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Sci-fi cowgirl dinosaur rider. Awwwww yeah.



£24.99. Available here: http://studiomcvey.highwire.com/product/smm15-ruby

I will die before I let this thing go out of stock before I get my hands on one.

Now thats what I call a rough rider.

This beats Soda Pop's all-too-obvious miniature line easily! Although the two are very different to be fair.

I just hope those spikes on the beast's back stop before the saddle.

Or is that why she rides it.......

Lovely model though.

Is there something wrong with me that I pay more attention to the steed than the rider?

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Is there something wrong with me that I pay more attention to the steed than the rider?

yes.

Lead bewbs never did that much for me...but big lead lizards! WOOT!

The spikes on the lizard's tail kind of bug me. Also, the girl's proportions seem somewhat unnatural and oversexualized. I can get it though, I mean...sex sells and all...

Malika2 wrote:The spikes on the lizard's tail kind of bug me. Also, the girl's proportions seem somewhat unnatural and oversexualized. I can get it though, I mean...sex sells and all...

See I would disagree with you on that, because I think the boobs aren't over perportioned like most models, and the rest of the body is actually rather natural. I do agree that I don't like the tail. I have decided that when I have some doe to burn I will pick that one up.

Dude, look at her breasts. They have to be silicone implants, especially compared to that ultraflat/skinny stomach she has.

I'll be honest, I've seen a number of threads about various miniatures and dioramas where there are female miniatures, and...wait for it, they have breasts.

The focal point for the discussion soon centres on the breasts.

C'mon guys, its getting boring. The way people go on, its almost as if women don't have large breats...heres a news flash, some women do have large breats...its not offensive, its what you as an individual make of it. No one comments on male miniatures with overly large biceps, or thigh muscles, or unrealistic six packs.....

With respect, I wish individuals would stop projecting their own childish insecurities and belittling the awesome sculpted products we can enjoy or not, your choice!

@Delephont: I agree and like I said really these perportions seem natural to me. We all have seen models way outof perportion but when I look at a model and ask myself "is this in good taste, or a little on the extreme" I just compare it to my wife. It's an odd way but hey it works for me.

She has some big guns...

Malika2 wrote:Dude, look at her breasts. They have to be silicone implants, especially compared to that ultraflat/skinny stomach she has.

It's a sad indication of the state of the miniature industry's approach to modelling women when people can look at that model (especially the profile shot) and think that she does not have especially large breasts. She's probably near the upper end for most women's natural proportions (especially given her tiny waist) and yet by comparison to other minis she's rather small.

I don't think she's particularly lewd though. She's silly, but in this case I'll accept it (even applaud it) because everything else about her is equally silly. Overall, another fantastic model. Studio McVey has done it again!

>...She's probably near the upper end for most women's natural proportions...

Duhh, in Asia perhaps...
On this mini each boob is about the same size as her closed fist. In my book this would equal a perfectly normal cupsize.
Also - when doing miniatures, proportions must be exaggerated.

This whole discussion is silly.
The mini is, however, not.

Dino could make a great mount for Malus Darkblade - and the girl used as an Adeptus Arbites Regulator.
Nice.

She needs a sandwich or two. Overall a nice mini though.

"is this in good taste, or a little on the extreme" I just compare it to my wife. It's an odd way but hey it works for me.

Crap..now I want to meet his wife hehe..(JK)

I think this is a great looking model even if you do not game with it. Great find!!

Re Breasts
It pops up time and time again because mini sculptors seem to think that all gamers are adolescent males and and get turned on by magically enhanced mammaries.

Ditto anima artists.

which generates feedback into gaming.

The riders proportions are not realistic (her legs are too long) but the distortions are okay to my aesthetic tastes.
Overall I like the model spines and all.

Why is it people always object to non-saggy boobies?? They are too firm? Read a comic, bewbs in stylized fantasy/sci-fi renderings are always pretty perky and full... It doesn't need to derail every thread with a chick mini in it.

This is the week of mini-ta-ta controversy it seems lol

I think though like has been said over and over that too many people are judging the boobs instead of the overall model. I have several of Studio Mcveys models, and I love them. I also have his sedition wars line in route for me to do those too. I think we need to concentrate away from this area and more into the model itself. His models are dreams for all painters as the quality is high, and the outcome is worthwhile. I think we should concentrate more on that then on body parts of some models. I have the Warlord Games models of naked dude, and I don't concentrate on that fact (granted historicals are somehwat different). I am just saying lets try to rear this back on topic ok.

