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BAI HU - Ash Skin + Helmet Pack
Good Skin, Bad Name
The skin looks good, but its style is not really related to Bai Hu (the White Tiger in Chinese) except those stripes.

Tigers have ears, and their ears' positions on their heads are similar to cats', but you can't just give this skin 2 demon horns and say, look, it's a tiger with 2 ears. That's lame.
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CyberpunCthulhu 27 Sep, 2016 @ 7:29am 
And with that eye blinder, it looks really like demon hunter in World of Warcraft.
Neznaikin 27 Sep, 2016 @ 7:33am 
Nice Nice Cooooooooooooooooooooool
Hitsu San  [developer] 27 Sep, 2016 @ 7:34am 
I think you need to watch it more carefully but anyway it's just a name :) Nobody really cares that much as long as it's a cool skin!
Aoji Cresini 27 Sep, 2016 @ 8:06am 
why not name it to something related to Oni?
DarcBloom 27 Sep, 2016 @ 8:34am 
Perhaps people are missing the deeper symbolism here... The style of the skin is less reminiscent of either a tiger OR demon and more that of an armored warrior.
However, as we all know, legendary warriors, those with exceptional skill, were often described as fighting like a certain kind of animal, or mythical creature. Ones that suited their technique.
Some were even given titles and nicknames based on that concept.
A personal failure to realize the significance of something is no reason to judge the creator, only yourself.
Senketsu7 27 Sep, 2016 @ 8:42am 
^ what he said
Aab 27 Sep, 2016 @ 9:05am 
its too plain :( maybe add some cool patterns / designs on the body part instead of focusing on the helmet - then u can have my money kek
Last edited by Aab; 27 Sep, 2016 @ 9:06am
Hitsu San  [developer] 27 Sep, 2016 @ 9:26am 
InSaynt got it 95% ;) It also has a big felyne features on the mask which is something that was used to reppresent the demons in east asia. Guess what animal was considered to be a real devil in south east asia? :P
DurpsOnTerps 27 Sep, 2016 @ 1:47pm 
Samurai is the vibe I'm getting.
Synitare 27 Sep, 2016 @ 6:48pm 
Originally posted by Hitsu San:
I think you need to watch it more carefully but anyway it's just a name :) Nobody really cares that much as long as it's a cool skin!

That's not even a little bit true. It IS a cool skin, but the name is far from irrelevant. It sets the expectations people have for the theme of the skin. Even if they don't know who Bai Hu is or what it symbolizes, they might look it up and see that it's the Chinese White Tiger of the West, then look at your skin and see that it looks more like a Japanese samurai or oni.
CyberpunCthulhu 27 Sep, 2016 @ 7:36pm 
Originally posted by Synitare:
Originally posted by Hitsu San:
I think you need to watch it more carefully but anyway it's just a name :) Nobody really cares that much as long as it's a cool skin!

That's not even a little bit true. It IS a cool skin, but the name is far from irrelevant. It sets the expectations people have for the theme of the skin. Even if they don't know who Bai Hu is or what it symbolizes, they might look it up and see that it's the Chinese White Tiger of the West, then look at your skin and see that it looks more like a Japanese samurai or oni.
I totally agree with your point. And that's why I posted this topic.
ZephryS 27 Sep, 2016 @ 11:46pm 
Originally posted by InSaynt:
Perhaps people are missing the deeper symbolism here... The style of the skin is less reminiscent of either a tiger OR demon and more that of an armored warrior.
However, as we all know, legendary warriors, those with exceptional skill, were often described as fighting like a certain kind of animal, or mythical creature. Ones that suited their technique.
Some were even given titles and nicknames based on that concept.
A personal failure to realize the significance of something is no reason to judge the creator, only yourself.
Agreed!
Naggatron 28 Sep, 2016 @ 12:35am 
WARFRAME GET THIS IN THE GAME NOWWW!!!
Hitsu San  [developer] 28 Sep, 2016 @ 12:55am 
@Synitare: Yeah but i gave it the right name :) It's not my fault if people doesn't know what it means or they don't get it 100%. Most people didn't get that Hagoromo is not a character from Naruto and nobody got why Visage has that name or Alata or Caduto even and nothing bad happened cause in the end it's not THAT important. Anyway as you can see InSaynt got it at first try so the name is totally fine :)
Synitare 28 Sep, 2016 @ 9:01am 
Originally posted by Hitsu San:
@Synitare: Yeah but i gave it the right name :) It's not my fault if people doesn't know what it means or they don't get it 100%. Most people didn't get that Hagoromo is not a character from Naruto and nobody got why Visage has that name or Alata or Caduto even and nothing bad happened cause in the end it's not THAT important. Anyway as you can see InSaynt got it at first try so the name is totally fine :)

It is your fault actually. You might think the similarities are obvious, but they are definitely not. The only thing this skin has in common with the Bai Hu is that it is white and vaguely striped. Also InSaynt didn't get it right. He just agreed with you. You can't just take a single person that happens to agree with you as indisputable proof that everything is fine.
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