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[MagnesG]

Lo and behold!

Spoiler: Pics

I have no words.

More on here:
https://redanianintelligence.wordpr...lfgaardian-armour-and-weapons-in-the-witcher/

Edit: Actually hope redeemed with ballsack armor's first in name.

 

[AlteredForms]

Thought they were dressed in crumpled up bin liners lol.

 

[DynamiteCop!]

 

[plushyp]

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Looks like shit.

 

[Dontero]

looks like some power ranger kit

 

[EviLore]

Oh god. Why?!

 

[Dontero]

Oh god. Why?!

The moment you realize that poles production will actually be better despite being universally panned by most of witcher fans:



Well at least Zebrowski was fantastic in its role as well as the best Dendelion ever. It was panned because it didn't follow books at all, it was just mish mash of various novels with show writers trailing off from actual material for some unknown reasons. And it had rubber dragon.

either way whole thing is on YT with english subs, Vision which made this series i think shut down so it is not like you could buy it from creators.



You can also see easily from where CDPR took most of design for style of witcher

 

[Sqorin Hammerfarf]

Costume Designer: I'm thinking of going a new way for this armor.

Producer: I'm intrigued. Tell me more.

Costume Designer: Think "gangrenous scrotum".

Producer: I usually am... Oh, you mean for the armor?

Costume Designer: I mean for the armor.

Producer: Well, I'm too busy miscasting all the characters, so do what you will.

 

[Stitch]

It looks like a ballsack

 

[Saber]

looks like some power ranger kit

This one looks more convincing.

 

[MagnesG]

I guess less and less people are gonna care about this show - particularly those who played the games. Can't be too 'critical' when your games are derived from the books while this is the the so called original show. My answers would be either "it's garbage" or low-key "okay" when people ask about it, and I will strive to not further my comments whatsoever. I will in the state of denial when this comes out lol.

This armor though, it's not even practical for mass creation. How could the armor be welded and tempered to be like this?

 

[Geki-D]

Well, the Netflix series is based off of the books and not the games, so maybe they're actually meant to look like that in the books? Maybe they'll have cgi enhancements?

 

[CyberPanda]

I wish I didn't see that. Smh.

 

[michaelius]

I wish I could rewind time just to never see this abomination.

 

[infinitys_7th]

Aside from the aesthetics, the design makes no sense from a practical view either. Plate armor was supposed to deflect and redirect blows smoothly away, not catch them in throbbing veins, I mean, ridges.

 

[crowbrow]

I'm pretty sure this show is going to be a disaster. Staying the fuck away from it until and if I'm proven wrong.

 

[oagboghi2]

Are you fucking serious?

So This is more Xena: warrior princess and less game of thrones?

 

[Big-G]

What the fuck is that? Looks nothing like the game

 

[CyberPanda]

Are you fucking serious?

So This is more Xena: warrior princess and less game of thrones?

Don't knock Xenia. That show was awesome back in the day.

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Chronicles of Riddick pulled off the grey monotone armor.

No idea what they're trying with that shit in the OP. Looks bad man.

 

[Big-G]

Don't knock Xenia. That show was awesome back in the day.

And she was hot af

 

[CrankyJay™]

Well, the Netflix series is based off of the books and not the games, so maybe they're actually meant to look like that in the books? Maybe they'll have cgi enhancements?

Sheesh. Maybe they should have gone with the game designs instead.

 

[Night.Ninja]

I'll wait until I see more

 

[Rentahamster]

 

[ThatStupidLion]

And the emmy for best costume design goes to...

...the not even nominated witcher crew

 

[Hideous Snake]

What the fuck is this garbage? Ever since they picked Henry Cavill to play Geralt and I'm not having high hopes anyways. Fuck you

 

[Scopa]

And any hope I had for this show is extinguished like a candle.

 

[TheShadowLord]

looks like some power ranger kit

Is it just me or do I see a camel toe in this picture?

 

[just_some_nut]

Ain't that bad. waitin for the effects and shit

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Never knew the Witcher universe has garbage bag armour. You learn something new every day.

 

[JORMBO]

Looks like something they got off the discount rack at a Halloween store.

 

[Tesseract]

what kinda retard blacksmith design is that

 

[Tesseract]

Ain't that bad. waitin for the effects and shit

 

[Fbh]

I want this show to be good but stuff like this makes it seem like someone at Netflix was like "we want something like GOT......... for a tenth of the price"

Well, the Netflix series is based off of the books and not the games, so maybe they're actually meant to look like that in the books? Maybe they'll have cgi enhancements?

I only ever read the first book and it has been a while. But I'm pretty sure no one in it was described as having some sort of armour with a scrotum inspired design.

I wouldn't be surprised if the author asked them to make the show look as different to the games as possible (since he hates them) and "different" armour designs is one of the ways they are trying to do that.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Looks absolutely awful.

 

[sendit]

I hope some of you guys do know what CGI is.

 

[haxan7]

We better all band together and get them to do reshoots like in the Sonic movie. Generic soldiers having shitty armor is just unacceptable.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Looks worse than comic-con cosplay

Don't knock Xenia. That show was awesome back in the day.

Hell yeah brother

 

[MagnesG]

I hope some of you guys do know what CGI is.

No amount of CGI would convince a customer on the look of an already pre-made custom vein armor for General Ballsacks. Well unless those guys are all wearing body-tight tingle suits.

 

[Fbh]

I hope some of you guys do know what CGI is.

How is CGI going to improve this silly looking armour design? Post processing might make it looks less cheap but it's not going to change that it looks like a raisin ?

 

[oagboghi2]

Don't knock Xenia. That show was awesome back in the day.

It was okay...but it wasn't game of thrones.

The standards are higher now

 

[Papa]

lol wat

looks like a wrinkly old ballsack

 

[brap]

lol wat

looks like a wrinkly old ballsack

You would know boomer lmao

 

[sendit]

How is CGI going to improve this silly looking armour design? Post processing might make it looks less cheap but it's not going to change that it looks like a raisin ?

Seriously?

 

[waxer]

What's with all the cgi pics with motion tracking tags on them.. Is this to prove the ballsacks with no green or tags are incomplete to be cgi motion suits. Cause lol

 

[Fbh]

Seriously?

Yes. Again, how is CGI going to fix ugly armour designs?
Your one example is a high tech power armour being put in with CGI and your other example is someone who is later replaced by a fully CGI beast. Both are things which would be difficult to do in real life so it makes sense. And in both cases you can see they are wearing sensors.

An armour though? unless it's going to be on fire or have supernatural effects (which based on what we know of the world of the Witcher they won't ), it would be completely counterintuitive to make them ugly as hell and replace them with CGI.

For reference this is what the GOT cast looks behind the scenes with no CGI or post processing:

 

[Geki-D]

Sheesh. Maybe they should have gone with the game designs instead.

Pretty sure they literally can't for legal reasons.

 

[Alfen Dave]

Makes you realize how grand Jackson's Lord of the Rings original trilogy was huh?

 

[Cunth]

I lold almost as much as seeing Henry cavill with long hair