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Discussion in 'Off-Topic English' started by 1337Bolshevik, Jul 25, 2021.

  1. cazboab

    cazboab Definitely not Cazboaz.

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    Yeah.
    I think if we go too far down the rabbit hole of the entomology of ethnic nomenclature we'll get a bit close to political though, so it's probably best to shrug and just say it's a funny old word isn't it?
     
  2. Hecaton

    Hecaton EI Anger Translator

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    That's exactly my point. About half of the setting material of PanO portrays them as this multiethnic corporatocratic state, but then the sculpts and portrayals in art are overwhelmingly White-European.
     
  3. psychoticstorm

    psychoticstorm Aleph's rogue child
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    Well this is my go to reference for this kid of work, I advice experiment, but it is a solid fundamental base.

    Why not write that in the first place? would be easier, shorter and more to the point. though why use he term "white European" if you want to say PanO models look like people from Europe?
     
  4. Nuada Airgetlam

    Nuada Airgetlam Nazis sod off ///

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    Do you really want to say all people from Europe are white? There are huge and thriving non-white populations in current day Europe, not to mention in the future.
     
  5. Hecaton

    Hecaton EI Anger Translator

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    I used the term "Anglo," which, while means more or less that in American English.
     
  6. Heknerr

    Heknerr Member

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    Anglo-saxon then ?
     
  7. Vocenoctum

    Vocenoctum Well-Known Member

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    Not sure why he didn't just say "white", I never hear "Anglo" in my neck of America, and I think "White" conveys the meaning, that "multi-cultural PanO is mostly portrayed as white people in the model range".

    Mostly I'd think that's going to be a hair thing, while ethnicities have common facial structures, it's a bit hard to model much difference in a 28mm mini face. Even hair style in 175 years is not going to mark any sort of ethnicities, I'd think. Everyone wants the hair they don't have...

    For myself, I mostly prefer closed helmets unless they're named units. I guess grunt units are okay to be standing there waiting to get shot in the face, but I don't feel like painting eyes or skin tones much for randoms. Of course, my ALEPH can have purple skin and glowing eyes, so meh.

    I don't care so much about the heels, but wouldn't care if they disappeared either. But, it does vary by model for me. Some of them look silly, but the Druze Hacker is one of my favorite models.
     
  8. chromedog

    chromedog Less than significant minion

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    This reminds me of the joke.

    "People who confuse "etymology" and "entomology" bug me in ways I don't have the words for ..."
     
  9. Hecaton

    Hecaton EI Anger Translator

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    Because "white" can include Latino and Middle Eastern ethnicities.
     
  10. Hecaton

    Hecaton EI Anger Translator

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    Sure, but the canon appearance of Shakti is a blonde-haired Euro-looking gal lol
     
  11. Dragonstriker

    Dragonstriker That wizard came from the moon.

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    with glowing pink pupilless eyes. Not exactly your standard anglo.
     
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  12. A Mão Esquerda

    A Mão Esquerda Deputy Hexahedron Officer

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    And the circuitry markings on her face like all Aspects from OSS.
     
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  13. Hecaton

    Hecaton EI Anger Translator

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    Are you following what I'm getting at though? You have a character from a sectorial that was described as "Vedic," with a Hindi name, and yet... she looks like a blonde white girl with extra glowy bits.
     
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  14. Dragonstriker

    Dragonstriker That wizard came from the moon.

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    Are you following what I'm getting at though? She's not human so your assumptions are the problem. Or are you going to complain that rebots and probots don't wear yarmulkes?

    Edit: Damn you, autocorrect!
     
  15. Dragonstriker

    Dragonstriker That wizard came from the moon.

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    Don't dis my waifu
     
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  16. Hecaton

    Hecaton EI Anger Translator

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    If she looked literally inhuman, with like purple skin and metallic hair or some shit, no, I wouldn't be saying a damn thing. You say she's "not human" but her art certainly seems to be portraying a certain kind of human.
     
  17. Heknerr

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    You still can paint it with brown skin and dark hair. It's just the artist and the painter who portrayed her like this but you are free to paint it as you like. But sure, it will be nice to see more Hindi inspired miniatures, every faction really lack of diversity. They just all look the same.
     
  18. Zewrath

    Zewrath Elitist Jerk

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    Agreed and that’s the nice thing about miniatures, because you can create the diversity of your own choosing.
    This abolishes the need to dictate what artists should or should not portray of ethnicities (I mean, unless it’s very tasteless depictions of ethnicities).

    As you point out, it’s really not that hard.
    I didn’t like the paint job of the Regular Spitfire
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    So I chose to make my own
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    Again, that’s the beauty of the miniature hobby, you can make blue smurfs if you want, without the need of bringing up potentially awkward or uncomfortable discussions of ‘ethnicity’ or ‘race’ of your army.

    IDK, that’s just me.
     
  19. Heknerr

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    Look better than the original one.
     
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  20. Ceilican

    Ceilican Well-Known Member

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    This right here is the whole feedback i'm providing. Please add some sculpts and studio paint jobs that are explicitly non-white.

    That's it. It's really easy to go on autopilot and do what you've always done. Sometimes you just need some mindfulness to bring a bit more diversity into the game art.
     
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