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Eadric et. al. (The Paladin and his Friends).
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Cheiromancer
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I love the look of the chess pieces, but I agree that the table has to have goblets (and decanter, too, or bottle). Make Eadric a little less frustrated/demonic,... I definitely think we are getting close.
Incidentally, I have a few more irons in the fire- here is a rough sketch of Crosod and Threxu. I think it is good to go, but now is the time for fine tuning!
Incidentally, I have a few more irons in the fire- here is a rough sketch of Crosod and Threxu. I think it is good to go, but now is the time for fine tuning!
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Cheiromancer
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Joshua Randall
Legend
I would like to see Titivilus and Eadric looking at each other. After all, this is a contest of wills as much as a theological debate - so should they be looking gazes? Or should Titivilus be "demurely" glancing away as Eadric stares sternly at him? I don't know. But something.
I do like the way Titivilus is at ease and kind of smirky, while Eadric is tense and frowny. That's a nice contrast.
With the fire in the background there could be some interesting lighting effects throughout the piece.
Edit - Crosod & Threxu: isn't the latter described as the "wasted nymph"? She doesn't look too wasted there - she looks damn good! Not that there's anything wrong with lookin' good... I'm just sayin'...
I do like the way Titivilus is at ease and kind of smirky, while Eadric is tense and frowny. That's a nice contrast.
With the fire in the background there could be some interesting lighting effects throughout the piece.
Edit - Crosod & Threxu: isn't the latter described as the "wasted nymph"? She doesn't look too wasted there - she looks damn good! Not that there's anything wrong with lookin' good... I'm just sayin'...
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s/LaSH
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Joshua Randall said:Crosod & Threxu: isn't the latter described as the "wasted nymph"? She doesn't look too wasted there - she looks damn good! Not that there's anything wrong with lookin' good... I'm just sayin'...
Then allow the artist to comment:
It's a tricky road, getting that 'wasted nymph' look. Part of the very definition of a nymph is unearthly beauty, after all, so I didn't want her to look like a bag of bones. Plus, in this shot she's just fed, so I figure she's going to be a little plumper than previously.
Still, when she's coloured she'll look a little slimmer... I have a few tricks up my sleeve yet, and she's not the sturdiest of figures to begin with.
I've got a few other things that I have to be working on right now, so the time is ripe to comment on this one... I'll come back to it and put in a background and finish detailing Crosod's (redesigned from the mish-mash Monster Manual version) hide and ink/colour it in a few days if nobody points out horrible flaws.
grodog
Hero
FWIW, I took 'wasted' to mean a) her powers and abilities, and b) her physical appearance. I agree, though, that she should still be beautiful.
Both Crosod and Threxu seem mightily real and physical vs. shadowy in their sketch forms. I'll be very curious to see what you do with the coloration on the two figures, the dragon in particular, since conveying the penubmral quality of these characters would be a challenge (or at least so I imagine).
Cheiromancer, this is the one of best uses of Bingo winnings I've heard of yet! Thanks for sharing your largesse with the rest of us!
Joshua Randall
Legend
This may be a minor point, but my impression from Sep's story is that Crosod is much, much bigger than Threxu. However, that might be hard to convey artistically unless you paint on the side of a building or somesuch.
s/LaSH
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Joshua Randall said:
Yeah - getting a 5-6' nymph and a 40+' wyrm into the same picture was nearly impossible. I tried all sorts of layouts before settling on this one, and none of them worked because I wanted Threxu actually on Crosod, and the scale factor was just too big to do both of them justice. I could have done a neat Threxu on a scaly background, or a neat Crosod with a vaguely humanoid blob on one of his arms, but neither of those seemed satisfactory.
When finished, there will be vegetation between her and him. If you haven't noticed, his hands are being obfuscated by the ground between them, and I'll emphasise that when it's done so you realise there's quite a bit of distance between them.
Incidentally, Crosod himself has a few design tweaks from the MM version of a black dragon - hopefully they make him look more unified (I'm actually quite horrified at the mish-mash of themes in the MM version - face ridges, spiky bits, the horns...). But they'll be slightly less visible when he's covered in colour gradients...
Cheiromancer
Adventurer
Except for a bit of work to get Eadric exactly right, this should be the final sketch. The object by the fireplace is the bottle of firewine (does firewine have to be kept warm?).
Any final tweaks or details? The shield on the wall is decorative, btw; it's not Eadric's main shield.
Is it just me, or is there something odd about the way that Duke Titivilus' arms are folded? I am not an artist, and I'm not used to looking at how things look exactly, so I may just be noticing something that is anatomically correct.
Any final tweaks or details? The shield on the wall is decorative, btw; it's not Eadric's main shield.
Is it just me, or is there something odd about the way that Duke Titivilus' arms are folded? I am not an artist, and I'm not used to looking at how things look exactly, so I may just be noticing something that is anatomically correct.
