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Post by stucksteve on Mar 25, 2006 14:32:30 GMT
Hi all,
I was just curious to know if you can buy figures in almost any kind of poses or position? or is it a case of having to make them yourself and if so how would you do this?
Cheers Steve
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Post by Don Cabriolet on Mar 25, 2006 20:12:00 GMT
Depends on your scale and period of course but as figures come in the main with seperate arms and legs it's possible to make a large range of alternatives from one box full. Making your own is hard work - I've tried it, but one starting point is Preiser who do Academy figures in 1/24th - You can get both Adam and Eve figures, which should give you some idea of what they look like
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Post by Lonewolf on Apr 17, 2006 18:10:40 GMT
There used to be multipose figures with assorted arms and legs and heads etc which gave you some scope. That was Airfix, but I believe Tamiya still do similar.
Wolfie.
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Post by merlin on Feb 5, 2007 16:02:12 GMT
if its a single piece figure , Ive seen them immersed in hot water and eased into different poses , but be careful as they can break . Ive also seen ppl cut off arms and legs and redesign with filler and patience
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Post by foxy on Apr 7, 2008 15:13:29 GMT
Well in this year 2008, you can now have many figures in say 1/35th that you can interchange with other kits, As Merlin say's you can also alter the position of arms and legs. There are some good fillers now a day's, that green stuff,'hmmm', for got the name . Some people paint the head separately from the body so having the figure in bits to start with helps alot, especially in the cleaning up of unwanted lines etc.
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Post by Loiner on Jun 18, 2008 12:54:49 GMT
Having created figures, how do most people display them? ie always as part of diaramas or singly on individual bases. I want to keep a number of mine single so they can be used for small scale and high visual quality wargaming, but also want them to look good enough to display at other times. Presumably the best way will be to base them individually but make each base a little feature, similar to how Warhammer present their fantasy figures. Just wondering what other collectors do?
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Post by foxy on Jun 21, 2008 8:50:03 GMT
Hi Loiner. Well again it depends on what size you are working on, there are large busts and horse figures that tend to be put on bases on there own, smaller scales also. But the 1/72nd,1/48th and 1/35th are more in keeping with Dioramas and such. 1/72nd are mostly used for war gaming and there are smaller than this for the same purpose, were as 1/48th scale are mostly used for Aircraft modeling but now a days Armour is coming into this field. 1/32nd-1/35th again was mostly military for Napoleonic wars and World wars, these also can be used on bases for showing. As you can see the bigger you go the more it will be used on base form to show than Diorama's. I would say its up to the individual what he/she will want the figure to represent. Hope this helps.
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Post by Loiner on Jun 23, 2008 13:39:47 GMT
Thanks for your reply foxy, I didn't mention that I've settled on 1:48th as a nice general scale which seems to have the detail of the 1:35th kits but at a size where I can have bigger displays of figures and vehicles etc without taking up too much space.
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