difference betweena a statue and A maquette?

[candyrocket786]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

You could say that a maquette is always a statue, but a statue is not always a maquette. I think the term is being used simply for marketing purposes.

Bingo.

This should be a sticky.

[Trilogy]

Originally Posted by joy_division

the robocop PF was listed as a maquetyte on the outside box and he certainly isn't small!

1:4 scale can certainly be categorised as small when it's a scaled study of a life size.
Though perhaps "small " was a bad choice of wording in my original post. "Scaled" would have been more appropriate.

[Cobblepot]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

You could say that a maquette is always a statue, but a statue is not always a maquette. I think the term is being used simply for marketing purposes.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree, a maquette isn't necissarely a statue.

For example:

[William Paquet]

Originally Posted by Cobblepot

I'm sorry but I have to disagree, a maquette isn't necissarely a statue.

For example:

I never heard of something like being referred to as a maquette, but rather a "model".

But I could be wrong.

[Cobblepot]

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/maquette

[candyrocket786]

That looks like a city-scale model.

[Cobblepot]

It is, but it is also called a maquette.

[joy_division]

Originally Posted by Trilogy

1:4 scale can certainly be categorised as small when it's a scaled study of a life size.
Though perhaps "small " was a bad choice of wording in my original post. "Scaled" would have been more appropriate.

it certainly isn't smalled compared to the JLA maquettes!