Better picture: Animated Armor

The one right now just looks like some demon to me. The most obvious part about that thing isn't that it's a walking suit of armor (and it just looks like it's wearing armor anyway to me.)

I suggest this:

edited 9th Nov '10 4:31:25 PM by Edmania

That is a better picture seeing as it's got no helmet on, but it's obviously carrying someone.

Is that a problem?

Now I'm completely lost. I was agreeing with you.

Maybe something from Bedknobs And Broomsticks? There must be at least one nice illustrative image in that whole battle scene...

I have no problems with the pic that the OP suggested.

The current image definitely has to go. It really just looks like a monster of some sort.

Bedknobs And Broomsticks battle, please.

Here's one.◊

The problem with that is that there's no way of telling whether there's someone wearing the armor.

The reason I like the pic up top is because without the helmet it's obvious that the armor is moving on it's own.

Uhm, yes there is. The spaces beyond the noseguards are empty.

It's in the night and it isn't very easy to see people's eyes in those sorts of helmets anyway (except for the middle one.)

That and it's kinda blurry as well. I mean, I guess I can see what you're talking about, but your really have to look hard to see it.

I have nothing against using that movie as an example, but we'd need a more obvious picture.

Took down old one:

I was thinking of Al from Full Metal Alchemist [1]◊[2]◊ [3]◊ they come out quite fuzzy.

EDIT: Animated armor vs Animated armor [4]◊

edited 9th Nov '10 11:43:41 PM by Raso

I like the OP picture and the no 4 from Full Metal Alchemist.

I still like the first proposal the best.

So crowner for the first example and FMA's al vs Whats His Face?

Blank crowner hooked. Put on all the suggestions, not just a couple of them.

edited 10th Nov '10 12:48:22 PM by Madrugada

People, Alphonse may be a famous example, but most of the time, you can't tell that he's just armour, going by out of context.

Yeah, The Destroyer has the same problem, which is why I didn't suggest him - can't find any images that suggest the armor is empty.

I had seen Al been fixed a few times, perhaps a picture of that.

The problem with those images is that in most of them he just looks like a regular suit of armor rather than one that's animated in some fashion.

The Al examples so far either look like a regular person wearing armor, or an unoccupied suit of armor being attacked. How about these?

Headless Al grabbing a guy's gun

Headless Al pointing to where his head should be

I could look around for more, but it might be tough to find better, since this is from chapter 1's Reveal of Al's nature. The anime's version of this scene might make the hollow part clearer, since in the manga it just looks like a big black blob where his head goes.

Edit, found a couple of Barry:

Barry headless (middle left panel) and spinning his head (lower left)

Barry taking off his head (bottom middle panel) not as clear as I had hoped.

edited 11th Nov '10 5:20:15 PM by GeneralGrant

The one with Berry spinning his head is nice, but the text is distracting. I'd vote up Al grabbing the man's gun though, if you post it on the crowner.

I'd advise against using Barry the Chopper for the image simply because his head doesn't look very much like a helmet.

Added the Al images to the poll. I have to agree that Barry's helmet doesn't look much like a helmet.