Don't abandon gold armour

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:25 am

Eww... I already use that UGLY chrome breast plate for an alien faction on another world where the technological level is similar to that of the Medieval Period on Earth.

The minifig armor designs for the Khmers (Cambodia), Malays (Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia) as well as the Siamese (Thailand) factions in my Lego collection, are based off of the movie "THE LEGEND OF SURIYOTHAI" and "KING NARESUAN". Both movies are from Thailand.

Here's the reason why I use brim helmets and gold armors for the 3 Southeast Asian factions.

Siamese warriors on elephants
http://www.maj.com/gallery/EliteManguda ... hai_14.jpg

Siamese monarch (not Naresuan)
http://www.maj.com/gallery/EliteManguda ... yothai.jpg

This gives the warriors from the Southeast Asia region a very unique look compared to the other Asians. East Asia (China, Korea, Japan), Central Asia (Mongols, Turks), Southwest Asia aka Mid-East (Arabs, Persians), and South Asia (India).

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:36 am

JPinoy wrote:Eww... I already use that UGLY chrome breast plate

UGLY!!! The chrome breastplates are great. Knight in Shining Armor. The chrome is the Shining.

Kelderic

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:23 pm

I call it ugly because it's just a breastplate as opposed to a full armor that covers both front and back.

FishRfine · Post by **FishRfine** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:48 pm

as long as the armor doesnt look like candy, im good. not only are the colorful ones incredibly stupid, but they are a choking hazzard for small children.

but i would love to see chrome silver and chrome gold armor. oh and if those are ugly, can i get them off your hands?

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:12 am

I support the idea. Gold Armor would look good for say... Ancient Greeks or something where you can pass off Gold Armor as Bronze Armor.

I actually use my Gold Armor for two of my factions. It looks good on my Persian cavalry as well as my Malayan footsoldiers.

doc069 · Post by **doc069** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:05 pm

Damien wrote:I like the gold armour okay. I'd like to see it stick around, but only in small quantities. Silver and grey are way more important to me.

Ditto.

Lee

FishRfine · Post by **FishRfine** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:09 pm

no, what id kill for though is if they mass produced amrothes awesome chrome gold fig (which i call figod)

Blueandwhite · Post by **Blueandwhite** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:28 am

I'm completely indifferent about gold armour. I suppose it suffices for parade armour and the like, but it seems far too sixteenth century to me. The silver is good enough for my purposes.

Heck, I still think that light and dark grey arms and armour are the best. They are simply more versatile than any other colour. I can envision grey as stone, steel, or pretty much any other surface I please. Moreover, I like the fact that dark grey visors match up with dark grey helmets, whereas silver visors look distracting against the pearl grey helmets of the new castle line.

If we don't see more gold breastplates in the future, I don't think I'll lose much sleep.