Yay, haha it’s literally in the mail!
1/6 leather artist Gustavo Bautista Ponce has created a leather chest armor for Minsc that fits the Phicen M34 body. In designing it we worked from the image gallery I posted in the last blog post. It’s essentially a composite of those artistic renderings. The chest armor uses studded leather, features a shoulder plate, and includes plenty of straps. It’s pretty darn cool looking. Based on the pics, to my mind it definitely captures studded leather armor from the BG games.
I could now post pics of it that Gustavo sent me… But because it will arrive very soon I think I’ll wait until it gets here and make a video to the unveil the M34 body with armor/clothing after I have everything in hand. Thus far I’ve ordered medieval black pants designed for a Viking which shipped from the UK and are supposed to arrive weekend after next. The other day I went ahead and purchased a leather satchel (Boo needs a place to hang out, right?). That’s arriving next week. And I already have the leather boots that are knock-offs for Damtoy’s Assassin’s Creed line.
I slept on the bracers that I saw a while back and they’re no longer available now. So I’m keeping an eye out for a pair of leather bracers.
And as for the two-handed sword, I’m also keeping an eye out on eBay. Just this morning I found this one, which looks decent. I slept too long on this one that I found a while back for a much lower price, now out of stock. Too bad too because it matched the appearance of the drawing for a two-handed sword +1 in the game. In any event, neither sword comes with a scabbard. But I believe Gustavo could make one, as he mentioned having taken commissions for scabbards in the past. Gustavo also recommended a fellow 1/6 artist that specializes in metal work, so I may check out what he has available.
Just for the unveiling video I think I’ll use either of two swords I already have for other figures, i.e., that come with Asmus Crown series Gandalf the Gray or SLIM Aragorn…
I’ll eventually be getting Anduril from Asmus as a complimentary gift for being a loyal customer. Anduril is the new name of the sword originally named Narsil that Aragorn’s ancestor Isildur used to sever the One Ring from Sauron’s hand in the great battle that ended Middle Earth’s Second Age; and which broke at that time, but which Elrond reforged for Aragorn to use in Return of the King. Aragorn doesn’t receive Anduril from Elrond until they’re preparing for the final battle. He’s in his Helm’s Deep armor by then. So the two-handed un-named ranger’s sword that comes with the SLIM Aragorn figure is the one he uses throughout most of the adventure in the film trilogy. In order to remain screen accurate it’s probably best to use that sword with the figure I have. I doubt I’ll be getting Helm’s Deep Aragorn. Perhaps a final battle version? if Asmus ever makes a Crown series version of that… But in that case it’d surely come with Anduril. Anyway, I may just go ahead and equip Minsc with Anduril.
Still thinking about a red or purple cape for him as well… No rush on that, though. If I see something for a great price on eBay that looks like it’ll work I’ll give a cape a try eventually.
Addendum: I ended up not getting those pants and sword. Pants got lost in the mail and the sword was not available for at least three months. But I found better versions for both!
One Sixth Baldur's Gate 