For the record, I can't draw at all.
But I think we need our first couple OC and some ideas to throw around for making history-chan
now, naturally, as a /pol/ack and like many here, I'd prefer a European styled character but that still leaves the following for discussion.
>What era costume?
>hair/eye color
>tall, short?
>Glasses?
>should /his/ even have a board tan at all?
artists welcome ofc.
Can we not do this autism and let /v/ or someone handle it?
>>11061
It is inevitable, as is our /4CC/ team. Best to get it out of the way now.
>>11061
maybe, but would we really let /v/ design our character? It should be supported by the people here so its not hated later.
>>11041
We could have multiple board-tans. There is no reason to have just one, that way we can set them in different time eras and perspectives.
>>11061
>On a history board
>Surprised autism is here
>>11041
/his/ should be a white Greek statue
>but anon that's a statue from the Renaissance
Like I give a fuck
>>11169
interesting idea.
so chalk white with various shades of grey pic related.
possibly wearing whatever costume is relevant to the OC like >>11160
suggested
>>11041
Couple ground rules
>/his/ should be a man
>/his/ should dress in period clothing
>/his/ should have some form of facial hair
>/his/ should be no younger than 30
Maybe a roman consul style of clothing? It can be argued that romans are the most beloved amongst us all and wildly regarded as the forefathers of most nations that people who browse /his/ are from.
The fascio should obviously not be a part of it, since we're trying to crate a new identity for the board other than /pol/ 2.0.
Not to mention we all disdain plebs, love war, knowledge, order and take pride on each and every achievement of our respective civilizations. We're all romans in spirit.
>>11344
This desu
Roman or Greek clothing style.
>>11344
>>11169
Combine these two
>>11344
We love MILITARY STRENGTH, not war. War is bad
>>11041
A stuffy professor with a knights helmet.
/His/ should be an aesthetic as fuck marble statue man.
He lets his dick hang out, because of how manly he is.
>>11568
Something like this, but with extra multinational historical cosmetics.
don't we need some dank memes before thinking of a board-tan?
>>11573
This
/his/ should be the most aesthetic board
>>11061
yes please
>>11640
No.
>>11041
Charlie should be our tan, he's just so perfect.
>>11535
I love seeing men wield power like Michaelangelo wielded a paint brush.
>>11344
I still think there should be no standard dress code.
It's obvious you're from /pol/ because "board-tans" are gay as shit.
>>11677
He looks like a fuccboi.
>>11640
/aco/ is a shit board, and they already have one
She should be a hilarious mishmash of costumes from all periods of history, to represent /his/' patchwork knowledge of whatever it is they're discussing.
A need a drawfag to make Bismarck-tan
>>11616
He could change headgear depending on historical period.
A tan design needs to be simple, but if we make the hat optional it lets drawfags be a bit creative.
A cabinet of tans to embody all of our interests.
>my vote is for Tomoe Gozen for representative of weeb pursuits
>anyone but Mosley
>>11721
>It's obvious you're from /pol/ because "board-tans" are gay as shit.
every board including /aco/ has one
>>11721
Well, it's going to be made eventually. I'd much rather have it be made by ourselves than some random drawfag from some other shithole board
>>11835
I thought /po/ never went because they hate all other boards
>>11824
So fucking smug
>>11724
King of the fuccbois
>>11835
>tfw people don't know /z/ was a thing.
>>11893
Sorry, did you say something?
>>11927
>Protestants
Pig disgusting
>>11835
Yeah nah. Only in the minds of people who write fanfiction about internet message boards.
>>11999
>Yeah nah. Only in the minds of people who write fanfiction about internet message boards.
What? Are you disagreeing with my statement that all the other boards have them? What are you saying nah to?
In all seriousness considering /his/ and the fatherland of /gsg/ both have a huge hardon for the Great War, it will probably be something based from there
>board-tan
>anything BUT herodotus
>>11979
>Divine rights of kings
This battle has crossed onto /his/, and it still isn't ending, get out of here Charlie, and take your savages from North of Atonine wall who just happened to be Catholics with you
>>12082
this
We need to draw up a list of general concepts we want in a tan.
