What I think the Imperials should've looked like

Post » Mon May 20, 2013 10:44 am

http://www.comitatus.net/images/comitatuscavalry15.jpg

Since we're going with the whole 'dying Empire' theme and since it is set in Skyrim I though the Imperials should have looked like this.

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Ebou Suso
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 10:01 pm

They look silly.
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Jon O
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 2:16 pm

They look fine to me. Except for that draco standard.

Besides, at least these Romans aren't 1st-2nd century Roman cataphracts.

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Sami Blackburn
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 9:33 am

No.Let imperial look how they look,Those just looks stupid D:

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Jason White
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 10:57 pm

I like the classic Roman look, Marian reforms to late 3rd century AD over the 4th-5th century counterpart that came later. Bethesda went with the classic Roman look that more people are familiar with. Movies like Gladiator, Rome HBO, Starz Spartacus all have the classic Roman look. Come to think of it, I cant think of one Roman movie or tv show that takes place in the last few decades in the Western Roman empire.
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Mariaa EM.
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 7:23 pm

those remind me of the Guard gear from Oblivion :T

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Kahli St Dennis
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 7:09 pm

I dislike the whole pseudo-Roman thing, it seems rather lazy. I know Rome is supposed to represent imperial glory but if they're going to use that as inspiration then at least go for something unfamiliar, like the Late Roman Army.

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Leonie Connor
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 12:52 pm

I... just.. can't.

They look like 4 guys who found someone willing to rent them horses so they could make a cool entrance into the weekends ren fair.

Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, and Howard maybe?

And of course out of sympathy, Stewart as well. But Raj rented his horse for him.

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Marnesia Steele
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 11:01 am

Nah, more like http://comitatus.net/gallerymaryportinf11.html

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Samantha Wood
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 10:55 am

Come on, that's just the same guys without their horses. :P

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Noraima Vega
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 10:34 am

Not really, Comitatus has an Equites and infantry group. They aren't just a group consisting of five guys and their horses.

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Tasha Clifford
 
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Post » Tue May 21, 2013 12:10 am

Every Imperial should be a reskinned model ofhttps://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbRlw0Gb4S4IvIdcidPz9dD7dNE9Km7sQxGx2INLbpR3eW51bYyA EVERY SINGLE ONE.

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Scotties Hottie
 
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Post » Tue May 21, 2013 12:47 am

Those pictures are ............................ Hilarious. The guy with the pole looks like he's got a blanket tied around his neck, like I used to when I was pretending to be Batman. (used to as in last night).

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Johanna Van Drunick
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 8:50 pm

No, http://www.soldiers.it/uploads/5f4bada37fe2693e.jpg

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Lauren Denman
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 8:15 pm

The Native American legionnaire is funny, but so is the other one.

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Kelvin
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 8:19 pm

Including the ones in the background or just the foreground?

Even the females? PERFECT!

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maya papps
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 12:35 pm


THIS +100,000

So much respect.
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Andrea Pratt
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 11:57 am

Just Dean and Frank.


It's pseudo-Rome because the Imperials are only superficially based on the Roman Empire, they aren't trying to recreate Rome, but make a vaguely original culture in a Romestereotype palette.

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Ron
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 4:55 pm

I actually prefer the post-marius Reform ones.

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Sudah mati ini Keparat
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 4:52 pm

@ Nyleken. Just have your character wear some trousers that you get from Helgen, pick up a hide shield, Imperial sword, boom late Roman infantry. :) I'll stick with my Roman lorica segmentata plate armor AKA heavy imperial armor brah.
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Jordyn Youngman
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 7:09 pm

http://www.artofmodelling.be/pages/images/stories/Soldiers/soldiers_sr-52.jpg

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Logan Greenwood
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 7:11 pm

x1000

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Tiffany Castillo
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 7:53 pm

That isn't lorica segmentata unless it has segmented plates... bro.

http://fall3nairborne.deviantart.com/art/Dacian-War-194673455 over http://images.uesp.net/c/c9/SR-item-Imperial_Armor_Male_01.jpg anyways.

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Kyra
 
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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 8:16 pm

Jesus christ, with all this talk of Rome, I want to play Rome total war :D

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Post » Mon May 20, 2013 6:50 pm

For the glory of the Mede Dynasty!

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