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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Grimjack on April 18, 2010, 09:45:01 PM

Title: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Grimjack on April 18, 2010, 09:45:01 PM: Just to keep you updated, the next few figures.
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/urban_beat_minitures/pc2.jpg)
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/urban_beat_minitures/wpc1.jpg)
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/urban_beat_minitures/wpc2.jpg)

Any feedback?
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Ray Earle on April 18, 2010, 10:11:00 PM: Nice. Along with the other figure these make a nice selection. Not quite sure, however, that the 'firing from the hip' pose would be of use for someone trained in the use of firearms. ;)
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: argsilverson on April 18, 2010, 10:17:21 PM: Lovely!
but please make those ladies with alternative hats!
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: anevilgiraffe on April 18, 2010, 10:28:06 PM: yeah... the WPC hats don't look right... they look like WW2 tommy helmets from the front...
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: argsilverson on April 18, 2010, 10:33:13 PM: I thought it was some kind of a helmet!

However I would like to have some alternative heads incl. berets like the greek policewomen.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: TheMightyFlip on April 18, 2010, 10:52:43 PM: Maybe he will make a range of Greek police.

Nice British coppers, nice one.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Elprez on April 18, 2010, 11:11:34 PM: This is the kind of hat:-

(http://cobolhacker.com/images/content/armed_uk_police.jpg)
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Commander Vyper on April 18, 2010, 11:17:26 PM: Not keen on the pose of the last wpc, the don't look feminine enough.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Trooper on April 18, 2010, 11:23:06 PM: Still looking good, just a couple of points. The Plonk firing from the hip is just wrong, she would lose her classification straight away if that was seen by an instructor. Also the Plonk's hats are not quite there. The hat is a little taller than that, although the brim looks about right. The photo that elprez posted gives a good idea of what the hat should look like. Plonks don't wear berets in the UK on operational duty.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Elprez on April 18, 2010, 11:26:48 PM: Plonk?
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Trooper on April 18, 2010, 11:28:19 PM: Female PC.
Person of Little Or No Knowledge: Plonk.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Calimero on April 19, 2010, 12:46:36 AM: Are all the police women in UK as cute as the one on the Elprez's picture?
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Trooper on April 19, 2010, 01:43:23 PM: I'll try and answer that when I've stopped laughing.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Dewbakuk on April 19, 2010, 02:03:08 PM: I like them although I agree with the pose issue on the last WPC. I claim no knowledge about 'not firing from the hip' etc however on a purely aesthetic level it doesn't work. Due to the size of the weapon (and I understand why it's that size) the right arm is thrown out too much in order to hold it in that pose, it just looks unnatural.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Calimero on April 19, 2010, 02:34:21 PM: Quote from: Trooper on April 19, 2010, 01:43:23 PM
I'll try and answer that when I've stopped laughing.

;)

:D

lol
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: matakishi on April 19, 2010, 05:18:22 PM: More, brilliant!

I like them generally but, since I know you post here for input and respond to it, here are my reservations:

The WPC hat doesn't look right, not sure why, maybe it needs a flatter top so it doesn't resemble a tin hat.
The 2nd WPC pose is just wrong, off ballance, incorrect use of a firearm and (as has been mentioned) unfeminine.

Now, quick! Fix these and make some more, fill a mould, cast them up and take my money.

Good work :)
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on April 19, 2010, 05:40:15 PM: Quote from: Trooper on April 18, 2010, 11:28:19 PM
Female PC.
Person of Little Or No Knowledge: Plonk.

You'd better pray my wife or her other female coleagues don't meet you. That "non-violent" aikido bloody well hurts lol

Quote from: Calimero on April 19, 2010, 12:46:36 AM
Are all the police women in UK as cute as the one on the Elprez's picture?

Sadly not :(

The hat does need a slightly flatter top and slightly more vertical round the side, to give it bit more of a "square" profile.

Agreed - they don't shoot from the hip. Police firearms officers are trained to fire single aimed shots - none of this blasting off a full mag like we see in hollywood movies. The basic pose wouldn't be that wrong, though. Who's to say she isn't advancing to contact rather than firing?

Generally I like these - get the WPC's hat sorted and they would be very useful figures :D
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Grimjack on April 19, 2010, 07:53:17 PM: (http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/urban_beat_minitures/wpc2gunlowered.jpg)

Michael and I chatted via Yahoo! on the firing stance. It would take quite a lot of changes to get to a 'firing now' pose with this one, so he offered the idea of lowering the weapon slightly, as if she was reacting to a threat.

With regard to the hat, I have had a look at quite a few phtos and there appear to be variations in type, etc. across forces, these look ok to me but thanks for the input.

Trooper, I never had the guts to use that nickname for WPCs, probably because I like my gonads where they are!
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Trooper on April 20, 2010, 12:41:51 AM: Well thats because I am a dinosaur, and although retired, I was a 1970s vintage cop and now I don't have to be politically correct anymore. Its very liberating.
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: argsilverson on April 20, 2010, 10:23:09 AM: Anyhow I like her pigtail

BTW Matakishi, this might also fit in your UNIT units, or just convert her with a beret!
Title: Re: Some new greens / greys (?) of British Cops with Weapons
Post by: Trooper on April 20, 2010, 01:44:59 PM: Quote from: Gluteus Maximus on April 19, 2010, 05:40:15 PM
You'd better pray my wife or her other female coleagues don't meet you. That "non-violent" aikido bloody well hurts lol

Actually in all seriousness, with one exception, all the best partners I had whilst working were female. Many of them had more balls than a lot of the fellas.