Fighting vs. non-fighting poses (1 Viewer)

[Mister Dave]

Please bear with me if this has been addressed before, but I sometimes wonder which type of figures are your favorite to collect and display: fighting or combat related action poses or those depicting non-fighting scenarios? Please feel free to post examples as well.

MD

 

[Russell]

My answer is non-fighting poses as a general rule.

Here are my reasons. Interestingly 'action' figures or fighting poses are more static. Any kind of situation or diorama with fighting poses looks frozen in time, like in some Grimm fairy tale. On the other hand, with non-fighting poses (say soldiers guarding the castle gate) it's easier to imagine that it isn't static. People waiting fo the bus aren't moving much, yet time is passing. The more intense the action pose, the more frozen in time it looks. For example, a soldier falling with an arrow in his chest (I'm thinking of that gloss Britains French knight at Agincourt) looks impossibly tilted-fall already! Yet he never does. Well that's how it seems to me.
In a general way, this is one thing I like about Bill Hocker's figures, and I do collect matt figures too.

 

[thebritfarmer]

I would have to agree with you Russell. My collection is mainly Ceremonial with guards at attention etc.... If you have ever been to London those guards stand still for hours

 

[Currahee Chris]

I'm a 60/40 split-action over nonaction- guess it just depends on the collection really- KC's Egyptians are pretty much just lounging about, enjoying the dancing girls and smoking the hooka but other sets, like Britains Agincourt, East's Ancient Greeks lend more to action poses. Some of it is influenced by the offerings in the lines really.

I enjoy WW2 dios with that portray ambush scenes- some patrol or tank crew just laying about right before some Currahee's are getting ready to lay the smack down. That is a good balance betweeen non action (the prey) and action (the Currahee predators)

 

[OzDigger]

I'm 99% 'non-fighting' as such poses provide more variety to displays, all those firing poses look the same to me

 

[Wraith]

I enjoy WW2 dios with that portray ambush scenes- some patrol or tank crew just laying about right before some Currahee's are getting ready to lay the smack down. That is a good balance betweeen non action (the prey) and action (the Currahee predators)

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[Wraith]

I like a mix, but hanker after the action sets.
It's what I like about the Conte poses, they are all action, great for setting up little battle scenes.

Simon

 

[eborris]

Give me action everytime, I want something that suggests action and movement, not a statue. I guess would could argue they are all statues as they are never going to move, however< I prefer figures that in my mind I can see moving, must be the shrooms.

 

[PolarBear]

I prefer non-action figures since I like to show soldiers interacting in times of non-combat such as camp scenes, repairs, etc. In actuality these subjects more accurately represent the greater portion of military life even during wartime. The military expression "Hurry up and wait" says it all. For example, think of Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage where more of the story is set between rather than in battle.

Randy

Winslow Homer's Brierwood Pipe (1864) by an artist at the front who spent a good deal of time observing troops during the Civil War and decided to capture the nature of their humdrum existence rather than epic battle scenes.

 

[Mister Dave]

Thanks all for your input. I have noticed recently I am buying or looking for more non-combat figures than I used to. As Randy alluded to, the humdrum activities that occupy the majority of a soldier's day to day life in any era can be just as interesting to look at on display I am finding. Of course I still like the action or fighting oriented figures, but I am buying less and less of big groups of nearly identical figures and more 'unique' fighting figures now. For lack of anything else to share at the moment, here are a couple of photos of some humdrum scenarios I like the looks of.

MD

 

[mk26gmls]

I find myself buying more non-fighting poses outside of the Naps range. I buy at least one of every pose of the Nap section, but when it comes to the other lines I collect, I like the standing or marching figures. I would like Andy to come out with some sitting around figures. Though I don't collect WWII FOB, figure FOB001 is a great pose for non-fighting. There are some great standing around and walking figures poses in this range.

I am building a WWI German train display besides the marching figures I have yet to buy, I need some lounging around Germans.

 

[Col. Hesler]

The fact is I like both. I make dioramas, making both combat and non combat is both fun.

 

[Spitfrnd]

Lights, camera, Action....

 

[kilted vampire]

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Nice one Simon.

I go back and forth . All seem to have their place. I get tired of one and then do another. And so it goes in a never ending cycle

 

[Builtrite]

I like both. I will display either. Sometime I have action scene in the display case. Other times, I just want to have something static, non-action to look at.