Dead and wounded figures; for or against? (1 Viewer)

[mikemiller1955]

Harrie...

that's a great sculpt...the soldier on his knees surrendering...it speaks volumes...

JJDdoes a similar pose...more primitive in era and weaponry...but the basic idea of a captured soldier...

the casualties of war...

 

[Cyber Field Marshall]

I prefer the wounded sets and have many in my collection. As for the dead I have a few but I don't go out of my way to collect them. These types of figures add realism and drama to a presentation so I say why not. To date K&C haven't done anything terribly gruesome. I remember as a kid looking at diorama's. You could always tell an amateur at work because there would be bright red splotches everywhere! As Shep Paine once said a little goes a long way when it comes to tastefully modelling the dead and wounded.

 

[mikemiller1955]

mike...

Thats the set I was mentioning and its what happened have not seen the thread you mention but, did see the response to the pictures of the civillian sets recently!!!! its just what happens beheadings, scalpings etc I don't even think we are diverting from the Hobby as K&C has brought realism of conflict into miniatures IMO.

As I am constantly being reminded on here ''don't buy if you don't like'' or other such trivia.
Mitch

Mitch...this is another JJD set...

it's called "The Ranger's Scalping Set"...

and while there is not a speck of blood and both figures are alive...

the mental images you conjure from looking at it are more disturbing than the set itself...

this was so common in this era...it's really hard for the manufacturer to ignore producing it...

but I think you're saying it right...

"As I am constantly being reminded on here ''don't buy if you don't like'' or other such trivia".

 

[Mitch]

Mike..

Thanks for posting I had not seen that set before but, I agree it sure tells its own powerful story as does the surrender of the two germans to the russians as you just know the medic will be treat a little less harshly than the SS trooper.

Its been interesting how pro this question has been it may show the trend in the hobby for the ultimate realism in the miniatures we all buy and display
Mitch

 

[Sentaapua]

I'm totally for these figures, and not only because they add realism to dioramas, but because the essence of being a soldier is that in wars soldiers wound and get wounded, kill and get killed, so how to collect soldiers if you don't show why and what they exist for in the first place? Parading is visually nice, I have a few sets myself, but depicting a soldiers life is much more than marching in a shiny uniform... Congratulations to toy soldiers manufacturers that also depict armed conflicts as they are, and K&C should keep coming up with new additions of dead and wounded, that only honour those who fought.

 

[Mitch]

Mike...

I can't see manufacturers selling sets of feet, arms etc as it would not be popular enough to do but, I know a lot of people who cast in many mediums what you mention and their dio's look awesome and not in bad taste at all. They look particularly effective in the WW1 dio's.

Just cause its not one persons taste does not mean its wrong
Mitch

There've always been casualty figures, stretcher bearers, and field hospital sets in the hobby. The massive Heyde set in Opie's 'Collecting Toy Soldiers' has been a personal inspiration. And Charles Biggs' wheelchair-bound, shell-shocked infantryman is astonishingly eloquent. But "ultimate realism" means shattered and scattered body parts, and worse. If we keep it "tasteful", that isn't realism.

 

[MapleLeaf]

Would'n that be part of the war
I don't think that everybody that went to war came back