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Have been working on sailors for my ships…

Those are really spectacular. But why are you skipping 1:64 scale? Most of my ships are 1:64 scale. Also, when will these be available to the public?
He's not skipping anything. The files he is developing can be printed with a 3D printer any size desired. 1/50, 2/33 or 1/64. I develop all my 3D files in full size. Then they can be printed any size.

One thing though - were sailors always barefoot?
 
At 1:24 scale, they're going to be around 60 to 75mm high (2.5 to 3"), so with those, the faces would be more clear. Certainly the hair cut or style would be pretty clear. That's what you're thinking of, right? Actual facial shape would be pretty consistent over the past several thousand years. Average body height has increased over time, but I'm thinking hair style and clothing (including caps) is the only distinguishing difference that might show up at different between eras. Is that kind of along the lines of what you were thinking about?
Yeah, I don't think with scale the face visibility will be an issue; on picture when first fellow holding a gun ball in front of him
has a very modern haircut and that running boy also.. but again, with scale it most likely will not be that noticeable... If you are able to add some hat from the same era or something to cover their head would be OK, I think.
Other than that, I believe they are very accurate figures and will get real life and scale into model.. The same I have done with my Santa Maria, but I had to search on the net for figures; at that time was not equipped with 3d printer....

Side question, which software have you used to create these figures (apologies if you already mentioned that somewhere)?
 
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