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New Nimitz Sneak Peek

Discussion concerning the TV, film, and comic adaptations.

What do you think of the new Nimitz creative direction?

Poll ended at Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:05 pm

Love it
7
33%
Meh
12
57%
Hate it
2
10%
 
Total votes : 21
Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by TheGlyphstone   » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:07 am

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Best one yet, though I agree it's not perfect. The angles of the face seem a bit too harsh/severe to be cute+cuddly.

On the other hand, the pupil-less zombie Honor placeholder drawing made me snort.
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by Crown Loyalist   » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:38 pm

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It's amazing the difference the fur makes. Much, much better. Still not perfect, but I'd say he's actually acceptable now.
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by fallsfromtrees   » Sat Feb 14, 2015 5:50 pm

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Agree that is it is much better. Would have preferred a scale of 1-5, instead of 1-3 I voted Loved it, but would have voted 4 instead of 5, given the choice
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by pokermind   » Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:30 am

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Still has that devil cat look better but still misses being cute and cuddly by a country mile. This is the Honorverse not Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy so what's with the Giant mutant space goat look?

David wanted treecats to look non threatening and are until the claws come out. Your concept is they look dangerous, hmm not easy to have both :D

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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by MaxxQ   » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:06 pm

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I pretty much agree with everyone else - it's definitely a vast improvement, but still short of what most of us think a treecat should/ought to/might look like.

My biggest issues are the horns (those need to just plain go, as in away), and the constant pissed-off look he has had since day one. If I ever saw a cat, tree variety or standard terran, with that look, I'd be extremely wary. The entire point of treecats is that they look nice and sweet and fuzzy and cuddly - until they're not.

How many scenes are there in the books where children are playing with various 'cats? Would you let your child play with the one in the image? I wouldn't, and my kids love cats.

Edit: I voted Meh because while he's much better, he still falling short.
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by Bruno Behrends   » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:22 am

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Agree with the previous posters. It's a big improvement - though not quite there yet.

I voted 'love it' anyway because I appreciate the effort and I really think compared to where you guys started out you are 90% there now.

MaxxQ wrote:I pretty much agree with everyone else - it's definitely a vast improvement, but still short of what most of us think a treecat should/ought to/might look like.

My biggest issues are the horns (those need to just plain go, as in away), and the constant pissed-off look he has had since day one. If I ever saw a cat, tree variety or standard terran, with that look, I'd be extremely wary. The entire point of treecats is that they look nice and sweet and fuzzy and cuddly - until they're not.

How many scenes are there in the books where children are playing with various 'cats? Would you let your child play with the one in the image? I wouldn't, and my kids love cats.

Edit: I voted Meh because while he's much better, he still falling short.
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by Crown Loyalist   » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:38 pm

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Hmm, a thought - how does that Nimitz throw a frisbee? Because Nimitz really needs to be able to throw frisbees and tennis balls, etc.
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by hvb   » Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:23 am

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Crown Loyalist wrote:Hmm, a thought - how does that Nimitz throw a frisbee? Because Nimitz really needs to be able to throw frisbees and tennis balls, etc.


Finally, someone who mentions the other (more subtle?) glaring problem.

'shameless plug' :mrgreen: of my page 1 post, where I wrote:The forelimb hands don’t seem to have fingers long enough at all to give the good grip needed for a Paleolithic tool-user species, also they are tetradactyl: three forward-pointing fingers is correct … plus an opposable thumb, also known as Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Image.


Without opposable thumbs, Nimitz is going to loose half his repertoire. Petting zoo, stalking and <bleek!>-and-leap Kzinti rip-offs will be all that's left. :(
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by mark   » Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:51 pm

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Looks a lot better. Maybe you could create a version of him playing chess? I think that would add a nice, thoughtful look, and probably does quite a bit of legwork to establish a rational mind hiding inside..
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Re: New Nimitz Sneak Peek
Post by Kornati-Split   » Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:33 am

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Getting there, Evergreen, but still needs some work. Ask yourself this, would you let your teenage daughter/niece bring that thing into your house? As things stand now I'd let it play in the front yard with adult supervision, on a leash ;)
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