In lugnet.reviews, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.reviews, Shiri Dori writes:
> > In lugnet.reviews, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > > I love the faces! They're great as generic castle minifigs. :)
> >
> > Well, the eye-patch one isn't what I'd call generic, it's nice as a special
> > one but having three of these might be weird. The other is definitely a good
> > generic face.
>
> Actually, I like them for generic scruffy dockhands, Wolfpack, and sailors. :)
I use the eyepatch to indicate that the character is in some way disabled.
Since medicine was not particularly good back then, damage from combat,
illnesses, and plague/infections often caused infirmities which lasted a
lifetime.
It's easy to show a missing arm, leg, or head (hmmm, headless horsemen...)
with a minifig, but harder to show bones which were not set properly, organs
which are not functioning well (too much alcohol, perhaps, or heart troubles,
or cancer), or degenerative diseases of the mind and body (scurvy and other
common malnutrition, hemophilia from inbreeding, Alzheimer's, sickle-cell
anemia, Down's syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gherig's disease...).
I apologize if this post turned out to be exceedingly morose.
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