{"id":275,"date":"2011-03-14T07:17:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T07:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/?p=275"},"modified":"2011-03-14T21:23:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T21:23:38","slug":"mardonier-poses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/mardonier-poses\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardonier Poses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rigged and posed Mardonier. Some screencaps of two poses that I was testing. Pose B, the pose where the pistol is held high, seems, to me, a commonly-seen\u00a0 pose &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Path_of_least_resistance\">path of least resistance<\/a> and all.<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;d probably go with Pose A, which seems more low-key.<\/p>\n<p>Or I might do something totally different.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: based my wife&#8217;s critique, I&#8217;ve modified Pose A and made it slightly more aggressive or confrontational. Pose C shows Mardonier in mid-step with the pistol held slightly higher and the body tending forward, almost trying to get itself ahead of the weapon.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-275 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0004_Layer-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0004_Layer-1-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-281\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-281'>\n\t\t\t\tPose A.1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0003_Layer-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0003_Layer-2-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-280\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-280'>\n\t\t\t\tPose A.2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0002_Layer-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0002_Layer-3-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-279\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-279'>\n\t\t\t\tPose A.3\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0001_Layer-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0001_Layer-4-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-278\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-278'>\n\t\t\t\tPose A.4\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0000_Layer-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseA_0000_Layer-5-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-277\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-277'>\n\t\t\t\tPose A.5\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0000_Layer-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0000_Layer-4-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-282\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282'>\n\t\t\t\tPose B.1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0001_Layer-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0001_Layer-3-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-283\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-283'>\n\t\t\t\tPose B.2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0002_Layer-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0002_Layer-2-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-284\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-284'>\n\t\t\t\tPose B.3\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0003_Layer-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseB_0003_Layer-1-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-276\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-276'>\n\t\t\t\tPose B.4\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0000_Layer-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0000_Layer-4-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-291\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-291'>\n\t\t\t\tPose C.1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0001_Layer-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0001_Layer-3-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-292\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-292'>\n\t\t\t\tPose C.2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0002_Layer-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0002_Layer-2-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-293\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293'>\n\t\t\t\tPose C.3\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0003_Layer-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_FB_0003_Layer-1-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-288\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-288'>\n\t\t\t\tPose C.4\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_0000_Layer-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_0000_Layer-2-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-289\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-289'>\n\t\t\t\tPose C.5\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_0001_Layer-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mardPoseC_0001_Layer-1-280x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-290\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-290'>\n\t\t\t\tPose C.6\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rigged and posed Mardonier. Some screencaps of two poses that I was testing. Pose B, the pose where the pistol is held high, seems, to me, a commonly-seen\u00a0 pose &#8211; path of least resistance and all. So, I&#8217;d probably go with Pose A, which seems more low-key. Or I might do something totally different. EDIT: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gtd2-4r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/faulknermano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}