"King Baldwin ala Kingdom of Heaven" Topic

Anyone know of a suitable figure for the Leper King as he appeared in Kingdom of Heaven in 25/28mm ? I know Legio Heroica does one in 15mm, but can't find one in a scale I can still see!

Perhaps one of those cataphracts with the masks. You'll have to forgive me I am not an ancients guy but I think the Romans and/or Persians had them. hinchcliffe maybe?

I would use a normal figure but convert him to have his sword in his left hand. If the hands are unarmoured, paint them as bandaged.
The face mask was made up for the film. William of Tyre says "The extremities and the face were most affected, so that the hearts of his faithful men were touched by compassion when they looked at him. " Difficult to be affected if the face was covered.
You could always give him a face mask helmet as were starting to be used in the late 12th century. e.g. link

Thanks for the ideas. I have seen a Roman parade helmet used, and thought about the cataphract idea. Looking for the Hollywood look, but curious Swampster, was his right arm so affected he used his left for the sword? I saw someone did St. Lazarus knights with no helmets and very disfigured heads!

I've only seen secondary sources saying so, but apparently his right arm was the more affected and he carried a sword in his left.

I doubt he was massively disfigured, and I've seen a scientific paper which says there is no evidence of any lesions. He died while very young so the full ravages of the disease wouldn't have hit. It is even possible that people were compassionate about his face due to nerve damage creating a noticeable effect without any lesions, loss of nose etc.

Thanks Swampster. I found a reference to that now too. I Dug through my lead mountain thinking a nun might make a suitable head swap (for the Hollywood look) and found a Marcus Auerlius fig from who knows who, but he is hooded and with just a little tweaking his old face looks mask-like. I little trimming here and there I he fits a Fireforge horse quite nicely. Thanks again for the information!