So far the main ideas seem to be:
>Dresses differently depending on which age or place the tan is supposed to be in.
>Male
>Facial hair of some sort
Anything else?
>>11041
/his/ immediately suggests "hispanic", perhaps even before it suggests "history".
Therefore, a board-kun should be of hispanic extraction; this flavor also specifically connects old world with new, and acknowledges the pervasive violence of history.
Our -kun should be like a Quixote or a Cortez.
Maybe as a sidekick he can have the girl from Las Meniñas.
>>12140
Marble Statue
>>12065
This but cuter, and even more sunk into the coat and shorter
Needs the Napoleon hat and coat
>>12163
Uh.
No.
>>11979
FOR WHA'LL BE KING BUT CHERLIE
>>12163
No.
>>12163
No thanks.
>>12196
This
>>11041
Seconding Herodotus, only we need some kind of twist to it to be interesting.
>>12196
how about just pic related?
maybe even the hat too big so it keeps falling over her eyes or something
>>12163
Tu idea es mierda, y tu tambien lo eres.
>antiquity wankers trying to force marble on us
Where my 19th and early 20th century bros at
>>12307
loli herodotus
named historia
>>12140
I like the idea of a marble statue with a flopping dong
What ever it is, it needs to be a qt3.14 loli.
>>12309
Though a female /his/-tan makes my dick rock solid, /his/ should be male.
>>12309
>>12309
little loli anime grill as a French grenadier, hat too big it covers her eyes and she can't see
A neckbeard wearing a Deus Vult or SPQR t-shirt.
Or we couls get Indiana Jones as a board tan.
>>12163
I like the idea of Quixote as /his/ mascot, tilting at windmills could be construed as charging at things that aren't there, ie. not citing your sources and generally being a massive shitposter and detriment for us all
I myself vote for an asperger Nicholas II.
>>12337
Even better; a naked statue with a pith helmet
Loli in soldier garb, but her head is literally a marble statue's head
>>12309
Fund it
Moe little anime girl wearing different historical outfits
>>12163
>/his/ immediately suggests "hispanic", perhaps even before it suggests "history".
What the fuck
>>11041
Why the fuck would you make a boardtan (which is fairly autistic already) without any idea of what your board-culture is going to be like?
Of course, if you're all from /pol/ then you should just draw a lonely, warped pseudo-redneck.
>>12337
NOMINATING
FOCH
O
C
H
Suitable compromise for Napoleonfags as well
I think it should be inspired by Stephen Maturin somewhat.
At least the glasses.
>>12432
Amen
WAIT COMBINE IT ALL
LOLI MARBLE STATUE WEARING NON-MARBLE CLOTHING WITH A HERODOTUS FATHER FIGURE
How about all the continents having and orgy, but in a conga line format?
>>12163
No,
>>12462
>If you are from /pol/ you are a Nazi
Shut the fuck up until we develop a community and all the 'postan in a fresh board' fags leave.
That being said, if one is inevitably going to be created today, I cast my vote with >>11573
>>12448
Have both?
Seconding this, older bearded statue with a loli companion.
>>12525
Wait, Wait wait wait
hold up guys
what if
what if we have a bearded loli?
>>12487
Expanding on this.
TWO characters
One representing pre-Industrial Revolution hisotry. The marble statue male
The "student" or "child" of that character the post-Industrial revolution loli
>>12393
this desu
Or it coulcould be Hannibal. Carthage should have won the second Punic War desu senpai
It should be Otto-Von-Bismarck-chan
Make this happen drawfags.
>>12525
Older bearded statue and his loli compassion wearing a variety of historical outfits
>>12163
Spics trying to be 4chan's jews right here
>>12559
no
>>12563
10/10 fuck yes
Lads, I think we need to calm the fuck down and wait for a lot later time when we can have more definite choices which will be able to reflect board culture.
