AndyG WIP (pic heavy)
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Beyond All Standards That Anyone Reasonable Does!
that comment made my day.
AndyG
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AndyG
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Now this time I'm determined to have a relaxing paint job! No horses, no should there be boobs/shouldn't there be boobs, no ridiculous amounts of free hand (well maybe a bit) just a plain old 30mm GW old school mini. Valten of Sigmar. Nice bit of metal to do just a bit of a relax before the Gokham paint along starts.
A Superb Rendition of Expression.
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Dude, it's NMMAndy...or at least I've been trying to get it to stick for months now but it doesn't seem to be catching on just yet. Maybe I can talk DR into changing his username for me. He can do that,right? ...I bet he can do that........
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Women in the US Army have had to wear the same body armor as men since the use of this kind of protection began. The body armor comes in many varieties, but most have consisted of an outer, padded vest which on its own can stop smaller pieces of shrapnel. But the real life-saving part are these plates that are inserted within the vest and are rated to stop up to armor piercing 7.62mm rounds from any range. Women are constantly complaining that the flat nature of these plates crush their breasts and make it difficult to breathe. There are a number of other design flaws that they take issue with as well, and the Army recently responded by making a vest more suited for the female form, with a shorter torso, etc.
IDK, I guess my point is that male armor isn't exactly functional for women, either. In fact, did you know that during the Middle Ages, the absurdity of a woman donning armor was so extreme that there aren't any legitimate, believable sources or accounts from which we can base our notions of female armor? So while "boob plate" armor is very fantastical, it is no more fantastical than a woman wearing armor at all. Therefore, one isn't really taking absurd liberties by portraying a woman in female form-fitting armor, because it is equally absurd to imagine them in a man's suit of armor. And this being an Art form, I prefer the former portrayal, which to me is no more impractical than a woman wearing armor that makes it difficult to breathe in.
"She turned blue and passed out after thirty minutes of combat, but at least no man could penetrate her (armor)."
IMO, the sexy woman in armor bothers me no more than the muscle-bound, bearded barbarian. Both are taking liberties with the subject matter.
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Gandalf the Grey
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How on earth do you get so much contrast in something so small as that face ?
With a paintbrush!
Sorry that just had to be done. Well I'm not really sorry cos I'm a right git!
