Quote from: Mr.Turok on Jul 18, 2020, 12:10:54 AM
Well following how the first Predator movie does it, it feels part well of how the wristblades extend and retract.
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Jul 18, 2020, 12:10:54 AM
I'm not going to lie though, I always found the longer versions of the AVP ones to look a bit silly.
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Jul 18, 2020, 12:10:54 AM
As for an realistic point of view, not only that Preds are much stronger and faster than us so their power output into these blades would make for some nasty killing blows, but also there are real life related weapon from India known as the Katar and its incredibly effective and deadly weapon that the people of India have used for centuries.
Quote from: molasar on Jul 17, 2020, 03:25:55 AM
I am opposite in this case. Wristblades should be and look like they are compactable/retractable. Anything bigger does not make sense to be attached to a forearm/wrist.
Even if looking at it from realistic point of view, it is harder to maneuver long blades or blade attached this way. Not to mention a direct attack must be less powerful in comparison to shorter wristblades or short sword based on physics.
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Jul 17, 2020, 01:26:19 AM
I just can't stop frowning at those wussy looking wristblades it got. Since its basically and older jungle hunter, why not slide that model in or at least the new standerd wristblade model that the other classes got.
Quote from: SuperiorIronman on Jun 15, 2020, 06:54:23 PM
Yeah the reason I mentioned the cover was that it was used for Golden Angel's Neca figure and if they're supposed to have canonical backstories then the designs should hold at least some merit. It's not the worst thing and had he had one in Predator 2 it probably would've looked something like that. That being said he's already been given two so while it's not out of the question he had or has others I'd have appreciated them going a bit further with that.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jun 15, 2020, 03:00:17 PMQuote from: SuperiorIronman on Jun 13, 2020, 02:53:01 AM
Interesting to me they opted for yet another mask. The guy actually has three at this point with 1718 having the stylized take on the JH helmet and the version from the cover. And now it's just a rusty (albeit intact) JH.
Well to be fair that 1718 cover wasn't really originally its cover, right? That cover art was co-opted from something else if I'm remembering correctly.
But I'm personally okay with using the JH mask with different shaders on the Elder, since, as you mentioned, his mask in 1718 feels like a stylized version of the Jungle Hunter's.Quote from: PAS Spinelli on Jun 15, 2020, 01:15:31 AMQuote from: SuperiorIronman on Jun 15, 2020, 01:02:18 AMElder has custom sounds by the looks of it
Did we have alternate roars before? I know we have some variation on the classic but I don't think I've heard that one specifically since AVP 2010 or maybe Mortal Kombat.
Paging Voodoo Magic; Is this roar in Predator 2? I feel like I should know where that roar comes from.
Yeah, that is definitely not a straight City Hunter pull. That roar sounds customized.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 15, 2020, 03:01:22 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Jun 15, 2020, 03:00:17 PM
Well to be fair that 1718 cover wasn't really originally its cover, right? That cover art was co-opted from something else if I'm remembering correctly.
Aye. It was a cover for Kindred, I think. Same artist, so I think they just did both.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 15, 2020, 03:01:22 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Jun 15, 2020, 03:00:17 PM
Well to be fair that 1718 cover wasn't really originally its cover, right? That cover art was co-opted from something else if I'm remembering correctly.
Aye. It was a cover for Kindred, I think. Same artist, so I think they just did both.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jun 15, 2020, 03:00:17 PM
Well to be fair that 1718 cover wasn't really originally its cover, right? That cover art was co-opted from something else if I'm remembering correctly.
Quote from: SuperiorIronman on Jun 13, 2020, 02:53:01 AM
Interesting to me they opted for yet another mask. The guy actually has three at this point with 1718 having the stylized take on the JH helmet and the version from the cover. And now it's just a rusty (albeit intact) JH.
Quote from: PAS Spinelli on Jun 15, 2020, 01:15:31 AMQuote from: SuperiorIronman on Jun 15, 2020, 01:02:18 AMElder has custom sounds by the looks of it
Did we have alternate roars before? I know we have some variation on the classic but I don't think I've heard that one specifically since AVP 2010 or maybe Mortal Kombat.
Paging Voodoo Magic; Is this roar in Predator 2? I feel like I should know where that roar comes from.
Quote from: PAS Spinelli on Jun 14, 2020, 09:48:32 PMQuote from: Kailem on Jun 14, 2020, 04:24:40 PMThe stand is a Xenomorph lol
For some reason in my mind I was thinking it was, even though they clearly look different!
If anything it looks like it's based on the Hot Toys figure rather than the Prime 1:
https://www.sideshow.com/storage/product-images/901696/alien-vs-predator-samurai-predator_alien-vs-predator_gallery_5c4c0b0e951b5.jpg
Weird that it's got the "AVP" logo on it though since there doesn't seem to be anything Alien-related about it. Maybe they just already had that license.