>>149550172
>>149548646
cont:

The outlier there is the Hernan screenshots, which actually do mostly use real Mesoamerican aesthetics as a base, and just make it really, really dirty, colorless, and unrefined looking.

Also actually I vaguely recall now that I think the background in the pic I posted just now in >>149550172 meant to be 19th century Mexico city rather then Tenochtitlan, but Tenochtitlan with European style buildings is still something you see European artists in the 17th-19th centuries do (see https://www.alamy.com/great-temple-or-templo-mayor-tenochtitlan-mexico-city-1754-old-antique-print-image242613641.html) for lack of having a better reference point. (Speaking of references, here are a bunch of actual dress of Mexica kings, to compare to the pic in >>149550172 or my comments in >>149548951 regarding how Aztec Batman is handling Moctezuma II, though thinking about it I don't think today's trailer showed him, but see https://i.imgur.com/9Z6VBlR.png)

Ironically of course actual manuscripts made in Mexico in the 16th and 17th centuries often do a fairly decent job showing Mesoamerican architecture and clothing since the people there had the opportunity to see it or had more direct secondhand records.

>>149549102
whoops forgot to reply to this in >>149550019

>>149546312
People should consume both, both are well done from an authenticity perspective. Codex Black certainly has better production values though, which is ironic considering it's an indie project mostly just one guy and IDW is just publishing it/funding the physical volumes and the colorist for it

>>149550092
I think your point is that sacrifice is more senseless, wheras doing it for profit (per my point) is more malicious.

7/7 for now, happy to answer further questions