OLD BRITAINS vs NEW BRITAINS (2 Viewers)

[thebritfarmer]

They haven't done away with the green bases Bernard.

 

[Dickbuttons]

They haven't done away with the green bases Bernard.

I hate to speak for Bernard -- he's a "old trooper" -- and I think he can take car of himself, but I think that's his major complaint -- they haven't done away with the bases. For over 100 years, Britains produced excellent cavlary figures without bases, and they all stood just fine. The only bases were on the "rearing officers". Now almost every cavalry figure has a base. Doesn't it seem like a "step backward?"

Dick

 

[Spitfrnd]

...For over 100 years, Britains produced excellent cavlary figures without bases, and they all stood just fine. The only bases were on the "rearing officers". Now almost every cavalry figure has a base. Doesn't it seem like a "step backward?"
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Well it is backward in one sense but I think it depends on what you are trying to show. Certainly they are more aesthetically pleasing without the bases but that limits the portion of any given gait you can show correctly. With the exception of the walk, there are no moments in a horse’s gait where three hooves are on the ground at the same time. Most sculpts finesse this by capturing the brief moment where there are at least three hooves near to the ground or ignoring the correct motion. So adding bases does permit more realism in depicting the gaits, albeit at a cost in aesthetics.

 

[Dickbuttons]

"Touche."

Well said

dick