>>12512
Every /pol/ack I've spoken to has managed to hold racist views.
>>12584
Yes, yes, yes.
Great names, anon.
>>12584
/her/ and /his/?
I can get behind this.
>>12702
What do you think racism is?
>>12706
>her and his
And they can go with each other for the winter balls and all that so we don't have to deal with the autism of other boards.
>>12693
I have to agree. We have some pretty good ideas here, but perhaps its better to wait.
>>12740
Non-ironically believing the jews should die, black people are inferior, muslims are automatically bad people etc.
>>12744
>And they can go with each other for the winter balls and all that so we don't have to deal with the autism of other boards.
Bravo. I fucking hate those fucking retards.
>>12563
/his/ and /her/
>>12802
Well, one out of three of those things are right
>>>12584
is historia one of those kid workers from the industrial revolution?
Sporus or some other Roman Emperor's gay semen demen
Then we can make /his/-tan x /fit/-tan rule 34
So who's the lucky board-tan who gets to go to the ball with this wonderful gal?
>>12802
Do you honestly believe that all races are on average just as good as each other at everything?
>>12802
>Non-ironically believing the jews should die
I don't care about Jews. I have Jewish family, they are just normal people.
>black people are inferior
I think a lot of black culture is inferior to western culture in terms of yielding results. I don't think blacks are intrinsically inferior though.
>muslims are automatically bad people
Collective guilt is a retarded concept.
>>12894
Could be, she could just dress depending on time and place.
Problem with many of these suggestions is that /his/ isn't just for discussion of wars and shit, its also for the arts and sciences of history. Picking any conqueror would really shoe horn /his/ into a role that may or may not fit it quite. It should be able to represent all the various factors of this board, the arts, sciences, politics, and battles.
>>11835
>/z/
ayy i remember that board
So... I think its safe to consider this the "concept" art for our two tans?
Good work boys. Actually coming to a decent conclusion that pleases enough people.
>>12938
its lacking the overly large hat, but other then that, perfect.
>>13012
Costumes changeable and should be changed according to the OC ofc.
>>12978
That is why they should dress depending upon on time, position and place.
>>11041
Man, I miss when board-tans were "obscure".
How about Diogenes of Sinope?
>"It was in Corinth that a meeting between Alexander the Great and Diogenes is supposed to have taken place.[30] The accounts of Plutarch and Diogenes Laërtius recount that they exchanged only a few words: while Diogenes was relaxing in the sunlight in the morning, Alexander, thrilled to meet the famous philosopher, asked if there was any favour he might do for him. Diogenes replied, "Yes, stand out of my sunlight". Alexander then declared, "If I were not Alexander, then I should wish to be Diogenes."[31] In another account of the conversation, Alexander found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave."[32]"
>"Diogenes arrived in Athens with a slave named Manes who abandoned him shortly thereafter. With characteristic humor, Diogenes dismissed his ill fortune by saying, "If Manes can live without Diogenes, why not Diogenes without Manes?"[12]"
>"He used to stroll about in full daylight with a lamp; when asked what he was doing, he would answer, "I am just looking for an honest man."[21] Diogenes looked for a human being but reputedly found nothing but rascals and scoundrels.[22]"
>>12938
/pol/ would be consumed with lust, /k/ would probably treat her to a bouquet of old knives, /sci/ would have a jealous grudge for reasons regarding religion and historical mad scientists.
>>13012
Too old. Get a loli, a loli.
>>13055
>muh sekrit culture
>>13012
Right side? Yes.
Left side? What the fuck are you doing
>>11041
>board isn't even one day old yet
>people already trying to make a -tan
Holy fuck, guys. Please at least wait until the board has a small amount of culture, or else an anthropomorphized version of this place will have absolutely no meaning.
Redcoat loli is our tan, I've decided.
>>13098
pulling random pics off the net cuz i can't draw
>>13012
Historia and Herodotus should be the other way around. Unless this could be some sort of in-joke or something.
