Kai Lord
Hero
...Grenloke by A'koss. Congratulations!
I'll post the finished piece as soon as I receive the scan from Wayne. A'koss, if you want to drop me a line at kailord74 AT yahoo DOT com, I'll get your mailing address and forward it to WAR so he can ship you the original (and if you like we can discuss setting it up to be painted later on down the line). I had just as much fun this contest as last time, and it was *really* close. Having Krail pitch in and help with the finalists was a sweet bonus.
Here's the email I received from WAR announcing the winner:
Here's Grenloke's description one more time:
Grenloke
N(G) formerly human Fighter/Rogue/etc..
Age: apparant 39, actual 116 (52 of which spent dwelling in a limbo-like state on the Plane of Ash)
Height: originally 5' 11", now 6'-ish.
Weight: originally 189 lbs, now... pretty light.
Description: If you didn't know him, you'd probably be reaching for your holy symbol right about now... Most of the time, Grenloke likes to appear as human as possible - a ~6' well-toned man wearing dark, grey-blue breeches, soft boots with norse-like wrappings, an almost midnight blue shirt with simple gold embroidery and a pair of ornate blue and gold metallic bracers that cover most of his forearms that taper to a spike-like protrusion past the elbow. However the snazzy attire does little to disguise the fact that Grenloke is comprised entirely of a slightly warm-grey colored ash. He is able to alter his color slightly to give himself more "definition" as he calls it, making his "hair" and his "eyes" darker and other features (like his teeth) lighter. His surface features seem smooth, but they are constantly swirling with numerous eddies playing along it's surface. There seems to be a constant low-to-the-ground cloud of ash that follows wherever he goes which makes dusting around the office a real pain. Grenloke's shoulder-length hair just seems to stream away from his head ending in whispy trials as he moves. He does nothing to disguise his nature, relying on his reputation and disarming charm to get him through "the little foibles of life". Barring that, he's still one of the foremost fighters of his age though he always aims to disarm and disable unless the attacker is clearly evil.
Weapons: His little "accident" on the Plane of Ash destroyed most of the items he owned at the time, but one item did survive... albeit somewhat altered. He normally carries it around as a simple ashen staff with a lot of surface irregularities which reveal a dim green misty glow. In battle, he can alter it's shape into any weapon desired, though he creates an ornate, oversized glaive-like weapon. It has the power to cleave through dimensional barriers creating temporary portals with virtually pinpoint accuracy in regards to the destination.
The moment: I'd love to see Grenloke during one of his planar tours gone wrong rescuing a bunch a frightened sages from a Blood War horde. A "flowing" Grenloke tearing through a group of powerful demons with his glaive and long ash-taloned hand all the while waves of ash dancing about the landscape would be very cool. Maybe one of his associates would be giving one of the overly inquisical sages a comical boot through the portal back home.
I'll post the finished piece as soon as I receive the scan from Wayne. A'koss, if you want to drop me a line at kailord74 AT yahoo DOT com, I'll get your mailing address and forward it to WAR so he can ship you the original (and if you like we can discuss setting it up to be painted later on down the line). I had just as much fun this contest as last time, and it was *really* close. Having Krail pitch in and help with the finalists was a sweet bonus.
Here's the email I received from WAR announcing the winner:
Here's Grenloke's description one more time:
Grenloke
N(G) formerly human Fighter/Rogue/etc..
Age: apparant 39, actual 116 (52 of which spent dwelling in a limbo-like state on the Plane of Ash)
Height: originally 5' 11", now 6'-ish.
Weight: originally 189 lbs, now... pretty light.
Description: If you didn't know him, you'd probably be reaching for your holy symbol right about now... Most of the time, Grenloke likes to appear as human as possible - a ~6' well-toned man wearing dark, grey-blue breeches, soft boots with norse-like wrappings, an almost midnight blue shirt with simple gold embroidery and a pair of ornate blue and gold metallic bracers that cover most of his forearms that taper to a spike-like protrusion past the elbow. However the snazzy attire does little to disguise the fact that Grenloke is comprised entirely of a slightly warm-grey colored ash. He is able to alter his color slightly to give himself more "definition" as he calls it, making his "hair" and his "eyes" darker and other features (like his teeth) lighter. His surface features seem smooth, but they are constantly swirling with numerous eddies playing along it's surface. There seems to be a constant low-to-the-ground cloud of ash that follows wherever he goes which makes dusting around the office a real pain. Grenloke's shoulder-length hair just seems to stream away from his head ending in whispy trials as he moves. He does nothing to disguise his nature, relying on his reputation and disarming charm to get him through "the little foibles of life". Barring that, he's still one of the foremost fighters of his age though he always aims to disarm and disable unless the attacker is clearly evil.
Weapons: His little "accident" on the Plane of Ash destroyed most of the items he owned at the time, but one item did survive... albeit somewhat altered. He normally carries it around as a simple ashen staff with a lot of surface irregularities which reveal a dim green misty glow. In battle, he can alter it's shape into any weapon desired, though he creates an ornate, oversized glaive-like weapon. It has the power to cleave through dimensional barriers creating temporary portals with virtually pinpoint accuracy in regards to the destination.
The moment: I'd love to see Grenloke during one of his planar tours gone wrong rescuing a bunch a frightened sages from a Blood War horde. A "flowing" Grenloke tearing through a group of powerful demons with his glaive and long ash-taloned hand all the while waves of ash dancing about the landscape would be very cool. Maybe one of his associates would be giving one of the overly inquisical sages a comical boot through the portal back home.
