Paint Up Scale75’s Epic New The Revenge; Last Blood
June 17, 2020 by brennon
Scale75 has been showing off a brand new masterpiece which is primed for painters and hobbyists alike to have a go at working on. See what you think of The Revenge; Last Blood which got added to their webstore this week.
The Revenge; Last Blood (Front)
This is an absolutely massive piece in 1/24 Scale featuring a heroic individual atop the head of a dragon, ready to smash her mighty sword through this dragon's skull and put an end to it. You could imagine that this dragon has terrorised her people for a long time and this is the moment, after much adventuring, where she returns to bring an end to its threat.
The Revenge; Last Blood (Rear)
The lady atop the dragon's head is rather awesome as it is but the dragon itself is also a fantastic sculpt. I think this would be an awesome project to try and tackle, working on the different elements and bringing it together into one final wonderful piece. You could do a lot with the background and such for this too, adding lights and darkness to make it look like a proper cinematic moment in time. I like the idea of maybe scarring and beating up the hero and dragon too as if they have been struggling for an age against each other.
What do you think of this new piece?
"I like the idea of maybe scarring and beating up the hero and dragon too as if they have been struggling for an age against each other..."
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That poor dragon is going to have a heck of a headache…
Push up with head… flip neck backwards… open wide… one lightly dressed snack wielding a toothpick…
Yeah, she doesn’t look like she’s secured herself on there well enough for that.
Still, it is safer to eat less armed food. The easiest way to stab a dragon’s brain is through the roof of its mouth.
That looks really good.
Why is she only wearing a bikini / underwear ? I thought we had moved on from this, put her in proper armour.
Artistic licence. It’s for collectors.
It is Fantasy, last I checked Dragons do not exist either. Real world does not have to match the fantasy one.
That really answers no one’s argument. The question is about whether the old Vallejo style depiction of fighting women who wear bikinis into combat is outdated and sexist. There is also a question about whether this solidifies miniatures as a boys club that alienates women from the miniatures painting hobby. Now, I say that this is a question because it ends up being more complex than you would think. On the one hand, it is hard to defend the practicality of such an outfit, which may reduce an otherwise powerful female character to a sex object for ogling. But there… Read more »
There is a big difference between depicting sexy people in a tasteful manner versus in a distasteful manner. This is tastefully done, this isn’t simply boobs out so dude bros can oggle them. Is she sexy? Of course. Powerful? Yep. Badass? Yep. Is it sexually exploitative? Nope. The idea that fantasy art depicting men in nothing more than a loin cloth is fine, but women must be covered to me sounds very sexist. To say it’s impractical, sure, then all male fantasy characters must be clad in armour too. Nobody says anything about shirtless Conan being impractical. Why isn’t anyone… Read more »
I think I agree with you about this sculpt. While she’s not wearing very much, she does not look especially sexualized, and she definitely looks super badass. A lot of the complaints about women’s armor come from a pattern where men have armor that covers vital areas and women are given bare midriff full plate, low neckline breastplates, armored leggings with a thong and the like (the successors to Red Sonja’s chainmail bikini). So complaining about this piece to me feels more like spillover from those complaints (though I may very well be overlooking something). As for whether gaming is… Read more »
It’s clear that giving her proper armor and making this make sense wasn’t priority when they sculpted this one.
To be fair, I’m not convinced that full plate armor would be all that helpful when you’re fighting a dragon if that size anyway. I mean, if the myths are to be believed, you may as well go after it in Beowulf style.
But you’re right- her cape gives the dragon a potential hold from which it can exert control, even from a simple snag with its claw. Very impractical.
Dragon slayer two.
I’m still surprised by Scale 75’s call for “Stop Piracy” when they are known for literally stealing and benefitting from different artists drawings and selling exact miniature replicas.
I’m NEVER EVER going to buy anything from this company and I encourage you to do the same. Not only they deny the evident and shut comments down in social networks, but they still call for its buyers honesty.
You can find accurate information in Youtube’s channel “The King of Average”.
What exactly did they do? Did they not pay their artists? Or is it just the usual “We made a barbarian in the style of Vallejo’s Conan and a bust that is close enough to a GoT character but the names are changed and we won’t be sued” kind of thing. Or did they do really exact copies that should have been licensed? Because failing to pay their artists for their drawing/sculpting/painting is very wrong. Making characters similar to fairly generic popular properties doesn’t bother me at all. – Scale 75 did cause a ruckus a little while ago by… Read more »
Well they just stole random artist’s their work from Pinterest, Deviantart, etc and sold unlicensed exact copies. When the artists realised and complained they weren’t given any explanations and didn’t receive any kind of royalties nor compensations.
What I don’t know if any of the artists filed a complaint against Scale 75.
Wow- that is vile. I didn’t know that they were involved in anything quite so obviously immoral (and obviously it is hypocritical that they’re asking that people not support piracy).
Most likely, the artists that they’re stealing from don’t have enough money to actually protect their IP in court, which only makes all of this worse in my mind.