National leader portraits in diplomacy diagram

[ptan54]

In the beta versions, France gets a painting of Napoleon as Emperor:


But it appears that in the release version, the Nappy portrait was changed to the famous painting, Napoléon abdiquant à Fontainebleau by Paul Delaroche:
http://www.matrixgames.com/files/games/ ... height=600

The full portrait is here:


I must say I much, much prefer the original painting, the one with Napoleon as Emperor. The release version uses a painting of Napoleon in 1814, defeated, haggard, tired. He has lost. This game is about the Europe in the Age of Napoleon. As such, I think a painting of the man from his "glory years" would embody that spirit much, much better. It's just depressing seeing a painting of a haggard and beaten Napoleon. Either the one used for the beta or something like the ones below would be more "upbeat". May I humbly recommend the developers change this in a later patch? Personally, I'd pick the one with him in uniform, as he was more of a soldier than a robe wearing monarch on a throne.

[Hard Sarge]

to be honest, that was not Nappy, that was Gil, which is why it was changed for the released verison

[Anthropoid]

Gil is a megalomaniac?

[morganbj]

Dang it, HS, you told everybody!  That was supposed to be a secret!  Good grief...

[Hard Sarge]

they found out, we had to come clean

yes he is, can't you tell ?

he a bully too, he even threatens us with whips and stuff

he can be nice, sure, but most times it is just a ploy to try and catch you off guard for his whip and his "stuff"

[ericbabe]

The portrait changes during the game depending on whether or not France is doing well.  I think it's based on glory or national morale or something.

[Anthropoid]

Eric, You seem distant. Is there another game in your life? [&:]

[Mus]

The portrait of Napoleon seems to frequently go AWOL in my games.  Like it literally disappears, frame and all, at some point in the game.

[ptan54]

That's actually pretty neat.

And Sarge must be taking the piss, see painting here: http://www.georgianindex.net/Napoleon/c ... oleone.jpg

ORIGINAL: ericbabe

The portrait changes during the game depending on whether or not France is doing well.  I think it's based on glory or national morale or something.

[Anthropoid]

You know what, all that time I thought that that portrait of the person with the white fur doily and the gold olive branch thing was actually a Queen. Geeze . . . I was like, who is this? The Queen of Flanders or some such?

[Hard Sarge]

don't be calling Gil a Queen, he is a nice guy (he gets touchy about stuff like that)