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Post by jeffgeorge on Oct 8, 2016 21:12:04 GMT -9
Mounted Orc Warchief set published still... someone in this thread mentioned that (apart from more or less exotic mounts like ox, bison/zubr, mammoth or lizards) orcs could use also mundane horses... Well, in fact why not? Perhaps we should leave horses for historical series (obviously) and for humans only within fantasy - however the idea sounds kinda tempting, so having in mind mine DUOCORNS set (kinda dark-side unicorns;) here's the first "combined" outcome preview. It is rather "dark-ish" figurine (perhaps some more standing-out, vivid parts like red harness should be replaced by dark grey or even black ones?), then due to some details (wait for B-side...) it's definitely more dark fantasy than figurines in released set. Actually to publish such figurine at OBS family safe filter should be switched off - so most probably I will release it as a freebie here, assuming that it wouldn't be against any rules Forgive me, but I am not seeing what's so "dark" about this figure. Sure, it's not drawn in a cartoony or manga style, but it's not obscene or gory. The only thing that is even slightly "scary" is the severed head on the saddle, but that's not a major feature in the artwork, and it's not presented in a way that's particularly shocking, considering what we see in PG-13 movies and cable TV series. Orcs are nasty, cruel, and vicious, and they do mean things like lop off their victims' heads and tie them to their saddles--Peter Jackson made all that abundantly clear in the LotR movies, and no one freaked out about it. I don't see what's objectionable about this figure. Now, don't think that because I don't think this figure doesn't crosses the line, that I don't think there's a line to cross. I don't want to see a line of In the Kitchen with Hannibal Lechter figures here where some visitors may be underage. But I don't think this orc warchief is out of line with what anyone interested in the genres covered by the games we are here to support would have seen a thousand times before. My two cents.
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Post by alloydog on Oct 8, 2016 22:12:04 GMT -9
It's just an expression. As most folk tend to think of unicorns in the same light as rainbows, flowers, butterflies and other fairy-wairy tra-la-la stuff. An orc riding a unicorn into war is "dark".
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Post by jeffgeorge on Oct 8, 2016 23:14:17 GMT -9
I was referring to the possibility that posting this figure might be frowned upon because it was TOO dark or scary for innocent eyes--a concern which doesn't apply to this particular figure, in my opinion. That's all.
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Post by cowboyleland on Oct 9, 2016 4:54:55 GMT -9
If you go back and look at old posts you see lots of "dark" and "gory." If you read the Hoard submission "bloody gory and horrifying is encouraged."
It is nudity that is discouraged. This has come up in discussion before and lots of us feel that nudity is actually more innocent than "gory and horrifying" but those still seem to be the rules for this "club" and so those are the rules we respect when we "play" here.
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Post by chiefasaur on Oct 9, 2016 6:55:18 GMT -9
I didn't even notice the severed head. I reckon this guy is pretty SFW
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Post by mesper on Oct 9, 2016 9:06:04 GMT -9
OK so here's B-side with some changes: -horse instead of duocorn - metal spike/horn could be also removed so it will be no further resemblances to unicorn -orc with ponytail/pigtail (like it more than just a bald head) BTW if necessary these heads can be of course removed and the left one (the one in raised hand) could be replaced with some, dunno... sword or something else (dual wielding or some banner etc.). Or perhaps I can leave only one, in his hand? Now, which version and how "equipped" would you like as a free full fledged figurine?
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Post by mesper on Oct 9, 2016 9:17:05 GMT -9
BTW there is an older set (two in fact, as there are also factions) with definitely horror and gore already published (but in 18+ category). Actually heads are taken from this set, me being lazy:)
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Post by mesper on Oct 11, 2016 10:21:55 GMT -9
OK, no comments so here's safe kinda orkish-polit-correctness version:
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Post by mesper on Oct 21, 2016 12:09:39 GMT -9
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Post by whiteknight06604 on Oct 21, 2016 13:00:58 GMT -9
very cool,thank you
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 21, 2016 20:28:08 GMT -9
Thanks! Those warchiefs look so happy.
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