Anima Tactics

[sea.man]

someone was looking for minis for a wedding cake - Cordelia and Kingsley would make a good one

[Morf]

2. cool! very cool, except for the sword...

Nice.
The sword on the second one is way too big.

It's like saying I like Christmas, except for the fact it's in the winter.
Big swords constitute Anima style, so do school-girls and an abundance of tormented non-macho heroes.

[mahon]

Well, I can accept or tolerate the sword, but am not fond of it.

For me Christmas could be in any season. I am not really stubborn about always having it in winter

[NAVARRO]

I like anime style yet Anima tactics have not really spiced my interest... also its getting a bit too crowded in anime styled kind of minis lately.

[Nameless]

It's like saying I like Christmas, except for the fact it's in the winter.

but it's true!

anyway, I'm not anime expert, but I've seen anime movies/comics/drawings with swords of a lesser size btw, while I'm also not a fan of this particular weapon, it doesn't bother me that much, as it is so easy to replace it with something else...

[NAVARRO]

It's like saying I like Christmas, except for the fact it's in the winter.

but it's true!

anyway, I'm not anime expert, but I've seen anime movies/comics/drawings with swords of a lesser size btw, while I'm also not a fan of this particular weapon, it doesn't bother me that much, as it is so easy to replace it with something else...

Anime style has several diferent expressions mate, its not as linear as people tend to believe. Much like any art expression theres several nuances... yet big swords is more common than realistic sized weapons in anime... the realism take is the exception.

[Nameless]

I'm not even searching for realism... 95% of fantasy minis have unrealistic weapons I suppose.
What I am looking for is something that looks cool and does not overpower, change the balance or ruins proportions of a mini.
let me show another A:T mini
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not the fan of sculpt, but that doesn't matter here. exaggerated sword? yes, but it fits my requirements listed above.
sword on the new sculpt we're discussing looks like taken from another mini. and that bothers me.

I can see your point guys, that exaggeration is one of anime style characteristics. But, what looks good in 2D (just checked some drawings) does not always transfers properly to 3D.

Everything said here is IMO ofcourse, YMMV.

[NAVARRO]

Better not enter the 3d to 2D or the 2D to 3D debate here my ramblings would be boring this board to death...
Lets just say in 28mm miniatures its not the the fact its a 2d or 3d piece that makes a style more enjoyable to you or not... but maybe? rather the cast/production simplification limits and the actual reduced scale that blows out of the water some sculpt options. In theory 2d should be a snapshot of one of the 3D multiple faces so they should in theory be identical

Anime crazy big weapons is one of the most popular/common charateristics with slim gals handling swords 3 times bigger than them etc so the "problem" is not the translation to 3D (even if this scale has the limitations I posted earlier) its just the style... Some figs you consider your boundries to achieve a good balance are broken and thats OK... the concept pushed the anime traces far from your preferences.

[Nameless]

boring? hell no, I'd love to hear some words on it from someone experienced in sculpting.

[MiSiU]

We're talking sword sizes now? For me insanely large swords are one of the main marks of Anime genre, so I don't feel bad about it. It's just most of the AT sculpts don't do "it" to me. The thing that turns "nice mini" into "I want to have this".
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