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bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
June 29 2010 22:00 GMT
#1
I decided I'd create this thread after noticing that I viewed some unit portraits differently for the longest time, and wanted to see other people's interpretations as well. You will notice that they are all Protoss as I started playing Starcraft when I was but a young lad, and I mostly played toss so these portrait images had stuck into my little brain.

For Example:
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The Dragoon

I viewed it like so:
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Like some kind of alien with dreadlocks. with the one eye being its mouth and the tube things being eyes.

when it turned out it was actually something like this:
[image loading]

The Zealot:
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Which I thought wore one of those russian hats, and wielded some kind of decorative staff, which turned out to be just part of his buzz light yearesque plasma shield helmet thing.

Another one is the Shuttle:
[image loading]

This one is self explanatory, it looks like a smiley face. Does anyone else agree?

And Alas, the High Templar:
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Which looks like a Football (American) player with his big shoulder pads.

Anyone Else?
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Azrael1111
Profile Joined July 2008
United States550 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-29 22:04:37
June 29 2010 22:03 GMT
#2
[image loading]

The arbiter looks like an alligator.
bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-29 22:10:04
June 29 2010 22:04 GMT
#3
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On June 30 2010 07:03 Azrael1111 wrote:
[image loading]

Looks like an alligator.

woah.... mind = blown
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uberdeluxe
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada306 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-29 22:07:42
June 29 2010 22:06 GMT
#4
On June 30 2010 07:03 Azrael1111 wrote:
[image loading]
The arbiter looks like an alligator.

Mind has been blown :O
but if anything, the dragoon is a muppet.
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Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-29 22:11:51
June 29 2010 22:09 GMT
#5
[image loading]
2 eyes and a big nose, no mouth obviously

[image loading]
an arm with lights lol
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Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 29 2010 22:10 GMT
#6
[image loading]

^ I always saw the shoulder blade as a lower lip and wondered if the goofy looking alien was some sort of protoss that somehow didn't look like the other ones.
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bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
June 29 2010 22:11 GMT
#7
Dude, lol I thought that too, I thought he had a mouth as well, even though hes a protoss.
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uberdeluxe
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada306 Posts
June 29 2010 22:12 GMT
#8
On June 30 2010 07:09 ProTosS4EveR wrote:
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an arm with lights lol

lol, IMO it looks more like an xbox 360 controller
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okum
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
France5779 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-29 22:13:17
June 29 2010 22:12 GMT
#9
On June 30 2010 07:10 Djzapz wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


^ I always saw the shoulder blade as a lower lip and wondered if the goofy looking alien was some sort of protoss that somehow didn't look like the other ones.

It's Jar-Jar Binks!
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26004 Posts
June 29 2010 22:16 GMT
#10
On June 30 2010 07:10 Djzapz wrote:
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^ I always saw the shoulder blade as a lower lip and wondered if the goofy looking alien was some sort of protoss that somehow didn't look like the other ones.

haha he looks so happy!
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jgju
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States454 Posts
June 29 2010 22:22 GMT
#11
On June 30 2010 07:12 okum wrote:
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On June 30 2010 07:10 Djzapz wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


^ I always saw the shoulder blade as a lower lip and wondered if the goofy looking alien was some sort of protoss that somehow didn't look like the other ones.

It's Jar-Jar Binks!


That is horrifying, and I will never ever be able to erase the image from my mind.


+ Show Spoiler +
Meesa Artanis!
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uberdeluxe
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada306 Posts
June 29 2010 22:25 GMT
#12
On June 30 2010 07:16 Chill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2010 07:10 Djzapz wrote:
[image loading]

^ I always saw the shoulder blade as a lower lip and wondered if the goofy looking alien was some sort of protoss that somehow didn't look like the other ones.

haha he looks so happy!

oh wow, looking at the zealot like that makes it look like it's straight out of spore...

in other news, with zerglings being so tiny, I always thought they were like little ostriches without heads or wings...
[image loading]
They're so tiny you could interpret it as anything!
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bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
June 29 2010 22:27 GMT
#13
Also, to get some Terran in here:
[image loading]
he has a unibrow
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nibbles
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United Kingdom179 Posts
June 29 2010 22:31 GMT
#14
On June 30 2010 07:10 Djzapz wrote:
[image loading]

^ I always saw the shoulder blade as a lower lip and wondered if the goofy looking alien was some sort of protoss that somehow didn't look like the other ones.


yeah i agree it always irked me how that picture looked
meh
apathy9
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway20 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-29 22:33:18
June 29 2010 22:32 GMT
#15
nvm!
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
June 29 2010 22:32 GMT
#16
The zealot is one of the Confederacy leaders in the Star Wars prequels.
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Cow
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1104 Posts
June 29 2010 22:32 GMT
#17
On June 30 2010 07:03 Azrael1111 wrote:
[image loading]

The arbiter looks like an alligator.


Must...unsee....URGGGHHHHH.
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stumpster
Profile Joined September 2009
United States67 Posts
June 29 2010 23:03 GMT
#18
Oh god, the Arbiter = Alligator thing is just ridiculous...how did I not see that before.
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
June 29 2010 23:04 GMT
#19
Woaoao Dragoon blew my mind.

And is the vulture a floating head or what?

[image loading]


(Awesome topic!)
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Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
June 29 2010 23:09 GMT
#20
On June 30 2010 08:04 Pholon wrote:
Woaoao Dragoon blew my mind.

And is the vulture a floating head or what?

[image loading]


(Awesome topic!)


same, i always saw it as a detatched head with some metal rod holding it up o.o
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