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Is it just me or is there a glaring fault on the cadians?

If you look at their belts front and behind you notice this:


If you look carefully you will notice at the back, there is a strap coming up from the belt as part of the suspension system, but it does not meet the front half of the belt as it should!

Standing model is a single cast figure.
Normal cadian is multipose plastics.

Not surprised there are differences. Some things need to be changed on a multipose otherwise they would look wrong (and that suspension system strapping would look wrong with the torso twisted either way (it wouldn't look the way it was supposed to because plastic mandollies don't behave like real people).

Plastics are the same. I just posted that pic because it is unobstructed. If they were doing multipose they could have maybe attached the belt to the top torso. Or they could have omitted the back strap completely as the same thing would apply there.

The back strap adds texture/variance where there would otherwise be a plain bit of cloth.

This is not needed at the front where there is already quie a bit going on. Besides with the amount of gap at the front would you even notice straps there, probably not. Plus no one would hank you for having to paint something that fiddley x 120 men.

Fluff answer: in 38000 years they managed to find a better way of doing it negating the need for front straps.

it might be attached to the armor between his shoulders?

Also most moderns soldiers who wear load support straps dont have magical shell armour over their torso. Maybe the flack vest provides enough load support over the shoulders that they don;t need to attach clips back to the belt. All the back strap does is help clip the ammo and water pouches to the torso armour.

On the Hammer Pant'ed, football helmet'ed, gorilla hand'ed Cadian plastics, -this- was the issue that you decided was the glaring flaw?