Answer first
Choose a pose based on the surrounding object's contour: compact, flat, vertical, low horizontal, or broken by clutter. The pose is successful when a Seeker cannot trace an obvious body outline.
Silhouette drill
Start with the nearby shape
Select what the surrounding object group looks like. The drill suggests a pose family, then gives you one failure test.
Suggested family
Compact mass
- Shape
- Short, dense, few protruding edges
- Try near
- rounded clutter, small stacked objects, tight shadow groups
- Avoid
- Open floors where a single new blob has no visual reason to exist.
- Failure test
- Blur your eyes. Does the body become one believable mass?
Suggested family
Flat profile
- Shape
- Wide or tall plane with reduced depth
- Try near
- panels, frames, sign-like shapes, broad wall breaks
- Avoid
- Angled approaches that reveal the body thickness.
- Failure test
- Move the camera two steps sideways. Does depth reveal the disguise?
Suggested family
Vertical line
- Shape
- Narrow upright silhouette
- Try near
- posts, trim, pipe-like lines, tall object clusters
- Avoid
- Spaces where nearby verticals have a strict, even rhythm.
- Failure test
- Does the body's centerline continue a line already in the scene?
Suggested family
Low horizontal
- Shape
- Long, low visual weight
- Try near
- floor edges, low furniture, base trim, object piles
- Avoid
- Clean walkways where the outline interrupts empty floor.
- Failure test
- Is every protruding limb supported by nearby clutter?
Suggested family
Broken contour
- Shape
- Asymmetric outline split by surrounding objects
- Try near
- dense clutter, irregular prop groups, overlapping edges
- Avoid
- Regular patterns; asymmetry becomes the anomaly.
- Failure test
- Can a Seeker trace a complete body outline without interruption?
Five useful silhouette families
Short, dense, few protruding edges. Best near rounded clutter, small stacked objects, tight shadow groups.
Avoid: Open floors where a single new blob has no visual reason to exist.
Wide or tall plane with reduced depth. Best near panels, frames, sign-like shapes, broad wall breaks.
Avoid: Angled approaches that reveal the body thickness.
Narrow upright silhouette. Best near posts, trim, pipe-like lines, tall object clusters.
Avoid: Spaces where nearby verticals have a strict, even rhythm.
Long, low visual weight. Best near floor edges, low furniture, base trim, object piles.
Avoid: Clean walkways where the outline interrupts empty floor.
Asymmetric outline split by surrounding objects. Best near dense clutter, irregular prop groups, overlapping edges.
Avoid: Regular patterns; asymmetry becomes the anomaly.
Three tests before you paint detail
- Contour test: Can you draw a single uninterrupted line around the body?
- Side-step test: Does two steps of camera movement expose unexpected depth?
- Object-count test: Did the pose add a new object where the group already had a clear rhythm?
Why there is no “complete pose count” here yet
Pose availability can change with updates, and repeated community claims are not enough for a definitive count. This page teaches durable silhouette logic while an original, version-dated pose capture set remains in the evidence backlog.