Ajax the Great

[Bruce N H]

Hey all,

Check out Lino Martins' Ajax the Great:



Bruce

-Yes, the centaur is classical rather than medieval, but classical tales were a large source for medieval literature and art, though the medievals probably would have called a centaur a sagittary.

[Tycho McKorley]

It looks excellent. I wonder if its scale works with the old KKII action figures. Not that I ever cared for those guys, but the inner child in me loves imagining battling them with this centaur.

[Napoleon]

It looks excellent. I wonder if its scale works with the old KKII action figures. Not that I ever cared for those guys, but the inner child in me loves imagining battling them with this centaur.

To me, it looks like it's a slightly bigger scale, but I could be wrong.

As for my opinion, all I have to say is "Wow!" This thing is incredible. It must have taken him forever to figure out how to make it. Well done, Mr. Martin, well done!

[quaraga]

Good centaur with great detail. My only problem is that Ajax in geek mythology was a human. Then again what's in a name?

[Handar]

My only problem is that Ajax in geek mythology was a human. Then again what's in a name?

I had the same 'worry'–hmmm, that's not exactly the right word–but it helped that on the builder's Flickr page he acknowledged that he wasn't attempting to build a model of Ajax. Instead, he only took the name 'Ajax' because it was "a nice strong Greek name that [he] liked." So, apparently there's strength in a name.

As for the MOC, I think it's a great build. The original picture that I saw was dominated by the torso and head, and I didn't realize that this was a centaur until clicking through to the Flickr set. Seeing the whole thing, however, just made everything that much better.

[Bluesecrets]

The skill it took to make this is very impressive. I know I could not have built it. It is very nice and worthy of all the attention it gets.