ochoin | 18 Aug 2015 1:39 p.m. PST |
In homage to Kevin C*, do you prefer staid or dramatic poses? I would like to compare this sort of pose, with pelisse & carbine flapping all over the place (surely very uncomfortably); link with a typical wargamers' marching pose: link Battle is a pretty dramatic thing but the actual fighting is only a small proportion: much time was spent in waiting, marching etc. I prefer "wargaming" to what I call diorama or overly dramatic figures. Your opinion? * TMP link
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Texas Jack | 18 Aug 2015 1:46 p.m. PST |
The links you provided were perfect- I prefer my infantry marching and my cavalry dashing! |
Mooseworks8 | 18 Aug 2015 1:51 p.m. PST |
Both. However if I had to pick one and stick with it then dramatic. |
clibinarium | 18 Aug 2015 1:55 p.m. PST |
Depends on the troops you are trying to depict. Plus while its not that much harder to sculpt a dynamic pose, its often difficult or impossible to cast it as a single figure. |
Dagwood | 18 Aug 2015 2:14 p.m. PST |
Dynamic also needs more variety, the same dramatic figure 30 times over looks silly. Static needs just the one pose. I prefer my regulars static and my irregulars dynamic, with lots of variety |
PaulCollins | 18 Aug 2015 2:31 p.m. PST |
I agree with Dagwood. Plus, I like one or two poses waving a hat or fumbling for a cartridge among a firing line of sameness to break it up. |
etotheipi | 18 Aug 2015 2:39 p.m. PST |
Dramatic. But I mostly play small team, dynamic skirmishes. And I like to dramatic up my figures on my own, anyway …
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Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 18 Aug 2015 3:46 p.m. PST |
I like dramatic, but sometimes dramatic means figures are too extended in various directions to rank up right. Or make proper frontal contact. |
Toronto48 | 18 Aug 2015 3:48 p.m. PST |
It would possibly hike the cost of figures The manufacturer would need to commission multiple molds and spend the additional time to cast multiple figures Then there will be the problem of sorting them into various units or do you sell them as individual figures Modelers could then have the problem of getting too many of the same pose and that defeats the purpose of active poses. |
Mako11 | 18 Aug 2015 3:52 p.m. PST |
Yes, generally I prefer "in combat", dynamic, action poses. |
jeffreyw3 | 18 Aug 2015 3:55 p.m. PST |
I prefer marching, unless for a diorama. |
TheGiantTribble | 18 Aug 2015 4:16 p.m. PST |
Personally, I prefer the troops to be marching all the same and in step, with officers enthusiastically spurring them on. |
Ancestral Hamster | 18 Aug 2015 4:21 p.m. PST |
Dramatic, even if it is problematic for base-to-base. |
14Bore | 18 Aug 2015 4:38 p.m. PST |
In my Napoleonic world I like the regulars to be static and composed and irregulars animated and out of sink with the others. Cavalry waiting or charging not much difference to me. |
Glengarry5 | 18 Aug 2015 5:02 p.m. PST |
For my foot I like a variety of dramatic marching poses. Dramatic infantry charging have all kinds of bayonets sticking out that gets awkward in column when the keep stabbing the rank in front… for my 15mm Napoleonics I had to increase the depth of my infantry stands to get around this. I much prefer charging cavalry to static poses, but ones that are "going somewhere". The ones, like the sample given, who are flaying about them in mid-melee look strangely like a brawl has broken out in the ranks. I also prefer my skirmishers, untrained troops or irregulars to have a wider variety of poses. |
Korvessa | 18 Aug 2015 5:33 p.m. PST |
Agree with Dagwood. Oh, and I absolutely hate level pikes or lances |
Winston Smith | 18 Aug 2015 6:32 p.m. PST |
I would not like Hessian Grenadiers in dramatic poses. |
leidang | 18 Aug 2015 6:34 p.m. PST |
For mass battle games I prefer the foot marching and the cavalry charging. But I think an underserved market is skirmish poses in 28mm for cavalry. Dismounted dragoons and hussars for Naps and SYW would be very useful for skirmish gaming. |
Rottcodd | 18 Aug 2015 6:54 p.m. PST |
I like Old Glory, 5 poses for infantry a few different poses for cavalry (renaissance range). For rpg and one-off models dramatic is fine. |
Yesthatphil | 18 Aug 2015 6:56 p.m. PST |
Level pikes are fine – and it is one of the 'authentic' non-flamboyant poses (so can give a touch of variety without being one of those stupid fake poses those more inept sort of figure designer comes up with) … Generally I like a mix … warlike variety within the appearance of a cohesive body. Never more than a small proportion of idiots in the ranks. Phil |
Grelber | 18 Aug 2015 8:01 p.m. PST |
I've been painting Dark Age figures for the past few years, and I definitely prefer dynamic figures for characters and leaders, while the followers can be more tightly ranked with staid positions. Grelber |
Martin Rapier | 18 Aug 2015 11:07 p.m. PST |
Understated please, although I don't mind officers pointing, or possibly shouting. |
Mako11 | 19 Aug 2015 2:07 a.m. PST |
Hmmm, I love leveled pikes and lances. Most of my collection is WWII – Modern/SciFi, hence the desire for more action poses for those periods, instead of marching in formation (rarely done, especially when near combat). Of course, I prefer my medieval and renaissance figs to mostly be in action poses as well, just because. Of course for these, I can see some regimented, somewhat standardized poses being appropriate. |
KSmyth | 19 Aug 2015 6:48 a.m. PST |
Officers and command figures can be dramatic, or if there is a need for a special personality, he/she can be dramatic. But for a mass of miniatures, make 'em easy to paint. Marching or advancing in step works best for me. |
Frederick | 19 Aug 2015 7:41 a.m. PST |
Depends on scale/period For my ECW, SYW, Napoleonic and ACW armies I most certainly like infantry marching and dramatic cavalry is OK but cavalry riding in formation are OK as well For my medieval/Ancient armies, solid poses for hoplites and legionaries but everyone else should be dramatic |
davbenbak | 19 Aug 2015 8:27 a.m. PST |
For what it's worth, since I do a lot of 1/72 plastics that come in multiple poses like in the links, I at least try to have the same pose on the same base for formed units like Naps, Romans, Greeks, Shot & Pike and different poses for open order or skirmishing units. So…Yes to both I guess? |
DWilliams | 20 Aug 2015 6:52 a.m. PST |
Dramatic! That's why I love the 'animated' Old Glory 25's. They are all itching for a fight! |
Gunfreak | 20 Aug 2015 11:35 a.m. PST |
I prefer static in almost all periods, except when doing ww1-modern Tho it can be a mix, for all periods with shields, they can be kinda animated, but "they have to line up the shields " I hate trying to make a shield wall, when half of the figures look like they are in a duel/single combat. With shields to the side, thrusting their spear all over the place (can poke an eye put that way) |
Old Contemptibles | 04 Sep 2015 3:45 a.m. PST |
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etotheipi | 04 Sep 2015 6:27 a.m. PST |
I hate trying to make a shield wall, when half of the figures look like they are in a duel/single combat. With shields to the side, thrusting their spear all over the place (can poke an eye put that way)
The obvious solution is to buy more minis, so you have some in charge mode, some in shield wall mode, some in rear support mode, etc! |