Madame Tussauds Washington held a presentation ceremony for Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin’s wax figure.
© RIA Novosti . Denis VoroshilovMadame Tussauds Washington held a presentation ceremony for Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin’s wax figure. Photo: Alexander Ovechkin (right) at Madame Tussauds in Washington.
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© RIA Novosti . Denis Voroshilov
Madame Tussauds Washington held a presentation ceremony for Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin’s wax figure. Photo: Alexander Ovechkin (right) at Madame Tussauds in Washington.
© RIA Novosti . Denis VoroshilovOvechkin is the second ice-hockey player after Wayne Gretzky to merit a wax effigy.
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© RIA Novosti . Denis Voroshilov
Ovechkin is the second ice-hockey player after Wayne Gretzky to merit a wax effigy.
© Sputnik / Denis VoroshilovAsked what made the effigy distinct from its prototype, Ovechkin said with a laugh: “I have a scar under my eyebrow right now, which he doesn’t.”
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© Sputnik / Denis Voroshilov
Asked what made the effigy distinct from its prototype, Ovechkin said with a laugh: “I have a scar under my eyebrow right now, which he doesn’t.”
© RIA Novosti . Denis VoroshilovPosing with Ovechkin and his wax twin: Teenage hockey-players from a local club. Each has a blackened tooth – a hint at a missing tooth in Ovechkin and the figure’s mouth.
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© RIA Novosti . Denis Voroshilov
Posing with Ovechkin and his wax twin: Teenage hockey-players from a local club. Each has a blackened tooth – a hint at a missing tooth in Ovechkin and the figure’s mouth.
© RIA Novosti . Denis VoroshilovOvechkin was actively involved in the figure-making process. He spent many hours with the museum’s artists who took more than 250 different measurements and photographed him from every possible angle.
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© RIA Novosti . Denis Voroshilov
Ovechkin was actively involved in the figure-making process. He spent many hours with the museum’s artists who took more than 250 different measurements and photographed him from every possible angle.