Hi all, I need your opinion on some design options, if you have a minute.
Background: As detailed in another thread, Shapeways has stopped printing my "1/144 Observers with Parabellum" model because it was designed under their old rules, and their new rules require much wider "wires" (arms and gun barrels). On the good side, this is a chance to refresh and improve the design, albeit with thicker gun barrels. And I'll make it available both in FUD (for ultimate detail) and in WSF (for more robust handling).
Question 1: Would you be interested in a variety of observer poses in a single sprue-attached product, or just one pose per product (with several products available)? For instance, a set of five poses might be: 30° downward, 15° downward, 0°, 15° upward, 30° upward. What I've noticed is that it really changes the position of the observer....for downward shots, he basically has to stand up; for upward shots, he can really hunch down in the fuselage and hide.
Question 2: Would you like the Scarff ring included (or Central Powers equivalent -- anyone know what it's officially called)? I figure you could always snip it off the airplane model already had one, if you're pretty dextrous.
Here is a sample pose of a 1/144 German observer with the Parabellum aimed at a 30° downward angle. (The fuselage here is just for scale.) The gun barrel is the current Shapeways minimum: 1mm diameter. The detail is overkill for a figure only ˝" tall (12mm), but printing technology is only going to get better over time.
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