Figures Bearing Similarities

[Old Wombat]

Is it just me;

or does this guy (from Bravo6)


look remarkably like this guy?






(Moved here 'coz it made a bit more sense.)

[royabulgaf]

I assume the guy in the ID photo is Putin?

[zenrat]

No its not just you.
There does appear to be a resemblance...

...just like there is here.

[Old Wombat]

I assume the guy in the ID photo is Putin?

Yes. In KGB uniform.

No its not just you.
There does appear to be a resemblance...

...just like there is here.

Where?

[NARSES2]

Definitely related to Putin that's for sure. I suppose when sculpting the master for a figure it's a lot easier to work from a photo of a real person ?

[zenrat]

I assume the guy in the ID photo is Putin?

Yes. In KGB uniform.

No its not just you.
There does appear to be a resemblance...

...just like there is here.

Where?

Fixed.
Apologies for the inconwenience.

[Old Wombat]

 

[Old Wombat]

Actually, if you look through the figures available in1/35th many of them look like someone; Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, John Wayne, Vlad "The Impaler" Putin, etc.

It's actually a game I play sometimes - Pick the Famous Person Used as a Model.

[Weaver]

True, plus a lot of wargames/RPG figures are obviously based on popular franchises for which the maker doesn't have an official licence so they have 'nudge-nudge' names like Mystery Doctor or Star Warrior Smuggler. I've got a couple of figures of a young lady in tight black PVC, a basque and a trenchcoat, wielding a pair of automatic pistols and called 'Female Vampire Werewolf Hunter'. Any resemblence to persons alive, dead or undead etc....

[Captain Canada]

lol too funny. But you do have a good point !

[scooter]

True, plus a lot of wargames/RPG figures are obviously based on popular franchises for which the maker doesn't have an official licence so they have 'nudge-nudge' names like Mystery Doctor or Star Warrior Smuggler. I've got a couple of figures of a young lady in tight black PVC, a basque and a trenchcoat, wielding a pair of automatic pistols and called 'Female Vampire Werewolf Hunter'. Any resemblence to persons alive, dead or undead etc....

It's not just physical figures either.  For your consideration, from Daz3d:

[NARSES2]

True, plus a lot of wargames/RPG figures are obviously based on popular franchises for which the maker doesn't have an official licence so they have 'nudge-nudge' names like Mystery Doctor or Star Warrior Smuggler. I've got a couple of figures of a young lady in tight black PVC, a basque and a trenchcoat, wielding a pair of automatic pistols and called 'Female Vampire Werewolf Hunter'. Any resemblence to persons alive, dead or undead etc....

And yet I've never found a Buffy figure that bears any resemblance whatsoever to Sarah Michelle Geller  If I could I would have bought it. Even asked the people on the IPMS fantasy SIG stand. Lovely lady runs it 

[Weaver]

Do these guys look hauntingly familiar, 'colonial' even?




Or how about the 'hitchhikers' on the bottom row of this pic:




From Denizen miniatures: http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/

BTW, off-topic, but Denizen also do gorgeous 1/43rd scale racing drivers and pit crew from a range of eras: http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/rd_new/drivers.htm

[Weaver]

'Sadie the Teenage Vampire Hunter', 'Witch Hazel' & 'William' for Buffy fans:



All by Hasslefree Miniatures here: http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=modern-%26%0D%0Apost%252dapoc~modern-adventurers

You can find MANY more examples of 'hauntingly familiar' figures on Hasslefree's pages.

Hasslefree's take on those suspciously 'colonial' looking Marines here: http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=sci%252dfi-%26%0D%0Aweird-war~sci%252dfi-humans

[Weaver]

Heresy Miniatures play this game too:



'Vincent B Ruddock'

'Hugh' (Doctor Hugh, one presumes)
'Ecclescake'
'Emily Lake'


Serene looking lot....
'Capt Nathan'
'Hayley the ship's mechanic'
'Rev Shepherd'


Heresy Miniatures: http://heresyminiatures.com/shop/