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Showing posts with label 101st Airborne Division. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 101st Airborne Division. Show all posts

Monday, February 26, 2018

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax FOV #99005 PFC Reynolds 2005

There are sooo many little details in these sculpts it's hard to pick one and highlight it but there is one little many people may overlook. Okay, for us toy figure collector's we've seen little green army men (or Knights, or Vikings, or Cowboys, or, or, or.....) painted all kinds of ways; from sloppy and haphazard to highly detailed renditions but there is one little thing that stands out and it stands out for its absence. Look at the eyes. Do you see it? Or rather, what is it you don't see? Answer: The typical and omnipresent 'dot in the middle of a field of white' eye. I had read in several articles and books on painting miniatures that at the vantage point we see our figures - the scale distances involved - if they were real people that you were looking at, you wouldn't be able to to see the white's of their eyes! (or at least you'd see very little). Among other things, that one minor attention to detail is what helps make these figures stand head-&-shoulders above the rest. Hope you've enjoyed our photo essay of the five 101st Airborne Division figures from Forces of Valor / Unimax. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina


























Sunday, February 25, 2018

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax FOV #99004 PFC Cooper 2005

As I've said before, these were some of the finest sculpts available anywhere, any time for the money one paid. Even at today's market value they are highly under priced. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina







A nice display insert compliments each figure
















Saturday, February 24, 2018

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax FOV #99003 Sgt Valero 2005

Here's the third of the five figure set of 101st Airborne Division soldiers from Forces of Valor/Unimax: Sgt Valero. I like that each of these figures comes with a short biography card and am inclined to believe the figures are based on actual people but it would be interesting to know the story behind the making of these figures as the FOV website isn't of any help. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina