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Animated combat video
« on: 2010-11-17, 16:25:24 »
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8myj3zgoCg[/youtube]
« Last Edit: 2010-11-17, 16:25:34 by Sir Edward »
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Re: Animated combat video
« Reply #1 on: 2010-11-17, 16:38:27 »
Hey, that's very cool...I like how they break down each play to its components.  What's amazing to me is that to the average Joe, it may look all chaotic since a lot of the movements are too fast for the untrained eye to follow, or rather, they may lack the understanding of said moves.

"If it was me, I would've..."

That sort of thing.  lol
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Re: Animated combat video
« Reply #2 on: 2010-11-17, 18:45:09 »
Neat! The line drawings look modern; do you know if they're from a historical text, or modern repros based on period source? I haven't seen a halberd/polearm fighting manual, only swords.
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Re: Animated combat video
« Reply #3 on: 2010-11-17, 18:52:38 »
I'm pretty sure those are modern drawings, yes. They don't look historical to me.
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Re: Animated combat video
« Reply #4 on: 2010-11-17, 19:47:29 »
Historical or modern, those drawings are very well done; the artist has a keen eye for human locomotion- is it me or did the movements seem more natural, and not wooden like one would expect from that sort of animation, especially if it wasn't necessarily done by a pro?
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Re: Animated combat video
« Reply #5 on: 2010-11-17, 20:16:23 »
some guys have so much talent. i couldn't make 2 stick figures look like that. awesome video

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Re: Animated combat video
« Reply #6 on: 2010-11-17, 21:52:57 »
Right, its almost unfair.
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