Who looks best?

Phil101 · Feb 2012

Please select which of these ideas for a light armoured SAS soldier you think looks the most appealing for a character you would put into a game? Feel free to let me know why you made you choice.

leilei · Feb 2012

Games don't have enough hair.

Phil101 · Feb 2012

leilei wrote: »

Games don't have enough hair.

Yeah based 8 on old Willie Apiata from the NZ SAS http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BxfViBkCvRc/S10IyIyFQ_I/AAAAAAAAALg/ZZBN_ynKAuI/s400/willie.jpg

ZacD · Feb 2012

Head from 8, the clothes from 5.

Joshflighter · Feb 2012

8.
Because he is so manly.

Phil101 · Feb 2012

Last time I did a poll like this it only had 30 voters, my tutors were not impressed. any ideas on how I can get more votes on this poll?

Alberto Rdrgz · Feb 2012

ZacD wrote: »

Head from 8, the clothes from 5.

+1 hahahaha that would look awesome.

leilei · Feb 2012

Phil101 wrote: »

any ideas on how I can get more votes on this poll?

You wait.

notman · Feb 2012

The intended personality of the character usually is helpful for something like this too. Is he suppose to be a generic SAS soldier? For instance, the head on 8 looks to me like an unkept nut, who has spent too much time alone in the woods.

Artist_in_a_box · Feb 2012

I totally went the other way to the rest of the poeple and went for 1-3 or 4. IMO their outfits make 'sense' to me. A military guy is usually well tidy and functional. I like the gear and body armour of 1 and 8 but think the hair on 1 makes more sense to me.

notman · Feb 2012

That's what I was thinking, and to be honest, I don't like any of them, because there are elements from several that I like, but not one as a whole.

Phil101 · Feb 2012

notman wrote: »

That's what I was thinking, and to be honest, I don't like any of them, because there are elements from several that I like, but not one as a whole.

Then you should photo mash

Phil101 · Feb 2012

I was surprised 6 wasn't more popular given the uniqueness.

Kwramm · Feb 2012

ZacD wrote: »

Head from 8, the clothes from 5.

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Frump · Feb 2012

Phil101 wrote: »

I was surprised 6 wasn't more popular given the uniqueness.

Generic stealth ninja guy with face paint, a t-shirt and tribal tattoos is the most unique?

Fuzzball headed #8 and manly chested #5 are way cooler.

Psyk0 · Feb 2012

#8 or #2 with more mustache and chainmail, like this guy (don't forget the lock!):

notman · Feb 2012

Phil101 wrote: »

Then you should photo mash

I like 1's head, with 8's torso, and 4's legs (if the knee pad wasn't on his shin).

dii · Feb 2012

I was surprised 6 wasn't more popular given the uniqueness.

6 and 7 are actually your two most generic designs.

In general anything with a helmet or a mask (unless they're "standout" designs, like the skull masks in Army of Two, or the tri-light Splinter Cell mask) will usually be read as generic because they're essentially "faceless". There could be anybody in there. You could have a row of people who like this and still plausibly think that they're all different people because you can't see their faces.

For the most part all of your designs are generic because they're almost entirely symmetrical and using standard combat gear. 8 is your most unique simply by virtue of the grizzly ass hair (as Leilei said, games these days don't have enough hair... it makes him more unique than the rest)

Isaiah Sherman · Feb 2012

I chose 8 because on the coldest winter night I'm sure he could keep me warm with all his body hair.

Phil101 · Feb 2012

dii wrote: »

6 and 7 are actually your two most generic designs.

In general anything with a helmet or a mask (unless they're "standout" designs, like the skull masks in Army of Two, or the tri-light Splinter Cell mask) will usually be read as generic because they're essentially "faceless". There could be anybody in there. You could have a row of people who like this and still plausibly think that they're all different people because you can't see their faces.

For the most part all of your designs are generic because they're almost entirely symmetrical and using standard combat gear. 8 is your most unique simply by virtue of the grizzly ass hair (as Leilei said, games these days don't have enough hair... it makes him more unique than the rest)

It seems like your coming at it more with the stand point of male soldier characters in general being generic given their popularity in the industry. At the end of the day a generic soldier design is uniformed, look at soldiers in Afghanistan they generally all have the same gear on with helmets and osprey vests. None of these designs have those typical choices you would never see a soldier on the news look like say number 5 or even 6.

For example tats might be popular on soldier characters in games but if your character has none then his arms could be just like anyone else's. depending on the design tats can be unique.

Wesley · Feb 2012

Number 8 is the man I wish I'd grown to be.

Dazz3r · Feb 2012

Psyk0 wrote: »

#8 or #2 with more mustache and chainmail, like this guy (don't forget the lock!):

Bennett!!

Phil101 · Feb 2012

Dazz3r wrote: »

Bennett!!

lol who the hell is that? I'v seen him before... I take it he plays some kind of douche?

Andreas · Feb 2012

Phil101 wrote: »

Last time I did a poll like this it only had 30 voters, my tutors were not impressed. any ideas on how I can get more votes on this poll?

... its about the art, man. It aint a popularity contest.

Just the head of 8, floating.

Phil101 · Feb 2012

Andreas wrote: »

... its about the art, man. It aint a popularity contest.

Just the head of 8, floating.

Its not 4chan either so no need to be unreasonable

. My brief is about finding what's visually popular in such a character not what I personally like and in any case there isn't anything wrong with a bit of research.

leilei · Feb 2012

Phil101 wrote: »

lol who the hell is that? I'v seen him before... I take it he plays some kind of douche?

el major doucho

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Ace-Angel · Feb 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOsrPqYPauc&feature=plcp&context=C3f2ab00UDOEgsToPDskK6Zeo1-KYBGputgFbecd1u

Phil101 · Feb 2012

How about this, the head of 8 with black gear on instead of olive camo and a Kriss SMG.

Yozora · Feb 2012

Phil101 wrote: »

Its not 4chan either so no need to be unreasonable . My brief is about finding what's visually popular in such a character not what I personally like and in any case there isn't anything wrong with a bit of research.

I don't know what is visually popular, but when I saw that image all I saw was a bunch of generic characters and some guy with crazy hair.

Didn't even take the time to recognize the differences between the generic costumes and went for the hair guy straight away.

Phil101 · Feb 2012

Yozora wrote: »

I don't know what is visually popular, but when I saw that image all I saw was a bunch of generic characters and some guy with crazy hair.

Didn't even take the time to recognize the differences between the generic costumes and went for the hair guy straight away.

generic is a generic word. The choices match the brief its simply a case of seeing which has the most votes ok :thumbup:

Who looks best?

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