Pin-Ups...
Love them or hate them they are here to stay.
Many conversations on social media often turn into aggressive
exchanges between the haters and the defenders of this genre of our amazing
diverse hobby. Often someone will inject their opinion on someone
else’s painting or sculpture and cause a stink over the subject, and then it all gets
brushed under the rug till the next time a set of boobs is on show then it all
starts again.
It is a general consensus amongst many that the over
sexualisation of female miniatures and busts is not necessary to sell a nice
model. But on the other side of the coin, a lot of hobbyists love
that kind of thing so the argument will rage on eternal.
My own view
on the subject is gratuitous use of over sexualisation is just crass and many
companies have blatantly used sex to gain sales in a male dominant hobby so I
have often swerved models with over sized proportions and needless nudity.
However; in June 2016
Valkiria Miniatures launched their range of
70mm resin pin up girls and in my opinion these are done in the
most tasteful way while keeping the pin up aesthetic.
I first saw
the
Valkiria minis in my time writing for Figure Painter Magazine when I noticed
VHP-01 their very first pin-up; the Texas Ranger.
Now by my own
admission this one was just that bit too risqué for me but the paint job on the
Ranger was outstanding and actually saw me liking that miniature. So thanks to
the very talented Krzysztof Kobalczyk for a very nicely done piece which also
won silver at Scale Model Challenge back in 2016.
I digress...
Since the launch of Texas Ranger I have followed
Valkiria Miniatures
along their journey and each release from then has not stepped over the line
into gaudy titilisation, and each release has not failed to keep my interests in
the range.
I have VHP-07 in my GreyMountain stash and on purchasing
this copy I approached the guys at
Valkiria to ask their interest in reviews.
Pawel Surowiec got in touch and arranged to send
The Black Knight
and the
Swedish Veteran my way so this review, as the title suggests, is taking a
look at the
Black Knight VHP-12 and a review of
VHP-11 follows soon.
So what do we get for the €35.00 price tag?
Let’s see
what in the box.
A quick note about the box...
