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| Big T build #2 with cigar from Pigeon Guard Games company |
Big T build #2 with cigar from Pigeon Guard Games company is a 32mm high, somewhat overweight modern maffia-boss, with a cigar.
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Details - Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games
Miniature: Big T build #2 with cigar
Sprue: Big T sprue
Set: Big T set
Kit: Big T set
Range: Modern Gangsters (Modern)
Company: Pigeon Guard Games company
Production: 2015-2020-
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Size: Human-sized (S3), Species: Human (Humanoid), Gender: male (Human male), Technology: Modern (Advanced), Role: gangster (Civilian), Armour: unarmoured, no shield, Helmet: no helmet, Equipment in hand: R: cigar, no weapon, Equipment carried: -, Based on: Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
Features: heavily built, gangster boss
Features: Human-sized (S3) Modern (Advanced) Human male (Humanoid - Human male) Civilian (gangster) with cigar (R), but no weapon.
Humanoid - Human - / Human-sized (S3) humanoid - Human-sized (S3) Human - Human-sized (S3) Human male
Advanced miniature - Advanced humanoid / Human-sized (S3) Advanced, Human-sized (S3) Modern, Human-sized (S3) Modern humanoid
Category: Human-sized (S3) Modern Human male civilian with cigar
Gender: male (Human male)
Role: Civilian (gangster)
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Material: Resin
Priming: Primer is not necessary
Scale: 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) scale according to the maker
Proportions: Realistic
Assembly: One-piece, Sprueless
Posing: Medium
Paintjob: Unpainted
Base: Tabbed for slottabase
Conceptual design: ?
Sculptor: Ian Mountain
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Review - Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games
I was looking for a large, fat gang leader, something like the Kingpin from the Marvel Universe, or Jabba the Hut from Star Wars, that’s how I found this miniature.
Description
It’s a one-piece resin miniature. It’s tabbed, and the model came with a Citadel-style 25mm black round plastic slotta-base. You have to cut the right hand, holding the pistol to attach the cigar-holding hand.
As it’s a limited edition model, it also comes with a cerfiticate. I’ve received it in a small box, that was stuffed with polystyrene pellets. That’s as safe as a box can get.
Scale & Size
Big T is a tall 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) scale man. The size is 30mm from the bottom of the to eye level and 32mm to the top of the head. According to the creators at Pigeon Guard Games, Big T is supposed to be a tall man.
Proportions
The proportions are realistic.
Details
The details are soft. They are mostly large.
Material
It's made of light grey resin. The resin is flexible, though I’m not sure how would it handle if I wanted to repose it with heat. It's soft enough to cut and carve easily. It is solid and consistent, so it's easy to work with it.
Priming
The miniature is made of resin so primer is not necessary.
Paintjob
The miniature is unpainted.
Assembly
The Big T #1 with pistol is a one-piece sculpt, no assembly needed. If you want to change the gun to the cigar then you need to cut the hand and glue the cigar holding hand provided with the miniature.
Accessories
The miniature comes with a bonus right hand that holds a cigar. It's there so you have a spare hand if you’d like to change the gun (like I do). The hand is not as nice as the other parts of the mini, I think it's just the gun-holding hand with the gun removed and a cigar added, as it still looks like it's gripping something. It is a little bigger as it should be, but it's not that much of a problem.
To change the right hand it was easy to drill into the lower arm, but while I tried to pin the hand, I managed to break off the cigar, as it's a very delicate part. Make sure you take care if you drill it! After I've found the cigar (it was not an easy task, as it's really small!) I glued it back. I tried to make it look like it hangs relaxed - it also make it easier to see the mini is not just giving a finger. Had I never find the broken cigar part, I would have just drilled through the hand and put a longer wire in it, that would have been hanging out, to make up the cigar.
Posing
Not easy, but possible. The appendages (except the left arm) could be cut to be repositioned.
Base
The miniature is tabbed for slottabase. The size of the tab is the usual for GW miniatures, and it fits the slot tightly.
Sculpting
The detail is crisp, and I’m pretty impressed how good the model is. I’m embarrassed to confess that I didn’t have that high hopes from a relatively new company. I’ve seen the master and some painted examples online, but it’s pretty impressive to see it in life. Some details are very fine though, so it's not easy to paint the mini if you are used to heavier details.
Sculptor
The sculptor is Ian Mountain, and I’m sure I’ll look out for his work.
Pose
The pose is somewhat static but I find it perfectly fine for a mob boss.
Changing the pose into a more dynamic one would be a lot of work as his left hand is in his pocket and it's fused with his body. I can hardly imagine any dynamic poses with a hand in a pocket, so you'd need to remove the arm, and repair the damages on the body.
