Leader easter eggs

[karlkrlarsson]

Well.. Not eastereggs I guess, more like references.

Some of leader pictures are obvious refernces to other sources. Here is one example:

Pericles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageerikles_altes_Museum.jpg

Especially the helmet.

Has anyone found anyone else?

KK

 

[Spearthrower]

I wouldnt call them Easter Eggs.... the designers simply had very few references to base their pictures on.

Like the famous bust of Pericles, or the mosaic of Justinian.

 

[karlkrlarsson]

Links would be appriciated. And yes, the term easter eggs was perhaps not correct.

KK

 

[Spearthrower]

You can guess that a significant amount of the early leaderheads have more than a passing resemblance to their owners - it's far easier to caricaturise someone if you have a picture of them than just inventing as you go.

Here's the Justinian one

http://www2.students.sbc.edu/pegues00/seniorseminar/vitalemosaics.html

 

[Quildavyr]

Justinian is pretty well designed.But Pacal,must he look like Grudge?

 

[Spearthrower]

He looks a lot better than the original carvings and motifs of him with a nose like a hanging watermelon!

 

[Quildavyr]

If i were 6,i will wet myself.He is scary.

 

[FuRRie]

So, they made to leaderheads to resemble how the leader should look like!
Doesn't look like an easter egg to me, just plain logic...

 

[karlkrlarsson]

Well.. I am thinking of pieces of art that is represented in the leader head. Like how pericles lifts his helmet up in his animation to fit with the famous bust. We don't know exactly how many of the leaders looked like in real life, but sometimes Firaxis has been inspired from one particular work of art.

KK