Acharnement | 02 Mar 2015 7:40 a.m. PST |
There are some beautifully sculpted figures, armored and armed for combat- but they are posed standing idly as if waiting for the 10:25 for Newark or perhaps watching paint dry. In my youth, I bemoaned the 1/72 WW2 figures like the minesweeper or the rifle over the head guy. The Space Marine leader from the Assault on Black Reach, just as one example, looks like he is trying to sell his bolter to a passerby. link Of course there are many other examples. Even for people who paint more than play, doesn't an action pose create more interest than a "posing for a Sears catalog" sculpt? What do you think? |
Rhoderic III and counting | 02 Mar 2015 7:51 a.m. PST |
I don't make a big deal of it, but it sometimes annoys me slightly in 28mm seeing as I only use that scale for skirmish gaming. Figures like these Halfling Militia, clearly sculpted to make a quaintly charming rank-and-file unit, look a bit off in a skirmish game:
One of them isn't even awake! |
GurKhan | 02 Mar 2015 8:20 a.m. PST |
I prefer an intermediate sort of "advancing" pose. Standing about at rest doesn't look right when a unit's actually in combat; wild sword-waving combat postures look a bit off when they're standing about in reserve or marching down the road. |
Rrobbyrobot | 02 Mar 2015 9:02 a.m. PST |
As an old soldier. May I remind the assembled of the many, many hours troops stand around in the 'hurry up and wait'? |
Weasel | 02 Mar 2015 9:40 a.m. PST |
It gets a little silly but some of the 40K guys are so stuffed up with junk hanging off their armour that I doubt they could actually crouch behind cover even if they wanted to. |
IUsedToBeSomeone | 02 Mar 2015 10:05 a.m. PST |
Rhoderic really nice paint of the halflings… I've always thought of them as a couple of packs of halfling re-enactors – especially the second pack… Mike |
Rhoderic III and counting | 02 Mar 2015 10:08 a.m. PST |
Mike, those are YOUR paintjobs |
Parzival | 02 Mar 2015 10:18 a.m. PST |
The Space Marine leader from the Assault on Black Reach, just as one example, looks like he is trying to sell his bolter to a passerby. "Buy this gun, or I'll cut me own throat!" |
Mister Tibbles | 02 Mar 2015 10:18 a.m. PST |
One of them isn't even awake! It's better than the fellow whose checking his cell phone! |
Glengarry5 | 02 Mar 2015 6:54 p.m. PST |
I don't think he's yawning, I think he's eating something which is much more in character for a halfling! |
Visceral Impact Studios | 03 Mar 2015 6:55 a.m. PST |
I agree with the OP. I really dislike poses that look "out of place" in the context of a fire fight. Good poses: - firing (kneeling, hunched over, or standing) - reloading - designating a target (ie pointing while crouched) - sneaking forward - running, especially hunched over - taking cover (eg crouched and holding on to helmet) Bad poses: - standing around waiting for the bus - walking around while waiting for the bus or marching - "look at my weapons" I like prone poses but they're often not practical in gaming unless you're doing multi-figure bases. When combined on a multi-figure base with kneeling figures, prone figures can work really well and look great. Obviously all of this assumes SF/Modern/WWII small unit gaming. I'm ok with marching poses in horse and musket gaming. Another pose/weapon I dislike in sci-fi gaming: leaf blowers…
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Zephyr1 | 03 Mar 2015 3:33 p.m. PST |
They are just standing around waiting for a monster to eat them. And to show how thoughtful they are, they even brought toothpicks! ;-) |