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Hile Troy, the Warmark

Hey, one of those who don't picture him being of Afro-American decent.

Vader wrote:Hey, one of those who don't picture him being of Afro-American decent.

ummmm, why would people think he was black or am I missing something here. Way alluded to "strong" opinions on Hile Troy too.

An interesting thread in the First and Second Chrons forum, greg.

Hile Troy as an African American?

Remarkably, I think Hile Troy's appearance is completely undescribed, except for his apparel and his sunglasses.

In [u]The One Tree[/u] was wrote:This individual was dressed like a warrior, with high, soft-soled boots over black leggings, a black sleeveless shirt under a breastplate molded of a yellow metal, and a yellow headband; but on his breastplate were the double black diagonal marks which distinguished him as the Warmark, the commander of the Wayward, the Lords' army.

Someone once had an avatar that reminded me of Hile Troy every time I saw it. It was Sunbaneglasses' previous avatar, I think. It had a young man with black hair wearing sunglasses in a very red place.

I think the key to Hile Troy is that he is NOT physically powerful, nor does he have significant gravitas to his presence. He's a math nerd promoted to general. He looks as much out of his depths as he actually is. (A beardless Jeremy Davies comes the closest to my mind.)

Menolly wrote:An interesting thread in the First and Second Chrons forum, greg.

Hile Troy as an African American?

Ahhhh, I see...After reading many of the posts about Troy, the most logical explanation in my view are the sunglasses. Maybe subconsciously that's what happened.

For me, I have only known one other "Hile" and he immediately came to mind so I never had that thought. I also always thought of the Bloodguard as more Native American. One, because of the facial features (flat face/nose) Bannor going over to help with the Ranyhyn after and I guess because of the way they carried themselves, proud, fit, oaths,etc,etc,

As I said, your "mind's Eye" sees differently than others. It would appear for lack of development on SRD's part, we are free to interpret him as each of our "Mind's Eye" sees him.

Ok, here is the modified HIle Troy....

He's got a sort of Les Stroud (Survivorman) vibe to him.

wayfriend wrote:He's got a sort of Les Stroud (Survivorman) vibe to him.

hahahahahaha maybe he was eating bugs

I certainly would not have picked these colors for an army of ANY sorts. Nothing like putting a "X" marks the spot on the leader.

marineguy wrote:Nothing like putting a "X" marks the spot on the leader.

It's your interpretation, but I have always imagined the "double black diagonal marks which distinguished him as the Warmark" to be parallel rather than crossing. // rather than X. Nor do they have to span the entire breadth of the breastplate - they are insignia, like a soldiers' stripes on his shoulders, and might be only a handwidth high/wide.

Never thought of that, now that you mention it, it does make more sense. Back to the drawing board.....

thank

greg

... but phrases like "a black diagonal line across his breastplate" does make me think that they might be across the whole breastplate, or a good part of it, and are not just in the corner. I think any interpretation is fair game.

I was going to make the same comment that I've pictured the black diagonal lines as // vs. X, and going across the entire portion of the breastplate.

That's what I like about you guys, you make things so easy........NOT

Just a bit thinner on the build.. but the uniform looks good.

I see the stripes have been changed.

It's too bad you replace the old pictures with the new, rather than posting updated pictures. It would let us compare and see the progress.

HI Way,

It makes it easier to track one image at a time because I don't even keep the last one. The software allows me to modify the existing one.

In the beginning when I first started out I had 10-12 different images of one render. When you have 50 or 50 images that got pretty crazy to manage not to mention space.

Even designing networks, I do the same thing and present only the newest modifications.

wayfriend wrote:Remarkably, I think Hile Troy's appearance is completely undescribed

Yep, he's like a blind spot.

Vader wrote:

wayfriend wrote:Remarkably, I think Hile Troy's appearance is completely undescribed

Yep, he's like a blind spot.

heh