General depictions of women / men / nudity / etc in miniatures

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**CthuluIsSpy**

Tactical_Spam wrote:
Not to get off-topic, but isn't the whole point of not wearing much in a wych cult is the the knowledge that "If they can't hit me, I won't need armour?"

Pretty much. Armor is only there to protect you if you get hit. If you don't get hit, armor is just a hindrance.
And wyches are scary fast. In fluff, anyway. They are supposed to be able to dodge bullets, iirc, but that's not represented in game.

**CthuluIsSpy**

RoninXiC wrote:
Soooo deep. Still rarher dumb comment.

Harry Potter is not a Wizard because he isn't real. Uuh.

Neither are wizards.
Unless it works like multiplying two negatives, where you get a positive.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Peregrine wrote:
AllSeeingSkink wrote:
As long as the person finds it aesthetically pleasing I don't really think there's any reason to ask why

And here's where I have to disagree. Merely saying "I find it aesthetically pleasing" should not be an absolute end to the conversation. Just to name a couple extreme examples, what if someone finds it aesthetically pleasing to build and paint miniatures of children being raped, or KKK lynchings, or any of countless other really horrible things? Shouldn't we, in that case, have some pretty strong negative opinions about that person based on what they find aesthetically pleasing?

Now, obviously sexy miniatures aren't anywhere near that level of wrong, even by the most critical point of view. But there have been various moral objections that go beyond mere matters of aesthetic taste, and I don't think "shut up I like it" is at all a response to those concerns.

So then people who play Dark Eldar and Chaos are disgusting people then? Because background wise, DE and Chaos do some pretty horrible stuff, and if one tries to make a faithful representation of them, one may sculpt such horrible things.
Would you not say that such a person finds such themes thematically or aesthetic?
What about those who write horror stories?

I may have misunderstood, but such a stance demonizing those who like their fiction and aesthetics harsh does not seem right to me.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Yeah, Slasher flicks and torture porn horror are a thing. I'm a not a fan; I find it to be a low form of horror, crass, if you will that replaces atmosphere and dread with copious amounts of bloodshed.

I do acknowledge that people enjoy them, and I don't judge them for it.

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Mr Morden wrote:

forced servility.

Sex and submission often goes together for both sexes, some like it - some don't - one womans fantasy can be "sick" to a given guy - and vice versa - humans are pretty wierd animals

Hence the BDSM market
And that's the more well known one.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Wasn't Tipper Gore left wing?
The Parental Advisory had the repercussion of stores refusing to sell albums branded by it, all because the albums had questionable material, as determined by the PMRC. Is that not like demolishing stairs?

**CthuluIsSpy**

Terrible writing needs trigger warning now?
Mind you, that might not necessarily be a bad thing.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Kriegspiel wrote:
PsychoticStorm wrote:

No, but you could use the 7 deadly sins to give character to models, units and background.

Actually french game "Hell Dorado" (a kind of Mordheim settled in Hell) had as demon lord the avatars of the sins
Pride

Wrath

Glutonnery

Card driven game "7" used also the concept
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/53376/7
with more realistic (but female only!) avatars

looking like Dahlig artwork

Those look really nice.

**CthuluIsSpy**

That's a pretty neat take on Slaaneshes lore.
It would also mean that we could see a greater variety of Slaaneshi demons; glutton demons, lust demons (demonettes), wrath deaths, envy demons, sloth demons and greed demons.
Only Slaanesh can be pride though

**CthuluIsSpy**

Slaanesh was perfection and appreciation of beauty.
Remember Sander Cohen from Bioshock? He would be down with Slaanesh.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
None of this prevent you from making tragic errors.

It does reduce the chance of them making a mistake though. The same could be said of more legitimate methods of law enforcement.
As if they would be written as such, anyway.