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army building for dios
most of us army build, but why and how many should we have? some army build just for the collection. i never did this, i never displayed my figures, and i never had the money to but 10 or 12 of the same figure when there were others i had to buy. besides, i could use only two and pretend there were others around when playing. what im wondering is when army building for dio purpose, how many is enough? myself, im thinking 4 to 6, depending on the figure. in most cases there wont be a ton of the same troop in any dio shot. if there are, then photoshop can remedy this. i see no need for more then 4 CG's, you dont see them together that much, so 4 will suffice. eels are a troop you dont see dozens of at one place either. how about all the others? im thinking 6, 8 at most. that way you have a squad. what are your thoughts? keep in mind im not talking displaying or just collecting here, im talking army building for the purpose of making dios.
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I try to keep my armybuilding under control in general. I think I have no more than 5 of each 25th Cobra Trooper and 8 CGs (a couple for custom fodder). I think 5 is a nice number for me. I don't do huge dios so giant parade formations aren't an issue. The most I'd use in any given set up is what you've seen in my Deadly Encounters shots. That was a LOT to pose in that confined area. I have enough to properly man the few Cobra vehicles I have customized for battle scenes.
So for me I try to keep it around 5 of any particular version of trooper. Now I do plan on building up a nice sized Joe arctic force but those are going to be named characters so I don't count them as armybuilders. |
I think it depends on the kind of scene you want to show. Soundwave's Cobra comms centre looked awesome with all the Tele-Vipers, and Sonn's story with the pile of dead Vipers would have been difficult to achieve with Photoshop. Also, some of us don't have Photoshop...!
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Hey, don't forget about the shot where Major Bludd and 20 Blueshirts are about to enter the compound. That was my gratuitious HISS TANK and BLUESHIRTS shot. :p
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I try to keep a number of 4 for my cobra troops, however just from troops that I really like.
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The pile-o-vipers just sticks in my memory as the most original way of showcasing a collection of army-builders I've ever seen. We never even saw them fighting/dying, they're introduced to the story purely as corpses! |
Tis why you must have MANY!!!
But hey, it's fun to collect as many as you can too! I've got 40+ Neovipers and Vipers at my disposable. And if I ever come into mad cash, I'll start wiping out SicDunbine of DTC Blueshirts too! Someday, I'll get my armies where I want them. I need a few more DTC CGs (since a bunch of mine disappeared), Red Cobra Claws and maybe a few more Razor Troopers. :D |
Army building is my weakness, especially with no new stuff worthy of my cash! I army build troops because I like them, I have never bought troops just to use in a picture. For instance, I have 24 Night Vipers, but I've never posted a shot with more than about a dozen of them in it. I generally stick to 6 or 8 for most troops, but happily exceed that for my faves. Put it this way, my Cobra/Mars army now numbers more than 1,050...what does that tell you? :rolleyes:
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