by Bill Livingston » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:56 am
Strategos Augustus wrote:Bill Livingston wrote:Thank you SA. I have just ordered two sets, that�s 120 sailors, so that should get me started. I need to use some under the shelter deck and in other enclosed areas and need them over the holiday period as the build progresses and those areas become less accessible.
If they work out, I may buy more sets to populate the rest of the ship.
I will also look out for some 3D printed sailors at some point. Hopefully there will be some available when the time comes as I would hope they may have more �working� poses.
Thank you again.
Did you receive your crew yet?
I thought they were rather good. I had a little bit of cleanup, and the sprues are rubbery, so this is more difficult than it would be otherwise.
I really like Fujimi's IJN crew set for 1/350. It is a real shame that no one has made cheap, generic crew in plastic more available. I've played with PE crew, but it loses its plausibility once you start to climb in scale.
Hi SA...
Yes, I did thank you for the recommendation.
They are certainly useable... especially for the areas that will be mainly hidden from direct view such as under the shelter deck and in the area under the bandstand and other partially covered areas. Although useable elsewhere, there are really only five poses, (one sprue of each and two sprue of standing to attention) so with a largish crew, it will mean an awful lot of repeated poses, although lots of combinations with crew in small groups its easier to get away with it than if you had random singles dotted about. Plus there are no figures in working poses or claiming stairs or ladders which would have been nice. I am still hoping for some proper Royal Navy 3D figures at 200 scale for the main decks... but I will see.
As far as conversion to RN (originally USN), like you, I think just painting them accordingly will work just fine... they are small enough to work... but large enough to make it worthwhile painting them properly.
As far as overall shape and so on, they are pretty good and with a reasonable amount of detail... their heads look a touch small, but then most small figures have heads that are far too big, so maybe its just that. They are all the same height and size... which isnt true for large groups of people... but really, I'm just nitpicking now... They are FAR better than using PE... which is fine for 700 scale (just)... but not much use for 200 scale.
For all those in a similar position to me... here are the figures in close up (the pictures 'on line' are too small to be of any real use...).
FYI:
There six sprues in each box. Each sprue contains ten sailors.
The poses with photo are:
Sailors at attention 2 x sprues
Sailors arms folded 1 x sprue
Sailors hands behind back (at ease)
Sailors walking
Sailors sitting
The sitting sailors aren't molded brilliantly, but even at 200 scale, it really isnt a hug issue especially as they will be in hard to see areas. I have also posted a picture of one alongside a match head, just in case there are people out there who think 200 scale is big...
Thanks again SA... and to any others, hope that helps
(They are considerably better when viewed at sensible distances than appears to be the case in my closeups... Please look at the overall package photo... thats more how you see them in terms of size on a model...).
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[quote="Strategos Augustus"][quote="Bill Livingston"]Thank you SA. I have just ordered two sets, that�s 120 sailors, so that should get me started. I need to use some under the shelter deck and in other enclosed areas and need them over the holiday period as the build progresses and those areas become less accessible.
If they work out, I may buy more sets to populate the rest of the ship.
I will also look out for some 3D printed sailors at some point. Hopefully there will be some available when the time comes as I would hope they may have more �working� poses.
Thank you again.[/quote]
Did you receive your crew yet?
I thought they were rather good. I had a little bit of cleanup, and the sprues are rubbery, so this is more difficult than it would be otherwise.
I really like Fujimi's IJN crew set for 1/350. It is a real shame that no one has made cheap, generic crew in plastic more available. I've played with PE crew, but it loses its plausibility once you start to climb in scale.
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Hi SA...
Yes, I did thank you for the recommendation. :thumbs_up_1:
They are certainly useable... especially for the areas that will be mainly hidden from direct view such as under the shelter deck and in the area under the bandstand and other partially covered areas. Although useable elsewhere, there are really only five poses, (one sprue of each and two sprue of standing to attention) so with a largish crew, it will mean an awful lot of repeated poses, although lots of combinations with crew in small groups its easier to get away with it than if you had random singles dotted about. Plus there are no figures in working poses or claiming stairs or ladders which would have been nice. I am still hoping for some proper Royal Navy 3D figures at 200 scale for the main decks... but I will see.
As far as conversion to RN (originally USN), like you, I think just painting them accordingly will work just fine... they are small enough to work... but large enough to make it worthwhile painting them properly.
As far as overall shape and so on, they are pretty good and with a reasonable amount of detail... their heads look a touch small, but then most small figures have heads that are far too big, so maybe its just that. They are all the same height and size... which isnt true for large groups of people... but really, I'm just nitpicking now... They are FAR better than using PE... which is fine for 700 scale (just)... but not much use for 200 scale.
For all those in a similar position to me... here are the figures in close up (the pictures 'on line' are too small to be of any real use...).
FYI:
There six sprues in each box. Each sprue contains ten sailors.
[attachment=0]IMG_2397.jpg[/attachment]
The poses with photo are:
Sailors at attention 2 x sprues
[attachment=7]IMG_2401.jpeg[/attachment]
Sailors arms folded 1 x sprue
[attachment=6]IMG_2404.jpeg[/attachment]
Sailors hands behind back (at ease)
[attachment=5]IMG_2403.jpeg[/attachment]
Sailors walking
[attachment=4]IMG_2400.jpg[/attachment]
Sailors sitting
[attachment=3]IMG_2402.jpeg[/attachment]
The sitting sailors aren't molded brilliantly, but even at 200 scale, it really isnt a hug issue especially as they will be in hard to see areas. I have also posted a picture of one alongside a match head, just in case there are people out there who think 200 scale is big... :big_grin:
[attachment=2]IMG_2408.jpeg[/attachment]
Thanks again SA... and to any others, hope that helps
(They are considerably better when viewed at sensible distances than appears to be the case in my closeups... Please look at the overall package photo... thats more how you see them in terms of size on a model...).