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#1 Onrack

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 02:11 PM

a concept peice I sketched out when thinking of malazan infantry armour
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#2 Aptorian

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 04:17 PM

I could sort imagine that was what it looked like behind the pillar Hedge was using as cover, right after he launched the cusser at Raest.

#3 Urb

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 04:29 PM

Looks really good

If I can offer some constructive critisism, I'd say their heads are too... flat.
Sort of like the top/back of the skull is cut short. Could be it works better that way though. It matches the style of some of your other paintings.

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 04:36 PM

Nice action capture.

I really like the guy in the foreground's armor. Not all heavy and plated-up like a lot of people would draw it. Makes sense for a sapper too since they wouldn't carry as much armor given the weight of the explosives.

good expression on his face too. Cool that he's skinny and not all burly like a heavy infantry. You'd expect a sapper to be a bit smaller I think. Run in and run out...it would be hard to outrun your cusser's fuse if you were some kind of WWE wrestler.

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 05:16 PM

love the general effect

I agree with the comment about the heads and yes the armour looks v good !

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Posted 07 May 2008 - 10:39 PM

Onrack you are so good it's ridiculous. You better enter the contest!

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Posted 08 May 2008 - 01:16 AM

is the object on the guy-on-the-right's back supposed to be a... fiddle???!!!

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I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 08 May 2008 - 05:41 AM

Very nice. I am impressed.

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#9 Onrack

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Posted 08 May 2008 - 12:35 PM

A said:

is the object on the guy-on-the-right's back supposed to be a... fiddle???!!!

yep! and I'm still in the process of thinkin' of a scene to do for the comp, as for the heads I think it comes with being pretty crap at anything to do with perspective, vanishing pionts and all that malarky

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Posted 09 May 2008 - 11:18 AM

perspective ans vanishing points will be the death of me I suspect:P

love the drawing, they look like sappers alright. I think it's said somewhere in the books that sappers just pick whatever armour they can find, usually from fallen enemies...what's left of them anyway:) It will mostly be boiled leather and very haphazard...

keep up the awesome work:)

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Posted 09 May 2008 - 12:08 PM

Is there a plan to add colour to this sketch?

If not you should explore it. It's one of my favourites that you've done so far.

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#12 Onrack

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Posted 12 May 2008 - 02:50 PM

I'm gonna keep most of the images pretty simple and black and white (or gray and gray as the case may be) but i can pretty much guarantee some wicked colouring in the comp piece............with a bit of luck anyway!