I've sent you those things I promised.
Argentina is kinda different than the rest of South- and Central-America though.
1) It had no empire with a large native population, as in Mexico or the Andes.
2) There were no large slave imports AFAIK.
3) Argentina has a temperate climate, which attracted plenty of European immigrants (similar to South Africa, Australia and of course the US)
Ah. There was an influx of Germans in the 40’s, I’ve heard, and Blue Meanies in the sixties. I don’t know how demographically significant either group was, though you’d think both would turn up during coups and make the international news, so maybe not billions of either. And Eva Peron was pretty pale, but then she was born in Brazil, wasn’t she?
I think you’ll grant that I’m not that ignorant for a North American, though. I actually know and remember that Central and South Americans hate when we call ourselves “Americans”, so my tacking of the “North” on the front isn’t to include Canada.
I half want to argue to move the Genesis leader away from Argentina, then, and half just to use what we’ve got. I’ll do the Templars first, though, in case you rethink.
Crap. I guess that means you'd never be interested in turning the empath specialist icon into something that looks well in 56x56 size?
Sure, I’ll take a run at it. I’m getting so I don’t even loathe Photoshop anymore. Much.
Yes, true. I'm not 100% convinced myself removing the epaulette is a good idea.
The Templar are a psi faction though. I assume the ruling elite would just like to control everything from above, and see their military as a tool, not something they want to be part of themselves.
Good enough for me.
Ah, good point, I agree.
Could I also have a not-resized pic of her with the labcoat? I just had the thought, she might be able to pass as a younger version of Aki Zeta-5, before cyborgification. I could use that pic as a University leader (Aki Luttinen) in Planetfall, and let the pic switch if the University converts to the Consciousness. (The Consciousness is a 'religion', not a faction, in Planetfall)
Sure, when I’ve done it. Shall we edit Linda’s last name out of our posts in case of vanity searches, then?
The first second I saw the pic, I actually thought she was Chinese.
Upon closer inspection, yeah, she's probably not. Still, let's say she's from Harbin, Manchuria. That city used to be Russian, so we could say she has some Russian blood in her. So no need for skin changes then.
I’d guess she’s maybe Japanese- northerners have pronounced cheekbones and pale skin- with heavy eye make-up to make her eyes rounder- I can undo that.
If we make them all from places that would let them look white, we’ve just moved them around, not made the line-up more multicultural. I want to darken her- otherwise the Templars are the only non-whitening we’ve done, and only two non-whites is bad enough.
Replacing albino with pale doesn’t count.
I think that uniform looks great. A reason for it might be the background though. It kinda fits well with the 'black' chess tiles. I'm not sure the brown would work with the original background.
I wasn’t offering to do the same brown. I can change the background color, too.
My first thought was to make him Egyptian - Egypt has AFAIK less civil liberties than Jordan, and of course the leader of such a faction should come from an authoritarian environment. Then it dawned upon me that a muslim would NEVER call his faction the freaking TEMPLAR. (that name is inspired from StarCraft btw, not from history)
So I'd say make him Lebanese. There're still christians there, and Lebanon happens to be the core region of the Templar (or at least some crusader states).
Excellent. Sound reasoning. I’m sold.
You mean of the body? I don't think that's a good idea. I mean, as of now already a much smaller part of the face is shown than on the other SMAC portraits.
Here’s another size/crop for your approval. Zoomed in more, but leaving the top of his crossed arms in the frame- that should address your good point, yet be different enough for me.
LOL haven't found a section on papier maché myself.
The Bergkvist pic is Blue Eyes on this page:
http://www.furiae.com/gallery.php?section=ruby
Only had a quick glance so far, but some nice stuff...
I’d sent the
mask link to my sister, who replied today that it made her want to put on a show with just the lovely, lovely masks. I replied that I’m game- she should write up a commentary on the nature of identity and the faces we show the world. I followed up with a suggestion that- here, I’ll quote
“...In fact, I suspect the artist would be flattered enough by being contacted by an academic interested in featuring her work that she'd provide much nicer masks than I could make, or at least grant permission to rip off her work, in return for photos and info about the production, perhaps video.
You have a cred/status someone interested in promoting herself ought to like to make use of.”
…So maybe a little good pay-back there.
and have an errand to run, too.
) , so I don't always remember where I originally got the ideas from.
Or you can take the approach that everyone and everything copies ideas/ designs: the Romans were famous for importing good ideas from other cultures and making them their own. Heck, even Mother Nature knows a good thing and copies it (what was that marsupial carnivore which looked and acted just like a wolf?).
) of utilizing other peoples ideas/ materials.
