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#1 GhostRuhster

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 01:21 AM

Does the color scheme of this 'Mech bother anyone else? Yen Lo Wang was Piloted by Justin Allard, and later by Kai Allard-Liao. Both of them have Capallen (Chinese) heritage. In fact, during his time on Solaris, Justin fought as a Capallen. So why does the paint scheme of this 'Mech look very Japanese?

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 01:27 AM

Yen Lo Wang was always described in this paintsheme. Just cause it resembles the japanese Nisshōki it does not
mean a thing.

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 01:41 AM

Cause.... it looked cool?

What other reason does a not house affilated man has to paint a mech in this or that way?

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 05:10 AM

PGI did not decide to make the red sunburst the pattern for the YLW, that comes from the canon.

This ccg card art dates to 1997, and clearly shows a red sunburst:

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A lot of people do not agree with it, but the reason is simple; PGI is sticking to canon.

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 05:12 AM

There is a pretty detailed discussion on this very question here:

http://mwomercs.com/...with-ylws-skin/

I havn't really looked through it because I don't give much of a damn, but maybe you will find the answer.

#6 Lokust Davion

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 05:25 AM

View PostRedshift2k5, on 27 October 2012 - 05:10 AM, said:

PGI did not decide to make the red sunburst the pattern for the YLW, that comes from the canon.

This ccg card art dates to 1997, and clearly shows a red sunburst:

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A lot of people do not agree with it, but the reason is simple; PGI is sticking to canon.


To hell with the canon! It does look japanese. When canon does not feel right, we should not follow it.





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