My god, it's the last one already... This filler week went by so quickly. The worst is that it ends on a weekend on which I am busy, so you'll have to wait a little more for more new regular updates. I'll at least post one anime pic tonight though.
Anyway the soldier stamp was kinda problematic : most of his quotes are too long to be properly understandable if you don't know the context already. For instance, making a "unless it's a farm" stamp is basically totally impossible to get unless you've watched the "Meet the soldier" movie. And explaining is too long for a stamp. Same thing for "It's called a Tzu".
Since I kinda wanted my stamps to be understandable even for non hardcore TF2 fans, I searched through the soldier's quotes to find one that fits. The pictures of the soldier I could find also influenced my choice.
I could not find a "funny" soldier that would go on a stamp well. In the end, I decided to do a stamp that is probably not very funny, but has a nicely generic use : you can use it for completely different reasons than being just a TF2 fan. You can use it to repel newbies, or just tell your characters are yours and you don't want others to write stories with them, etc... An angry soldier has many uses
I'm actually shocked that there isn't a Soldier only hat that is very simular to R. Lee Ermey's hat from Fulll Metal Jacket. The Soldier is basicly R. Lee but without the actual war experience.
Only the Soldier can look charming even when he's frowning. His mouth is just so expressive. The stamp did make me laugh. Wonder if he would make the exception about entering his world if you came with ribs?... And a new bazooka?
I like the way he demands help when you're capturing Control Points "This is MY point and you WILL help me defend it!"