A NYT war correspondent's footage shows Russian endoskeletons on the march. Clearly, this is the direction of President-for-life Putin's Future Force: expendable, efficient, creepy, and immune to the poisonous gasses they don't use...
from: https://screenrant.com/terminator-5-genisys-images-storyboards/
The humans come in four basic bodies on one olive green sprue, as seen in previous post:
Left to right: running man, standing/walking man, kneeling man, leaning woman. NOTE that these could easily be played with as-is or almost as-is, with just a little painted detail. This is intentional and a nice intro for those new to the hobby side of things.
The four poses give quite a bit of variety without modifications, and despite that the arms / shoulders / weapons are interchangeable only within the categories men / woman only. Men have choices of Assault Rifle [AR], Plasma Rifle [PR], PR - pointing [leader type], and all support weapons which include a Rocket Launcher - LAW type - [RL], Grenade Launcher - GW40K type with revolver action - [GL]. Woman has choice of Shotgun or PR.
As these are plastics, modifications are pretty easy, and some head swaps and torso swaps should be no problem for any modeler with a little experience. The easiest ways to do this I believe would be to do some cutting and swapping with my Mongoose Publishing plastic Judge Dredd gangers, or the new Warlord World War Z line. Still, a little creative thought and the WWII plastics could also be useful for retro state militias or national guard types.
The models assemble very easily since there are no small parts - only the shoulder/arms/weapons need to be attached. One quick tip:
- Trim the mold lines on the humans before assembling them!
As you can see below, it's not that hard to work with what's on offering. This is four sprues of 4 figures, with a bit of variety in weapons.
- 4th row is standing man, 2x AR, one PR, one PR pointing [my Officer],
- 3rd row is running man, 2x AR, 2x PR,
- 2nd row is leaning woman, 2x Shotgun, 2x PR,
- Front row is kneeling man with RL, GL, PR, and PR pointing.
Even in neat little rows, you can see the potential here for variety with little effort.
Standing man closeup, 2x AR, one PR, one PR pointing [my Officer], he has an interesting head being bald with pony-tail, beard and comlink. Nice figure!
Kneeling man closeup - RL, GL, PR, and PR pointing [NCO - has sense to stay low!]
I modified the kneeling leader by cutting and repositioning the PR so it isn't wildly swinging in the air [not a Warrior's way of handling a weapon, anyway]. The RL is naturally posed to have the weapon slightly lowered and be looking over the tube - a cool pose, makes it look like he's just spotted a target. I also worked a bit to get the GL pointed up a bit.
Leaning woman closeup, including back view: 2x Shotgun, 2x PR. Smaller physique, body armor, pony tail, make her obviously female but without obnoxious and unrealistic body shape sculpted by men who don't go out much. She's even fully dressed for battle! As a Soldier, I find this a lot more palatable than the silly job on a lot of women warrior minis... and I am by no means an idealogical feminist or something.
Leaning woman closeup, including back view: 2x Shotgun, 2x PR. Smaller physique, body armor, pony tail, make her obviously female but without obnoxious and unrealistic body shape sculpted by men who don't go out much. She's even fully dressed for battle! As a Soldier, I find this a lot more palatable than the silly job on a lot of women warrior minis... and I am by no means an idealogical feminist or something.
Hey, let's just be realistic and respectful, how about that??
Running man closeup, with back view: 2x AR, 2x PR. Again, nice head / face, looks like he's shouting - or breathing hard on the run - and the rock under his left foot makes him durable but could be cut off for a bit more drama.
I think these are great modern plastics to add to any near-future or contemporary force [obviously, not wielding the Plasma Rifles as-is!] or a bit farther into the future of sci-fi. At the crazy price of $2.50 U.S. a sprue, you're getting plastic Soldiers at 80 cents a piece. For $10 you'd have enough for a nice skirmish force, as-is.
Next up - prepping and priming the Endos!
Running man closeup, with back view: 2x AR, 2x PR. Again, nice head / face, looks like he's shouting - or breathing hard on the run - and the rock under his left foot makes him durable but could be cut off for a bit more drama.
I think these are great modern plastics to add to any near-future or contemporary force [obviously, not wielding the Plasma Rifles as-is!] or a bit farther into the future of sci-fi. At the crazy price of $2.50 U.S. a sprue, you're getting plastic Soldiers at 80 cents a piece. For $10 you'd have enough for a nice skirmish force, as-is.
Next up - prepping and priming the Endos!
