Hasslefree’s Troopers Welcome A Woman To Their Ranks!
August 20, 2013 by dracs
In this modern age most of us have accepted that women are just as capable combatants as men, although this is something which sometimes takes a while to work into miniatures. Well Hasslefree Miniature's Modern Trooper unit has gone equal opportunities with their new female member!
Packing a HK416 Harlequin here looks more than able to hold her own. Her design is definitely female, without going to ridiculous extremes. She will by no means look out of place in both modern and sci-fi soldier units.
Hasslefree have always excelled in sculpting the female form, both in practical and artistic ways. While Harlequin perfectly embodies this practicality Gypsy stands at the other end of the spectrum.
Gypsy was recently released, but has just been given the addition of a pistol option for her left hand.
These two models perfectly depict one of the most controversial issues in gaming; namely the depiction of woman. It would take a better mind than mine to fully explore this issue, but I can say that I do think that both of these models are very good sculpts.
While Gypsy may be impractically attired, the point of her sculpt is more as a portrayal of beauty in the human form, which it does succeed in (although the posture of her back cannot be comfortable). Harlequin, however, is a more realistic depiction. Both of these portray women differently.
What are your thoughts on these two figures?
Harley is definitely going into my next Hasslefree order. Gypsy isn’t really my thing but I gotta give Kev credit, he basically sculpts whatever takes his fancy so while he certainly has a few scantily clad miniatures on the HF store I never feel like he’s trying to suggest that they are the only kind of female miniature that you would want or need, nor that he’s trying to say something about women in general. In fact probably my favorite HF mini so far is Liberty (I use as a character model for a WFRP campaign) who certainly doesn’t fall… Read more »
The trooper looks excellent.
The gypsy oh dear…
While she is well sculpted, she would have been so much better with some clothes on.
Everyone knows how I feel about this subject by now, so will leave it there.
Unless you are new and don’t know, in which case you prolly won’t care…
fair enough no one else does! lol
just wish hasslefree did these in 20mm.
That Modern Trooper Harlequin looks very good while that Gypsy has awesome sculpt and nice pose even if she would need more clothes.
Anyone wishing for more clothes clearly doesn’t get the source material for this one…if anything, she seems slightly overdressed. Both models are pretty damn good.
Yup I don’t get the source. But if that has even less garb I am even less interested.
It’s (well, I think so anyway) non-Dejah Thoris from Barsoom. You know, the setting that canonically has people pretty much naked.