@fishboy: ummmm ya

I don't think female models should even have boobs. Maybe real life women shouldn't either, it's just so sexist.

Dinosaur!

I don't like the dinosaur.

I'd rather have one of the plastic GW cold ones.

I wonder if anyone else thought "Gordito".

A nice sculpt, but her legs seem a bit too long.

Nothing wrong with that, mind you!

EDIT: (though the dinousaur's "spikes" on his chin would make riding it a bit hard.)

I love this thing!

I don't see why people are getting worked up about her boobs, they really aren't big and can hardly be considered the focal point of the piece aside from being a central part of the mini and a bit of cleavage. Sure are perky, though. Oddly enough, you don't see this kind of bothersome fuss on Soda Pop posts despite the obvious liberties to the female form they take.

I like the long legs, too. It's a pretty common art style to overextend the legs; sometimes "truescale" legs look a little short or make the torso look stockier than it is. Honestly, her proportions remind me of old school Disney. Remember how skinny Jasmine was?

Kirbinator wrote:I don't see why people are getting worked up about her boobs

Because, you know, women are frail, defenseless creatures and need a man to stick up for them on issues like this. Not only that, but it also scores you bonus points because if women think you're nice and sensitive and stick up for them when they're being exploited (even if they aren't really), then they'll have sex with you!

They won't, but they could. You know, when the guys they're really hot for dump them. Maybe. If they're drunk.

In other words: it's bs. I bet you anything most guys don't even care and just want to look good in front of their girlfriends (or hope to attract one for being so noble). I bet you anything (again, I guess) most chicks probably don't give a gak about stuff like this unless it's just way over the top, and even then they probably wouldn't because they aren't stupid hypocrites and realize they love oversexualized men with huge muscles and packages just as much as we like oversexualized women.

Dinosaur!

Yes! Dinosaur!

The dinosaur looks pretty cool to me, especially in combination with a cowgirl! It's a neat combination of a dimetrodon, midget T-Rex, and a Cold One.

Sidstyler wrote:In other words: it's bs. I bet you anything most guys don't even care and just want to look good in front of their girlfriends (or hope to attract one for being so noble). I bet you anything (again, I guess) most chicks probably don't give a gak about stuff like this unless it's just way over the top, and even then they probably wouldn't because they aren't stupid hypocrites and realize they love oversexualized men with huge muscles and packages just as much as we like oversexualized women.

Feeling the need to tell us something Sid?

What's the problem with complaining? Some people don't like overly-muscled miniatures, some don't like bizarre stuff like the "Baby Daemon", others think that not all female miniatures need to have chainmail bikinis or big boobs to (further?) appeal to a miniature collector.

Not that it hits me anyway, but this is a miniature forum which encourages discussion. About miniatures.

And I for one like the eye candy

MajorTom11 wrote:Why is it people always object to non-saggy boobies?? They are too firm? Read a comic, bewbs in stylized fantasy/sci-fi renderings are always pretty perky and full... It doesn't need to derail every thread with a chick mini in it.

This is the week of mini-ta-ta controversy it seems lol

Well there is perky and there is unnatural balloon, nay blimp bubbies!
The issue for me is not size or sagging but the fact that female torsos in general are nearly always a pastische of women based on an expectation of what male teenagers desire.
I agree with Kirby about Ruby, though I would have to question why is it also necessary for women in fantasy to only ever wear nothing more than a handkerchief to support their ample bosoms?

Destrado wrote:I wonder if anyone else thought "Gordito".

A nice sculpt, but her legs seem a bit too long.

Nothing wrong with that, mind you!

EDIT: (though the dinousaur's "spikes" on his chin would make riding it a bit hard.)

Gordito was my first thought too. I didn't even notice her boobies until I read all the rage. Compared to most miniatures its not a big deal. Compared to television, film, and advertising it's not a big deal.

What's the problem with complaining?

I didn't say there was a problem, people can complain all the want.

And I can complain if I feel those complaints are bs.