Drones and Cyclopses

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Drones and Cyclopses

Unread postby Kalah » 14 May 2015, 13:50

The cyclops in H7 doesn't like the camera drones circling the battlefield ...

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Unread postby Panda Tar » 14 May 2015, 13:55

He's about to Optic Blast the drone away. Ah, yes, that's a ranged unit when upgraded.
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Unread postby ToweringAmishPlumber » 14 May 2015, 18:36

Wow, it's really hard to see it's eye. I had to stick my nose on the ecreen to see it. Actually, it looks like it has a helmet on.
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Unread postby parcaleste » 14 May 2015, 20:19

^ An EYELESS Cyclops!

... is what I thought when I first saw it.
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Unread postby GreatEmerald » 14 May 2015, 21:54

Cyclopes, man, not Cyclopses.
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Unread postby Kalah » 14 May 2015, 22:32

@GreatEmerald:
Cyclops (ˈsaɪklɒps)
n, pl Cyclopes (saɪˈkləʊpiːz) or Cyclopses
1. (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey.
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Unread postby mr.hackcrag » 14 May 2015, 23:57

Egad, all these glamour shots of barb units. I'm not sure which is more sexy for a pin up, the yeti or this one.
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Unread postby Panda Tar » 15 May 2015, 00:49

Go figure. It's squinting at the camera to see it better? Maybe it's a myopic cyclops.
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Unread postby markkur » 15 May 2015, 08:11

Good grief, I feel like a nasty visual-critic these days

but c'mon

The "Mouth of Sauron"...on the poor critter!? and that's it.<sigh>

Grab the H5 version and give it shades if it has to be waay different.

Jeez loueeze
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Unread postby GreatEmerald » 15 May 2015, 09:41

Kalah wrote:> Source: thefreedictionary.com
That's just one dictionary, the other two say otherwise: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cyclops?s=t
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Unread postby Kalah » 15 May 2015, 11:32

That's what we Norwegians call "a permitted side-form", then. :)
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