What's a Surmac?

Started by Erythil, December 22, 2009, 11:44:41 PM

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December 22, 2009, 11:44:41 PM
My google-fu is weak.  What's a surmac, anyway?
December 22, 2009, 11:48:10 PM #1 Last Edit: December 22, 2009, 11:54:48 PM by mansa
I always thought it was a hat.



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like this ?



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http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,20269.0.html


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http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,2781.0.html
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December 22, 2009, 11:52:37 PM #2
I think it's like a hat with a huge, wide brim.
December 23, 2009, 12:49:08 AM #3
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December 23, 2009, 02:36:09 AM #4
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December 23, 2009, 02:42:49 AM #5
Nah.



Kung Lao's cooler.
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December 23, 2009, 02:48:40 AM #6
Or maybe Stranger.

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December 23, 2009, 03:04:53 AM #7
I always thought it was more like a pith helmet.  Because surmacs are usually armor, right?

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December 23, 2009, 03:16:07 AM #8
I always pictured surmacs thusly:



You call that a hat?
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December 23, 2009, 08:52:38 AM #9
Quote from: Fathi on December 23, 2009, 03:16:07 AM

You call that a hat?

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December 23, 2009, 09:22:00 AM #10
I always thought it was a bit like this.
http://www.armageddon.org/original/artwork/324.jpg

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December 23, 2009, 09:37:15 AM #11 Last Edit: December 23, 2009, 09:42:59 AM by slipshod
How I've always pictured surmacs:





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December 23, 2009, 10:11:46 AM #12 Last Edit: December 23, 2009, 10:17:20 AM by Ender
I've always thought of surmacs as Don Quixote's barber bowl hat for some weird reason.  Or some other form of dapper head apparel, usually non-western much like what Durant posted.



or this:

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December 23, 2009, 12:24:00 PM #13
Glad we've pinned this one down. What's next?
December 23, 2009, 12:50:52 PM #14
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December 23, 2009, 02:45:28 PM #15 Last Edit: December 23, 2009, 03:43:16 PM by slipshod
Maybe a surmac is more like a jingasa, though.  It's the military version of the Oriental conical field hat.  Though I'm not sure this would qualify as "wide brimmed".

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December 23, 2009, 05:12:08 PM #16
Either way, they are ALL badass. I approve of every single variant of the surmac, especially the bush hat with the croc teeth. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!
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December 24, 2009, 09:00:57 AM #17
Yeah, someone seriously needs to mastercraft a raptor toothed surmac.
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December 30, 2009, 12:23:22 AM #18
Quote from: slipshod on December 23, 2009, 02:45:28 PM
Maybe a surmac is more like a jingasa, though.  It's the military version of the Oriental conical field hat.  Though I'm not sure this would qualify as "wide brimmed".

I agree with 7DV as well.  This is how I see it.
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January 01, 2010, 06:26:32 PM #19
Quote from: musashi on December 24, 2009, 09:00:57 AM
Yeah, someone seriously needs to mastercraft a raptor toothed surmac.

Nah, bush hat would be better.

a black, raptor-toothed bush hat
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January 04, 2010, 12:41:23 PM #20 Last Edit: January 04, 2010, 12:43:49 PM by MarshallDFX
I found this on Brandon's Kronibas' Armageddon photobucket.

January 04, 2010, 01:57:31 PM #21
That's not a d-elf, it's a twinky ghatti wearing people clothes ;D
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January 30, 2010, 01:47:46 PM #22
I always pictured it as a hat with a wide brim. Some of them even have transparent veils which hang down around the face.

I never really thought of a surmac as being armored.
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February 19, 2010, 11:10:03 PM #23
It's Tenzin's hat. Thread over (because Tenzin wins at everything).

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February 19, 2010, 11:52:39 PM #24
I always thought it was something like this:



minus the mouth piece and plus some sexy chitin plating on the inside makes for 'a stylish, veiled surmac'
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February 20, 2010, 06:47:49 AM #25
That woman on the left is obviously a slut, look at all the skin she's showing!
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February 21, 2010, 01:49:35 PM #26
A pictured it like a sun-hat... because thats how most of them are described.

I dont think I've ever seen an armored one...
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February 21, 2010, 02:44:25 PM #27



j/k
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February 22, 2010, 12:24:38 PM #28
Quote from: Jenred on February 21, 2010, 01:49:35 PM
A pictured it like a sun-hat... because thats how most of them are described.

I dont think I've ever seen an armored one...

They all count as armor, some more obvious in their description than others. That doesn't necessarily mean they're very protective though... I guess a leather hat is better than a cotton hat.
February 23, 2010, 09:05:12 PM #29
Maybe it's time to string replace Surmac with...:

Kasa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasa_(hat)
Salakot -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salakot
Conical - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conical_straw_hat
Sedge - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conical_straw_hat

Those will at least show if you google them. Surmac seems specific to arm.
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February 23, 2010, 09:41:27 PM #30
Except I'm pretty sure none of the surmacs IG have descriptions that look like conical straw hats, or variants thereof.
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