Whose face is on the ADEL_Y72 texture??

[Grassy chunks]

In the gothicTX texture pack, there is a wall texture with the name ADEL_Y72. It, as i think, has a face on it which to me, resembles the face of Hitler. That face is also used on the ADEL_Q43 texture again...

 

So,is anybody here who knows it's origins?.

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by Grassy chunks
Didn't included the reference images beforehand.

[Captain POLAND]

Post a picture maybe?

 

 

[SilverMiner]

This face is shown in Final Doom for win95 installation

[Cammy]

This face in higher resolution is also the titlepic of the incredibly weird TC Ni'mRoD. Not sure who the guy is but he's definitely not having a good time.

[Fernito]

Whose face it is, I have no idea, but this seems to be the source:

 

[BakedBunForMe]

Huh? weird. As mentioned by Cammy, the Nimrod wad has, to what I belive, the actual picture cause on the final doom cover, the man's ear is missing whereas in the nimrod cover they are there. Also, the guy seems like he could be most likely a monk living somewhere in Greece Or europe.. 

Speaking from the fact that gothicDM has influences from the Greek architecture as well. 

 

That ADEL texture looks like a low quality version of the face from Nimrod rather than coming from the final doom coverart. 

 

He seems simmilar to this guy also when looking up the sky (ableit with his mouth closed and having a bald head)

(Image sourced from the music video of enigma Sadeness part 1) 

[Gifty]

It's definitely sourced from that old Final Doom magazine ad, although who that guy is we'll likely never know!

[Gez]

Isn't it a Quake texture originally? It'd make sense that id had the original source if they could make the Final Doom ad from it.

 

Anyone has the Nightmares in the Sky book to check if it appears in it?

[Koko Ricky]

11 hours ago, Fernito said:

Whose face it is, I have no idea, but this seems to be the source:

 

This is probably the single most effective ad for a Doom game I've ever seen. I don't really like PC Final Doom, but this image and the typography is perfect.

[Individualised]

On 2/15/2023 at 7:53 AM, Fernito said:

Whose face it is, I have no idea, but this seems to be the source:

 

It's always bugged me how they always marketed Final Doom as a Doom 2 expansion even though it's a standalone game that doesn't require Doom 2, yes it didn't add much new but still (I guess that's why they did it, to try and prevent bad reviews over the game not being much of an improvement, but it didn't work). Or how they kept marketing it as the last Doom game as if the name was literal. Or how the PS1 version is mentioned on this ad which is an almost totally different game and certainly doesn't have 64 levels like mentioned on this ad.

 

I still really like this ad though.

Edited February 17, 2023 by Individualised

[Gez]

15 minutes ago, Individualised said:

Or how they kept marketing it as the last Doom game as if the name was literal.

Ultimate Doom also means the same thing. They really missed out on also selling Terminal Doom, Last Doom, Omega Doom, Closing Doom, Definitive Doom, Hindmost Doom, Crowning Doom, Furthest Doom, Doom: The End, Doom No More, and so on.

 

[Individualised]

Just now, Gez said:

Ultimate Doom also means the same thing. They really missed out on also selling Terminal Doom, Last Doom, Omega Doom, Closing Doom, Definitive Doom, Hindmost Doom, Crowning Doom, Furthest Doom, Doom: The End, Doom No More, and so on.

 

To be fair I interpret "The Ultimate Doom" as meaning the ultimate version of Doom, as in Doom 1, not the franchise. Which is still technically true as SIGIL is technically not fully official, even if it comes with the current digital releases of Doom 1.

[nrofl]

On 2/15/2023 at 1:29 AM, Cammy said:

This face in higher resolution is also the titlepic of the incredibly weird TC Ni'mRoD. Not sure who the guy is but he's definitely not having a good time.

do not diss nimrod

 

[Master O]

36 minutes ago, Individualised said:

To be fair I interpret "The Ultimate Doom" as meaning the ultimate version of Doom, as in Doom 1, not the franchise. Which is still technically true as SIGIL is technically not fully official, even if it comes with the current digital releases of Doom 1.

 

Also, Doom Gold, Doom vs Capcom, Doom: The Final Frontier, Doom vs Dr. Doom, Doom vs The Sith, Doom vs Alien vs Predator

Edited February 17, 2023 by Master O

[Foxpup]

1 hour ago, Individualised said:

It's always bugged me how they always marketed Final Doom as a Doom 2 expansion even though it's a standalone game that doesn't require Doom 2,

It's actually both. All versions of Doom 2 (even v1.666) are capable of loading the Final Doom IWADs with the -file parameter, though this method of running the game isn't demo compatible with the actual Final Doom executable.

[Caffeine Freak]

On 2/14/2023 at 11:53 PM, Fernito said:

Whose face it is, I have no idea, but this seems to be the source:

 

 

So as far as I am aware, the image source for this advertisement is this photo here, which was commissioned from a commercial director and photographer by the name of Richard Reens. His personal website no longer seems to be active (redirects to Photoshelter), though the Flickr link I posted above looks to have the full repository of high quality advertisement art I recall being on his website. There's maybe 2-3 other Doom ad photos there, if you care enough to browse through: https://www.flickr.com/photos/98274432@N00/page1

 

As for determining the identity of the face in the picture, I'd say your best bet is to inquire Reens himself. His Twitter and Instagram are both active, both having posted in 2023, though it looks like his Instagram account has posted much more recently (within the last week.) I don't see a problem with asking. *shrug*

Edited February 17, 2023 by Caffeine Freak