03-06-2011, 06:40 PM | #1 | |
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First Official Nick TMNT Preview Art!
The first three pages of this thread will consist of speculation, as until then, it wasn't confirmed. It now is, courtesy Alex Deligiannis (AKA Toon). I gotta say (haha) it's pretty rad being the first dude to post it. This picture was copyright Nick on The Wall Street Journal website, and accompanied this article which states more info is to come in about a week. Could this actually be their new look? EDIT: Why yes, it is actually! It is somewhat close to the TMNT designs at first glance, but still infinitely better than them... I could dig the hand-wraps too. Note that Mikey's chucks have been replaced with a Kusari-gama (I personally think that's rad)! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...111427388.html Quote:
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03-06-2011, 06:55 PM | #2 |
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It looks a lot more Mirage inspired than I thought it'd be. I thought we'd have something more OT inspired as far as their looks but this seems like it's going for the vibe of the movies. If this is what their shooting for I approve.
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03-06-2011, 06:57 PM | #3 |
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Wow, I don't have the WSJ subscription needed to read the rest of the article online, so I appreciate you sharing the full story. I always try to stay optimistic about the future too.
Got a higher res version of the picture?
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03-06-2011, 06:59 PM | #4 |
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Yea!! Glad to hear we'll finally hear something. I hope the release next week will really whet my appetite.
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Granted we shouldn't get too excited, this may just be some random picture. I don't think it is, but who knows... I unfortunately don't, that's the size it was in the article.
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03-06-2011, 07:09 PM | #6 |
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Um....not to be a kill joy, but why isn't Mikey weilding nunchucks?
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I gotta admit, that's a pretty cool image! I wonder who made it.
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I actually really like that art, in fact the more I look at it the more I like it. I hope it is in fact some peek at what will become the character designs for the show. Though Mikey lacking nunchucks is odd??
Still this is all VERY positive, VERY exciting news and it really sounds at least so far like they are going in a more Mirage direction, which was my HOPE, but I didn't really think would happen. Yay!
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03-06-2011, 07:23 PM | #9 |
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Hmm... so what weapon is Mikey wielding?
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03-06-2011, 07:25 PM | #10 |
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One thing that has always bugged me is the "can only tell them apart by..." Ebert said it, and now this press release. I thought the Turtles of the movies and OT had very defined archetypes. Am I wrong?
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Based on what I said above, I'm thinking one of those old school ball/chain thingies that The Foot occasionally used in Vol. 1. You're not wrong, these people are just oblivious. Leader, hothead, brainiac, goof. Those have been the obvious stereotypical personalities.
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Is it just me or is this slightly Dooney inspired. In most of his recent turtle art he always draws them with slightly different stitch belts. Leo, Raph and Don's look like his design. Also he mostly draws Don with an Ipod and if you look closely Don seems to have ear phones sticking out of belt.
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Google Image search research shows: Kusari-gama.
www.downloadmunkey.net/images2/ng2etb-01.jpg http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=Kus...&start=20&sa=N
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03-06-2011, 07:55 PM | #16 |
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It is atleast a legit weapon and not a farm tool....
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Weird, I saw the article earlier today, but didn't know there was an image with it. Had to turn off my ad-blocker. Coolness.
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03-06-2011, 08:12 PM | #18 |
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That image does not bode well.
Over-all they're kinda cool, but Mike looks like a freakin Blue Bunny TMNT Ice-pop. PLEASE don't make him a blithering doofus. And please give him the correct weapon. |
03-06-2011, 08:39 PM | #19 |
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There's still no real indication if the designs of the show look like that.
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03-06-2011, 08:57 PM | #20 |
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I really like that image, and it does look like it can translate well into CG. Jester was indeed a killjoy with his post but I guess don't kill the messenger, at least the weapon he has is freaking cool so it does soften the blow a bit. Hope the image is real, and if it isn't at least there is still hope that Mikey has nunchucks. By the way the info of
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