Post #716107 by moondoggie on Tue, May 6, 2014 9:30 AM

Fez Moai - good idea. I can kinda somehow see how they could be artistic renderings of tortoise shells but if asked, I'm not sure if I could explain how.

The 2nd pattern was different (and perhaps more shell like?):

Reminds me a bit of this shape:

However, at this stage, I'm thinking it's more likely the design was just easier to reproduce in large quantities.