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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1026 Location: Delft
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For my project after the Dark Riders, I am making three units of repeater crossbow-women. I will use the female torso's from the old warrior kit for all 30 of them.
Now my following question to Druchii.net
Shall I paint them with bare tits or armored tits ?
The rest of the army is heavily armored or camouflaged (white)
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Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:40 pm |
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T.D.
Killed by Khorne
Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:51 pm Posts: 2818 Location: Hinterlands of Khuresh; The Lost City of the Angels
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In solidarity with my battle sistren risking life and limb for Eternal King and Country, I shall say armour But it's your army 
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Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:05 pm |
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Searinox Nagharha
Aspiring Brush Master
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:19 pm Posts: 680 Location: In my Armory, protecting my Weed.
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I just blindly voted Yes! cause... well... tits but reading and seeing that your entire army is fully armoured it would look crazily out of place  maybe just the Champions 
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Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:44 pm |
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direweasel
Malekith's Personal Guard
Joined: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:58 pm Posts: 920 Location: Terre Haute, IN, USA
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I believe it is an act of treason to ever vote "no" on the question of tits. 
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:08 am |
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Ryank
Trainee Warrior
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:39 am Posts: 32
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I agree with this statement.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:16 am |
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Payce
Executioner
Joined: Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:23 am Posts: 156
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I can't believe I'm typing this.
No tits.
Dark Elves are stereotyped enough as it is. No need to play into it. I firmly believe even the Druchii have strong women that aren't slutty (looking at you here, Morathi).
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:02 am |
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Scythe
Death Night Survivor
Joined: Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:47 am Posts: 92 Location: BC, Canada
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Had to admit I laughed out loud when I read the topic title.
I honestly am curious as to how you would manage to paint realistic looking tits on those models. So I voted yes, in the spirit of scientific inquiry of course.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:09 am |
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CitizenKhaine
Beastmaster
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:04 pm Posts: 330 Location: New Zealand
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There are not enough tits in the warhammer world, you have to take every opportunity to balance that out!
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:29 am |
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Thraundil
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:46 pm Posts: 1177 Location: The Depths of Despair
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I actually also voted yes before even reading the thread  but yeah. This idea. Champs with tits, rest with armor.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:01 am |
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Daeron
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Fri Oct 03, 2003 7:36 pm Posts: 3863 Location: Belgium, Brussels
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I voted no, with some regret... I don't think it fits the armour well unless it's heavily remodeled. The size would hardly feel.. "lithe". And though I can't speak from experience, I doubt the military and practical benefit of going bare chested when horse riding. Unless they want to utilize their form as a weapon? But somehow that befits Daemonettes and Slaneeshi more than the military Druchii who are, AFAIK, quite as badass and disciplined as anyone.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:15 am |
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Amboadine
Miscast into the Warp
Joined: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:07 am Posts: 3510 Location: Investigating Mantica
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Looking at the rest of the army, I have to say no. I feel dirty just saying that 
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:23 am |
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Teowulff
Warrior
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:21 pm Posts: 55 Location: Amsterdam
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Fun idea to haveall female darkshards unit .. tempted to do the same.
Any plans to add green stuff hair on their backs?
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:00 am |
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Searinox Nagharha
Aspiring Brush Master
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:19 pm Posts: 680 Location: In my Armory, protecting my Weed.
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its a good thing to see im not the only 1 that just went 'Yes!' then xD
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:26 pm |
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TheSupremePatriarch
Executioner
Joined: Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:56 am Posts: 185 Location: United Kingdom
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I will openly represent the homosexuals on this forum, I go for no tits.... 
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:33 pm |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1026 Location: Delft
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I have never been a big fan of witch elves, as my army and commander is somehow traditional with Nagarythe traditions, therefore using the female Druchii for shooting purposes while the men do the fighting. I have 25 female torso's from the old warrior kits (4 per kit) but each unit contains an commander and an musician.
After the painting of Dearon his warriors and highlights he uses, creating attention for the (armored) tits I got the idea to paint them in such a way the tits being naked.
I also developed a love story within one of the repeater crossbow-women units with one of the champions with conversion/modelling idea haha !
But I am still not too sure about naked or armored tits so I will let Druchii.net decide, still have to finish my Dark Riders first.
