My next project will be this 1/10 Young Miniatures bust of Vercingetorix.
Vercingetorix was the leader of the Averni tribe, the last substantial body of Gauls to hold out against the Romans during Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul. They were finally cornered in the fortified town on Alesia, and defeated after a long and brutal siege in 52BC. Vercingetorix was taken to Rome in chains and eventually executed by strangulation in the amphitheatre in 46BC. Not surprisingly, he became an enduring figure of independence for the French, and is commemorated by an immense statue at the battle site, which is near modern day Auxerre.
The kit comes in six parts:
All beautifully modelled and cast by Young B Song. Only a couple of small casting blocks needed to be removed:
The one thing I'm not sure about are the helmet wings, which look more like a Victorian artist's idea of an ancient Gaul. I've read somewhere that helmets were sometimes decorated with raven's wings, so I will probably keep them, but have them angled more horizontally as shown. Here is a real winged helmet and a reference pic:
The other thing he'll need is a torque, which all Celtic men wore. This depiction is from a Roman sarcophagus:
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