The balance of the miniature is good, after removing the tabs it stands on its feet even without a base.
Casting
There was a mold-line on the outer parts of the right leg of my copy, but it was easy to remove. There are also mold-lines on the inner parts of the legs that are not that easy to remove as they are harder to reach, but then they are also harder to see, so it's not that much of a problem. There's also a mold-line on the lower part of the cigar-holding hand that needs to be removed if you'd like to use that. My model lacked that but I've also seen mold lines on the right upper arm of other copies.
Painting
If you are not a pro painter, I'd recommend some drybrushing after priming the mini so you'd see the fine detail you need to find with your brush. When I primed it, the uniform colour and the soft sculpting had hidden the details, and I made several mistakes by the time I finally got it right.
The eyes are hard to paint, even though I thought they would be done easily, as the baggy eye-lids cover most of the eyes.
I recommend to paint the pants first, then the belt, as there are some parts of the pants that show between the shirt and the belt.
Painting the left hand that's in the pocket is not an easy task, as there are several colours in a very small space that you need to paint - pants, belt, shirt, hand, lower arm, watch.
The detail on the clothes is so soft I didn't even try to use drybrushing for the highlights. As far as I can tell none of the other painters did, whose Big T miniatures I've seen.
Features
- Balding head
- Baggy eyes
- Gun or cigar in right hand
- Watch on left hand
- Heavily built body
Recommendation
The Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games is really nice, but quite expensive. At the moment I’d recommend it only for serious collectors. If you want to get a character that’s exactly like Big T, it could be a good buy.
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Size comparison photos - Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games
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| Big T build #1 from Pigeon Guard Games - 1:72 (25mm) comparison with Zvezda Greek archer (left) and Zvezda Greek Hoplite (right). |
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| Big T build #1 from Pigeon Guard Games - 1:56 (28mm) comparison with Games Workshop WHFB Ed5 Bretonnian Bowman #1 (left) and Renegade Miniatures Orc with spear #2 (right). |
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| Big T build #1 from Pigeon Guard Games - 1:35 (54mm) comparison with 40mm high shepherd and 54mm high soldier. |
For further comparison images: Pigeon Guard Games-Big T comparison images
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Using the miniature - Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games
Possible uses
- 1:72 scale: A giant, heavily built middle age man. I feel that the head is a bit too large even for a giant.
- 1:56 scale: A large, heavily built middle age man.
- 1:35 scale: A chubby, ugly, balding kid. Might need some work on the head, but the proportions of the head are a good fit for a child.
- Gang boss
- Gang hitman
- Bouncer
- Pool player (with the cigar)
- Bookie (with the cigar)
- Veteran soldier or detective in civil clothes or summer uniform
Uses for games
- Alkony Wargame: Human merchant; Human mob boss.
- Kings of War: Kingdom of Men Wizard (maybe?)
- Deadzone: ?
- Warhammer Fantasy Battles: Lazy Wizard?
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Lazy Wizard?
- Warhammer 40.000: Necromunda Merchant, Mob boss
Uses on the website
- None yet, but I intend to make a gang boss out of it
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Resources - Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games
Official
Pigeon Guard Games: Big T: Official webpage.
Reviews
Diplomatist (for Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist): Shiny! (Or Its Resin Equivalent): Ideas about using Big T.
Showcase
Pigeon Guard Games: Big T: Official preview webpage.
mikeland82 (for Starship Vorenus): First Painted Big T: Showcase article of Big T painted by Carvel.
Diplomatist (for Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist): Curtgeld: Big T painted.
slotkarman (for Si's Soldiers): Painted Big T !!!: Showcase article.
wardy-la (for Level 2): 7TV - The Cast.: Showcase article.
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Buying the product - Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games
Price
Base price (Big T set)(2018-2020): 6 GBP
Base price (Big T set)(2015): 10 GBP
| Company | Set price (2015) | Price/model (2015) |
| Pigeon Guard Games |
Big T (10 GBP = 14 Euro / 15,3 USD) |
10 GBP = 14 Euro / 15,3 USD |
Where can you buy it?
Pigeon Guard Games: Big T: Official webpage.
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Possible substitutes - Big T miniature from Pigeon Guard Games
 image © Paul Hsculpt © RedBox painting © Paul H |
Scale: 1:72, Size: 22mm high, Material: Soft plastic One of the gangsters in the set is a heavily built man with cigar. |
 image © Warlord Gamessculpt © Warlord Games |
Scale: 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) scale It's a more brutal and heavily armed version of Big T, that wears a hat. |
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