[Hinter]

Hmm, I've always pictured Kalam as Forest Whittaker in "Ghost Dog - Way of the Samurai" - i.e. a big (huge) unit but with poise and grace. Good pic, but not how I see him.

[Gothos]

I kinda always pictured Kalam as bald... but this piece is a lot more awesome.

[DurhangAddict]

Gothos, on 16 January 2010 - 09:44 PM, said:

I kinda always pictured Kalam as bald...

Yes, or at least close cropped hair - you don't want to give your opponents anything to grab on to.

Still, awesome piece.

[Giles]

i have to admit i also pictured Kalam as bald, though at the moment i cant think why i did

[Grimjust Bearegular]

simply awesome stuff...I like the take on Kalam's hairdo:)

[Excellence]

Well done! Just pointing out, Kalam is described as bearish. Bearlike, but swift on feet.

[Vesper]

Hetan, on 04 January 2010 - 06:46 PM, said:

My own personal favourite - love the colours - and they actually look like I imagined (although the dreads I didn't, but they still look awfully cool and Steve liked 'em too)

k&qb_web.jpg

You, on 05 January 2010 - 08:47 AM, said:

Hetan, on 04 January 2010 - 06:46 PM, said:

My own personal favourite - love the colours - and they actually look like I imagined (although the dreads I didn't, but they still look awfully cool and Steve liked 'em too)

k&qb_web.jpg

Here's an earlier version of the same picture:

maro, on 04 January 2010 - 10:41 PM, said:

Being too bulky wouldn't work really. Muscled but not too big is the best frame.

I'm pretty sure he's supposed to be huge, but carries himself with an uncanny grace.

"The third and last man, also black, slipped past the sergeant's left and for all his girth seemed to glide forward..." GotM, US HC p.59, UK mmpb p.55

"Wouldn't take much to set him off, I think... The man was big, bearish, but she remembered his dangerous glide past her. Snake indeed, the man's a killer, a soldier who's reached the next level in the art of murder. Not just a job any more, this man likes it." - Tattersail on Kalam

GotM, UK Trade p.59, UK mmpb p.80

Excuse my French, but SACRÉ BLEU!

This is incredible. I would so hire you to do character art for my book, but I'm poor.

Personally, however, I am against the dreds. Not because I don't like them (quite the contrary) but because Kalam is explicitly stated as having short hair in the books. I believe it's in Deadhouse Gates, he is comparing his appearance to that of another warrior who has long hair, and it's clearly said that Kalam keeps his hair short so it can't be pulled in a fight. Also, I would have done the long-knife a little differently... it would be a little thicker. I have a hard time imagining it, because to me a 'long knife' should be shorter than a short-sword, but Erikson apparently has it the other way around, as when Coltaine's long knife snaps in the battle before Aren, it results in it being the length of a short sword. But I suppose there's room for interpretation in that... how long is a short sword, anyway?


In any case, had you kept the hood from the first version and let it be concluded that Kalam has cropped hair I would give this picture 1,000,000/1,000,000. As it is, I must only give it 999,999.9/1,000,000 for that inconsistency.


MAKE IT AGAIN!

This post has been edited by Vesper: 09 February 2010 - 09:10 AM

[Jorram]

It's an illustration by Kormack from the limited deluxe edition of GotM, none of the members here painted it

[Vesper]

Jorram, on 10 February 2010 - 07:55 AM, said:

It's an illustration by Kormack from the limited deluxe edition of GotM, none of the members here painted it

Oh.
Well.
My comment still stands.

[AlvinFlummox]

Awesome illustration, though similar to many other posters, I never pictured Kalam with dreadlocks! For some reason, I always picture him looking like Mos Def, but more muscular... :/

[Sindriss]

QB is awesome, really gj to the artist

[Glave]

I think of the long knife as the same length or a tad longer than a short sword, but only bladed on one side and straight. Sort of like a wakishazi but more europian looking than oriental.

Just like the one in slaine's pic here:

http://slaine69.devi...ncepts-86469177

This post has been edited by Glave: 13 February 2010 - 03:06 PM

[worry]

AlvinFlummox, on 11 February 2010 - 12:46 PM, said:

Awesome illustration, though similar to many other posters, I never pictured Kalam with dreadlocks! For some reason, I always picture him looking like Mos Def, but more muscular... :/

that's awesome. i picture Kalam like ?uestlove (but less fat more muscle) and Quick Ben like Danger Mouse (again, more muscle/tougher).