Pirates Anglais du 18ème Siècle

Revue de Figurines d’Orion au 1/72

Les pirates anglais du 18e siècle de chez Orion offer an amazing variety of figurine poses, they finally top an industry record set by Airfix over thirty years ago. These pirates are rough looking, apparently because the master figurines have been carved exactly to scale, whereas other manufacturers use oversize masters which are scanned et miniaturized during the electronic mould making process. The pirates shown here have been mounted on socles multi-figurine d’infanterie escarmouchant compatible avec several popular wargame rules. Every stand can be a small vignette of a typical pirate scene: boarding an enemy ship, brawling in a tavern, et digging for treasure on a deserted island.

Contenu

44 figurines en 22 poses – 24 mm correspondent à 173 cm hauteur de corps

Capitaine Pirate (2)
Capitaine Pirate avec Telescope (2)
Capitaine Pirate avec Compass, pointing (2)
Capitaine Pirate pulling Lady’s Hair (2)
Lady resisting Capture (2)
Female Pirate avec Knife et Sword (2)
Woman waving (2)
Officier Pirate, tirant pistolet (2)
Officier Pirate avec Sword (2)
Pirate Boatswain avec Whistle (2)
Pirate avec Map (2)
Pirate avec Oar (2)
Pirate avec Shovel (2)
Pirate defending Treasure Chest (2)
Pirate carrying Treasure Chest (2)
Pirate avec Blowpipe (2)
Pirate avec Bottle, drinking (2)
Pirate avec Knife et Belaying Pin (2)
One-legged Pirate avec Sword (2)
Drunken Pirate avec Barrel (2)
Pirate Gunner (2)
Skeleton (2)

12pdr Cannon (2)

Évaluation

Choix de sujet excellent, les pirates anglais are unique in this scale.
22 figurine poses et a ship’s cannon, this set offers amazing variety.
The master figurines for this set seem to have been carved et sculpted exactly to scale, to minimize the cost of the mould making process. Other manufacturers develop oversized master figurines which are scanned et transferred to the mould electronically. The latter is the more expensive miniaturization process which produces exceptionally well detailed miniatures one would not normally be able to sculpt manually a l’échelle 1/72.

Noticeable mould lines need to be removed prior to painting.
Three of the figurines show prominent mould ejection marks on their back.
The treasure chests are marred by sinkholes which need to be filled avec putty ou Rai-Ro filler wax prior to painting.
The skeleton is too big, it belongs to a man who would have been over 200 cm talls in this scale. With its feet fully extended, the skeleton model is 32 mm long.

The Orion pirates are fun to paint, et they will look good in a diorama. Joueurs de Guerre may want to mount their pirates on socles d’escarmouche pour représenter infanterie fighting in open order. These stands should be compatible avec autres socles d’infanterie du 18e siècle, et they only need to have their inherent figurine scale adjusted to create suitable unités escarmouchant. As an example, Volley & Bayonet players might use their regimental stands pour représenter pelotons d’infanterie instead.

Questions Fréquents

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Figurines de Pirates du 18ème Siècle