The number of fully nude male figures in the miniature world are few compared to the number of fully nude female figures, but if humanoid figures are included, it raises the number significantly.
The problem with most of these humanoid figures however, is that they are sculpted with Ken doll anatomy despite being ostensibly male.
I find this akin to not supplying WWII German aircraft models with swastikas for the vertical stabilizer. Some people may find the swastika offensive, but it was part of the aircraft's markings, just as the naughty bits are part of the male anatomy.
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| Even the Finnish hakaristi gets the swastika treatment. |
Anyway, I'm not suggesting that sculptors need to make more naked men or anything (although I have been trying to find some proxies for
herd men and
oasts), but I do think that sculpts should be anatomically correct.
Anyway, outside of some
trolls and
balrogs by Tom Meier, here are some of the other naked male humanoid miniatures that exist.
The first figure is a Bad Hairy Nude Thing from Heritage (Der Kriegspielers Fantastiques 1158), while the second is a RAFM Gibbering Howler (Monster Mash 3405).
The Heritage figure is anatomically correct, whereas the RAFM figure does not really appear to be so, though it is relatively faithful to the image of the Gibberling from the
Fiend Folio, which it is supposed to represent.
The final set of images are of Minot's Miniatures Armoury Sprites from the Thane Tostig Range.
In the first picture is King Debobmik Fen (TT8), the Court Jester (TT10), two Palace Guards (TT11), and a Standard-bearer (TT13).
Due to his size and pose, I'm guessing that King Debobmik is a petulant child ruler. The second guard has a halberd that seems to be slightly different than the first (though I'm not sure if it is merely miscast).
In the next picture are a Sprite with war horn (TT14), a Sprite drummer (TT15), and three Sprites with pole-axe (TT19).
The second figure with the pole-axe may have been modified by bending the axe-head, but the third figure seems to definitely be a variant, with tassels attached to the base of the axe-head.
Next are a Sprite with glaive (TT20), a Sprite archer (TT21), a Sprite with a rock (TT22), and The Vile Wood Witch, Hangbeffor (TT30).
Hangbeffor is neither male nor completely nude, but I added her to the picture to complete out the set of miniatures that I own.
Finally are a stretching rack operator (TT23), a Torturer with whip (TT27), a Torturer with ripper tongs, (TT28), and an Brazier Attendant (TT29).
The sprites are supposed to be dwarf-like creatures in the Thane Tostig setting, but they work well as human-sized creatures in 1/72 scale.
Some of the figures are done up in an old-school gloss finish, and I'm really conflicted about whether to leave them as is, or to strip them down and completely redo the paint.
Some great info on the range can be found at the old school blog,
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