TEASER | POPTOYS | 1:6 Jeanne D'Arc

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Get your wallets ready and break open the KY!

Very intriguing and indeed probably very expensive but she would fit nicely into my collection also I would like to get about 5 more of her horses.

Well, the teaser is beautiful... and they get extra credit for spelling it correctly (in French).

BAD WOLF-787 wrote:Very intriguing and indeed probably very expensive but she would fit nicely into my collection also I would like to get about 5 more of her horses.

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BAD WOLF-787:

Could this be your first quantity purchase (i.e. a case of six)?

Interesting. Looking forward to more reveals. This could be awesome.

DeltaForceChung wrote:

BAD WOLF-787 wrote:Very intriguing and indeed probably very expensive but she would fit nicely into my collection also I would like to get about 5 more of her horses.

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BAD WOLF-787:

Could this be your first quantity purchase (i.e. a case of six)?

Well probability not all at one time but maybe one a month like I did Tbleague Snow Soldier?

This shows promise!  The majority of physical accounts of Jeanne d’Arc say she was short, sturdy with short black hair.  I’m sure they’ll take some poetic license with her appearance for marketing reasons.  Looking forward to seeing more images.  I wonder if it comes with a pillar or stake?

Could be good!

CHEERS!

This is one of my most anticipated releases, as you might have guessed since I created the thread in the old place.

PopToys confirmed she would have Milla Jovovich's likeness.

The armour looks historically accurate for the period, even though she isn't wearing a complete set. We can forgive her since she was neither a knight nor a trained man-at-arms.


Dunois, the "Bastard of Orléans" who lead the defence of the city during the siege and joined Jeanne on the campaigns of 1429, said, "She could not bear her heavy plate armour."

There is actually some debate over whether plate armor is any heavier than chain mail, the argument being that it is actually lighter (and therefore an improvement). But a fine figure nonetheless, and an interesting observation. There are no contemporary images of Jeanne in armor, but something close to that, in full plate armor, does exist from later in the 15th century.

GubernatorFan wrote:There is actually some debate over whether plate armor is any heavier than chain mail, the argument being that it is actually lighter (and therefore an improvement). But a fine figure nonetheless, and an interesting observation. There are no contemporary images of Jeanne in armor, but something close to that, in full plate armor, does exist from later in the 15th century.

The plate usually has some mail underneath it, as in the picture you posted. The rest of the passage about Dunois' comment was that she was seen wearing only mail.

Well, I'm willing to forgive a lot with this figure because she was literally a maverick.

Maverick indeed. Part of the allegation of her being a witch during her trial was that she was wearing men's clothes.

GubernatorFan wrote:Maverick indeed. Part of the allegation of her being a witch during her trial was that she was wearing men's clothes.

Exactly. That's why I couldn't agree with shazzdan on OSW when he was saying that the figure wasn't accurate.

While it follows the pattern of the Milla Jovovich movie, you can also argue that Jeanne could wear whatever she felt comfortable with. She wasn't a knight or a man-at-arms, but a rallying point - The Messenger as in the film title.

Oooh, this looks interesting! I can’t really comment on the armour as you guys have covered it far better than I ever could, but the horse armour on the other hand...where’s the rest of it? The neck and shoulders are completely unprotected which seems bizarre when you see how much attention to detail they’ve paid to everything else. The bit is also totally in the wrong place and the saddle needs to come forward more, but other than that it’s looking pretty nice!

Lynkhart wrote:Oooh, this looks interesting! I can’t really comment on the armour as you guys have covered it far better than I ever could, but the horse armour on the other hand...where’s the rest of it? The neck and shoulders are completely unprotected which seems bizarre when you see how much attention to detail they’ve paid to everything else. The bit is also totally in the wrong place and the saddle needs to come forward more, but other than that it’s looking pretty nice!

Good points!

Looks as though they've followed the film too closely with regard to the lightly armoured horse.





And with Jeanne wearing the armour taken from a Burgundian, after giving her first harness to the town of Saint Denis:

I'm looking forward to the full reveal. It will be interesting to see that armor from all angles. Not sure I'd want the horse or not...

(By the way, Asta. Love your signature image. I'd love to see all three of them done as 1/6 figures; they're always on my list of figures I'd like to see made).

Stryker2011 wrote:(By the way, Asta. Love your signature image. I'd love to see all three of them done as 1/6 figures; they're always on my list of figures I'd like to see made).

