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The Economist leaks new Praetorian Guard costume

BackFire

By BackFire,
Posted on: 2011-08-24 01:39 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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The Praetorian Guard were actually the Secret Service of Rome. They acted as the elite bodyguards for Emperors and Senators.

So it's not that shocking to see a security firm label their gear as such.
Would've jumped out at me though, being as you don't see that word much unless you play our game.

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Wow... that gear looks really dumb. It looks like they are wearing striped knee high socks with MC Hammer level baggy trousers tucked into them, whilst wearing an oversized comedy rucksack.

It also looks like he has a really long torso and really short legs.

 

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The Praetorian Guard were actually the Secret Service of Rome. They acted as the elite bodyguards for Emperors and Senators.
Of course, a few of those got assassinated by those selfsame elite bodyguards...

 

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Wonder what that portends for Cole and his Praetorian Guard, otherwise known as Powers Division...

Hmm... Perhaps we will get some 'assistance' once it comes time to take him down.

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Of course, a few of those got assassinated by those selfsame elite bodyguards...
Tyrant needs to keep an eye on Mother Mayhem

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Really? My money would be on Anti-Matter being our Brutus.
He's already been defeated by us - Mother Mayhem is the one being built up as having an empire-within-an-empire, and is being kept hidden from players in the same way that Tyrant is - and First Ward is just building her up even more.

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Tyrant needs to keep an eye on Mother Mayhem
With that outfit, I think he might be the only person who already isn't.

 

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With that outfit, I think he might be the only person who already isn't.
Well, he has to be careful - his girlfriend seems like the jealous type.

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Wow... that gear looks really dumb. It looks like they are wearing striped knee high socks with MC Hammer level baggy trousers tucked into them, whilst wearing an oversized comedy rucksack.
That's duct tape. There's no art and design team for the field. What's effective almost never looks good once it gets into the dirt. That is a pretty big rucksack, too.

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It also looks like he has a really long torso and really short legs.
Most people tend to. Humans can look pretty stumpy sometimes, and it's because the distance between the crotch and top of the head is exactly the same as it is from the crotch to the bottom of the feet. It looks really disconcerting and is thrown off when people crouch. In animation and in art design, you're sometimes told to make the person one ankle taller to make it look right. Other fun common proportions: the space between your eyes is the width of one of your eyes, the middle finger is the width of the palm, the distance between the tips of the middle fingers with arms and palms completely outstretched is a 1:1 ratio with height, and the forearm is the length of the foot.