COOModel Gothic Knights (standard edition/red edition) and Warhorse

gooboo wrote:Just got my invoice from Giantoy. Looks like I'll be getting my hands on this one soon.

Awesome! 
I ordered with an european shop, so probably still half a year away. Can't wait for your pics and what you think about the new "lightweight" armor technology 

Finally got my knight in the mail today. Overall, I will say that I really like the figure, but the armor came with some quality control issues. Fortunately, I was able to fix these for the most part.



The figure poses much better than the earlier Milanese knight I have. The armor is so heavy on that figure it can't hold its arms up, and it's really hard to make the figure stand up on its own. This one clearly does not have that problem. The armor is lighter and the joints on the underlying figure feel stiffer so it holds poses well.

The armor looks really nice, but I noticed early on some of the pieces didn't fit together quite well. I needed to bend them into a better shape with my own hands, in particular the gorget around the neck. The helmet doesn't quite fit properly, but rather than trying to bend the small pieces of the helmet I just sliced off bits of the hair from the headsculpt. I don't plan on displaying the knight without its helmet, so I didn't really care about cutting up the sculpt. The "riveted" leather straps are glued on, so they can come off if your pull to hard. I had a few fall off, but was able to fix them with super glue.



The articulation of the armor is impressive, but in some parts just felt unnecessary. The armor on the shins has an annoying gap instead of closing all the way. A little bit of superglue didn't work, so maybe I need to use more or find another way to weld the two halves together. I would have preferred the greaves be one solid piece below the knee instead of two with "fake" hinges to make it look like it's more than one piece. The gauntlets could have been one piece as well, since you can't even move the fingers. The way it is now the gauntletss are a little large and don't stay on top of the hand easily. The articulation on the joints is great, however.

Overall some quality control issues with the figure, but nothing that isn't fixable, I think. Definitely not a beginners figure. It looks really nice once you've spent some time fussing around with the armor.

Thanks for the Review
Good to hear the lighter armor is indeed an upgrade. And the qc issues are sadly common with coo...but not many other companies as an option.

Looks very nice

Too bad about the issues, although it looks like you managed to overcome it. He looks excellent.

that knight looks fantastic indeed! I love the use of Matt Damon's likeness, probably following the movie "the last duel"

Yeah pretty sure that was the inspiration for the hs, blackpool


-I also ordered the horse with it. I think it makes for a striking display and hopefully the little flaws wont be too bad

Last week I visited a small castle and found some 1/1 armors



I think the posing isn't very good here

Certainly a very comparable piece.

For the poor or cautious among us, there are always affordable alternatives to look out for.  

This one is suitable maybe more for a suit of armor in a victorian mansion or a museum -- totally static, and very slightly overscale, but -- and this is always a strong argument -- thrift store $7.