 DWilliams  | 16 Dec 2015 8:56 a.m. PST |
Other than providing multiple poses, one way to achieve a lot more variety in the ranks is for manufacturers to provide detachable heads that are glued on to the miniatures before painting. Would you be more likely to purchase a bag of miniatures that come with a selection of several head variants that are detached from the figures? (a) Yes, I am more likely to purchase figures with detached heads.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No, I would not be more likely to purchase figures with detached heads.
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| Mute Bystander | 16 Dec 2015 9:08 a.m. PST |
Definitely C unless 15mm then B. A weak B but a B. |
| John Armatys | 16 Dec 2015 9:23 a.m. PST |
c. I'd prefer not to have to glue bits together. |
| thorr666 | 16 Dec 2015 9:26 a.m. PST |
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| Shedman | 16 Dec 2015 9:36 a.m. PST |
Definitely A I've been doing it for years with Peter Pig's 15mm figures Rangers for the FIW
Finns for the Winter War
Beret and Helmet swaps for Spanish Civil War
US troops & HMGs with Sombrero'd crew for the Mexican Revolution |
| Extrabio1947 | 16 Dec 2015 9:37 a.m. PST |
C. It seems that detachable heads often come at the expense of the coat collar, especially if it's a standing collar. This was certainly the case with some Redoubt ACW castings wearing frock coats. |
 Jeff Ewing | 16 Dec 2015 9:49 a.m. PST |
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| Martin Rapier | 16 Dec 2015 9:54 a.m. PST |
D. I don't want to be sticking bits of figures together, and I don't want 'variety in the ranks' unless they are some sort of raggedy Irregular types. My Horse & Musket chaps in particular stand in nice straight lines, ideally in the same pose and one piece castings. |
| Random Die Roll | 16 Dec 2015 9:54 a.m. PST |
Figures that make up rank and file should have as many bits as possible to customize Definitely A |
| Thomas O | 16 Dec 2015 10:24 a.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 16 Dec 2015 10:29 a.m. PST |
I really like the King's Mountain AWI figures.
Not really "detachable" heads but separate heads.
This great for militia, ragged Continentals, light dragoons where the regiments wore different caps, etc. No way I could have made my "Hillbilly Highlanders", militia wearing bonnets, without this option. |
 Flashman14 | 16 Dec 2015 10:37 a.m. PST |
I'd rather have 10 different bodies than 10 different heads on the same body. |
| steamingdave47 | 16 Dec 2015 10:55 a.m. PST |
Had a few figures with detachable heads, but they never seem to fit properly, so I guess that's another "c". |
| jeffreyw3 | 16 Dec 2015 12:20 p.m. PST |
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| BigDan | 16 Dec 2015 1:16 p.m. PST |
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| Bellbottom | 16 Dec 2015 2:35 p.m. PST |
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| Patrick Sexton | 16 Dec 2015 2:40 p.m. PST |
C in the vast majority of cases. |
| Doug MSC | 16 Dec 2015 2:46 p.m. PST |
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| Cyrus the Great | 16 Dec 2015 5:38 p.m. PST |
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 etotheipi  | 16 Dec 2015 7:27 p.m. PST |
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| Greylegion | 16 Dec 2015 7:48 p.m. PST |
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| jowady | 16 Dec 2015 8:23 p.m. PST |
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 16 Dec 2015 10:22 p.m. PST |
It depends on the scale and the genre. For 28mm sci fi or fantasy it's great, for 6mm WW2, not so much. |
| Yesthatphil | 17 Dec 2015 3:47 a.m. PST |
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| Col Durnford | 18 Dec 2015 8:51 a.m. PST |
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| Old Contemptibles | 18 Dec 2015 9:12 a.m. PST |
(c) No, I would not be more likely to purchase figures with detached heads. |
wonders why create different 3D models, if you can create one that can be customized?