"Tuaregs." Topic

Ready to fight the Foreign Legion in 28mm.

From here
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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

Nice!

Nicely sculpted, as usual, but why are Mr Owen's rifle/musket armed sculpts almost always depicted in that dull, unconvincing and unhistorical 'at the ready' pose? Why would a warrior without a bayonet be holding his long-arm thus? Surely he'd be firing, at some point in the loading process (as the end figure on the right appears to be), or moving to a new position, most likely carrying his musket/rifle in one hand 'at the trail'. He's been doing this since his days at Foundry: all those Old West militia and mountain men, for instance.

The first two are "advancing" poses to me and look perfectly fine.

From a mfrs and retailers perspective advancing poses sell more than firing poses.

Glad you had enjoy them my friend.

Amicalement
Armand

Stilted – that's the word that comes to mind. I have plenty of Old Glory Arabs ; not by any means as crisply sculpted, but there's real dynamism in the poses, and when you're viewing the table from a couple of feet away what stands out more? The same goes for their Pathans – and the latter are as well sculpted as these figures.

I don't know, Lon. Firing figures tend to be mixed with other poses in most manufacturers' native/irregular offerings (at least in 28mm), so in order to prove such a claim you'd have to demonstrate that 'shooter'-free packs sell better than 'shooter'-inclusive packs. Anyway, I would think that, like myself, most gamers look for maximum 'action' and variety when it comes to assembling native or other irregular hordes. But I imagine your claim holds true for units of regulars used for games set at brigade level and above.

I am eagerly watching this line develop.

Nice