I like the pose in general but the left shoulder, arm and hand just seems a bit off. Would like to see a painted version.

The knob at the very end of the elbow should be a touch longer. Take the image, put a grid over it or even just draw a stick skeleton and you'll see it. I've been doing figure drawing for so long measure of human proportions is instinct. Panel after panel, I see body parts in my sleep.

Because they are real people and your brain subconsciously can't grasp the uniformity of the tones. Humans respond to color and light versus dark. Without those cues, something looks wrong. We can grasp this in an stylistically proportioned figure and it doesn't look as wrong. But with exact proportions it looks more wrong. This is something I have learned about while doing comics. One deals with color versus black and white, variation of tones and realism of depiction. [/quote] No that's not it It just looks a little strange as I said will wait to see the painted version

Because they are real people and your brain subconsciously can't grasp the uniformity of the tones. Humans respond to color and light versus dark. Without those cues, something looks wrong. We can grasp this in an stylistically proportioned figure and it doesn't look as wrong. But with exact proportions it looks more wrong. This is something I have learned about while doing comics. One deals with color versus black and white, variation of tones and realism of depiction. [/quote] No that's not it It just looks a little strange as I said will wait to see the painted version[/quote] Un huh. Did you notice the missing knob on the elbow, foreshortened forearm, and slightly undersized hand? If you examine the real versus miniature with either a grid or a work up on the body proportions using a skeleton they jump out at you.

Might it also be that the pose are so "static" that we feel they are a little odd? Does anybody know how long it takes before a 3D full body scan is finished. Possibly several minutes (I get the feeling from looking at the figures tha they have to sand still with heavy weapons hold entirely still). image what will happen if we create machinery that can do it in an instant, say like taking a picture. That would give us fantastically posed figures. But I am very happy with the figures now appearing on the market already (fatter, children, realistic women).

I hope that one day they release the GI in 1/16th scale.

There's something definitely wrong with his left arm. Looks like he was wounded in that arm and he's holding it awkwardly. I think it's because his left shoulder is a little too high - should be sloped down a little.

Here's a forum topic from planetFigure that you might find useful. http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/3d-scanning.81417/ Mario

Interesting insight thanks Mario. Looking at the initial master figure there appears some definite improvement with that arm compared to the above finished product?