The Anatomy of a Pose - A Central Hub for Tips and Tricks to Better Your Figures

[Darth Lam]

Just opened this figure, thought I'd have a go at posing. For my female figures, I think the whole "hip thrust" thing can really give them a more realistic looking stance. To get this I bend the right leg inward at the hip, then bend the left left out at the hip. (Knees are both straight in this figure.) Then I bend the body to the right in the mid section of her torso to get it to line up with the right leg.

This is about the maximum hip thrust that I go for. The more hip, the more attitude, which I felt was appropriate for Hela, but wouldn't be quite as appropriate for others. So, um, thrust with moderation.

Next, I always try to bend the elbows at least a little bit, as rarely does anyone have their arms at full extension. Be sure to rotate your arms so that the bend points in a direction that they would in real life.

Also, use those wrist pegs. They bend for a reason. In the above, her wrists are bent to point downwards slightly more than her arms, as would be natural to someone holding a sword. Blades are tilted slightly back, as they would naturally. Keep your blades (or guns, etc.) in line with your figure's palms.

Lastly, if you can, try to adjust the ankle pegs so that the feet appear natural. For Hela, you can see that I haven't done that yet. It's harder with a figure wearing boots, but you should try to angle the foot at the ankle so that it sits flat on the ground, instead of like how Hela's left foot is in the picture.

 

[Remy]

More great shots, Remy. Nicely done.

Thanks man.

 

[abake]

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Just opened this figure, thought I'd have a go at posing. For my female figures, I think the whole "hip thrust" thing can really give them a more realistic looking stance. To get this I bend the right leg inward at the hip, then bend the left left out at the hip. (Knees are both straight in this figure.) Then I bend the body to the right in the mid section of her torso to get it to line up with the right leg.

This is about the maximum hip thrust that I go for. The more hip, the more attitude, which I felt was appropriate for Hela, but wouldn't be quite as appropriate for others. So, um, thrust with moderation.

Next, I always try to bend the elbows at least a little bit, as rarely does anyone have their arms at full extension. Be sure to rotate your arms so that the bend points in a direction that they would in real life.

Also, use those wrist pegs. They bend for a reason. In the above, her wrists are bent to point downwards slightly more than her arms, as would be natural to someone holding a sword. Blades are tilted slightly back, as they would naturally. Keep your blades (or guns, etc.) in line with your figure's palms.

Lastly, if you can, try to adjust the ankle pegs so that the feet appear natural. For Hela, you can see that I haven't done that yet. It's harder with a figure wearing boots, but you should try to angle the foot at the ankle so that it sits flat on the ground, instead of like how Hela's left foot is in the picture.

Simple but elegant. Bravo!


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[Jameson Rook]

Dioramaker, great idea for a thread. It bugs me to no end when I see 1/6 figures in rigor mortis. I always look at contrapposto for inspiration, and I actually love museum poses! But that doesn't mean they have to look like they have a stick up their butts, here are some of my poses:

 

[abake]

Nice work!
There's something oddly endearing about the exposed joints of the Ninja schoolgirls.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Just a few figures where I tried to capture more of the characters via their poses:

 

[DioramaMaker]

Dioramaker, great idea for a thread. It bugs me to no end when I see 1/6 figures in rigor mortis. I always look at contrapposto for inspiration, and I actually love museum poses! But that doesn't mean they have to look like they have a stick up their butts, here are some of my poses:

Haha that's a perfect term - figures in rigor mortis. I'm adopting that! Great poses by the way! I love the T2 one. I wish so badly for a chance to get a fair priced BD T2 T-800.

Few pics of a recent acquisition, loved posing this one!

 

[davejames]

Really love those poses FlyandFlight! Those more naturalistic ones can be really hard to pull off.

Here's a few more of mine. The female figures I always find the most challenging, as it's a struggle to find those poses that are sexy and feminine, but not in a way that's too cheesy and over the top.

 

[choombaz]

Really love those poses FlyandFlight! Those more naturalistic ones can be really hard to pull off.

Here's a few more of mine. The female figures I always find the most challenging, as it's a struggle to find those poses that are sexy and feminine, but not in a way that's too cheesy and over the top.

Wow those poses and photos are great! Are any of those repainted? I have all those figures and yours look so much better than mine lol! Some really nice subtle posing going on there.

 

[davejames]

Thanks. I touched up the paint on Jyn a bit, but the others are all stock.

 

[faststreetsofhongkong]

Thanks. I touched up the paint on Jyn a bit, but the others are all stock.

Have you altered any other of your QMX TOS Star Trek figures for enhanced posing? If yes, could you show us here.

Your McCoy is a work of genius


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[davejames]

Have you altered any other of your QMX TOS Star Trek figures for enhanced posing? If yes, could you show us here.

Your McCoy is a work of genius


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Thanks. I've modded all of them so far, but don't really have any great pics at the moment.

For Kirk I buffed up his upper body and made the toupee a bit blonder, Spock was put on a slimmer body and I touched up the paint a bit, and Khan had the fat suit removed.

 

[Darth Lam]

I love your Scarlet Witch pose! That slight twist to the torso is just perfect. Stealing it!

 

[FlyAndFight]

Really love those poses FlyandFlight! Those more naturalistic ones can be really hard to pull off.

Here's a few more of mine. The female figures I always find the most challenging, as it's a struggle to find those poses that are sexy and feminine, but not in a way that's too cheesy and over the top.

Thanks, davejames!

You've managed to capture each of the females doing "their thing". The essence of the characters are captured perfectly.

 

[faststreetsofhongkong]

Thanks. I've modded all of them so far, but don't really have any great pics at the moment.

For Kirk I buffed up his upper body and made the toupee a bit blonder, Spock was put on a slimmer body and I touched up the paint a bit, and Khan had the fat suit removed.

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Good Lord, they look incredible.

Do you remember what body that you used on Spock? And if you don’t remember, would you mind taking a peek, I’m sure a lot of us would like to know [emoji1303][emoji1303][emoji1303]


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[davejames]

Already posted in the Trek thread. It was the Sideshow Freddy body.

 

[faststreetsofhongkong]

Already posted in the Trek thread. It was the Sideshow Freddy body.

I’ll check that out, one last question here, do you mean this body for Spock?:

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[davejames]

Yikes. No I meant the newer version they released. I wouldn't go anywhere near those older Sideshow bodies.

 

[faststreetsofhongkong]

Yikes. No I meant the newer version they released. I wouldn't go anywhere near those older Sideshow bodies.

Sorry to be a pain in the you know what, but I don’t really follow the Freddy Krueger lines, could you post a photo of the proper figure, the box or whatever

Have to try to get my figures to look half as good as yours [emoji1303]


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[abake]

I’ll check that out, one last question here, do you mean this body for Spock?:

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Oddly enough, I did use one of those old "Bucks" when I put together my first Nanjin-Spock.
As far as I can remember, it actually worked pretty well...