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06-05-2009, 07:03 PM
zuludelta
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some new images/updates:
Spirit & Long-Range
design notes:
- Decided to make Spirit more faithful to the original toy design, even though it is loaded with potentially stereotypical/culturally insensitive design pitfalls. I did some research and I'm convinced that Spirit's original design was meant to echo the uniforms worn by the
Apache and Navajo Scouts
that the Army recruited during the Indian Wars of the 1870s (incidentally, the "crossed arrows" Special Forces insignia is meant to be an homage to the
US Army Indian Scout
and
Seminole-Negro Scout
units of the 1870s, considered to be the precursor of America's modern Special Forces).
- The red chevrons on his vintage shirt's sleeves not only denote rank, but also branch of service. Yellow chevrons signified a soldier was a Cavalry man, light blue meant he was in the infantry, red stood for artillery, deep maroon for ordnance, and red with white piping signified the corps of engineers. I have no idea why Spirit wore an artillery man's army blouse, but I decided to keep it with this re-design. I'm leaning towards changing the chevrons to infantry blue, though, just so it will fit in better with Spirit's actual primary MOS. What do you guys think? Red chevrons or light blue chevrons?
- This version of Long-range is a hybrid of the Sigma 6 version of the character (who was a sniper) and the 2005 version of the character (a "transportation expert"). I don't really know much about the character, but the design is basically an attempt to retain the qualities of the Sigma 6 character while making him look more realistic (for one thing, I dispensed with the trenchcoat and replaced it with a much mroe practical jacket).
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