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Durdain
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Just thought I'd post something I've been thinking about as regards the 'feel' of Valenwood. Its nothing special really but there are quite some similarities between the Bosmer and native Americans - right down to haircuts, mohicans etc.

I think it would be cool if we pushed this influence, tee-pees made out of bone and hide are viable green pact housing we could have modelled. Tapestries could depict deer running in an aboriginal (sp?) style. A lot of native American tribes were fractured just like the Bosmer tribes, they worshipped animals and their spirits, they worshipped the forest and trees etc.

The whole look of native Americans is one I think is really cool and the whole colonial exploration could relate to Imperial invasion, the wilds of Valenwood mirror the wild Americas a little after all.

Anyway just thought I would post it here in the core and get your ideas on what you think about such an image?
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Seems like a good idea that should be developed with some more thoughts and concepts, why not post it in the main forums too?
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Durdain
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Yeah just thought Id get the other core members thoughts on it beforehand. There is a very rich culture in native Americans that I know for me personally very rarely appealed (never got into the cowboys and inidans thing as a kid) but I'm just discovering. Its very cool.
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everything can influence the bosmer, as long as its not an obvious rip off. tee-pees populated by half nekkid elfs with war paint and braided hair would be a horrible stereotype and lamely un-original. i'd say do some research on native Americans that aint portraid too much in common culture. try to find some authentic photographs or drawings instead of modern day romanticized renditions.

and on the topic of authentic pictures...

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Yes that would be very poor, I dont actually have a true picture of what native Americans look like. I know they are varied and I only have what I have imagined with some of the novels I've read. Its just the similarities between what I've been reading and the Bosmer I see in the games and as described in the pocket book are very close.

These pictures are very interesting, + quite scary! (French gasmask man and dog is horrid).
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