Statue SS Conan the Barbarian Fury of the Beast Dio
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I hope not to start an argument here, I like ARH works, I really really love their Minotaur, as I said I'm skipping the Queen of the Dead to jump on the Minotaur so you can easily guess how much I like it.
But I must say that their Conan is wrong on so many levels, it's just not the horrible girl sculpt (everything, face, body, pose).
I don't like Conan's anatomy, he needs more muscular definition, but his head sculpts and faces are what I really can't like by any mean, they're all wrong. The cartoonish style really doesn't adapt to an old school fantasy character, imho.
The snake is good, well done, but it lacks the aggressiveness and sense of menace that the ape has in the Fury of the Beast.
And this leads to the other big problem, imho: the poses.
Conan is in the old boring attack pose that we know since McFarlane Conan's action figure, while the snake is at his same level, that's why it doesn't seem menacing.
Look at this:
Same snake (long and "tiny" body), but in this picture Conan is chained and the snake stands above him, ready to strike. This is how you channel the drama of a scene. If Conan fights such an opponent by standing on his same level, you lose pathos.
The Fury of the Beast excels in delivering the sense of desperation of a man (even as strong as Conan) who really needs to resort to everything in order to beat a much stronger opponent, you look at it and you know that you're looking at a frozen moment of a deadly battle and only one of the two characters portrayed will walk away on his own legs. It's the fact that the hero is in difficulty that gives the sense of how epic is the battle - if the hero is just battling his opponent on an even level, you lose this epic factor.
Imho, of course.
But I must say that their Conan is wrong on so many levels, it's just not the horrible girl sculpt (everything, face, body, pose).
I don't like Conan's anatomy, he needs more muscular definition, but his head sculpts and faces are what I really can't like by any mean, they're all wrong. The cartoonish style really doesn't adapt to an old school fantasy character, imho.
The snake is good, well done, but it lacks the aggressiveness and sense of menace that the ape has in the Fury of the Beast.
And this leads to the other big problem, imho: the poses.
Conan is in the old boring attack pose that we know since McFarlane Conan's action figure, while the snake is at his same level, that's why it doesn't seem menacing.
Look at this:
Same snake (long and "tiny" body), but in this picture Conan is chained and the snake stands above him, ready to strike. This is how you channel the drama of a scene. If Conan fights such an opponent by standing on his same level, you lose pathos.
The Fury of the Beast excels in delivering the sense of desperation of a man (even as strong as Conan) who really needs to resort to everything in order to beat a much stronger opponent, you look at it and you know that you're looking at a frozen moment of a deadly battle and only one of the two characters portrayed will walk away on his own legs. It's the fact that the hero is in difficulty that gives the sense of how epic is the battle - if the hero is just battling his opponent on an even level, you lose this epic factor.
Imho, of course.
wolf-brother
Super Freak
I don't know who saw the Sacrifice in person but I did. It looks menacing and it has a presence.
Back to this thread. I'm unpacking Fury now.
Back to this thread. I'm unpacking Fury now.
wolf-brother
Super Freak
Bummer. The base is broken it's got to go back. 
I'll call SS Monday.
I'll call SS Monday.
Tornadoflame
Super Freak
Snadinator
Super Freak
The prize was my first ssc piece. It was flawless and it got me hooked.
No it wouldn't..
Snadinator
Super Freak
Conan would look like he is having sex with the beast. Fury of the beast would have a different meaning entirely
wolf-brother
Super Freak
wolf-brother
Super Freak
The box actually has artwork straight from Savage Sword Of Conan Iron Shadows in the Moonlight as well as artwork of the white Ape.
Bummer. The base is broken it's got to go back.
I'll call SS Monday.
Oh no!!!
Sorry
wolf-brother
Super Freak
Conan and the Ape made it to NY okay but the Ape head on the base is broken off.
I hope not to start an argument here, I like ARH works, I really really love their Minotaur, as I said I'm skipping the Queen of the Dead to jump on the Minotaur so you can easily guess how much I like it.
But I must say that their Conan is wrong on so many levels, it's just not the horrible girl sculpt (everything, face, body, pose).
I don't like Conan's anatomy, he needs more muscular definition, but his head sculpts and faces are what I really can't like by any mean, they're all wrong. The cartoonish style really doesn't adapt to an old school fantasy character, imho.
The snake is good, well done, but it lacks the aggressiveness and sense of menace that the ape has in the Fury of the Beast.
And this leads to the other big problem, imho: the poses.
Conan is in the old boring attack pose that we know since McFarlane Conan's action figure, while the snake is at his same level, that's why it doesn't seem menacing.
Look at this:
Same snake (long and "tiny" body), but in this picture Conan is chained and the snake stands above him, ready to strike. This is how you channel the drama of a scene. If Conan fights such an opponent by standing on his same level, you lose pathos.
The Fury of the Beast excels in delivering the sense of desperation of a man (even as strong as Conan) who really needs to resort to everything in order to beat a much stronger opponent, you look at it and you know that you're looking at a frozen moment of a deadly battle and only one of the two characters portrayed will walk away on his own legs. It's the fact that the hero is in difficulty that gives the sense of how epic is the battle - if the hero is just battling his opponent on an even level, you lose this epic factor.
Imho, of course.
Noted
Hope someday you will see the ARH version in person.
Logistics didn't allow the snake to be even bigger than the 8ft he is already. Nightmare to ship, if he was any bigger.
Conan and the Ape made it to NY okay but the Ape head on the base is broken off.
OMG! How the shipping guys did this? I never can understand. What are your impressions?
wolf-brother
Super Freak
The base is really heavy so the box is bottom heavy. The box is large and awkward, so one good drop and kaput.
Well pics are taken, all the snow is vacuumed off the floor and it's all boxed up. SS is closed until Monday, so I will call then.
Well pics are taken, all the snow is vacuumed off the floor and it's all boxed up. SS is closed until Monday, so I will call then.
Pork Chop Express
I never drive faster than I can see...
That is the one thing I would have really liked to have. More than the girl.
Snadinator
Super Freak
It is a schizo box.
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