>>13012
I can't give up the idea of the loli having a marble head. I just can't.
>>13182
oh, didnt catch that.
But it would confuse people. So maybe the inside joke would work.
What if we go endearing and cheesy and do a wojack with a safari helmet and a jean shirt?
>>13160
Have another version of the loli Stalin I just happened to have.
>>13224
No
>>11160
MONARCHS
fuck this. You guys make whatever lolishit abomination you want. I don't even care. You obviously just want to be part of an epic new character so go at it
>>13208
I thought the inside joke would've been /her/ being a man while /his/ being a girl.
>>12563
something quick and dirty to get an idea
>>13269
Awesome. First board OC
>>13269
Looks good. Pretty fine beard.
>>13269
Re-do the girl as an explorer with a jungle hat and a textbook and it's an A+ from me.
>>13123
This so fucking much
Jesus christ you guys are tearing this apart before this board has even established itself yet.
>>13269
Needs more redcoat loli
>>13339
Costumes changed according to OC.
there should be no official clothing, only character looks.
>>12198
>>12225
>>12235
>>12244
>>12443
>>12506
>>12595
Two things. First, I"m a white not-hispanic blue-eyed guy. Second, I don't have any special affinity for hispanic people, but the suggestion of the board's name is obvious.
It really bothers me that so many people replied to my suggestion with immediate, wincing, reaction-image "no"s. It bothers me so much, because quite the opposite of entertaining the idea that my suggestion was poor (it wasn't), it leads me immediately to conclude that a lot of people who will be using this board in the future can't make dumb-simple obvious connections.
Some dude in a Spanish helmet. Makes total sense given the abbreviation of the board.
Also, the name of the group will be "The Fantastic Four". And I am Mr. Fantastic.
>>13389
Ok it makes more sense now that you've explained it a bit.
>>13389
okay, made me chuckle
>>11344
As long as it's Roman, I'm happy.
>>13389
I liked your idea.
>>13389
Still no. Making the character intrinsically representative of Latin America is silly since what is applicable to it is not really applicable to other countries. You need generic characters which can fit into many situations.
>>11041
/his/ should be like an old storyteller
regaling his audience of tales from the past
>>13269
/her/ should always have those perfect statue eyes. It fits him.
>>13389
I'm racist, alright.
It can't be hispanic, it would make me uncomfy.
That is my genuine opinion, I'm not going to sugar coat it.
Please no Hispanic.
HOLY SHIT THANK YOU HIRO-SAMA
>>11041
Professor with a time machine
>>13510
Yes. Think Socrates.
Socrates is what this board should strive to act like
>>13532
Good suggestion.
Move over fags, I'm the strongest here
Two is retarded, the idea is to have a single mascot that encompasses the whole board.
I like the idea of the marble bust or statue that's been mentioned a bunch of times. It's got it's root in antiquity, which was an important time not just in Western history itself, but for all the humanities.
>>13269
Man, why do I imagine /his/ with a cute russian accent?
>>13388
Clothing is what makes tans stand out.
>>13669
Two to appeal to modern history and ancient history.
hence the loli usually depicted in post-Industrial clothing and the ancient being marble
>>13722
What about postmodern history?
>>13674
Because it is cute?
>>13680
The clothing should change but there should be a default.
I suggest the statue with the robe and the loli with the redcoat being their default clothing.
>>13788
>What about postmodern history?
still the loli. But reminder board rules means nothing within the past 25 years.
Can we forget about the fucking loli?
Seriously the marble statue is a far better option
>>12163
>/his/ immediately suggests "hispanic", perhaps even before it suggests "history".
To me it suggest a magazine for gay men.
>>13819
What about a bust of a loli?
>>13269
Well I can certainly imagine them having a healthy relationship if not arguing about with era was the bomb
>>13846
Combining the two is clearly the superior choice. And by that I mean a loli with Socrates' head.
