;-)).
SupprimerFragile plastid indeed ? I'll be careful, they are kept away from sunlight.
A bit larger than the usual Phil. You'll need a 4'' brush for those!
RépondreSupprimerHi Khusru, thank you for passing by and for your comment! Yes, big brushes, at last !!!
SupprimerWhat a wonderful 'score'! I used to admire them in the magazines in my youth. I have a few now (1/72 versions). I too did not realise that they also made them in 1/32. I assume that they are even rarer than the smaller versions?
RépondreSupprimerRegards, James
Hi James, nice to read you. I have some of the 1/72 Atlantic sets since I was a child (late 70s, early 80s), and I still have them all :) and only saw advertising pictures of the 1/32 version. Maybe they were sold only in a few countries, and mainly Italy, where they were made? Not sure, but I know that they are very difficult to find on second hand market these days.
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