Truely stunning pictures, Kip! I'm amazed you just whip these out like that.
Ooh, definitely do Barendd Nobeard's portrait first! Can you imagine how hard it is to find a good picture of a beardless dwarf?
(I do know he's already got a *great* miniature for it though
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After that, here's my request:
Conaill U'Ciaran, Male human Fighter
"As he joins the party in the dungeons underneath Hirkon, he is barely 18---going on 40---although if asked he will probably pass himself off as 22 or so. His thick reddish beard and the scar across his left eye hide what would otherwise be a youthful and somewhat handsome face. He has his race's reddish-brown hair and gray-green eyes, and a skin that flushes too easily in anger or embarrassment---another good reason to hide behind that beard. In the heat of battle, hit face will turn blood red and the scar swells to an angry purple. Combined with his 6 foot stature, the greatsword in his hands and his propensity for charging into battle shouting at the top of his lungs, he forms a very intimidating opponent."
He's originally from a proto-celtic culture. Currently wearing parts of an orcish blackguard's suit of black plate armor, combined with a breastplate and helmet he crafted himself, with a lot of help from dwarven armorsmiths. Both probably feature some very minimalistic celtic designs. The breastplate is fashioned out of "Cold Steel", a slightly reddish metal with minor anti-magic properties. The helmet is designed to frighten opponents in battle, and is banded with Cold Steel and tipped with two small Cold Steel horns. His MW greatsword is also of dwarvish design and made out of the same Cold Steel.
He has recently acquired a warhorse and lance, as well as a magical large shield (spell resistance) and longsword (Holy), both of dwarvish manufacture.
I'll leave it up to you whether you want to do a greatsword, horse & lance or sword and shield version. The greatsword has been his favorite until now. But he'll probably switch mainly to the fancy new sword & shield in the future.