>>13833
>tfw we can't discuss the fall of the Soviet Union for another year
>>13580
This is why people are worried/right that /pol/ will shit up the board.
Guys, seriously. You're just putting random bullshit together at this point to make an overcomplicated clusterfuck of a mascot or even mascots that will never accurately represent the board culture unless you actually took some time to wait instead of just jumping on this instantly.
Give the board some damn time.
>>13874
But that's not aesthetic or cute at all.
Literally the worst of both worlds.
>>11041
>>13900
No. The LAST thing I want is other boards draw threads designing our tan. And they will almost immediately if we dont.
do you really want a loli hitler as our tan if the /pol/ drawthread thinks about us?
>>13912
good oc
this board is going places
>>13499
Using your analogy, no -tan could ever have been created. d-tan has hair-tentacles and a nice domme outfit, but /d/ has other fetishes going on. (in particular, dickgirls). x-tan doesn't have any real reason to be wearing rainbow thigh-highs except young men like the idea. In pic related, /co/ is some gumshoe type, but there are other characters in comics and cartoons, of course.
Admittedly, other more specific boards are more one-dimensional. A porn board is only ever a porn board for one particular genre, usually. Cuteposting is only ever cute posting, so it can be anthropomorphized more straightforwardly.
You can't be all things to all people. You have to pick a cohesive design. That said, now I think I get why my suggestion was so immediately "NO'D" - as one person has already admitted "it's not me".
As others have pointed out, people need some weeks and months to understand what the board is going to be before they can settle around some concept.
>>13846
A moving marble statue dressed in a military suit with a pirate hat, a longsword sheaved on his back and a book of everything in his left, and a pocket watch on his right.
oh for fuck's sake no thtis shit again
So, We've got Historia who is a Socrates looking motherfucker and we've got Herodotus who is..?
What? A loli?
Won't she have to have a unique hair style for the different clothes?
/his/toria needs to be the main board-tan because the board is called /his/. /her/odotus can be her dad
As for the ancient vs modern thing, just dress her up differently too.
I'm not too keen on making her a permanent loli, it should depend on the artist because history depends on the writers, har har.
>>13862
>you impudent brat, is because of writing that kids today dont have memory for anything!
>shut up old geezer, print was the one single invention that defined progress!
>>13940
>>13940
Why would some faggot in some drawthread somewhere designing a retarded character matter to us? We could just not use it.
Seriously, just wait. There's no cohesive relation or connection between any of the shit you people are saying, it's just completely fucking random.
>>13960
>What? A loli?
other way around.
Historia is the loli.
>>13960
Names should be the other way around.
>>14020
>We could just not use it.
We'll get stuck with it. Especially if most of this board is /pol/ for the moment.
>>14014
>/rs/
who?
>>14014
;_;
RIP /rs/
>>14053
Rapidshares.
>>13960
I suggest number 49. Blonde, obviously.
>>14053
lurk more
>>14052
I really doubt a board tan would catch on with other boards if the board itself doesn't want to use it. Just calm down, give it some time, and we'll come back together when the board has enough of a definite identity to create a character. It's better than putting together a cesspool of shit we'll regret eternally on the first day.
What about a Jewish loli girl who survived the Nazi camps?
She could even wear this as her costume.
>>14156
Forgot pic.
>>14156
>Jewish
No.
>>14113
twintails
are
shit
>>14156
This is about history in general. Please stop trying to turn this place into Nazi general you fucking faggot.
>>14156
Jeff pls go
>>14156
I don't know if you're serious or not, anyway thanks for the chuckle.
>>14156
You are trully this board's greatest ally.
>>14266
Fuck off
>>14197
You're a shit
>>14266
/pol/ couldn't even get /x/, no ones like you.
>>14198
Are you suggesting that's not history, anon?
>>14266
Please stop trying to kill the board in its infancy.
>>13269
I support this idea. Its the only one that spawned proper OC
>>14205
/mu/ pls go
>>13510
this
>>13269
Make it a Greek bust of a loli and I'm in.