Imagine the psychological warfare though against our young opponents with darkshards having naked tits. Imagine the very young kids shy away while all the horny teenagers focus all their attention on my missile infantry leaving the rest intact.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:35 pm |
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Daeron
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Fri Oct 03, 2003 7:36 pm Posts: 3863 Location: Belgium, Brussels
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I was unaware this was ever the case. I thought, of all Kingdoms of Ulthuan, Nagaryte was the one that cared the least about gender and focused mostly on the warrior spirit, the soldiery.. even forsaking other cultural aspects and such fineries as gender roles to focus ever more on battle. Only after the passing of Aenarion, the First Phoenix King, did the (forbidden) cults rise to power, under Morathi's guidance and to fill the void left from the lack of a military cause. If my memory served me well, the father of Hellebron encouraged his daughter s to partake in the military campaigns across the colonies for it would teach them much of the heart of every Nagarythe and its spirit. He was supportive of their initiative to turn it into a religion. Hah  Thanks... But... I actually highlighted them less than the other parts to reduce the attention to them 
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T.D.
Killed by Khorne
Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:51 pm Posts: 2818 Location: Hinterlands of Khuresh; The Lost City of the Angels
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Never knew this had any fluff backing, but I've independently developed it for my own Druchii house. Has a nice symmetry on the field of battle, and we can easily do this with the parts at our disposal. Nothing wrong with a proud pair of breasts on the battlefield if my ancestors the Kelts were anything to go by  It's a contextual thing for me; sylph like wood elf? Naked is good. Battle crazed Witch Elf? Sky Clad all the way. Armoured warriors with random bare chest? Not so much.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:29 pm |
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Lion of flanders
Brush Master
Joined: Tue Dec 03, 2002 12:42 am Posts: 1085 Location: Oregon, USA
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Nothing like a poll about tits to start a lively conversation! Writing as a person who has spent a great many hours crafting tits on dark elves and probably has the dark elf army with the most tits of any dark elf army on the planet.....I say no bare breasts on warriors. Sorceress: perhaps (no combat expected) Assasin: perhaps (stealth, surprise and sheer awesomeness protects) Witchlocks: yes (ward save...who needs armor?) All others: No....just seems out of place and gratuitous. That being said....as with all things Warhammer (which is what makes it great) it's your army and you can do whatever you like to suit your vision.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:39 pm |
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Darkmark
Beastmaster
Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:22 am Posts: 340
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Being hard wired to love mammary glands of all shapes and sizes on the fairer sex I feel Yes is the correct answer. However, in this case it really isn't merited, so I'd say perhaps a bit of cheeky cleavage but that's all! 
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:49 pm |
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Rowena
Highborn
Joined: Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:30 pm Posts: 665
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I would also go for realism and vote no (also it would probably be quite a bit of work to make it look believable) but if you like it... it's your army.
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:55 pm |
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direweasel
Malekith's Personal Guard
Joined: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:58 pm Posts: 920 Location: Terre Haute, IN, USA
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 |  |  |  | Lion of flanders wrote: Nothing like a poll about tits to start a lively conversation! Writing as a person who has spent a great many hours crafting tits on dark elves and probably has the dark elf army with the most tits of any dark elf army on the planet.....I say no bare breasts on warriors. Sorceress: perhaps (no combat expected) Assasin: perhaps (stealth, surprise and sheer awesomeness protects) Witchlocks: yes (ward save...who needs armor?) All others: No....just seems out of place and gratuitous. That being said....as with all things Warhammer (which is what makes it great) it's your army and you can do whatever you like to suit your vision. |  |  |  |  |
After the knee-jerk reaction that, as Deathmark said, is pretty much hard-wired into the average hetero male, I'd have to say that this pretty well encapsulates my opinion as well. There are times where it makes sense, and times where it doesn't. But it's your army and the beauty of the hobby/modeling side of it is that you make it your own. If you want an all topless army, go for it. You certainly won't get many complaints from the average opponent, because let's face it, this hobby is very lopsided in it's gender balance of players. There's my official "grown up" answer. 
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:53 pm |
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T.D.
Killed by Khorne
Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:51 pm Posts: 2818 Location: Hinterlands of Khuresh; The Lost City of the Angels
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Good to get your feedback on this, Rowena Without posters like you, this forum would descend into rampant misogyny (mostly caused by me  )
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Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:33 pm |
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Silvershadow
Warrior
Joined: Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:43 am Posts: 73
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Like others before me, I felt instantly compelled to vote Yes  But it sounds to me like they would be out of place in the army as a whole, in which case the answer is a (reluctant) no. But ultimately, go with what you want to model/paint  Also: I love this thread already, both for the humorous responses and the maturity shown by the D.net community in the arguments presented 
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Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:40 am |
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Jolemai
Executioner
Joined: Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:12 pm Posts: 193
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Abstaining from voting. To the poll question at hand it is a resounding yes, but when you add in the context from the OP it should probably be a no and I honestly can't bring myself to vote no to boobs. I'd never be able to look myself in the mirror again...
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Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:19 am |
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Lord_azoth
Highborn
Joined: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:57 pm Posts: 743
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Despite my love for tits, IMHO doesn´t make any sense armored male warriors and half nude female warriors. One thing is to make the female units look a bit sexy, this would be too much
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