fattdex
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Post by fattdex on May 23, 2010 8:26:37 GMT -5
In Soviet Russia... you sample zombies' flavours?
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Post by abbysdad on May 23, 2010 17:49:34 GMT -5
In Soviet Russia... you sample zombies' flavours? Only when I'm listening to Pink Floyd
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Post by Tiberius on May 23, 2010 22:34:11 GMT -5
What d'you guys think of giving either the Chinese or Japanese (As such myths exist in Chinese, Japanese and Korean mythology) weaponized kumiho style creatures. They're like kitsune... only instead of seducing men to mess with their heads... they seduce men and devour their liver/soul. Hopefully that isn't too similar to the werewolves... but nine tailed foxes (or half human foxes) running about the battlefield immolating people with fox-fire and ripping peoples' livers out seems at least a little different.
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Post by skorzeny on May 23, 2010 23:50:40 GMT -5
There's been some talk about what to do with the Japanese and Chinese, but not necessarily in the direction you mention. It's too easy to just dip into a country's folklore and use that as the crux of their 'weird factor'
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Post by Tiberius on May 24, 2010 0:03:42 GMT -5
I thought that too... but I figured the other idea that came to mind (mecha) was even worse, as it's stereotypical as all hell... perhaps my imagination is lacking, and I'm missing something horribly X3.
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Post by CmdrKiley on May 24, 2010 1:09:13 GMT -5
Well even in any folklore or legend, as crazy as it might sound, it's probably based on some tiny bit of 'truth' and has been exagerated upon to the point that it just plain sounds too weird and crazy.
How about the Chinese Hopping Vampires. They're supposed to be some sort of vampire that hops around and leaps on their victims. They can be stopped by sticking a piece of paper with some magic writing on their heads.
Then take some of those elements and apply some realistic stuff to it. Like these guys are victims of some sort of cruel torture where they are subjected to a rabies like disease (think Rage Virus from 28 Days Later). The rabies destroys portions of their brain, reducing them to a frothing animal. As part of the torture process, they are conditioned like dogs where they respond to a symbols written on signs and sheets of paper. They can be told to stop, simply by presenting the correct symbol in front of them, where they simply do not move at all. They can be unleased by removing that symbol from their vision. Fitting them with headgear where these symbols can be placed over their face allows for them to be transported safely. Removing that symbol in front of them unleashes them where they attack the nearest living models in sight (aside from their infected kin of course).
Their brains are so damaged that control over their arms is limited, which results in some awkward movement. They generally attack by leaping onto their victims and trying to pin them down with their weight while trying to bite them and infect them.
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Post by skorzeny on May 24, 2010 4:19:08 GMT -5
Don't worry about mecha. Giving either China or Japan the industrial capacity to make mechs wouldn't be simply bending history but rather snapping it into little pieces.
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Post by evernevermore(john) on May 24, 2010 7:27:07 GMT -5
The big questions for China and Japan is more how much and how to handle some of the really nasty stuff that did happen, because with an alternate time line you can use the same solution as the Chumans and say "in this reality project X was actually somewhat successful". Course with some of the Japanese stuff like Unit 731 you are walking a major line about how you present it and handle the context you present them in. Because about the only thing the Germans had on the Japanese in the realm of inhumanity was this peculiar habit of documenting stuff very thoroughly.
So dont worry about weird stuff from the Pacific - the source material is pretty strange to start with. Though I want to see more things like the Bat Firebombs (as opposed to the Bat Glide Bomb) since nukes seem to be out of the picture.
P.S. plus if you just look through the Medals of Honor that various US Marines received in the Pacific you should have more ideas for Heroes and leaders for your troops than you will ever have time to convert or sculpt
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cheif
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Post by cheif on May 24, 2010 8:22:25 GMT -5
I'm more looking forward to the real life quirks of the Japanese, the Banzai Charge, the playing dead, than their 'weird' twist.
I do think Taoist magic for the Chinese would be great though. Cloud-hopping, gale-making, spirit-summoning priests with drums and lots of paper!
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Post by abbysdad on May 24, 2010 9:49:50 GMT -5
I'm more looking forward to the real life quirks of the Japanese, the Banzai Charge, the playing dead, than their 'weird' twist. I do think Taoist magic for the Chinese would be great though. Cloud-hopping, gale-making, spirit-summoning priests with drums and lots of paper! The only problem with my being on this side of the fence is that I have to keep my mouth shut about what's coming in the AE-verse. I think you guys will like what we do for Asia once we get around to it. As always, the real part of the war will be front and center and competitive with any weirdness that is inserted into the alternate reality. Bounty is heading out the door soon which will be a huge weight off our shoulders. Then we can crack the whips on the AE-WWII stuff again. Keep the ideas coming! I like reading them. Cheers, Chris
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cybogoblin
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Post by cybogoblin on May 24, 2010 14:00:18 GMT -5
It's too easy to just dip into a country's folklore and use that as the crux of their 'weird factor' So we might see some members of the Maori Battallion riding into battle on the backs of Taniwha or giant moa?
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Post by carlstrack01 on Jan 12, 2013 1:47:26 GMT -5
If you want ideas for the SS and the Occult, read the book "The Secret King: The Myth and Reality of Nazi Occultism" written by Michael Moynihan, and Stephen E. Flowers. It covers the works of Himmler's Occult leader and adviser, and Lord of Runes Karl Maria Wiligut. An awesome read, I might add.
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