Poll: Greek Helmet
Poll: Greek Helmet
Excluding everything elses, which cheek would your prefer? The more playable one that allows a minifig to turn it's head and wear armor? Or the more authentic-looking longer one that doesn't?
Playable:
Historical (image by TwoTonic Knight):
I will modify the helmet according to your opinions, so please help.
R. B.
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Playable:
Historical (image by TwoTonic Knight):
I will modify the helmet according to your opinions, so please help.
R. B.
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how about a "both" Option.
They both look really playable to me!
But if I had to pick, I'd go with playable, because it just looks more like LEGO.
They both look really playable to me!
But if I had to pick, I'd go with playable, because it just looks more like LEGO.
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I'd vote for Playable, since you can think of it as an "Chalcidian" rather than Corinthian helmet, since the Chalcidian design has a rounded off cheek guard.
Though you might want to make that plume a bit longer.
The Chalcidian style Greek helmet:
Though you might want to make that plume a bit longer.
The Chalcidian style Greek helmet:
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Technically speaking, what I did is a Chalcidian, also. The cheek guard being rounded can simply be a matter of angle (what I have should look more rounded from a higher angle - you'd see it curving around the face if I had retouched the front view). What makes the difference between a Chalcidian and Corinthian is primarily the ear hole, which a Corinthian doesn't have.JPinoy wrote:I'd vote for Playable, since you can think of it as an "Chalcidian" rather than Corinthian helmet, since the Chalcidian design has a rounded off cheek guard.
Though you might want to make that plume a bit longer.
I just like the name "Corinthian" better.
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Photoshop. I was just going to give Red a description of my suggested modifications, but faced with actually typing them up and making them clear, I decided to just do it visually.The Blue knight wrote:I have to say that TTK's design is what I have always looked for. Is that a real design, or a PhotoShop modification of RB's. Either way, gotta go with it.
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For myself, playability always comes before accuracy. I mean, we're here to *play* with the Lego, right?
Besides, the main thing I do with figs is 'character building' - which means I try to make individual figs that look cool, have personality, etc - and a helmet that works better with armor and can move with the figs head is much more useful than a 'static' helmet that must be worn alone and can't be moved.
However, if given all choices, I pick having them both. More choices are better than less.
-Lenny
Besides, the main thing I do with figs is 'character building' - which means I try to make individual figs that look cool, have personality, etc - and a helmet that works better with armor and can move with the figs head is much more useful than a 'static' helmet that must be worn alone and can't be moved.
However, if given all choices, I pick having them both. More choices are better than less.
-Lenny
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