Here's some edits to help you get some ideas for your poses. The top row are the originals and the bottom row are my suggestions.
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For the first guy, based on your description I gave him a dominating pose, by puffing out his chest, ala Superman tanking bullets from hapless criminals. My skeleton edit is actually a bit off on the legs, they should be straighter.
For the second guy, it looks like he's raring to attack, so I bent his legs more into a "ready to attack anytime" pose. I don't know if the weapon he's holding is a two headed spear or sword, which would affect how his arms are positioned.
For the third one I didn't edit too much, just leaned him forward a bit more and bent the far arm. Not much to say here, I tried posing myself and got something similar.
The last one, I get the "elegant but deadly" feeling from your pose, so I emphasized the "elegance" by trying a more female pose.
I guess one general piece of advice I'd give is to ask yourself: "If I was this guy, how would I stand?", and study what you do. For the first guy though, you might not notice a lot of difference, so I'd ask: "What is the difference between my current pose and the pose I would take if I was relaxed?".
For the first guy, based on your description I gave him a dominating pose, by puffing out his chest, ala Superman tanking bullets from hapless criminals. My skeleton edit is actually a bit off on the legs, they should be straighter.
For the second guy, it looks like he's raring to attack, so I bent his legs more into a "ready to attack anytime" pose. I don't know if the weapon he's holding is a two headed spear or sword, which would affect how his arms are positioned.
For the third one I didn't edit too much, just leaned him forward a bit more and bent the far arm. Not much to say here, I tried posing myself and got something similar.
The last one, I get the "elegant but deadly" feeling from your pose, so I emphasized the "elegance" by trying a more female pose.
I guess one general piece of advice I'd give is to ask yourself: "If I was this guy, how would I stand?", and study what you do. For the first guy though, you might not notice a lot of difference, so I'd ask: "What is the difference between my current pose and the pose I would take if I was relaxed?".