Historia looks like whatever is appropriate, including modern dress
But she needs a consistent trait across time. Maybe glasses since we all read shit, don't we?
behold /his/
>>14266
>Dem numbers.
No, you come on, this will only guarantee the infestation of this board.
I mean shit, you know very well that they will "get friendly" and start ebin lolocaust threads in order to "illuminate" the board.
Besides, if you REALLY want such -tan you can make it yourself, there are many board OC characters out there, it wouldn't be the first.
>>14398
>she needs a consistent trait across time
Marble
head
Enjoy my chicken scratches
I used to do the same with [s4s] for a bit but I want to contribute something quick to /his/.
>>14398
B L O N D E
T W I N T A I L S
>>14398
Blonde hair, Green eyes, glasses would be cool
>>14398
more of a /lit/ thing
I'd rather cover all the humanities rather than all of history, which is why I'm leaning towards marble cause the Greeks
>>14465
no
>>14300
Then explain this
>>14521
Fuck off
>>14461
Saved.
>>14521
stop
>>14480
Glasses a shit
But yes to blonde with green eyes
>>14521
>someone drew something so that's how it really was
While this mirrors a similar attitude towards credible historical sources I am going to again ask you to fuck off back to /pol/ and never return
I'm sorry, but a Jewish loli girl wearing a Nazi camp outfit being our tan sounds like a great idea.
C-could some draw it just to see?
If we're actually going to agree with something on the first fucking day, then I think we should just stick with the marble philosopher and drop the loli bullshit.
>>14594
no. fuck off back to /pol/
>>14594
Jeff, I think you need to stop posting.
>>14618
I completely agree
>>14618
loli socrates
>>14618
We don't have to agree right away.
But get something off the ground and give drawfags an idea.
http://strawpoll.me/5888540
Here's a strawpoll to decide on our -tan
>>14594
You obviously have a fetish. Just pay an artist to give you what you want.
/his/ should be an old man not some shitty loli.
Plus, if /his/ is an old man. Nobody will bother it with that autistic winterball crap
>>14398
>>14501
Well what do history/humanities students wear? Turtlenecks?
If she's an animated marble statue Pygmalion style, she can still wear other stuff, only her skin is white and her eyes are blank
>>14618
/his/-tan needs to be a female because the name of the board is /his/ and the name Historia is too perfect
>>13269
Perhaps the loli could be be in a more modern fashion style rather than just the industrial overalls. Also while having Euro focus is appropriate for the board, there has been some Oriental discussion happening on the board. Along with the boards founding coming from An hiro, and our board being hosting on a rip off of a Japanese imageboard, I'd like for the loli to have some small references to the East. Maybe a textbook on Easter history?
>>14698
greek loli?
>>11041
THE BOARD TAN SHOULD BE A CHESTNUT BROWN AKKADIAN PRINCESS LOLI
>>12163
I just had this weird mental image of some obviously native looking Mexican wearing a Roman toga and screaming "PROUD ROMAN GENES FROM SPANISH ANCESTORS" loudly.
>>14756
Maybe make the loli straight-up Asian?
I mean, it only seems logical to me.
>>14786
now we're on to something!
A marble loli statue would be a good fit. Either that or a loli with a fake beard and a tweed jacket. She can even be smoking a pipe.
I just want to say that having two tans seems like a terrible idea.
Pick one.
>>14786
Kyaa! Actaeon no baka
Like Christina but more history-ish
>>14823
The loli should be blonde
>>14789
What about young murasaki from Tale of Genji? Relates to Heian era court life (so you could call it history) and she was a loli.
>>14872
They are one, it's a dual thing
>>14876
No thanks.
>>14913
It's two tans
The loli is going to become more popular with other boards, that's why we need to just stick with the one philosopher
>>14789
>Not Euro or Eastern centric
>No other brown board tans
>History focused
>Not claimable by a single nationality
We need to build a loli without borders, no modern ideology, no faith, she will be our outer haven.
Can we have flags?