Ah, that would be great!

I love The Thin Man series (obviously!)

I’m no expert when it comes to armor, but that looks pretty cool.

Stryker2011 wrote:I’m no expert when it comes to armor, but that looks pretty cool.

It looks fantastic.

I was so busy uploading photos to three forums that I didn't realise that she also had the parts to make the  Burgundian armour as well.


POPTOYS 1/6 Saint Knight—Charge version/Triumph version/War horse EX019-A&EX019-B&EX019-C

POPTOYS 1/6 EX019-A Saint Knight Charge version

List:

Female head with simulate hair
Short hairstyle head
Female body
Hands*4(two outstretched steel hands + two holding steel hands)

Clothes:

Brown cotton
Brown pants
Upper hauberk
Helmet
Gorget
Plate armor
Arm armors
Cuisse
Dark leather armed belt
Dark leather belt

Weapon:

Flag
Flagpole
Cross sword
Scabbard

Other accessories:

Black bracket

Note: 80 percent of metal and PVC

POPTOYS 1/6 EX019-B Saint Knight Triumph version

List:

Female head with simulate hair
Short hairstyle head
Female body
Hands*4(two outstretched steel hands + two holding steel hands)

Clothes:

Blue shirt
Brown pants
Upper hauberk
Helmet
Gorget
Plate armor
Arm armors
Cuisse
Dark leather armed belt
Dark leather belt

Weapon:

Flag
Flagpole
Cross sword
Scabbard

Other accessories:

Black bracket

Note: 80 percent of metal and PVC

POPTOYS 1/6 EX019-C Saint Knight—War horse

List:

White war horse
Silvery horse helmet
Silvery horse breastplate
Brown leather cloth
Leather saddle and harness

Note: The figure in the pictures is only for displaying. It is required to buy separately.

wow that looks veeeeeery cool!!! that's gonna be hard to pass on that one, really nice work!

Going to need all three sets.

The lighter armour on horseback holding the banner.



The fuller on foot, as she was before the walls of Paris.

Very very cool. Love that she comes with both heads (and hair), and the overall look and the details seem excellent. I suspect the horse is just a statue, but still very finely done. Thanks for posting the additional images.

GubernatorFan wrote:Very very cool. Love that she comes with both heads (and hair), and the overall look and the details seem excellent. I suspect the horse is just a statue, but still very finely done. Thanks for posting the additional images.

I prefer 1/6 horses (and dogs) to be statues as I think they look more realistic.

Used to have the Dragon horse, Blitz. But was never really happy with it because of all the joints.

Photo nabbed from an Ebay listing:

Asta, I agree that the statues do look more realistic, but then again, they deliver only one look. And that is not the point of an action figure. I mean, you could easily say the same thing about human figures. I have no problem with statues (and I think plenty of statues look great and make for wonderful art), but I don't find them interactive and fulfilling as a collectible in the same way. I believe I have the same (or very similar) Dragon horse -- my first sixth-scale horse ever. I will give you this, too -- statue horses are easier to use (more stable) than articulated ones. But I object to them on principle (within the world of action figures).

GubernatorFan wrote:Asta, I agree that the statues do look more realistic, but then again, they deliver only one look. And that is not the point of an action figure. I mean, you could easily say the same thing about human figures. I have no problem with statues (and I think plenty of statues look great and make for wonderful art), but I don't find them interactive and fulfilling as a collectible in the same way. I believe I have the same (or very similar) Dragon horse -- my first sixth-scale horse ever. I will give you this, too -- statue horses are easier to use (more stable) than articulated ones. But I object to them on principle (within the world of action figures).

It's a Catch-22 situation that I understand all too well.

I could never collect statues, precisely for the reasons you state. I love action figures because you can pose them however you want, even if I often just find a pose and leave them like that. Though you still have the options to change them, modify them, dress them differently. I like to cover joints where possible, but generally prefer a jointed figure over a seamless one, or else I'm afraid to leave it posed in case the skin splits. Which defeats the object of the seamless body.


I look on animals differently because it's hard to make them jointed and not lose out aesthetically.

The only statues I collect are 1/6 scale resin dogs by companies such as Border Fine Art, Country Artists, Sherratt & Simpson, and so on. I see them as companion pieces for the action figures.

As you wrote, a non-movable horse does provide a stable platform. I use stands for all my figures because they give me a sense of security, and I know some people object to stands. So the horse becomes the stand.