Techno's Dilemma

[OldenBUA]

Techno doesn't do straight line stuff, and certainly won't be making any Cold war era helicopters! 

[Luddite]

Pose them "at rest" with spears grounded and vertical

This is good. 

Do this.

[Ithoriel]

Techno doesn't do straight line stuff, and certainly won't be making any Cold war era helicopters! 

That's OK, not many straight lines on a Mil Mi-2

[Last Hussar]

Given those vases show naked men, it's not the spears I'm worried about Phil having to sculpt.

[FierceKitty]

Techno simply avoids these problems by sculpting the new range of WWII Poles . Simples.

Similar indecision on poses for Aztec warriors has led to that range's being shelved indefinitely .

Screw the whale - save the gerund!

That aside, there is little room for indecision there, since the Mexica sword had to be used in wide, sweeping blows. But Poles, now, are tricky. Should they be trying to jab a lance into the tank's treads (underarm) or thrust it down the gun-barrel (overarm)?

Getting serious, and feeling guilty about even pretending to believe that stupid story about Polish cavalry, I regret to say I'm with Ithoriel on this one. Techno trusts the overwhelming body of contemporary evidence and the balance of practical possibility, and does not go for the underarm thrust. He sculpts them with vertical weapons, thrusting overarm, or advancing with spear sloped forward. Or he gets the hose turned on him.

I'll get some therapy this weekend to cope with my guilty feelings about agreeing with my nemesis.

[paulr]

Pose them "at rest" with spears grounded and vertical

I had a similar thought, but that is a pretty static pose 

[FierceKitty]

Ever been a soldier? Static poses are very attractive if you're carrying heavy equipment.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Seconded

[fsn]

Techno doesn't do straight line stuff, and certainly won't be making any Cold war era helicopters! 

Nicely played sir!

[Techno]

Pose them "at rest" with spears grounded and vertical

Genius !
Much easier to make......Much easier to cast.
Anyway......WHEN I get around to making these, my answer will be to ask Leon what HE wants me to make.
Then when the arguments start, I'll blame him.  .

Don't think I'll be allowed to make them with naughty bits....and how did that helicopter get in on the act ?

Cheers - Phil. 

[FierceKitty]

Many of my Gaulish exhibitionists are pretty explicit figures.

[WeeWars]

Don't think I'll be allowed to make them with naughty bits...

Sculpt them laughing and pointing at Persians in trousers.

Under shield, over shield, at rest, grounded: being a hoplite is such fun.

[Steve J]

From a purely wargaming point of view, vertical spears would be much more practical. At the club I used to see players with their bases several inches apart due to the 45 degree posed spears preventing the opposing armies from meeting. They never came up with a satisfactory resolution to this problem...

[FierceKitty]

That's more of a problem with pikemen, isn't it?

[Wulf]

Given those vases show naked men, it's not the spears I'm worried about Phil having to sculpt.

So long as he poses them at rest it should be OK.