Scientists recreate the face of Richard III, Shrek fans rejoice - Polidicks

[quote]A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III has revealed how the English king may have looked. The king's skeleton was found under a car park in Leicester during an archaeological dig. The reconstructed face has a slightly arched nose and prominent chin, similar to features shown in portraits of Richard III painted after his death. Historian and author John Ashdown-Hill said seeing it was "almost like being face to face with a real person". The development comes after archaeologists from the University of Leicester confirmed the skeleton found last year was the 15th Century king's, with DNA from the bones having matched that of descendants of the monarch's family. Richard was killed in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, at the age of 32 and after just two years on the throne, having been challenged by the forces of Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII. Dr Ashdown-Hill, who wrote The Last Days of Richard III, said: "The most obvious features in portraits are the shape of the nose and the chin and both of those are visible in the facial reconstruction." Richard III Society member Philippa Langley, originator of the search, said on a Channel 4 documentary earlier: "It doesn't look like the face of a tyrant. I'm sorry but it doesn't. "He's very handsome. It's like you could just talk to him, have a conversation with him right now." Layers of muscle and skin were added by computer to a scan of the skull and the result was made into a three-dimensional plastic model. Dr Ashdown-Hill said: "I had said previously that when I stood by the grave in Leicester that I felt closer to Richard III than I had ever been, but when I saw the facial reconstruction I realised I had been close to a dead Richard III. "It was just bones, just a body, whereas confronting a facial reconstruction, I felt almost in the presence of a living Richard III."[/quote] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21328380]Full article[/url] [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/05/article-2273703-175BA468000005DC-44_634x434.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://images.wikia.com/shrek/images/9/9f/Lord_k99.gif[/IMG]

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[QUOTE=Judas;39484723]this is ogrewhelming news[/QUOTE] oh my god how do you people come up with these so fast it's fucking hilarious

[QUOTE=Judas;39484723]this is ogrewhelming news[/QUOTE] I hope these puns are ogre now... edit: did seriously no-one get the pun?

[QUOTE=Kiq;39484749]oh my god how do you people come up with these so fast it's fucking hilarious[/QUOTE] Its easy. Facepunch has the most stale comedy around.

[QUOTE=Judas;39484723]this is ogrewhelming news[/QUOTE] i hate you

I'm watching a documentary on Richard the Third tonight, followed by every Shrek movie ever made.

[img]http://www.librarytheatre.com/files/images/applicationfiles/885.4967.richard3rd.jpg.cropped/400x484.fitandcrop.jpg[/img] Assuming this portrait is accurate (unlikely since they exaggerated everybody to look basically the same with slightly recognisable features in medieval portraits), I'd say they did a pretty good job. [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] I've just realised how much he looks like Weird Al in that portrait.

I wonder how many [I]layers[/I] of plastic were used [sub][sub]sorry[/sub][/sub]

Shrektacular news!

That's interesting. shrek

I came in expecting his face to look like Shrek's.

Shrek that out!

Looks like an average Oblivion character.

[QUOTE=ycap5;39484819]Its easy. Facepunch has the most stale comedy around.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Mike Tyson;39484803]I hope these puns are ogre now...[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;39484831]i hate you[/QUOTE] I think you're all just ogrereacting

[QUOTE=Judas;39485358]I think you're all just ogrereacting[/QUOTE] I think they're being a bit ogrezealous.

[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;39485383]I think they're being a bit ogrezealous.[/QUOTE] they need to get ogre it and move on

i'm being swamped by all these terrible puns

UNCANNY VALLEY x10000

look at that girly face its so creepy

Shrek is love, Shrek is life.

These puns are sure dragon on

You guys telling puns are going the right way for a smacked bottom.

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;39484866][img]http://www.librarytheatre.com/files/images/applicationfiles/885.4967.richard3rd.jpg.cropped/400x484.fitandcrop.jpg[/img] Assuming this portrait is accurate (unlikely since they exaggerated everybody to look basically the same with slightly recognisable features in medieval portraits), I'd say they did a pretty good job. [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] I've just realised how much he looks like Weird Al in that portrait.[/QUOTE] The portrait itself was tampered with as a type of propaganda move, his shoulder on one side was made to look bigger and his fingers to look more withered, it was done subtly to make him appear sinister.

[QUOTE=Judas;39485358]I think you're all just ogrereacting[/QUOTE] aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[QUOTE=tommyc225;39485585]You guys telling puns are going the right way for a [B]smacked bottom[/B].[/QUOTE] That's not really a threat around here, from what I've seen. :v:

[QUOTE=tommyc225;39485585]You guys telling puns are going the right way for a smacked bottom.[/QUOTE] bend ogre

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[QUOTE=Vasili;39485625]The portrait itself was tampered with as a type of propaganda move, his shoulder on one side was made to look bigger and his fingers to look more withered, it was done subtly to make him appear sinister.[/QUOTE] richard III had scoliosis, so his shoulders were probably like that