The 4D Master Lionheart Crusader is a 1:25 ( roughly 70mm) figure puzzle manufactured by the Fame Master Enterprise Limited of Hong Kong. The set comes with 4 parts to build the fully painted knight and horse. The figure is depicted wearing what would soon be known as the Royal Arms of England. Its blazon is Gules, with three lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure, meaning three identical gold lions with blue tongues and claws, walking and facing the observer, arranged in a column on a red background. The box and the armor style labels the figure as a crusader but Richard the Lionheart used a single lion rampant, or perhaps two lions affrontés on his surcoat, during his time in Outremer. Richard later used three lions passant in his 1198 Great Seal of England, and thus established the lasting design of the Royal Arms of England. The figure is covered in chainmail, a surcoat, a great helm and armed with a lance, a strapped sword and a heat...
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